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Altium speeds design using FTDI’s EVE HMI
Altium speeds design using FTDI’s EVE HMI
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Altium in cooperation with FTDI has announced board design support and PCB design content for Altium Designer users supporting the…
Murata adopts Powervation’s Digital Control Architecture in PoL DC-DC
Murata adopts Powervation’s Digital Control Architecture in PoL DC-DC
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Murata has announced the first in a series of Point-of- Load (PoL) non-isolated DC-DC converters based on the Digital Control…
“LiFi” – a proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
“LiFi” – a proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
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National Instruments and the University of Edinburgh are collaborating on work to use LED lighting as a vehicle for local,…
Next; the sniffing smartphone? – Sensirion proposes multi-gas sensor ‘nose’
Next; the sniffing smartphone? – Sensirion proposes multi-gas sensor ‘nose’
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Sensirion, vendor of temperature and humidity sensors, has developed a multi-gas sensor that it is planning to sell to smartphone…

NI, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth communications technology
NI, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth communications technology
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Measurement technology vendor National Instruments (NI) and the University of Edinburgh have partnered to develop a test bed that is intended to 'dramatically' improve indoor wireless communications capacity. The prototypes…
LiFi proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
LiFi proposal for massive-MIMO visible-light communication networks
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National Instruments and the University of Edinburgh are collaborating on work to use LED lighting as a vehicle for local, in-room, broadband download connections.
Going Graphical in the Cockpit
Going Graphical in the Cockpit
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Adaptive and context-sensitive graphical instrumentation can now be found in an increasing number of mid-range cars, providing a means to manage and present information optimally to help improve driver control…
Jaguar docks on to Intel for next-gen infotainment systems
Jaguar docks on to Intel for next-gen infotainment systems
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British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has announced a collaboration with Intel to develop future vehicle infotainment technologies. Towards this end, Jaguar will open a Technology R&D centre in Portland,…
Sensorless automotive BLDC pump motor control IC
Sensorless automotive BLDC pump motor control IC
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An IC from Toshiba enables accurate pump control in cars fitted with idling reduction systems; it comprises a three-phase brushless sensorless motor controller IC with integrated pre-drivers.
Physically aware synthesis in RTL compiler delivers 15 percent improvement in power savings
Physically aware synthesis in RTL compiler delivers 15 percent improvement in power savings
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Cadence Design Systems, Inc. has introduced a new suite of physically aware RTL synthesis capabilities that deliver up to 15 percent improvement in power, performance and area.
Mitigating antenna effect in integrated circuit design
Mitigating antenna effect in integrated circuit design
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The density and speed of ICs have increased exponentially for several decades, following a trend described by Moore’s Law. With the increasing density and Gate oxide width reducing with each…
Miniature coupled power inductors support flyback and SEPIC applications
Miniature coupled power inductors support flyback and SEPIC applications
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Coilcraft has released a compact PFD3215 Series coupled chip power inductors that provide high efficiency and claim excellent current handling in a rugged, low-cost part.
Ethernet audio video bridging library for Visualsim
Ethernet audio video bridging library for Visualsim
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Mirabilis Design, a provider of system and network simulation software, has released an Ethernet Audio Video Bridging (AVB) library that implements the IEEE 802.1AS, IEEE 802.1Qat, IEEE 802.1Qav and the…
Transient voltage suppressor diode is only 1.0×0.60×0.55mm
Transient voltage suppressor diode is only 1.0×0.60×0.55mm
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Bourns has released a low profile transient voltage suppressor (TVS) diode, designated Bourns Model CDDFN2-T3.3B, with a low capacitance of 13pF and offered in a small surface mount package to…
Fairchild Semiconductor reveals new ‘No Obsolete’ product and lifetime supply policies
Fairchild Semiconductor reveals new ‘No Obsolete’ product and lifetime supply policies
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Fairchild Semiconductor has established a new product obsolescence policy for power and mobile product lines that claims to be the best-in-class in the industry.
element14 launches Gertduino plug-in board for the Raspberry Pi
element14 launches Gertduino plug-in board for the Raspberry Pi
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element14 has released the Gertduino expansion board for the Raspberry Pi computer, an Arduino-Uno like board that was created by Gert van Loo, the inventor of the Gertboard. Gertduino is…
40 or 60W LED power supplies have switch-selectable output current levels
40 or 60W LED power supplies have switch-selectable output current levels
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Sunpower has introduced a series of flexible constant current output LED power supplies to meet today’s demand for intelligent LED lighting control. Rated at 40W or 60W, their output current…
Jaguar develops next-gen infotainment systems with Intel
Jaguar develops next-gen infotainment systems with Intel
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British luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover has announced a collaboration with Intel to develop future vehicle infotainment technologies. Towards this end, Jaguar will open a Technology R&D centre in Portland,…
Self healing lithium-ion battery electrode technology could prove disruptive
Self healing lithium-ion battery electrode technology could prove disruptive
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Self healing battery electrode technology looks like boosting charge capacities of lithium-ion batteries and could become a disruptive technology predicts market intelligence analyst Frost & Sullivan.
Miniature H.264 1-CH video server targets front-end installations
Miniature H.264 1-CH video server targets front-end installations
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The VS8100 miniature H.264 1-CH video server launched by Vivotek acts as a reliable and user-friendly facilitator for the transition from CCTV to IP-based surveillance.
National Instruments, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth wireless technology
National Instruments, University of Edinburgh jointly develop ultra-high bandwidth wireless technology
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Measurement technology vendor National Instruments (NI) and the University of Edinburgh have partnered to develop a test bed that is intended to 'dramatically' improve indoor wireless communications capacity. The prototypes…
New book discloses best practices for MEMS product engineering
New book discloses best practices for MEMS product engineering
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In a new book, “MEMS Product Engineering”, main author Dirk Ortloff (founder and CEO of Process Relations GmbH, Dortmund, Germany) and his co-authors from industry and academia concentrate their knowledge…
Solexant rebrands as Siva Power, switches to CIGS to aim for gigawatt production capacity
Solexant rebrands as Siva Power, switches to CIGS to aim for gigawatt production capacity
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Advanced solar energy company, Solexant Corp., has unveiled a new corporate identity as Siva Power which has now developed a technology platform to create a profitable path to sub-$0.40 per…
Sensirion preps multi-gas sensor ‘nose’ for smartphones
Sensirion preps multi-gas sensor ‘nose’ for smartphones
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Sensirion AG, a vendor of temperature and humidity sensors, has developed a multi-gas sensor that it is planning to sell to smartphone makers.
Signal quality analyser detects bit errors up to 32 Gbit/s
Signal quality analyser detects bit errors up to 32 Gbit/s
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For the development of ultra-high speed network equipment, the capability to detect bit errors in backplanes and interconnects at high speed is crucial. Anritsu Corp. now introduced a high-sensitivity error…
Wolfson to use bat-like sonar for gesture recognition
Wolfson to use bat-like sonar for gesture recognition
Wolfson Microelectronics plc (Edinburgh, Scotland) has teamed up with Elliptic Labs, a startup company working on ultrasonic touchless gesturing for consumer electronics devices.
FPGA-based processing board targets computing clusters
FPGA-based processing board targets computing clusters
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Alpha Data has worked closely with Xilinx to bring a powerful new processing solution to the data centre market based on Xilinx' All Programmable FPGAs.
5Gbit/sec line-of-sight infrared connection supports fast data sharing
5Gbit/sec line-of-sight infrared connection supports fast data sharing
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Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS have developed a new data link that uses infrared light as a transmission medium, reaching data rates up to 5 gigabits…


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