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Integrated SoCs target mid-range automotive infotainment systems
Integrated SoCs target mid-range automotive infotainment systems
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The R-Car M1 series of SoCs released by Renesas Electronics represent the integration of the company’s SH-Navi series and EMMA…
STMicroelectronics teams with LifeNexus for the Personal Health Card
STMicroelectronics teams with LifeNexus for the Personal Health Card
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STMicroelectronics announced it will produce the iChip microprocessor for the LifeNexus Personal Health Card. The Personal Health Card is believed…
Unit testing incorporating hardware
Unit testing incorporating hardware
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The latest version of Tessy, the tool for automated module/unit/integration testing of embedded software, can now incorporate hardware in unit…
ODM solution for unified threat management appliances
ODM solution for unified threat management appliances
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Freescale Semiconductor, Aewin and Atheros are collaborating to target SMB and branch office markets. Freescale, systems designer Aewin and network…

Agilent introduces LTE design verification and conformance systems
Agilent introduces LTE design verification and conformance systems
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Agilent Technologies has unveiled its new design verification and conformance systems for LTE. The three systems extend Agilent's GS-8800 series for cellular design verification and conformance and are intended for…
New IO-Link driver saves cost in sensor and actuator applications
New IO-Link driver saves cost in sensor and actuator applications
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ZMD AG has announced a new member of its line driver and level shifter IC family with a high-voltage I/O channel that meets the physical layer requirements of sensor and…
Shunt protectors for sensitive LED lighting applications
Shunt protectors for sensitive LED lighting applications
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The Bourns LSP-Series of open LED shunt protection devices has been designed specifically for LED lighting applications. The new shunt protector family enables LED lighting applications configured in strings to…
Designing USB functionality into embedded systems with no OS
Designing USB functionality into embedded systems with no OS
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USB flash drives are a popular, simple and inexpensive method of moving data from one PC to another. Their use in the embedded market has been limited, however, due to…
Software is the new hardware
Software is the new hardware
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While the importance of embedded software is now well understood by most semiconductor manufacturers, and the increasing dominance of the ARM architecture is encouraging more of them to differentiate themselves…
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
Qualcomm licenses USB chip interface
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Qualcomm Inc. and one other ARM-based mobile SoC vendor have taken licenses to SMSC's patented Inter-Chip Connectivity (ICC) technology, a low power variant of the 480 Mbit/s USB 2.0 standard…
Broadcom-ARM deal hits MIPS
Broadcom-ARM deal hits MIPS
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There is good news for ARM Holdings plc. It's not so good for MIPS Technology Inc. Broadcom Corp. and ARM have announced the signing of a broad reaching license agreement,…
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
Intel, AMD prep USB 3.0 chips for 2012
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Both Advanced Micro Devices and Intel are expected to sample this year PC chip sets that integrate support for the new USB 3.0 interface. The chips are expected to be…
Avnet Abacus reveals enhanced power strategy to support cost efficient, eco-friendly power design
Avnet Abacus reveals enhanced power strategy to support cost efficient, eco-friendly power design
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Avnet Abacus, one of Europe’s leading power management distributors, has revealed a series of enhancements to the company’s power products strategy to offer sustained, multi-faceted support for ‘green’ power design…
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
Nvidia demos quad-core Tegra in tablet
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Nvidia leapfrogged rival Qualcomm by showing a working version of its next-generation Tegra, a four-core mobile processor. The demo at the Mobile World Congress, described in an Nvidia blog, came…
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
Agilent uses new ASIC in MSO market attack
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In a massive attack on the mixed-signal and digital-storage oscilloscope market Agilent Technologies Inc. has added two new families - the InfiniiVision 2000 and 3000 X-Series - with 26 models.
Mobile battery pack and 5-bay battery charger system
Mobile battery pack and 5-bay battery charger system
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GlobTek’s 5-bay Lithium-Ion Battery Chargers and Cradles meet IEC 60950 (ITE), UL 1310 (Class 2), IEC 60601-1 (Medical) and International EMC standards. The charger charges battery in three phases: conditioning,…
Touch screen vision sensors with Ethernet connectivity
Touch screen vision sensors with Ethernet connectivity
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Banner Engineering introduced the iVu Plus, adding Ethernet connectivity and more advanced inspection capabilities to the iVu's intuitive platform. Ethernet connectivity enables iVu Plus sensors to share inspection data directly…
PC/104 meets Qseven: what’s your combination?
PC/104 meets Qseven: what’s your combination?
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Embedded electronics is all about applying commercially available components to a design in a highly custom fashion. OEM products vary so greatly in computational requirements that a “perfect” off the…
Cofluent Design joins Cadence’s EDA360 system realization alliance
Cofluent Design joins Cadence’s EDA360 system realization alliance
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LCD coaxial embedded display interface and source receptacle
LCD coaxial embedded display interface and source receptacle
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The rapidly developing tablet, notebook and netbook PC markets are creating demand for high-performance interconnects with sufficient throughput to drive the latest display technology. With these requirements in mind, Tyco…
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
CEA-Leti and Edwards join forces on energy-efficient fabs
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CEA-Leti and Edwards, a supplier of vacuum technology and abatement systems, have demonstrated an energy-saving controller system for subfabs that automatically puts process-support equipment in idle mode when fab processes…
High voltage LED series for retrofit lighting applications
High voltage LED series for retrofit lighting applications
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Everlight Electronics launched a range of high voltage LEDs, the HiVo series, especially suited for use in solid state lighting integral lamps. The HiVo series comprises a 1W, 2W and…
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
ST-Ericsson launches the Igloo open source community
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The production-grade small-sized Snowball developer board combines ST-Ericsson’s newly announced Nova A9500 dual-core application processor, with MEMS-based 3D gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer, and barometer, together with GPS and connectivity features.
Techniques for accurate ECG signal processing
Techniques for accurate ECG signal processing
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Ajay Bharadwaj and Umanath Kamath, Cypress Semiconductor Corp., discusses techniques that enable accurate ECG signal processing to improve the performance of medical diagnostics.
Intersil receives ISO/TS16949 certification
Intersil receives ISO/TS16949 certification
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Chip vendor Intersil Corporation has been awarded the ISO/TS16949:2002 certification for its manufacturing facilities in Milpitas, CA, Palm Bay, FL and Munich, Germany. The certification refers to quality management systems…
36-VIN, 4-A (IOUT), 1.5-MHz synchronous step-down DC/DC converter offers quiescent current of 70-uA
36-VIN, 4-A (IOUT), 1.5-MHz synchronous step-down DC/DC converter offers quiescent current of 70-uA
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Linear Technology Corporation introduces a 36 V input capable, synchronous step-down switching regulator which can deliver up to 4 A of continuous output current at efficiencies as high as 93%.
High-speed ADC family claims best-in-class performance and power
High-speed ADC family claims best-in-class performance and power
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Intersil Corporation has unveiled its newest family of analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). The new family offers pin-compatible 12-, 14- and 16-bit ADCs with sample rates from 130 to 500 megasamples per…
Precision power analyzer offers innovative measurement functions
Precision power analyzer offers innovative measurement functions
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The Yokogawa WT1800 precision power analyzer is the latest addition to the company's range of digital power measuring instruments. The new instrument replaces the WT1600, an industry standard for many…


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