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Real-time oscilloscopes achieve 70 GHz performance
Real-time oscilloscopes achieve 70 GHz performance
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Tektronix has announced that lab testing has shown that its next generation performance oscilloscopes — due for availability in 2014…
Fully integrated GPS OCXO time and frequency module
Fully integrated GPS OCXO time and frequency module
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Spectratime, a business of the Orolia Group, has announced its smart, low-cost, ultra-small and fully integrated GPS/GNSS receiver and OCXO…
Shape-based router brings automatic custom net routing to IC Compiler users
Shape-based router brings automatic custom net routing to IC Compiler users
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Synopsys has announced the Galaxy Custom Router, to work with its IC Compiler Custom solution, and that adds new analog…
GPS OCXO time and frequency module is fully integrated
GPS OCXO time and frequency module is fully integrated
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Spectratime, a business of the Orolia Group, has announced its smart, low-cost, ultra-small and fully integrated GPS/GNSS receiver and OCXO…

European-sourced lithium rechargeable battery production to increase
European-sourced lithium rechargeable battery production to increase
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BMZ is to set up a highly automated production plant with capacity of up to 200,000 lithium rechargeable power packs a year, in Karlstein, Germany.
RMS power detector for RF communications designs spans 10 GHz
RMS power detector for RF communications designs spans 10 GHz
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Analog Devices' latest RMS power detector features operation up to 10 GHz and a 67 dB measurement range: the ADL5906 TruPwr RMS detector is frequency-versatile and eliminates the need for…
Farnell element14 becomes an authorised reseller of Micrel
Farnell element14 becomes an authorised reseller of Micrel
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Farnell element14 has formalised the company’s relationship with Micrel, which is a manufacturer of IC solutions for worldwide high-performance analog and high-speed mixed signal, LAN and timing and communications solutions…
Automotive emergency call system reference design
Automotive emergency call system reference design
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Texas Instruments has introduced a complete reference design that provides designers all the analogue and embedded processing integrated circuits required for automotive emergency call (eCall) systems. Vehicles equipped with eCall…
25,000 DMIPS-capable SoC targets the automotive infotainment market
25,000 DMIPS-capable SoC targets the automotive infotainment market
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Capable of delivering more than 25,000 DMIPS, the R-Car H2 automotive SoC is designed to provide high performance and state-of-the-art 3D graphics capabilities for high-end multimedia and navigation automotive systems.
Plessey Semiconductors signs Chinese distribution deal with Alphatec
Plessey Semiconductors signs Chinese distribution deal with Alphatec
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Plessey Semiconductors has signed a distribution agreement for the Greater China market with Alphatec.
Smartphone app uses gaming approach to deliver energy savings
Smartphone app uses gaming approach to deliver energy savings
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An EnergyLife app smartphone application developed through BeAware, a EU funded project, led by the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology (HIIT), in Finland aims to bring gaming dimensions to energy…
8-bit MCU combines low power, I2C and hardware CVD in 8 pins for touch-sensing applications
8-bit MCU combines low power, I2C and hardware CVD in 8 pins for touch-sensing applications
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Microchip Technology Inc., has added to the company’s PIC12/16F15XX 8-bit microcontroller (MCU) family with the low-cost, low pin count PIC12LF1552 is Microchip’s smallest (2x3 mm UDFN package) and lowest-cost PIC…
Energy-efficient development kit supports ARM+GPU HPC and server solutions
Energy-efficient development kit supports ARM+GPU HPC and server solutions
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SECO has unveiled an energy-efficient DevKit – powered by the NVIDIA Tegra 3-based Qseven module on a Mini ITX form factor carrier board – the SECO mITX GPU DevKit.
Analog Devices collaborates with Mathworks to offer engineering students low-cost learning platform
Analog Devices collaborates with Mathworks to offer engineering students low-cost learning platform
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Analog Devices, Inc. has introduced a low-cost hardware-software solution focusing on circuit testing designed for the engineering education market.
China to build standard OS around Ubuntu
China to build standard OS around Ubuntu
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China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MII) has selected Ubuntu from British software company Canonical Ltd. as the basis for standard operating systems in China.
Compact portable vital signs monitor uses WiFi to display data on smartphones and tablets
Compact portable vital signs monitor uses WiFi to display data on smartphones and tablets
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Sensaris has developed a novel, multi-sensor device for monitoring vital signs. Called the ZAO, it is currently going through the certification process and will be available mid 2013.
Multi-touch display sensor ICs focuses on supporting ultrabooks and all-in-one PCs
Multi-touch display sensor ICs focuses on supporting ultrabooks and all-in-one PCs
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Dialog Semiconductor plc is moving into the touchscreen sensor market with the launch of the SmartWave DA8901 Multi-Touch Integrated Circuit (MTIC).
MEMS accelerometers target healthcare applications
MEMS accelerometers target healthcare applications
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MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical System) technologies have become widely adopted for navigation and gaming applications through the design of MEMS-based accelerometers and gyroscopes, but another growing use for this miniature…
30 GHz short wavelength photodetector in hermetic package
30 GHz short wavelength photodetector in hermetic package
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Albis Optoelectronics has released the PQW30A-S, a hermetically packaged, short wavelength, 30 GHz RF photodetector.
Camera module supports full HD on OMAP4
Camera module supports full HD on OMAP4
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e-con Systems has developed a Full HD MIPI camera module that supports the Texas Instruments’ OMAP4 family of processors for the first time.
TI’s SafeTI approved to ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 Process Certification from TÜV SÜD
TI’s SafeTI approved to ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 Process Certification from TÜV SÜD
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Texas Instruments' SafeTI functional safety hardware development process is now certified as suitable for development of ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 compliant components. TI achieved this process certification from TÜV…
Extended temperature, low current drive, high-speed photocouplers
Extended temperature, low current drive, high-speed photocouplers
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Toshiba Electronics Europe (TEE) has extended its family of high-speed photocouplers (optocouplers) for industrial applications. Supplied in a DIP8 package, the new TLP2955 and TLP2958 low-current drive devices provide guaranteed…
Cell-phone charger: nice idea done right
Cell-phone charger: nice idea done right
Mophie, a California-based designer and manufacturer of mobile intelligent devices and accessories, developed the juice pack, the first ever “Works with iPhone” portable battery case certified by Apple.
GreenChip Power IC family offers mobile charging benefits
GreenChip Power IC family offers mobile charging benefits
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NXP Semiconductors has introduced its latest GreenChip designed to make smartphone and tablet chargers more compact, energy-efficient and cost-effective – without sacrificing reliability.
Buck-boost charge pump IC delivers 12 to 5V for industrial, automotive designs
Buck-boost charge pump IC delivers 12 to 5V for industrial, automotive designs
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Linear Technology announces the LTC3245, a versatile 250mA high voltage buck-boost charge pump. The LTC3245 uses switched capacitor fractional conversion to maintain regulation over a wide range of input voltage…
Adding a multi-cell battery system to single-cell designs
Adding a multi-cell battery system to single-cell designs
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Daniel Acevedo, applications engineer, Texas Instruments explains how a front-end power management unit enables system designers to continue using their single-cell-based designs, while increasing efficiency of subsystems needing higher input…
Power IC family offers mobile charging benefits
Power IC family offers mobile charging benefits
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NXP Semiconductors has introduced its latest GreenChip designed to make smartphone and tablet chargers more compact, energy-efficient and cost-effective – without sacrificing reliability.
Infotainment drives memory increase in modern cars
Infotainment drives memory increase in modern cars
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The automotive market is moderately but steadily growing. Global car sales rose 6% year-on-year in the first half of 2012, despite the ongoing headwinds associated with the sovereign debt problems…


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