XMOS today announces a major expansion into automotive markets, with the announcement of a range of xCORE multicore microcontrollers that are qualified to AEC-Q100 standards. "The xCORE architecture is an ideal fit for many applications ...
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics
At the 2014 International CES, NXP Semiconductors (NASDAQ: NXPI) is demonstrating a wireless smart lighting network designed for ease of installation in the home. The demo includes an energy harvesting switch (battery-less, no wires) ...
Tags: Wireless Lighting, Lights
This year's 30th Chaos Communication Congress (30C3) in Hamburg from December 27 to December 30 carried numerous informative presentations, including a reverse-engineering story about SD cards, which two investigators explored for malware ...
Tags: 30C3, SD cards, reverse-engineering, malware, MITM attacks
Many older engineers first became interested in electronics through hobbies in their youth—assembling kits, participating in amateur radio, or engaging in other experiments. But I have wondered whether or not students entering ...
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The $99 ZigBee Light Link Development Kit can help SSL product development teams quickly get wireless-enabled LED lamps or luminaires to market that interoperate seamlessly with other ZigBee products. Texas Instruments (TI) has announced ...
Tags: LED Lighting, Zigbee Light Link
NliteN has just added the dimmable 2D-Lux™ Smart LED Disk (SLEDD) to its campaign on Indiegogo. The 2D-Lux SLEDD, a 60W-incandescent-replacement LED smart "bulb", adds an Atmel AVR microcontroller, USB interface, and ...
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Texas Instruments (TI) has introduced Li-Ion battery fuel gauge integrated circuit, called the bq27421, which improves battery run-time in portable medical devices. Using TI's proven Impedance Track advanced battery technology, the ...
US based automobile manufacturer Chrysler will recall about 840,000 vehicles across the globe over various issues. The recall affects 500,000 cars and sports utility vehicles (SUV) over a problem with active-restraint head rest, in ...
Accurate humidity measurements play an important role in the process of stability chamber manufacturing. Osworld ensures that every stability chamber is tested for its proper functioning and care is taken in appropriate components ...
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The chip copyright litigation between Shanghai Haier Integrated Circuit and US Microchip Technology, which has lasted for nearly six years, has gotten the final judgment recently. The Shanghai Higher People's Court upheld the judgment of ...
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In 2012, MCU unit shipments surged 16%, but total revenues declined 3% and ASPs plunged 17%, says IC Insights. While uncertainty about the global economy played a factor in lowering MCU revenues, the market was significantly ...
At LIGHTFAIR International 2013, Thermal Solution Resources, LLC (TSR) introduced the world’s smallest wireless LED lamp – the intelliSSL™ MR16 which can be controlled remotely from iOS, Android or Windows smartphones, ...
Microchip has added to its embedded wireless offerings with support for Bluetooth, 802.11 and ZigBee standards. The PIC32 Bluetooth audio development kit, featuring modules, stacks and CODECs, and XBee footprint-compatible socket modules ...
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Marvell, Sharp and Orama collaborate to provide the first Digital LED Lighting System delivering a full range of the light from nature driving a new wave of LED lighting Marvell (Nasdaq: MRVL) and Sharp Electronics announced the results ...
Tags: LED lighting, LED, lighting