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White paper; build a 5W, X-band (9.4 GHz) PA with a commercial, plastic SMT GaN transistor
White paper; build a 5W, X-band (9.4 GHz) PA with a commercial, plastic SMT GaN transistor
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Plextek RFI has published a new White Paper entitled "5W X-Band GaN Power Amplifier using a Commercially Available Discrete Plastic…
IoT engineering challenges drive new IC- and system-design trade-offs
IoT engineering challenges drive new IC- and system-design trade-offs
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Besides the obvious challenges of keeping costs low for IoT devices, there area a number of design and verification challenges…
Low cost dashboard combines three displays, with Socionext silicon
Low cost dashboard combines three displays, with Socionext silicon
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A free programmable instrument cluster, a head-up display and an infotainment system with touchscreen, all driven by one dual-core processor…
IoT engineering challenges drive IC, system-design trade-offs
IoT engineering challenges drive IC, system-design trade-offs
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Besides the obvious challenges of keeping costs low for IoT devices, there area a number of design and verification challenges…

Asynch image sensor is optimised for machine vision with ‘sparse’ data
Asynch image sensor is optimised for machine vision with ‘sparse’ data
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Chronocam AS (Paris, France) is a startup company that develops vision sensors and systems for machine vision based on an asynchronous pixel sensor technology.
Coexistence measurements ensure good reception in cars
Coexistence measurements ensure good reception in cars
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More and more of today's cars include infotainment systems that allow occupants to communicate with the outside world. Good reception in cars is ensured by an increasing number of transmit…
Improving reliability and lowering audible noise on LED drivers
Improving reliability and lowering audible noise on LED drivers
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Every day, more and more incandescent light bulbs are replaced by LEDs. The main disadvantage of the light bulb is its poor efficiency regarding generation of light in the visual…
Simulating an IoT system for home automation
Simulating an IoT system for home automation
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Imagine that you are a developer of an embedded control system, such as hotel ventilation and air conditioning systems. The basic system is just doing closed-loop control, controlling the temperature…
Ultra-high-sensitivity, millimeter-wave spectrum analysis
Ultra-high-sensitivity, millimeter-wave spectrum analysis
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Antritsu’s fundamental mode Waveguide Mixer MA2808A enables precision testing for the automobile radar and wireless backhaul markets…
1080p video development kit for connected-devices
1080p video development kit for connected-devices
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This integrated Video Development solution delivers low power 30 fps intelligent streaming over Wi-Fi and Ethernet; ON Semiconductor’s MatrixCam video development kit (VDK) has been developed specifically to enable greater…
TI embedded SoC MCUs add real-time processing and multimedia capability
TI embedded SoC MCUs add real-time processing and multimedia capability
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Texas Instruments’ Sitara AM57x family, along with an associated processor SDK, claims new levels of integration, scalability, on-chip peripherals and ease of use.
Low-latency, local computing speeds big data analytics
Low-latency, local computing speeds big data analytics
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From IDT’s Open High-Performance Analytics and Computing Lab, this platform is optimised for computing services in access networks and video network distribution: it facilitates “deep learning at the edge of…
Conductive inks print circuits in moulded parts, eliminate PCBs
Conductive inks print circuits in moulded parts, eliminate PCBs
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DuPont Microcircuit Materials is introducing a range of in-mould electronic inks, that increase the variables for mechanical and electronic designers, andaid functional integration.
Modules enable drop-in use of FTDI Chip’s ‘Super-Bridge’ MCUs
Modules enable drop-in use of FTDI Chip’s ‘Super-Bridge’ MCUs
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FTDI Chip (Glasgow, Scotland) has introduced a series of modules for evaluation, development and application of its 32-bit FT90X Super-Bridge MCUs.
Time-of-flight IC for optical object detection/ranging within 2m
Time-of-flight IC for optical object detection/ranging within 2m
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Intersil’s ISL29501 signal processing IC detects objects up to two metres away; the device is a time-of-flight (ToF) signal processing IC that provides a complete object detection and distance measurement…
IDTechEx pinpoints three technology megatrends
IDTechEx pinpoints three technology megatrends
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According to Raghu Das, CEO of the technology market research firm IDTechEx, three new megatrends are emerging in the world of technology: namely Structural Electronics (SE), 3D Printed Electronics (3DPE),…
Keeping pace with big data: real time searches
Keeping pace with big data: real time searches
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Cambridge-based startup Geospock has just secured £3.5M in Series A funding to bring its first product to market, a cloud-based database service with a simple-to-use API for developers to easily…
Dialog & Bosch merge wireless & sensor expertise
Dialog & Bosch merge wireless & sensor expertise
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Dialog Semiconductor and Bosch Sensortec have announced a collaboration to develop a low power smart sensor wireless platform for IoT devices; the resulting, lowest-power 12-degrees of freedom (DOF) advanced sensor…
Thread plus Bluetooth Smart, running on a single wireless MCU
Thread plus Bluetooth Smart, running on a single wireless MCU
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Freescale’s 32-bit Kinetis KW41Z MCU claims to be the only-available multi-mode radio with Thread support, capable of running 802.15.4 and Bluetooth Smart.
Atmel adds Somnium’s DRT software tools for improved code generation
Atmel adds Somnium’s DRT software tools for improved code generation
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Atmel and Somnium Technologies have added the Somnium DRT software tools as an extension to the recently launched Atmel Studio 7 – itslef an integrated development environment (IDE) that build…
Renesas offers qualified software modules with Synergy MCUs
Renesas offers qualified software modules with Synergy MCUs
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Synergy is an embedded hardware-and-software platform from Renesas. The company observes that embedded product designers spend a disproportionate amount of time on “non-differentiating” software – the Synergy platform aims to…
Snapdragon processor hosted in graphics-oriented HMI module
Snapdragon processor hosted in graphics-oriented HMI module
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andersDX describes its latest design as its fastest-ever ARM module for graphics-rich user interfaces; it is a core module and a single board computer based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600…
Calibration: meeting the challenges of high-frequency power measurement
Calibration: meeting the challenges of high-frequency power measurement
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As more and more innovation focuses on energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources, engineers are increasingly demanding accuracy and precision from their power measurements. At the same…
Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity IP spans baseband to RF
Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity IP spans baseband to RF
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IP creator Imagination Technologies’ complete Ensigma connectivity IP system solutions include Wi-Fi/Bluetooth software, media access control (MAC) layer, baseband, analogue front end (AFE) and RF, made available through a range…
Renesas/Icon tie-up on security for IoT and industrial systems
Renesas/Icon tie-up on security for IoT and industrial systems
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Embedded security specialist Icon Labs has integrated its Floodgate security products with Renesas’ R-IN32M3 industrial network controller ICs and the Renesas Synergy Platform creating, the cpmpany says, a secure platform…
An IoT ‘starter kit’ from Arrow and Amazon Web Services
An IoT ‘starter kit’ from Arrow and Amazon Web Services
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Distributor Arrow Electronics, in collaboration with Qualcomm Technologies and Amazon has disclosed its DragonBoard 410c “Internet of Things” (IoT) Starter Kit, which is based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor…
IDT/Altera collaborate on meeting Synchronous Ethernet specs
IDT/Altera collaborate on meeting Synchronous Ethernet specs
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Integrated Device Technology and Altera have been working on designs that combine IDT network communications solutions with Altera FPGAs and Altera IP cores to build flexible Ethernet nodes that comply…
Bosch drives development of both batteries and fuel cells
Bosch drives development of both batteries and fuel cells
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Will future electric cars drive with better batteries or fuel cells? Automotive supplier Bosch gives a sibylline answer: Both. The company has stated its goal in the battery development more…


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