Atmel has demonstrated at Embedded World in Nuremberg this week its AT86RF233 2.4GHz IEEE 802.15.4 radio transceiver carrying out distance measurement between two radios. A process known as ranging. It can be necessary to determine ...
Renesas Electronics has given details of its plans for the RX family of microcontrollers, which include its lowest power, lowest cost 32-bit MCU. The RX100 series microcontrollers are based on a 130nm process technology and run at 32MHz, ...
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Has Sony finally nailed it? From our time using the Xperia Z handset, Sony seems to have achieved exactly that. We found the Xperia Z to be a sophisticated phone. Its 5-inch full HD screen is ultra sharp with 441 pixels per inch ...
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Nokia has expanded its Lumia portfolio with the 520 and 720. The Lumia 520 is the company's cheapest Windows phone to date at $184, and comes as the company is under pressure to increase sales volumes. The struggling phone vendor's switch ...
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Sony today launched the world’s thinnest 10.1-inch tablet at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Xperia Tablet Z will launch globally in the second quarter or 2013, Sony revealed. According to the company, the tablet is the ...
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HTC showed off some capabilities of its new premium HTC One Android handset at a ritzy Australian launch in Sydney last night. You could be mistaken for thinking the silver version of the One was an Apple device: its thin ...
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AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany, a wholly owned subsidiary of Osram GmbH, is the world's second largest manufacturer of optoelectronic semiconductors after LiteOn and followed third place by Cree Inc. One of the main ...
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In the bustle of a city full of traffic, narrow streets, tall buildings, trees and other obstacle, GPS can have a hard time accurately locating a vehicle whether its your family sedan, or your dozer. In an open field, the margin of error ...
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The Lion Precision LRD8200 Ultrasonic Clear Label Sensor has a new "Gap Quickset" feature for easier setup. The feature enables the user to place a gap in the sensor and with one click set the sensor's "Gap" setting. Previously, operators ...
Nikon Corporation today released its advanced, high-performance DX-format D7100 digital SLR camera. This compact lightweight camera (W × H × D: approx. 135.5 × 106.5 × 76 mm; weight: approx. 675 g -- for the camera ...
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Automation leader … Q42 Sensor from TURCK TURCK has been selected among the top five in the discrete sensing category in the 2012 Automation World First Team Leaders in Automation annual survey. This is the second year in a ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to review a December ruling by an administrative law judge that Apple did not violate a Motorola Mobility patent relating to a sensor controlled user interface for a portable communication ...
An aid to selecting a microcontroller with high-resolution analogue/digital converters for measurement systems and metering designs by Ralf Hickl The quality of analogue peripherals on microcontrollers has risen constantly. It allows for ...
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Volvo has removed the virtual cover from its 2014 S60 sedan and XC60 SUV, revealing numerous interior and exterior updates. Volvo refers to this midlife freshening as the most extensive in its company history, although it is well within ...
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