Supercapacitors Ensure Reliable Power Delivery in Automotive Applications

Supercapacitors Ensure Reliable Power Delivery in Automotive Applications

Road rage, distracted driving, speeding, adverse weather conditions, and drunk driving are a few of the leading causes of car accidents every year. According to…


Supercapacitors Provide Reliable Power in Energy Harvesting Applications

Supercapacitors Provide Reliable Power in Energy Harvesting Applications

As climate change remains at the center of many conversations globally, countries are looking to renewable energy sources to reduce the volume of emissions…


Single-chip Controllers Fuel the Ultra-wide Touchscreens Taking Over Dashboards

Single-chip Controllers Fuel the Ultra-wide Touchscreens Taking Over Dashboards

While capacitive touch sensors attract the spotlight in automotive touchscreen technology (and rightly so), single-chip controllers also warrant consideration…


News Apr 22, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Will Panasonic Hit Roadblocks Producing Tesla’s Tabless Battery Cells?

Will Panasonic Hit Roadblocks Producing Tesla’s Tabless Battery Cells?

While Elon Musk's proposed "tabless battery cell" was once only a theory, Panasonic is now teaming with Tesla to scale the 4680 for production. What challenges lie ahead?


News Apr 22, 2021 by Luke James
Using Capacitive Touch to Quickly Develop Contactless and Simpler Industrial Designs

Using Capacitive Touch to Quickly Develop Contactless and Simpler Industrial Designs

New products are taking many of their industrial design cues from smartphones. Capacitive touch technology is used to create sleek, smooth surfaces made of glass…


Mega Chip Packs 2.6 Trillion Transistors on One Huge Piece of Silicon

Mega Chip Packs 2.6 Trillion Transistors on One Huge Piece of Silicon

Two years after releasing the "world's largest computer chip," AI computing startup Cerebras Systems is upping the transistor punch from 1.2 trillion to 2.6 trillion.


News Apr 22, 2021 by Jake Hertz
An Introduction to Switched-capacitor Circuits

An Introduction to Switched-capacitor Circuits

In this series of articles, we’ll discuss one of the fundamental building blocks of analog IC design: the switched-capacitor circuit.


Banned ADAS Headlight Technology Could Prevent Millions of Accidents

Banned ADAS Headlight Technology Could Prevent Millions of Accidents

While adaptive driving beam (ADB) headlights could prevent millions of nighttime car accidents, this technology is currently banned in the U.S. What advancements…


News Apr 21, 2021 by Jake Hertz