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LED patents – How important are bright ideas?
LED patents – How important are bright ideas?
Market news |
LED technologies, with an emphasis on lighting applications, has been a fertile intellectual property environment since the turn of the…
University of Parma refines autonomous driving
University of Parma refines autonomous driving
Technology News |
With a new vehicle, the University of Parma (Italy) intends to bring autonomous driving closer to perfection. The development is…
Porous silicon generates hydrogen from sunlight
Porous silicon generates hydrogen from sunlight
Technology News |
A team mechanical engineers at Penn State have discovered a new method of manufacturing porous silicon which can use solar…
Battery sensor integrates MCU, CAN and analogue front-end
Battery sensor integrates MCU, CAN and analogue front-end
New Products |
Freescale has an AEC-Q100 (automotive) qualified intelligent battery sensor that combines three measurement channels, a 16/32-bit MCU, and a CAN…

Companion FPGA packs 85K LUTs in 10x10mm package
Companion FPGA packs 85K LUTs in 10x10mm package
New Products |
The ECP5 FPGA Family launched by Lattice Semiconductor was specifically designed to focus on key fast growing and high-volume markets such as small-cells, microservers, broadband access, or industrial video.
Power module targets telecom and PoE applications with wide voltage input
Power module targets telecom and PoE applications with wide voltage input
New Products |
A 50W ultra-wide-input power module in sixteenth-brick footprint simplifies Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) applications; ultra-wide input voltage from 18V to 75V accommodates 24V and 48V systems, reduces inventories and is also suitable…
Integrity RTOS extended to multicore ARM Cortex-A9 processors
Integrity RTOS extended to multicore ARM Cortex-A9 processors
New Products |
Green Hills Software now offers its INTEGRITY-178 tuMP real-time operating system (RTOS) for ARM-based processors. Green Hills Software partner Richland Technologies has announced an Open Standard Reconfigurable and Certifiable Computing…
Connector system targets LED-backlit LCD panels
Connector system targets LED-backlit LCD panels
New Products |
Molex’ IllumiMate 1.00 and 1.25 mm pitch wire-to-board connector system provides design flexibility with multiple mating and voltage configurations.
3D camera assists robots on production line
3D camera assists robots on production line
New Products |
The Ensenso stereo 3D camera from IDS allows robots to handle the most complex requirements, such as bin picking.
China’s quest for ‘MIPS in wearable’
China’s quest for ‘MIPS in wearable’
Feature articles |
Let's be blunt: Not many serious players in the electronics industry today are sanguine about the survival chances for MIPS processors in a global mobile market where in the last…
Vaio batteries risk catching fire warns Sony
Vaio batteries risk catching fire warns Sony
Business news |
Sony Corp. has warned that there is a risk that 26,000 of the company's newest Vaio personal computers could overheat and catch fire because of batteries supplied by Panasonic Corp.
Mushrooms recover gold out of mobile scrap
Mushrooms recover gold out of mobile scrap
Technology News |
Gold, silver, copper and many other valuable metals (including rare earth metals) are commonly used in the manufacture of consumer electronics only to end-up into huge piles of electronic waste.
Compliance testing for automotive Ethernet and protocols
Compliance testing for automotive Ethernet and protocols
Feature articles |
Ruetz System Solutions has become the first test house successfully accredited for test scopes for automotive Ethernet and Protocols through the German accreditation body DaaKs (Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle GmbH, Berlin).
1200-V, IGBT-based power module aids efficiency in solar and UPS applications
1200-V, IGBT-based power module aids efficiency in solar and UPS applications
New Products |
Vincotech’s flow3xMNPC 1 modules feature three mixed-voltage NPCs (neutral-point-clamped) in a single flow 1 housing. Developed for 1200-V solar three-phase inverter applications, they enable engineers to design compact, space-saving inverters…
SerDes chipsets serialise data, cut cabling, in automotive applications
SerDes chipsets serialise data, cut cabling, in automotive applications
Feature articles |
Maxim Integrated’s automotive SerDes chipsets enable both shielded twisted pair (STP) and coax cabling, reducing cost and weight of cabling in advanced driver assistance systems.
MCUs optimised for automotive instrument clusters, offer upgraded graphics
MCUs optimised for automotive instrument clusters, offer upgraded graphics
New Products |
From Freescale, these single-chip, ARM Cortex-based MAC57D5xx MCUs support complex graphics including heads-up display that previously required multiple components.
Design Apple-compatible accessories with Silicon Labs’ ARM-based kit
Design Apple-compatible accessories with Silicon Labs’ ARM-based kit
Feature articles |
Silicon Labs has a 32-bit hardware and firmware development kit designed to accelerate the design of Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFi) accessories and help product manufacturers get to market quickly.
NXP Semiconductors invests in haptic-feedback company Senseg
NXP Semiconductors invests in haptic-feedback company Senseg
Feature articles |
Senseg, based in Finland, develops spatial haptic feedback technolgoy – using electrostatic techniques to add the “feel” of physical controls to surfaces such as smartphone and tablet screens. The company…
Powering image sensors in automobiles
Powering image sensors in automobiles
Technology News |
Steve Brown and Mathew Jacob considers how to power image sensors in automotive camera applications.
Powering image sensors in automotive camera applications
Powering image sensors in automotive camera applications
Technology News |
Steve Brown and Mathew Jacob considers how to power image sensors in automotive camera applications.
Satellite channel emulator systems test overall system performance
Satellite channel emulator systems test overall system performance
Business news |
US manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SSL) are using two satellite channel emulators (SCE) developed by IZT to test overall system performance.
Laser light source improves image quality in smart glasses
Laser light source improves image quality in smart glasses
New Products |
EpiCrystals Inc., of Finland has developed a revolutionary multicolor laser light source which is especially designed to improve the usability and image quality in advanced projection applications such as smart…
Startup Red Pitaya brings Dragon Fruit test and measurement to Europe
Startup Red Pitaya brings Dragon Fruit test and measurement to Europe
Technology News |
Fans of Arduino, Raspberry Pi or Cubieboard will like this: Startup company Red Pitaya transfers the open approach of these single-board computers to the Test and Measurement arena. The company…
Jobs saved at Micron Italy, say reports
Jobs saved at Micron Italy, say reports
Business news |
Agreement was reached overnight (April 9, 10) between executives of memory chip company Micron Technology Inc. (Boise, Idaho) and union representatives meeting at the Ministry of Labour in Rome that…
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle ‘invisible’
Land Rover makes front part of vehicle ‘invisible’
Technology News |
In a combination of augmented reality and driver assistance system, carmaker Land Rover makes the front part of the vehicle transparent. What on first glance appears a bit weird is…
Samsung S5 teardown: loaded with sensors
Samsung S5 teardown: loaded with sensors
Technology News |
Announced at Mobile World Congress, the Samsung Galaxy S5 is the latest evolution of the Korean electronics manufacturer’s market-leading Android-based device.
Multicoax connector takes multiport testing from DC to 18GHz
Multicoax connector takes multiport testing from DC to 18GHz
New Products |
Huber+Suhner’s MXP series is designed for the high speed digital testing market, the MXP18 version has been introduced to meet the need for multiport testing interconnectivity between DC to 18GHz.
Cellulose processing yields cheap supercapacitors
Cellulose processing yields cheap supercapacitors
Technology News |
Chemists from Oregon State University (OSU) have discovered that cellulose – the most abundant organic polymer on Earth and a component of trees – can be heated in a furnace…


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