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III-V solar cells on graphene break efficiency record
III-V solar cells on graphene break efficiency record
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Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign claim to have achieved record levels of performance for seed-free and substrate-free…
Imagination aims at smartwatches
Imagination aims at smartwatches
Technology News |
Imagination Technologies sees a key opening for its MIPS processors in smartwatches developed with Google.
BeagleBone adds low cost 3D printing
BeagleBone adds low cost 3D printing
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A group of engineers in Germany is developing a low cost 3D printing interface for BeagleBone boards.
Altium partners with Octopart for supply chain information
Altium partners with Octopart for supply chain information
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PCB EDA vendor Altium struke a partnership with Octopart, a provider of an electronic parts search engine that allows engineers…

Transistor-cost declines slowing, Synopsys says
Transistor-cost declines slowing, Synopsys says
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Moore's Law will continue for the next decade, but declines in cost/transistor won't be as great as they were in the past, said Synopsys chairman Aart de Geus.
Perovskite-based solar cell offers 24-hour benefits
Perovskite-based solar cell offers 24-hour benefits
Technology News |
A next-generation Perovskite-based solar cell that can also emit light, in addition to converting light to electricity, has been discovered by researchers at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore.
Wireless self-contained pacemaker passes safety study
Wireless self-contained pacemaker passes safety study
Technology News |
Wireless is a promising addition to medicine that is starting to have an impact in areas such as hearing aids, monitoring and now pacemakers.
Biofilm-based living materials promise solar cell advance
Biofilm-based living materials promise solar cell advance
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Researchers at MIT have coaxed bacterial cells to produce biofilms incorporating nonliving materials, such as gold nanoparticles and quantum dots. The result promises live cells with the benefits of nonliving…
IPEmotion software gets CAN traffic analyser, improved visualisation
IPEmotion software gets CAN traffic analyser, improved visualisation
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Automotive measurement technology provider Ipetronik has introduced version 2014 R1 of its popular IPEmotion data acquisition software. The new release offers a CAN bus traffic analyser, a graphical status display…
Micron Italian job cuts get global criticism
Micron Italian job cuts get global criticism
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Italian unions and the international IndustriALL Global Union have undertaken a series of protests in support of workers for Micron in Italy , which is facing the loss of 419…
Film capacitors suitable for DC filtering
Film capacitors suitable for DC filtering
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Available in large case sizes up to 35L, AVX’ evolution of its FFLC series of medium-power film capacitors exhibit higher specific energy than equivalent solutions and feature AVX’s controlled self-healing…
Development kit for coaxial MOST150
Development kit for coaxial MOST150
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The MOST150 coax (cPHY) tool chain provides everything needed to develop automotive systems or devices using coaxial cables. OptoLyzer MOCCA compact tools support all major automotive bus systems, including CAN,…
Real-time processing and peak detection for PCIe digitisers
Real-time processing and peak detection for PCIe digitisers
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Agilent has introduced next-generation real-time peak detection as one of the additional functions for its PCIe high-speed digitisers, starting with the U5303A 12 bit digitiser.
LED chip demand to reach 61 billion in 2014
LED chip demand to reach 61 billion in 2014
Market news |
Total shipments of LED chips are on the rise with worldwide LED lighting chip sales that reached $1.1 billion in 2013 now forecast to reach $3.4 billion in 2017 according…
Rare earth scarcity triggers design for recyclability
Rare earth scarcity triggers design for recyclability
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In the March edition of Green Chemistry, researchers from the University of Leuven, Belgium, are detailing what they describe as an environmentally friendly process to separate transition metals copper, cobalt,…
Vertical alignment display drivers enable Tesla-like dashboards
Vertical alignment display drivers enable Tesla-like dashboards
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With two chip-on-glass LCD drivers for automotive and industrial use, chipmaker NXP is addressing the trend towards large vertically-oriented centre displays like they can be admired in Tesla's electrical sedans:…
Self-encrypting drive wipes itself out if breached
Self-encrypting drive wipes itself out if breached
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Toshiba Electronics Europe‘s MQ01ABUxxxBW series of self-encrypting drive (SED) has been validated to the FIPS 140-2 standard (the US Federal Information Processing Standard). It…
Mid-power LEDs claims unmatched lumen density
Mid-power LEDs claims unmatched lumen density
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Seoul Semiconductor has released a generation of LEDs that the company claims deliver industry leading performance and lumen density in the mid-power class.
Wireless charging shift ahead
Wireless charging shift ahead
Technology News |
At least four different approaches to wireless charging are vying to power billions of next-generation mobile devices. Today only one has a beachhead in about a million systems: the Wireless…
ARM Cortex A9 MCU development board runs Linux
ARM Cortex A9 MCU development board runs Linux
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Silica has launched a new ArchiTech development board that offers a low cost streamlined platform for Linux based designs.
Mentor Graphics acquires Berkeley Design Automation
Mentor Graphics acquires Berkeley Design Automation
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Mentor Graphics has added to its capabilities in nanometre-scale analogue and mixed-signal IC design verification by buying up Berkeley Design Automation (BDA).
NXP’s GreenChip platform for smaller portable adapters
NXP’s GreenChip platform for smaller portable adapters
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NXP Semiconductors’ GreenChip TEA1836 and TEA1892 devices are designed to enable ultra-small 45W adapters and power supplies for notebooks, ultra-light notebooks, set top boxes and other devices. With tight integration…
700W L-band transistor claims highest output power
700W L-band transistor claims highest output power
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Infineon’s 700W L-Band RF power transistor offers the highest-in-industry L-Band output power available for radar systems operating in the 1200 – 1400 MHz frequency range. By lowering part counts, the…
Synchronous forward controller generates secondary bias
Synchronous forward controller generates secondary bias
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LT3752/LT3752-1 is a high input voltage capable synchronous forward controller with active clamp transformer reset. A controlled VOUT start-up and shut-down is maintained using an integrated housekeeping controller to bias…
High-voltage, high-density power modules extend to 70V
High-voltage, high-density power modules extend to 70V
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Micrel’s MIC28304/MIC45205/MIC45208/MIC45212 family of power modules operates from 4.5V to 26.5V (70V for MIC28304) input and are capable of delivering currents of 3A, 6A, 10A and 14A, respectively.
DC brushed motor driver for high current/voltage applications
DC brushed motor driver for high current/voltage applications
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Toshiba has added a 1-channel DC brush motor driver IC for industrial equipment; TB67H303HG is the first monolithic IC to deliver 10A output current with 50V withstand voltage.
German sensor industry bets hopes on IoT
German sensor industry bets hopes on IoT
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A positive overall industry outlook for the sensor and measuring industry has been published by Berlin-based Association for Sensors and Measurements (AMA). Across the industry, R&D investment is expected to…
Compact SSL LEDs feature two separate CCT emitters
Compact SSL LEDs feature two separate CCT emitters
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Sharp’s tuneable white, mid-power SMD-based LED for SSL lighting applications will be on show at the Light+Building trade-show in Frankfurt (March 30 – April 4 2014).


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