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8-bit MCUs focus on LED lighting solutions
8-bit MCUs focus on LED lighting solutions
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Microchip Technology Inc., is expanding the company's 8-bit PIC microcontroller (MCU) portfolio with the PIC12(L)F157X family, which features multiple 16-bit…
Firmware links IoT M2M to Google Analytics
Firmware links IoT M2M to Google Analytics
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Lantronix has developed firmware that will link its industrial and M2M systems to the Google Analytics web analytics service rather…
Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4 GHz radio link
Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4 GHz radio link
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At Embedded World this week, EnOcean demonstrated that a low cost energy-harvesting switch could power a 2.4 GHz radio link,…
Hyperspectral camera can detect skin cancer
Hyperspectral camera can detect skin cancer
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The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a handheld hyperspectral camera for the detection of skin cancers and…

Reports: Ford to dump Microsoft in SYNC in favour of QNX OS
Reports: Ford to dump Microsoft in SYNC in favour of QNX OS
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According to US news service Bloomberg, carmaker Ford plans to build the next generation of its infotainment systems on software from real-time operating system company QNX. Ford's current SYNC infotainment…
First dual-mode 5-W wireless power receiver enters volume production
First dual-mode 5-W wireless power receiver enters volume production
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Texas Instruments has begun volume shipping of what the company claims is industry's smallest, most efficient wireless power receiver to support both the Wireless Power Consortium's (WPC) Qi 1.1 and…
congatec cuts COM Express board in half
congatec cuts COM Express board in half
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congatec has launched its first half sized COM Express module.
How IoT is changing M2M economics
How IoT is changing M2M economics
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Most of the money from the Internet of Things is going to come from additional services rather than connection fees within the next few years.
Surface mount module adds IoT connections
Surface mount module adds IoT connections
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The world’s first surface mount multi-chip wireless M2M module supports four different protocols to link designs easily to the Internet of Things.
Lantronix links the IoT to Google Analytics
Lantronix links the IoT to Google Analytics
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Lantronix has developed firmware that will link its industrial and M2M systems to the Google Analytics web analytics service rather than having to use a custom cloud analysis system.
Microinverters/DC optimizers drive solar PV sector growth
Microinverters/DC optimizers drive solar PV sector growth
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Annual installations of module-level power electronics (MLPEs) will grow from 1,185 MW in 2013 to 12,844 MW by 2020 according to a recent report released by market intelligence analyst Navigant…
Thin film solar cell costs cut through ‘superabsorbing’ design
Thin film solar cell costs cut through ‘superabsorbing’ design
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Solar energy is already competitive in some areas, however it would be beneficial to the world if these costs could be driven down to make solar viable in the majority…
Tesla reveals USD5bn lithium-ion battery ‘Gigafactory’ manufacturing plans
Tesla reveals USD5bn lithium-ion battery ‘Gigafactory’ manufacturing plans
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Tesla Motors Inc and its partners are planning to invest $4-5 billion in a lithium-ion battery factory which the company claims would be able to make more lithium-ion batteries in…
Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4GHz radio link
Energy harvesting switch powers 2.4GHz radio link
Technology News |
At Embedded World this week, EnOcean demonstrated that a low cost energy-harvesting switch could power a 2.4GHz radio link, extending the range and versatility of such wireless switches.
Handheld hyperspectral camera to detect skin cancer
Handheld hyperspectral camera to detect skin cancer
Technology News |
The VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has developed a handheld hyperspectral camera for the detection of skin cancers and their precursors.
Reports: Ford to dump SYNC in favour of QNX Neutrino
Reports: Ford to dump SYNC in favour of QNX Neutrino
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According to US news service Bloomberg, carmaker Ford plans to build the next generation of its infotainment systems on software from real-time operating system company QNX. Ford's current SYNC infotainment…
Dual-mode 5W wireless power receiver enters volume production
Dual-mode 5W wireless power receiver enters volume production
Technology News |
Texas Instruments has begun volume shipping of what the company claims is industry's smallest, most efficient wireless power receiver to support both the Wireless Power Consortium's (WPC) Qi 1.1 and…
Key management system secures car software updates
Key management system secures car software updates
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Carmakers are increasingly seeking for ways how they can update the software of vehicles after they have been delivered to the customer. Security expert company Escrypt, a subsidiary of tool…
CdTe solar cell grabs conversion efficiency world record
CdTe solar cell grabs conversion efficiency world record
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First Solar, Inc. is claiming to have set a world record for cadmium-telluride (CdTe) photovoltaic (PV) solar cell conversion efficiency by busting through the 20 percent barrier to record a…
Plessey appoints former Cree executive to drive LED sales growth
Plessey appoints former Cree executive to drive LED sales growth
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Plessey Semiconductors, has appointed Dr Jose (Joe) Lopez to be the company's Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) with the brief to gear up the UK electronics manufacturer to grow global sales…
Adacore improves static analysis tool, supports more environments
Adacore improves static analysis tool, supports more environments
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With two new products, software tool vendor Adacore addresses the needs of safety-relevant software development including automotive software. The company's CodePeer static analysis tool has been revamped to deliver more…
Volvo builds HMI around large centre-stack touch screen
Volvo builds HMI around large centre-stack touch screen
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Though criticized by many car owners, Tesla's cockpit approach with a large flat computer screen serving as Human-machine interface apparently inspires other carmakers to similar designs. At the imminent Geneva…
Rigol counters competition with two-channel, low noise MSO
Rigol counters competition with two-channel, low noise MSO
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With a new family of two-channel Mixed-Signal Oscilloscopes, Rigol Technologies faces up to the tough competition in the lab instruments market. The DS2000A is designed to slash testing times in…
Energy harvester PMIC works with thermoelectric generators
Energy harvester PMIC works with thermoelectric generators
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The LTC3107 from Linear Technology Corp. (Milpitas, Calif.) is a dc/dc converter that allows systems to switch between a battery cell and capacitor used to store harvested energy.
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion: Methods and design challenges
Sine/cosine-to-digital conversion: Methods and design challenges
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Joachim Quasdorf considers some of the methods and design challenges posed by sine/cosine-to-digital conversion techniques.
AMD 3W G-Series SOC on a Q7 module: backplane signal problems probed
AMD 3W G-Series SOC on a Q7 module: backplane signal problems probed
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congatec has used the AMD silicon to derive the conga-QG, that requires 33% less power than its previous module with AMD G-Series and offers optimised graphics performance.
Add safety-critical features to control applications with 8-bit PICs
Add safety-critical features to control applications with 8-bit PICs
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Microchip has added low pin-count, general-purpose 8-bit PIC MCUs that have features addressing safety-critical applications: a 24-bit Signal Measurement Timer (SMT) enables more precise and accurate measurements, and these PICs…
Developing IoT products is still much too complex, says Silicon Labs
Developing IoT products is still much too complex, says Silicon Labs
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The main components of an internet-of-things application have been available for some time: why have the numbers of such designs not yet taken off? According to Silicon Labs' Geir Førre,…


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