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4K OLED: the last status symbol before TV obsolescence?
4K OLED: the last status symbol before TV obsolescence?
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Ultra High Definition also known as 4K (boasting 3840×2160pixels at either 60 or 120 frames per second) was in pretty…
Batteries for space exploration – the final frontier?
Batteries for space exploration – the final frontier?
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NASA has begun the search for a next generation of energy storage technologies to replace the battery technology that has…
High-power ultra-low-ohmic shunt resistors dissipate 5W
High-power ultra-low-ohmic shunt resistors dissipate 5W
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Rohm’s shunt resistors are intended for current detection in applications with increased power requirements, such as automotive systems and industrial…
SerDes chipsets cut cabling in automotive applications
SerDes chipsets cut cabling in automotive applications
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Maxim Integrated’s automotive SerDes chipsets enable both shielded twisted pair (STP) and coax cabling, reducing cost and weight of cabling…

Smart glasses light source breakthrough improves image quality
Smart glasses light source breakthrough improves image quality
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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…
Micrium adds ARMv8, Cortex-A50 RTOS support
Micrium adds ARMv8, Cortex-A50 RTOS support
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Micrium has extended its architecture support to include 64-bit ARMv8-based microprocessors. Micrium’s uC/OS-II and uC/OS-III now both support the ARMv8 architecture found in the Cortex-A50 series.
A Dragon Fruit for test and measurement: Red Pitaya comes to Europe
A Dragon Fruit for test and measurement: Red Pitaya comes to Europe
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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…
4×4 MIMO device testing capability for chipset and device makers
4×4 MIMO device testing capability for chipset and device makers
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Anite claims to be the first to offer chipset and device manufacturers the ability to verify their 4x4 downlink (DL) MIMO designs and products, accelerating the development of LTE and…
ARM-based kit enables Apple-compatible accessories
ARM-based kit enables Apple-compatible accessories
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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.
LED front-end equipment market leaders continue to dominate
LED front-end equipment market leaders continue to dominate
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Despite the strong growth of the LED TV market in 2010 and an increase in MOCVD industry competition market intelligence analyst, Yole Développement, forecasts that the three MOCVD reactor market…
ARM backs Open Sensor Platform
ARM backs Open Sensor Platform
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ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) has offered its support of the Open Sensor Platform (OSP) for sensor hub applications, developed by startup Sensor Platforms Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
Panasonic cracks solar cell 25 percent conversion efficiency barrier
Panasonic cracks solar cell 25 percent conversion efficiency barrier
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Panasonic Corporation is claiming to be the first organization in the world to break through the 25% conversion efficiency barrier for practical size solar cells at the research level.
Automotive-qualified motor controller combines small size and high current
Automotive-qualified motor controller combines small size and high current
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In automobiles, an increasing number of mechanical auxiliary functions are implemented by means of an electric motor instead of a mechanical-driven device - examples are coolant pumps, radiator fan and…
Internet of Things (IOT): Making the component industry think inside the box
Internet of Things (IOT): Making the component industry think inside the box
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The Internet of Things (IoT) vision that is emerging will result in homes, offices and cities becoming gradually interconnected. No single company owns the M2M (machine-to-machine) and the IoT concepts…
IP for low-power ROM and RAM in eFlash process at 90 nm
IP for low-power ROM and RAM in eFlash process at 90 nm
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Dolphin Integration has announced its TSMC-sponsored sROMet and DpRAM generators for 90 nm LP eFlash; the high-density and low-power foundry-sponsored generators, sROMet PHOENIX and DpRAM ERIS (HVT and SVT), are…
1.5A automotive BLDC motor driver in 4 x 4 mm outline
1.5A automotive BLDC motor driver in 4 x 4 mm outline
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Microchip’s latest motor drive IC is automotive AEC-Q100 qualified; the MCP8063 is a 1.5A, three-phase brushless DC, sinusoidal motor driver in a 4 x 4 mm package with AEC-Q100 quality…
DC-DC regulators with 0.1% line regulation, to 15A output
DC-DC regulators with 0.1% line regulation, to 15A output
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Exar has extended its PowerBlox switching regulators with the XR76108, XR76112 and XR76115, synchronous step down regulators delivering point-of-load (POL) supplies of 8A, 12A and 15A, respectively.
“New heights” of power efficiency claimed for Freescale’s Kinetis/ARM MCUs
“New heights” of power efficiency claimed for Freescale’s Kinetis/ARM MCUs
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Freescale’s expanded Kinetis K series microcontrollers (MCUs) add to the Kinetis K1x, K2x and K6x MCU families, and introduces the K0x MCU family. Freescale has expanded its software offerings for…
Smaller, lighter, more efficient electric motor prototype disclosed
Smaller, lighter, more efficient electric motor prototype disclosed
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German researchers in the “MotorBrain” project have described the first prototype of an electric motor that may shape the future of electromobility, by being small, light and efficient.
Health and activity monitoring “patch” weighs only 10g
Health and activity monitoring “patch” weighs only 10g
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Holst Centre and imec have unveiled a prototype flexible health patch weighing 10g – half the weight of current products. The patch uses real-time electrocardiogram (ECG), tissue-contact impedance and accelerometer…
ARM switches to open-source base for more immediate compiler updates
ARM switches to open-source base for more immediate compiler updates
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ARM has announced version 6 of the ARM Compiler, the reference code generation toolchain for the ARM architecture. Version 6 marks a shift from a fully-proprietary tool chain to one…
Internet of Things: Making the component industry think inside the box
Internet of Things: Making the component industry think inside the box
Technology News |
The Internet of Things (IoT) vision that is emerging will result in homes, offices and cities becoming gradually interconnected. No single company owns the M2M (machine-to-machine) and the IoT concepts…
Small cell base station processors add complete TD-LTE support
Small cell base station processors add complete TD-LTE support
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Cavium has announced a software stack update that adds support for TD-LTE on its OCTEON Fusion family of SoCs (System-on-Chip). The company’s TD-LTE software stack option allows small cell manufacturers…
CMOS-on-insulator RF power limiters are alternative to discrete, PIN-diode circuits
CMOS-on-insulator RF power limiters are alternative to discrete, PIN-diode circuits
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Peregrine has used its UltraCMOS, CMOS-on-insulator technology to design power-limiters that outperform GaAs-based limiters in protecting systems from excessive RF Power, intentional jammers and ESD events…
Nanoparticles provide efficiency gains for thinner solar cells
Nanoparticles provide efficiency gains for thinner solar cells
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Nanostructures could enable more light to be directed into the active layer of solar cells to boost their efficiency. Prof. Martina Schmid (HZB und Freie Univ. Berlin) has now measured…
2-D molybdenum diselenide process holds promise for LEDs
2-D molybdenum diselenide process holds promise for LEDs
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Researchers at Rice University and Nanyang Technological University have unveiled a scalable method for making one-atom-thick layers of molybdenum diselenide which is a semiconductor similar to graphene but offering better…
Flush-mountable infrared LED delivers remote control functionality
Flush-mountable infrared LED delivers remote control functionality
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Osram Opto Semiconductors has introduced the company's first flush-mountable infrared LED which enables remote control functionality to be incorporated in a lower profile than ever before.
Cree adds four GaN HEMTs for radar to Digi-Key portfolio
Cree adds four GaN HEMTs for radar to Digi-Key portfolio
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Cree has added four new gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) to its product portfolio at Digi-Key, the sole distributor for Cree RF components.


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