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Designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces (Part 1 of 2)
Designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces (Part 1 of 2)
Technology News |
Sachin Gupta, Prakhar Goyal, and Kurian Polachan of Cypress Semiconductor Corp., examine challenges behind designing reliable capacitive-touch interfaces.
Energy harvester produces power from local environment, eliminating batteries in wireless sensors
Energy harvester produces power from local environment, eliminating batteries in wireless sensors
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Jim Drew of Linear Technology explains how remote sensors are able to operate without batteries by harvesting ambient energy from…
The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 2 of 3
The basics of power factor correction (PFC), Part 2 of 3
Technology News |
ON Semiconductor and Dhaval Dalal, ACP Technologies have written a new handbook that examines the fundamental theory behind PFC and…
Measure the input capacitance of your op amp
Measure the input capacitance of your op amp
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Akshay Bhat of Maxim Integrated Products Inc explains how to provide a sanity check in the lab by assisting the…

BMW expands its activities in China
BMW expands its activities in China
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Following on to its recent success at the Shanghai automotive exhibition, the BMW Group now plans to further expand its activities in China. The company announced to invest one billion…
D/A converter supports multi-carrier wireless standards using less PCB space
D/A converter supports multi-carrier wireless standards using less PCB space
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Analog Devices, Inc., has introduced a 16-bit D/A converter for wired and wireless communication systems that features the industry's best combination of package size, speed and low noise. The latest…
Crystal oscillator for very harsh environments
Crystal oscillator for very harsh environments
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Vectron International has introduced a crystal oscillator featuring an ultra high and wide continuous operating temperature range from -55°C to +230°C. Besides its wide temperature range, the device also resists…
Jaguar Land Rover to build super sports vehicle with low carbon emission
Jaguar Land Rover to build super sports vehicle with low carbon emission
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Tata Motors' Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) unit has announced that Jaguar will develop the C-X75 super car concept revealed at the Paris Motor Show in 2010 into a production reality.
Renesas adds third-party SW & RTOS support for RL78 microcontroller family
Renesas adds third-party SW & RTOS support for RL78 microcontroller family
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The software ecosystem for the RL78 microcontroller family, widely used in power-sensitive automotive and industrial applications is growing: RL78 manufacturer Rensas has announced that a new compiler from IAR Systems…
New micro PMIC targets Li-Ion battery based mobile applications
New micro PMIC targets Li-Ion battery based mobile applications
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austriamicrosystems has introduced a highly integrated power management integrated circuit (PMIC) designed specifically for portable devices powered by a single-cell Li-Ion battery. The AS3605 integrates seven low dropout regulators (LDOs),…
40-A DrMOS solution enables operating frequencies in excess of 1-MHz and better than 93 percent efficiency
40-A DrMOS solution enables operating frequencies in excess of 1-MHz and better than 93 percent efficiency
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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., has unveiled an integrated DrMOS solution providing PWM-optimized high-side and low-side n-channel MOSFETs, a full-featured MOSFET driver IC, and a bootstrap diode, all in a single low-profile,…
CamSemi enters LED lighting market with new driver ICs
CamSemi enters LED lighting market with new driver ICs
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CamSemi has launched the company’s C3120 family of LED driver ICs and its intention to become a major player in one of the fastest-growing sectors of the lighting market. The…
Thermal sensors for DDR3 memory modules expand cloud computing portfolio
Thermal sensors for DDR3 memory modules expand cloud computing portfolio
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Integrated Device Technology (IDT) has introduced a family of low-power, precision temperature sensors targeted at Double Data Rate 2 and 3 (DDR2 and DDR3) memory modules, solid state drives (SSD),…
Lab aims for superconducting FET
Lab aims for superconducting FET
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The resistance of superconductivity to rational explanation has prompted the U.S. Department of Energy's (DoE) Brookhaven National Laboratory to fabricate atomically perfect ultra-thin-films capable of accurately characterize the transition from…
IEEE looks beyond 100G Ethernet
IEEE looks beyond 100G Ethernet
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The IEEE has kicked off a new group to explore what comes after today's emerging 40 and 100 Gbit/second versions of Ethernet. The 802.3 Ethernet Bandwidth Assessment Ad Hoc group…
UK sees shortfall in electric car charging points
UK sees shortfall in electric car charging points
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The BBC is reporting that in the UK only 704 of the 4,700 electric car charging points expected by the end of the year are in place and two-thirds of…
PaperPhone prototype opens door to flexible, interactive computing
PaperPhone prototype opens door to flexible, interactive computing
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An advanced "thin-film" flexible paper computer has been developed through collaborative efforts of researchers at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, and Arizona State University. Called PaperPhone, it's described as a…
Thales uses AdaCore tools for next gen Argos satellite
Thales uses AdaCore tools for next gen Argos satellite
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Thales Airborne Systems announced it has licensed AdaCore's GNAT Pro High Integrity Edition to develop onboard instrument software for the next generation of the Argos satellite project.
MEMS sensor delivers ten degrees of freedom
MEMS sensor delivers ten degrees of freedom
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A complete hardware solution for advanced sensing applications with 10 degrees of freedom (DoF) has been announced by STMicroelectronics. A set of three thin, high performance MEMS sensors are said…
Posedge selects EnSilica’s eSi-3250 processor to perform wire-speed routing at multi-gigabit rates
Posedge selects EnSilica’s eSi-3250 processor to perform wire-speed routing at multi-gigabit rates
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Posedge, a semiconductor intellectual property and solutions provider based in Sunnyvale (California, USA), has licensed EnSilica'sa high-performance eSi-3250 32-bit processor core for an innovative, new Residential and SMB Gateway solution…
OTN breakthrough to deliver multi-service convergence
OTN breakthrough to deliver multi-service convergence
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PMC-Sierra has announced that FibreHome, a leading fibre optic communications equipment provider in China, has selected PMC-Sierra's HyPHY chipset for its FONST series of family WDM optical transmission solutions.
Oxygen sensor eliminates false alarms
Oxygen sensor eliminates false alarms
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Design and manufacturer of gas sensors for personal life safety, City Technology, has introduced an oxygen sensor that uses a unique vented technology to eliminate false alarms. It represents the…
Goepel electronic joins the open source initiative goJTAG
Goepel electronic joins the open source initiative goJTAG
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Goepel electronic announced it has joined the open source initiative goJTAG founded by various universities and the Company Testonica Lab. This initiative pursues the goal to provide the industry with…
Telehealth: huge opportunities for established technologies
Telehealth: huge opportunities for established technologies
Feature articles |
At the DesignMed trade fair that recently took place in Stuttgart (Germany) the close ties became visible that link medical technology and electronics. The exhibition also made clear how electronics…
Low-power AC/DC-Converter delivers low no-load power consumption
Low-power AC/DC-Converter delivers low no-load power consumption
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RECOM has released a new range of isolated AC/DC power supply modules with low standby input currents, ideally suited for low power applications or standby power supplies.
Robotic design contest to take place at Freescale’s Technology Forum
Robotic design contest to take place at Freescale’s Technology Forum
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Freescale Semiconductor announced the “Make It Challenge” design contest, which is set to take place at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) June 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas. The contest will…
French RISC core aims at touch-screen apps
French RISC core aims at touch-screen apps
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Cortus SA, foundry MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp., and design house Taegee Co., Ltd., have collaborated on the development of a 32-bit microntroller intended for touch-screen applications in tablet and laptop computers…
ARM to win 13% PC processor share in 2015, says IDC
ARM to win 13% PC processor share in 2015, says IDC
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The processor architecture of ARM Holdings plc, which is not present in the market for desktop, mobile or x86 servers at present, is going to grab more than 13 percent…


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