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Power infotainment systems with automotive buck regulator
Power infotainment systems with automotive buck regulator
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A8585 from Allegro MicroSystems is an automotive buck regulator IC that is designed to provide the low quiescent current power…
Presence detection sensor overrides LED lighting controls
Presence detection sensor overrides LED lighting controls
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Harvard Engineering has launched a new device called a SensorNode that enables presence detection for the company's LeafNut monitoring and…
Automotive wiring harness development tool takes off in the cloud
Automotive wiring harness development tool takes off in the cloud
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Cadonix Ltd's Arcadia is claimed to be the world’s first cloud based CAD tool for automotive electrical wiring design, analysis…
Ambient light, color and proximity sensing all in one chip
Ambient light, color and proximity sensing all in one chip
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The ams TMD3782 digital sensor is optimized for use in mobile devices, the 3.9x2.4x1.4mm module combines ambient light, color and…

Electronic loads from 150 to 6,000W for thorough battery testing
Electronic loads from 150 to 6,000W for thorough battery testing
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The EL97xx series of electronic loads available now from Intepro Systems, offers users a simple means to test or characterise individual battery cells or multi-cell stacks.
Scientists seek direct approach to overhaul power grid
Scientists seek direct approach to overhaul power grid
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Scientists at The Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Systems and Device Technology IISB in Erlangen, Germany are calling for a radical overhaul of power grid technology and how it is managed…
Wideband ADCs drive applications to direct-RF sampling
Wideband ADCs drive applications to direct-RF sampling
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Analog Devices has introduced two high speed analogue-to-digital converters at 14-bits and 1 or 2-Gsamples/s, that the company says are the best such parts for handling wide bandwidth signals, with…
Plug and play solar generator offers iPod sound
Plug and play solar generator offers iPod sound
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The world’s first plug and play electric solar generator has been developed by Solihull & Telford-based AceOn Battery Solar Technology.
Congatec moves into mini-ITX boards and SBC design services
Congatec moves into mini-ITX boards and SBC design services
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congatec is moving into the market for mini-ITX boards and design services for industrial applications.
Industrial links give SHDSL a new lease of life
Industrial links give SHDSL a new lease of life
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A new SHDSL initiative is aiming to bring the data-rate and reach performance of G.SHDSL and Ethernet First Mile (EFM) to new industrial applications.
VTT to spin-off MEMS-based spectrometer startup
VTT to spin-off MEMS-based spectrometer startup
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The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has started the development of MEMS-based tunable Fabry-Perot Interferometers (MEMS FPIs) in the 90's but it is only in the past few years…
1:5 output voltage LED drivers reduce inventory costs
1:5 output voltage LED drivers reduce inventory costs
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British manufacturer Integrated System Technologies (IST) Limited has launched the iDrive Solo 40 range of LED drivers which comprise two models that can cover the majority of LED fixtures types.
Flexible CIGS solar cells claim efficiency record
Flexible CIGS solar cells claim efficiency record
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Midsummer, a Swedish production line supplier for flexible thin film CIGS solar cells has increased the efficiency of the company's solar cells from 15 per cent to 16.2 per cent…
Talking traffic lights, environment-aware vehicles in the UR:BAN project
Talking traffic lights, environment-aware vehicles in the UR:BAN project
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If traffic lights could speak, which language would the use to make sure that vehicles could understand them? An industry consortium of 31 companies, with automotive supplier Continental and aerospace…
Power supply vendors swap places in top-10 ranking
Power supply vendors swap places in top-10 ranking
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According to a study produced by industry analyst IHS Technology, the global market for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies rose by a modest 2.4% last year (2013), but much of…
Panasonic’s MCUs with resistive RAM, now in distribution
Panasonic’s MCUs with resistive RAM, now in distribution
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Mouser Electronics has the MN101L 8-bit Microcontrollers from Panasonic, the first microcontrollers with internal Resistive RAM (ReRAM). Resistive RAM is a new non-volatile embedded memory that offers five times the…
Reference design outputs 4 analogue variables, cuts component count
Reference design outputs 4 analogue variables, cuts component count
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Using one-third fewer components, this high-efficiency reference design from Maxim Integrated, the Alameda subsystem, is a flexible 4-channel bipolar analogue output module for industrial automation applications.
Automate power- and thermal-cycle test with Mentor Graphics’ MicReD 1500A
Automate power- and thermal-cycle test with Mentor Graphics’ MicReD 1500A
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Mentor Graphics’ MicReD Industrial Power Tester 1500A is a complete, packaged system for power cycling and thermal testing of electronics components to simulate and measure lifetime performance.
Precision shunt resistors use gold-plating for conductive-adhesive mounts
Precision shunt resistors use gold-plating for conductive-adhesive mounts
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PMH-D and PLU precision performance foil resistors from Isabellenhütte are gold-plated bondable parts for mounting with conductive adhesive.
High-accuracy temperature sensor for IoT, consumer, industrial applications
High-accuracy temperature sensor for IoT, consumer, industrial applications
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Sensirion’s STSC1 temperature sensor combines high measurement accuracy with an attractive price-performance ratio, low power consumption and minimal size.
Optimise display performance in mobile devices with optical sensor
Optimise display performance in mobile devices with optical sensor
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ams’ integrated colour sensor drives intelligent display management in smartphones and tablets; the TMD3782 digital sensor is intended for use in mobile devices and combines ambient light, colour and proximity…
Dual carbon battery technology promises charging 20x faster than lithium-ion batteries
Dual carbon battery technology promises charging 20x faster than lithium-ion batteries
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Japanese start-up Power Japan Plus has launched a new battery technology that claims to offer a more sustainable, safer, longer-lasting and cost-effective battery technology with an energy density comparable to…
Wide format LCD module harnesses high-brighness LED backlight
Wide format LCD module harnesses high-brighness LED backlight
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NLT Technologies (NLT), together with its sales and marketing channels in Europe, Renesas Electronics Europe GmbH, has introduced 15.6 inch wide WXGA amorphous-silicon thin-film-transistor (TFT) liquid crystal display (LCD) modules…
SiC power devices gain traction among electric vehicles manufacturers
SiC power devices gain traction among electric vehicles manufacturers
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Dr. Thomas Barbieri of Cree explains why SiC power devices are being used by electric vehicles manufacturers in their designs to improve performance and efficiency.
Fairchild enters fabless MEMS market for mobile, IoT and wearable devices
Fairchild enters fabless MEMS market for mobile, IoT and wearable devices
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Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc., (San Jose, California) has confirmed it will enter the inertial MEMS market with mass production in 2014 as it formally announced the acquisition of Xsens Technologies…
Temperature sensor targets IoT, consumer, industrial applications
Temperature sensor targets IoT, consumer, industrial applications
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Sensirion’s STSC1 temperature sensor combines high measurement accuracy with an attractive price-performance ratio, low power consumption and minimal size.
OpenSSL dropin replacement protects against Heartbleed attacks
OpenSSL dropin replacement protects against Heartbleed attacks
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Microsemi is seeing the Heartbleed SSL vulnerability as an opportunity for its cryptography key management plugin and drop-in replacement for OpenSSL.
Quantum random number generator from a mobile phone camera
Quantum random number generator from a mobile phone camera
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Researchers from the University of Geneva have reported on how the CMOS image sensors used within a mobile phone can be used as a quantum random number generator (QRNG).


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