Microchip has introduced a digitally-controlled analogue DC-DC converter chip for power converters between 50 and 150W, including high current point-of-load converters. Called MCP19111, both microprocessor and analogue blocks are on the ...
Belgium-based Polymar BVBA has signed a pact to sell film from Argotec in the European Union, Eastern Europe and the UK. According to the company, the Argotec line includes blown and flat-die extruded, aromatic and aliphatic, polyurethane ...
Powered by the AMD Embedded G-Series Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) GizmoSphere has launched the Gizmo board for developing x86-based embedded systems for embedded systems inventors and hobbyists. The board is powered by the AMD ...
The Clean Clothes Campaign, along with labor rights organizations in Bangladesh and around the world, calls for immediate action from international brands following the fire in Dhaka Bangladesh, which cost the lives of seven more women ...
With the latest generation of high-end smartphones sporting power-hungry 5-inch screens, a growing number of phone vendors are emphasizing bigger batteries rather than thinner devices. After HTC's introduction of a 5-inch, full-HD screen ...
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Renesas Electronics has introduced low on-state resistance mosfets which are optimised for use as ORing FETs in power supplies. The on-state resistance is 0.72mΩ (typical value) for 30V. This is about 50% lower resistance ...
Cree, Inc. (Nasdaq: CREE), announced revenue of $346.3 million for its second quarter of fiscal 2013, ended December 30, 2012. This represents a 14% increase compared to revenue of $304.1 million reported for the second quarter of fiscal ...
Research In Motion’s (RIM) stock prices soared this week, following speculation, rumours and high hopes about the upcoming BlackBerry 10 launch next week. RIM’s stock price has been languishing in the $11-$12 range on the ...
I’ve been stung by fire ants more times than I can count. It’s a moment of blind panic; an initial frozen blink of time when you realize you’re being swarmed by ant devils. Panic steps aside for primal instinct and fits of ...
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Metallic laminated board MirriNor was used and the box was printed by Bradford UV litho firm Oriel. After printing, the boxes were finished at Celloglas. Andrew Webber, owner of the Gusbourne Estate, said: “We wanted to use a ...
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Imec has worked with Cadence Design Systems to validate an automated 3D design-for-test tool for logic-memory interconnects in DRAM-on-logic stacks. The tool, which is based on Cadence Encounter test software, was verified on an ...
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Canadian firm Research In Motion (RIM) could license out its upcoming BlackBerry 10 (BB10) operating system to another manufacturer, the company's CEO, Thorsten Heins, has said. In an interview with German newspaper Die Welt, Heins said ...
Flatsun by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Artist Rafael Lozano-Hemmer has created an installation with 60,000 LEDs that mimics the surface of the sun. His artwork Flatsun imitates the solar flares and turbulance on the planet’s surface with ...
Dutch start-up Anagear has released a power management IC (PMIC) for wireless sensor nodes, that consumes an average of 600nA, said the firm. Typically, wireless sensor nodes have a microcontroller that spends most of its time in sleep, ...
Game veteran wants to work with toy suppliers to bring dice rolling to virtual games. A new type of die hopes to change the way people play virtual board games. Dice+ can be used to interact with a digital board game, whether it's ...
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