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Silicone-Carbide Power Chips May Enable Faster, Better Electric Cars
ST is touting its power semiconductors as the next step toward improving renewable energy vehicles.
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NXP Unveils ADAS Platform to Enable Autonomous Vehicles
The company says its BlueBox solution will allow automotive OEMs to design, manufacture and sell self-driving cars by 2020.
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What is This Thing that EEs Routinely Call "Ground?"
Treating a circuit point as a "ground" when it really isn't can lead to design problems and safety issues.
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DIN Rail Power Supplies Suit Industrial Applications
Artesyn’s ADNB series power supply has a DIN rail mounting clip for industrial applications.
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Molex Implements Optical Fiber Measurement System for Astronomy Applications
Optical bench measures and validates FRD Values in fiber samples.
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Schottky Barrier Rectifier Outperforms Conventional Switching Diodes
The LFUSCD Series of Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky diodes from Littelfuse handle large surge currents without thermal runaway.
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Video: Researchers Reveal a Reconfigurable Smartwatch with Two Screens
This new prototype smartwatch has two touchscreens – one of which can be removed and re-positioned.
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Expanded Choke Line Covers Wide Inductance Range
The EPCOS ERU19 choke series from TDK Corp. that comprises ten different types covering an inductance range of 1.0 µH to 30 µH DC.
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Course Examines High-Performance Computing Trends
Short course at 2016 Symposia on VLSI Technology & Circuits provides an intriguing look at the converging technology paths to the future of computing.
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Western Digital Completes SanDisk Acquisition
The deal gives WDC a stable NAND flash memory supply and catapults it into the SSD market.
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To Make a Better Battery Add Even More Salt
Adding a second salt to water-based batteries increases their energy capacity, without fire risk, poisonous chemicals, and environmental hazards of current lithium-ion batteries.
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Q&A with an Engineer Who Quit His Job to Become a Full-Time Hacker
James Hobson wanted more from his life as an engineer, so he quit his job and became a “Hacksmith,” working on DIY tech-related projects full time.
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MEMSIC Ships 1 Billionth MEMS Device
The company manufacturers monolithic accelerometers and AMR magnetic sensors.
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Automotive Microcontroller Family Aims to Accelerate the Smart Car
STMicroelectronics has launched three product lines to address in-car connectivity and security
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650 V Fast Body Diode MOSFETs Increase Voltage Headroom for Soft Switching
Vishay’s EF Series 650 V fast body diode MOSFETs ensure adequate voltage headroom for industrial, telecom and renewable energy applications.
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“Smart” Paper is Digitally Connected, Responds to Commands
An ordinary piece of paper gets sensing capabilities by employing a method that relies on small radio frequency (RFID) tags.
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Internet of Things Platform Introduced by Avnet
The distributor is combining a SoC from Microsemi along with wireless modules from LSR.
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Battery Connectors Provide Positive Contact Mating
The 9155-800 Series vertical-mate, 2 mm-pitch battery connectors incorporate a contact geometry that allows for full vertical engagement in pluggable module applications.
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Open VPX Backplanes Maintain Signal Integrity At Up to 10.3 Gbaud
Board supports PCIe Gen3 and 10 GbE (XAUI) and the most advanced Gen3 bandwidth module configurations.
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Low Loss Three-Phase Ideal Diode Bridge Rectifier Reduces Heat, Easing Thermal Design
Linear Technology is offering a low-loss three-phase ideal diode bridge rectifier reference design that replaces six diodes with three LT4320 ideal diode bridge controllers to simplify design.
