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Compact tailgate motor
Compact tailgate motor
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Johnson Controls has developed a compact motor for tailgates. The parts are particularly designed for deployment in Sports Utility Vehicles…
Hysteretic boost controller provides power management benefits from battery level inputs
Hysteretic boost controller provides power management benefits from battery level inputs
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Supertex has introduced a power management IC which is a hysteretic controller that provides a non-isolated, regulated high voltage output…
High-current power module relies on digital controller for precision output voltage control
High-current power module relies on digital controller for precision output voltage control
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Power supply manufacturer, Bellnix Co., Ltd. has adopted Powervation's PV3012 digital controller for use in a new low-profile, 60 A…
PFC controller halves power consumption yet delivers PFC greater than 0.95
PFC controller halves power consumption yet delivers PFC greater than 0.95
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Texas Instruments Incorporated has introduced a power factor correction (PFC) controller with the industry’s widest range programmable frequency operating in…

Muscle activity-based gesture control device enables arm movements to control smartphones
Muscle activity-based gesture control device enables arm movements to control smartphones
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Startup Thalmic Labs is using Nordic's nRF51822 2.4GHz System-on-Chip (SoC) to provide the Bluetooth low energy wireless connectivity in what Thalmic claims is the world's first muscle activity electromyography-based gesture…
Li-ion battery management ICs target E-bikes, power tools and HEV applications
Li-ion battery management ICs target E-bikes, power tools and HEV applications
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ROHM Semiconductor has introduced a new member of the company's IC series providing high-accurate charge/discharge control, monitoring and protection functions for Li-ion secondary battery packs.
FTDI develops gaming board as Arduino add-on
FTDI develops gaming board as Arduino add-on
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Scottish interface chip designer FTDI Chip has developed a gaming add-on board for the Arduino open-source development platform.
Wireless gesture control device monitors muscle activity to decode user input
Wireless gesture control device monitors muscle activity to decode user input
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With its wearable armband Myo, North American startup Thalmic Labs records and interprets the electric signals of the wearer’s forearm muscle activity to accurately distinguish between different gestures and movements.
World market for direct current power systems for commercial buildings to be USD10bn by 2020
World market for direct current power systems for commercial buildings to be USD10bn by 2020
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The global market value for DC power-based building technologies will grow from $609.1 million in 2013 to $9.7 billion in 2020 forecasts market intelligence analyst Navigant Research.
Use touch sensing with flexible and curved surfaces
Use touch sensing with flexible and curved surfaces
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Cypress Semiconductor's TrueTouch capacitive touchscreen controllers now support metal mesh sensors from Fujifilm. Metal mesh sensors deliver better scanning performance than traditional indium tin oxide (ITO) sensors, and they are…
Optical pen offers an axial resolution of 5nm for the precise measurement of micro-structures
Optical pen offers an axial resolution of 5nm for the precise measurement of micro-structures
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French company STIL has just launched the CL0-MG210 optical pen, a unit that boasts a depth of field of 70µm for a practical working distance of 2.6mm.
High-precision flip chip COTS resistors down to 5Ω, with a TCR of ±0.05 ppm/°C
High-precision flip chip COTS resistors down to 5Ω, with a TCR of ±0.05 ppm/°C
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The Vishay Precision Group has extended its VFCP series of Bulk Metal Z-Foil ultra-high-precision flip chip resistors with a resistance range down to 5Ω.
Colour measurement averaging unit tackles multi-coloured surfaces
Colour measurement averaging unit tackles multi-coloured surfaces
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Mathai has upgraded its colorStriker software to support continuous colour measurement of multi-coloured surfaces. This upgrade is particularly suited for the measurement of surfaces with colour gradients or strong structures,…
Transport for London plans new road network lighting program to trim energy use by 40 per cent
Transport for London plans new road network lighting program to trim energy use by 40 per cent
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One of the largest 'invest to save' strategic road lighting projects ever undertaken in the UK will see LED technology used for the modernisation of main road street lighting in…
Connected Lighting Alliance focuses on shaping indoor professional lighting standards
Connected Lighting Alliance focuses on shaping indoor professional lighting standards
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The Connected Lighting Alliance has launched an initiative focused on the indoor professional lighting market following the organization's endorsement of ZigBee Light Link earlier in 2013 as the preferred common…
Gartner: Qualcomm, Micron rise in 2013 chip market
Gartner: Qualcomm, Micron rise in 2013 chip market
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Qualcomm and Micron are set to win in the 2013 chip vendor ranking at the expense of Intel and Samsung as global annual chip market revenue climbs 5.2 percent to…
Battery management chip targets e-bikes and HEVs
Battery management chip targets e-bikes and HEVs
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Highly accurate charge/discharge control along with monitoring and protection functions for Li-ion secondary battery packs are the main features of Rohm Semiconductors' new battery management ICs for smaller batteries typically…
High-output, mid-power GaN-on-Si LEDs now sampling
High-output, mid-power GaN-on-Si LEDs now sampling
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Plessey has announced its next generation GaN-on-Silicon mid-power LEDs. The product family doubles the efficacy of Plessey’s first generation MAGIC (“Manufactured on GaN-on-Si I/C”) products released in February 2013.
Soft IP core handles HDLC/SDLC transmission for MCUs
Soft IP core handles HDLC/SDLC transmission for MCUs
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Digital Core Design (Poland) has introduced the DHDLC soft IP Core, designed to control HDLC/SDLC transmission frame and optimised for a variety of 8, 16 and 32-bit MCUs. As with…
Begin 20-nm FPGA designs now with latest tool set – Altera
Begin 20-nm FPGA designs now with latest tool set – Altera
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Quartus II Software Arria 10 Edition is the first development tool support for 20 nm FPGAs and SoCs, Altera claims. Based on TSMC 20 nm process technology, Arria 10 FPGAs…
Bluetooth Smart solution for compact wearable accessories
Bluetooth Smart solution for compact wearable accessories
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CSR's CSR1012 combines CSR µEnergy silicon to create a Bluetooth Smart platform with a small form factor for developers looking to create low-power wearable accessories. CSR1012 is part of the…
Always-on 6-axis inertial motion sensors
Always-on 6-axis inertial motion sensors
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Lowest-power devices make portable products more sensitive and long-lasting; this 6-axis MEMS device runs sensor fusion and application software on-chip within a power budget said to be previously unattainable…
Philips Lumileds signs up with MechaTronix to offer LED coolers
Philips Lumileds signs up with MechaTronix to offer LED coolers
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MechaTronix is partnering with Philips Lumileds to launch a wide range of standard LED coolers that fit mechanically with the various dimensions of the Luxeon COBs and match the cooling…
LED offers longer lifetime at high temperatures
LED offers longer lifetime at high temperatures
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Excessive heat generation is one of the main reasons why light-emitting diodes fail but Osram Opto Semiconductors has developed the Oslon Square which is a LED that withstands high ambient…
Wireless packet core revenue up over 17 percent
Wireless packet core revenue up over 17 percent
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Dell'Oro Group contends that the overall wireless packet core market grew more than 17 percent during the third quarter of 2013 versus the year-ago period.
White label Bluetooth Low Energy kit from Polish startup to boost innovation beyond retail
White label Bluetooth Low Energy kit from Polish startup to boost innovation beyond retail
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Hot on the heels of retail-focused Estimote, Poland-based Kontakt is set to launch the first white-label BLE solution to enable developers and businesses from different industries to build fully customized…
Bluetooth Smart platform for compact wearable accessories
Bluetooth Smart platform for compact wearable accessories
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CSR's CSR1012 combines CSR µEnergy silicon to create a Bluetooth Smart platform with a small form factor for developers looking to create low-power wearable accessories. CSR1012 is part of the…
Tektronix bolsters midrange oscilloscope offering with high bandwidth signal analysis
Tektronix bolsters midrange oscilloscope offering with high bandwidth signal analysis
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With a combination of high bandwidth, sample rate and record length, Tektronix attacks the market for mid-range oscilloscopes. The latest series adds advanced analysis capabilities for developing ever-more complex embedded…


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