Stable perovskite LEDs one step closer 25 March 2020 Researchers at Sweden’s Linköping University, working with colleagues in Great Britain, China and the Czech Republic, have developed a perovskite light-emitting diode (LED) with both high efficiency and ...
Infineon works with Qualcomm for 3D authentication 25 March 2020 Infineon Technologies has collaborated with Qualcomm Technologies to develop a reference design for 3D authentication based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile platform. Infineon is thus extending its ...
Online training: Battery Safety and Protection Overview 23 October 2019, Multimedia, Videos So many of the portable devices, electronic equipment, and tools we use every day are powered with lithium-ion battery systems. But one challenge for engineers who design these lithium-ion-powered products ...
Using Wi-Fi to detect dangerous concealed objects 15 August 2018 American university researchers have come up with a way of using Wi-Fi signals to detect weapons, bombs and explosive chemicals concealed in bags, backpacks or other luggage. The collaborative, peer-reviewed ...
Wits researchers make carbon nanotube discovery 13 June 2018, Editor's Choice Researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) have found ways to control the spin transport in networks of the smallest electrical conductor known to man.
Evolution of home technology from connected to proactive 16 May 2018, Molex-Connector & Interconnect Div. The idea of ‘home’ has evolved greatly over the millennia. Over the last decades, technology has transformed homes into hubs of functionality – centres of entertainment, environmental management, work, ...
Wits researchers demonstrate quantum teleportation of light 15 November 2017, News Quantum communication over long distances is seen as the future of information security and has been demonstrated in free space and fibre with two-dimensional states, recently over distances exceeding ...
Tiny Bluetooth low energy module 15 November 2017, NuVision Electronics Silicon Labs introduced what was the industry’s smallest Bluetooth low energy system-in-package (SiP) module with a built-in chip antenna. Available in a tiny 6,5 x 6,5 mm package, the BGM12x Blue Gecko ...
Xilinx all programmable RFSoCs 15 November 2017, Avnet South Africa Xilinx announced delivery of its Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC family, an architecture integrating the RF signal chain into a system-on-chip (SoC) for 5G wireless, cable Remote-PHY and radar. Based on 16 nm ...
PSoC 6 microcontrollers for IoT 15 November 2017, Future Electronics Cypress Semiconductor unveiled PSoC 6, its newest microcontroller (MCU) architecture that is purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT). The architecture is built on ultra-low-power 40 nm process ...
PolarFire FPGAs from Microsemi 15 November 2017, ASIC Design Services Microsemi unveiled the cost-optimised PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) product family, delivering what the firm claimed
as the industry’s lowest power at mid-range densities with 12,7 ...
LTE Cat M1/NB1 multi mode module 15 November 2017, RF Design u-blox’ SARA R410M 02B is a configurable LTE Cat M1/NB1 multi mode module with worldwide coverage. At release, it was claimed to be the industry’s smallest module (16 x 26 mm) to offer both LTE Cat M1 ...
Low-profile 2,4 GHz antenna 15 November 2017, iCorp Technologies Antenova commenced shipment of a new 2,4 GHz antenna, Zenon, the first in the company’s Reflector series. This family of antennas is engineered to operate without de-tuning on metal surfaces – or where ...
Multi-pixel gas sensor 15 November 2017, Electrocomp Based on Sensirion’s innovative MOXSens technology, the SGP multi-pixel gas sensor offers a unique combination of long-term stability and multi-pixel technology that opens up new possibilities for environmental ...
LED-based touch sensor display 15 November 2017, Mimic Components Visual Communications Company developed a capacitive touch sensor display that provides a cost-effective, intuitive interface to ease and accelerate user interactions. The LED-based CTH Series capacitive ...
Home-grown prototyping board 15 November 2017, Altron Arrow Arrow Altech Distribution created new options for electronics makers by producing the locally made Cherry Blossom, based on the AM335x reference design from Texas Instruments and similar to BeagleBone ...
Step-down power modules 15 November 2017, EBV Electrolink Texas Instruments introduced a pair of 12 V, 10 A, 4 MHz step-down power modules that provide a power management solution that it claimed at the time was 20% smaller than any similar solution available. ...
Smart display I/O expansion shield 15 November 2017, Electrocomp With the objective of helping both the maker community and professional engineers, Bridgetek continued to add new hardware to its CleO smart display platform. Compatible with both the CleO35 3,5” and ...
Low-power boost regulator 15 November 2017, CST Electronics With extremely high efficiency and quiescent current of only 300 nA, the MAX17222 nanoPower boost regulator from Maxim Integrated Products enables the longest battery life in the smallest form factor ...
