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Freescale takes floating point microcontroller under 80¢
Freescale takes floating point microcontroller under 80¢
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Freescale Semiconductor has added a new family of low cost ARM Cortex M4 floating point microcontrollers as low at 80¢…
Low-power IP for ROM and RAM in eFlash process at 90 nm
Low-power IP for 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…
DC-DC regulators offer 15 A output with 0.1% line regulation
DC-DC regulators offer 15 A output with 0.1% line regulation
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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)…
Quantum film startup raises $17 million in Series D
Quantum film startup raises $17 million in Series D
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InVisage Technologies Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.), a developer of a quantum-dot based film material intended to improve light capture in…

ARM switches to open-source base for faster compiler updates
ARM switches to open-source base for faster 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…
Japan’s chipmaking equipment vendors fall in 2013 ranking
Japan’s chipmaking equipment vendors fall in 2013 ranking
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Japan's traditionally strong chipmaking equipment sector suffered in a 2013 global market where spending fell by 11.5 percent overall, according to market research company Gartner. Japanese vendors were hit by…
4K TV broadcasting ends-up on smartphones
4K TV broadcasting ends-up on smartphones
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At the NAB Show organized by the American National Association of Broadcasters this week in Las Vegas, Ultra High Definition also known as 4K (boasting twice the horizontal and vertical…
Freescale takes instrument cluster graphics to a new level
Freescale takes instrument cluster graphics to a new level
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Graphical instrument clusters and head-up displays so far are a feature of premium vehicles - the complexity of such solutions and the cost for the host of components required drove…
Biomedical sensors analyse vascular deposits
Biomedical sensors analyse vascular deposits
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Electronics engineers, physicists, biologists and physicians will jointly develop a range of sensors for medical applications. The ESSENCE life science project is coordinated by the Darmstadt Technical university and bundles…
Microsoft makes a fresh bid to increase visibility in the automotive market
Microsoft makes a fresh bid to increase visibility in the automotive market
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At its recent developers conference, Build 2014 in San Francisco, Microsoft showed a prototype for a software that brings the Windows user interface with its characteristic tiles to vehicle infotainment…
H.265 4Kp60 video encoding servers are design win for Altera
H.265 4Kp60 video encoding servers are design win for Altera
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Harmonic, supplier of video delivery infrastructure systems, has used Altera's H.265 Enhanced Motion Estimation Engine paired with server software to enable 4Kp60 Performance with up to 60% efficiency gain vs.
Micrium’s µC/Probe v3.2 adds visualisation/target control features
Micrium’s µC/Probe v3.2 adds visualisation/target control features
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Micrium’s µC/Probe, Graphical Live Watch v3.2, is a Windows-based application that allows you to graphically visualise and change the behaviour of embedded systems at run-time. µC/Probe can read from and…
Nordic updates Bluetooth LE protocol stack with over-the-air upgrade
Nordic updates Bluetooth LE protocol stack with over-the-air upgrade
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With full Bluetooth v4.1 compliance, this enhanced RF protocol software stack includes features that simplify design of ULP wireless products for expert- and non expert-RF engineers, and that enable simple,…
Delivering more video, to more users – HEVC to the rescue
Delivering more video, to more users – HEVC to the rescue
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No longer confined to watching video on a tethered TV set, consumers have an insatiable appetite for video and they want it anytime, anywhere and on any device. Video traffic…
Current transducers measure to 25A, in PCB-mount format
Current transducers measure to 25A, in PCB-mount format
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LEM has added to its range a series of open-loop Hall-effect ASIC based devices measuring up to 25A DC, AC or pulsed; with over-current detection and fault reporting functions, they…
CO2 sensor module offers long-term stability
CO2 sensor module offers long-term stability
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The sensor module EE893 from E+E Elektronik allows accurate and long-term stable CO2 measurements in demanding OEM applications. Thanks to its small size and low power consumption, the EE893 can…
Dispensable thermal interface material protects outdoor LED luminaires
Dispensable thermal interface material protects outdoor LED luminaires
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AI Technology, Inc. (AIT) has introduced a new class of thermal interface material that dispenses like a thermal pad, but performs with characteristics like that of a grease or gel…
Bluetooth low energy protocol stack for nRF51
Bluetooth low energy protocol stack for nRF51
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Nordic Semiconductor ASA has announced the S110 SoftDevice v7.0, the next major release of its Bluetooth® low energy stack, for the nRF51822 Bluetooth low energy and 2.4 GHz proprietary System-on-Chip…
Touch signature can make mobile devices more secure
Touch signature can make mobile devices more secure
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Cybersecurity researchers have developed a security system that continuously monitors how a user taps and swipes a mobile device. If the movements don't match the owner's tendencies, the system recognizes…
Bluetooth smart beacon kit is iBeacon compatible
Bluetooth smart beacon kit is iBeacon compatible
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Designed on a 20mm diameter PCB and powered by a CR1632 coin cell battery, the nRF51822 Beacon Kit employs Nordic-developed hardware, firmware, and software and supports both iOS 7 and…
Metal process improves MEMS RF switches
Metal process improves MEMS RF switches
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General Electric's research labs have developed a MEMS RF switch that can be engineered to handle up to 1 kW or scaled to provide up to provide less than 0.3…
Sony curves image sensors; TSMC stacks them
Sony curves image sensors; TSMC stacks them
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Two papers at an upcoming engineering conference promise to take image sensors in new directions.
Powerstax signs modular rectifier distribution deal with KraftPowercon
Powerstax signs modular rectifier distribution deal with KraftPowercon
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Powerstax has signed a distribution agreement with KraftPowercon which will see Powerstax distribute KraftPowercon's FlexKraft modular rectifier primarily throughout out the UK and Republic of Ireland via the company's extensive…
Drivers maximise performance of multi-Li-ion-cell battery packs
Drivers maximise performance of multi-Li-ion-cell battery packs
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Intersil has introduced half- and full-bridge drivers designed to extend battery and product life of multi-cell lithium ion battery-powered products; the HIP2103/04 devices are a highly integrated power management solution…
40A point-of-load power-conversion for high-performance FPGAs, SoCs and memory
40A point-of-load power-conversion for high-performance FPGAs, SoCs and memory
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Altera has announced, from the product line it acquired with the purchase of Enpirion, a power conversion product aimed at board developers designing point-of-load power solutions, to achieve maximum FPGA…
Cellulose processing breakthrough cuts cost of supercapacitors
Cellulose processing breakthrough cuts cost of supercapacitors
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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…
Compact electric powertrain does it without rare earth metals
Compact electric powertrain does it without rare earth metals
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A research consortium of Infineon, Siemens, transmission company ZF Friedrichshafen and the Dresden Technical University has developed a motor for electric vehicles that has the potential to boost electric mobility:…
Orientation of organic solar cell molecules improves efficiency
Orientation of organic solar cell molecules improves efficiency
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Researchers from North Carolina State University and UNC-Chapel Hill have discovered that energy is transferred more efficiently inside of complex, three-dimensional organic solar cells when the donor molecules align face-on,…


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