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NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP PN7160/PN7161 NFC Plug & Play Controller | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


new products Mar 22, 2022 by Mouser
Nisshinbo ELECTRONICS RM590 Step-Down DC/DC Module | Featured Product Spotlight

Nisshinbo ELECTRONICS RM590 Step-Down DC/DC Module | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


new products Mar 22, 2022 by Mouser
The Six Female Programmers Behind the ENIAC

The Six Female Programmers Behind the ENIAC

Thanks to research conducted by computer scientist Kathy Kleiman, we can all know the story of the brilliant women who were instrumental in the creation of the world’s first general-purpose digital computer.


News Mar 22, 2022 by Robert Keim
onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

onsemi Reimagines Bridgeless Totem Pole PFC Design to Boost Efficiency

A system's complexity and cost tend to be two major design considerations. Hoping to ease this stress, a new mixed-signal controller from onsemi aims to achieve high efficiency at low complexity.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
MELEXIS MLX90392 Triaxis® Micropower Magnetometer | Featured Product Spotlight

MELEXIS MLX90392 Triaxis® Micropower Magnetometer | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


new products Mar 21, 2022 by Mouser
Team Up Shoots for Global Direct-to-satellite LoRaWAN IoT Connectivity

Team Up Shoots for Global Direct-to-satellite LoRaWAN IoT Connectivity

Omnispace and Lacuna collaborate to reinvent space-based Internet of Things (IoT) connectivity to seamlessly connect the unconnected remote regions around the globe.


News Mar 21, 2022 by Darshil Patel
NORCOMP VULCON M12 Stainless Steel Circular Connector | New Product Brief

NORCOMP VULCON M12 Stainless Steel Circular Connector | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.


new products Mar 20, 2022 by Mouser
Understanding Piezoelectric Accelerometer Basics

Understanding Piezoelectric Accelerometer Basics

Learn about piezoelectric accelerometers, namely the piezoelectric effect, how piezoelectric materials generate electricity, the different accelerometer design modes, and their upper and lower frequency limits.


Researchers Break Below the Earth’s Surface with Quantum Gravity Gradiometer

Researchers Break Below the Earth’s Surface with Quantum Gravity Gradiometer

Striking to map out below the Earth's surface, researchers have created a quantum gravity cartography sensor using gravity gradiometers leveraging cold atom quantum sensing.


News Mar 19, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Paragraf Proves the Viability of Graphene for In-Vitro Diagnostics

Paragraf Proves the Viability of Graphene for In-Vitro Diagnostics

After a successful Series B funding round, Paragraf is ready to take on bigger challenges—venturing into graphene-based biosensing.


News Mar 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Women in Warfare: Female Engineers Make Their Mark on Defense Technologies

Women in Warfare: Female Engineers Make Their Mark on Defense Technologies

Generations of women have influenced the evolution of electronic warfare. Which notable innovations have women introduced from the Great War onward?


News Mar 18, 2022 by Tyler Charboneau
Texas Instruments Debuts 3 New Products at APEC 2022

Texas Instruments Debuts 3 New Products at APEC 2022

Focusing on performance and size, Texas Instruments is doubling down on EV power systems at this year's APEC.


News Mar 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

Developing Game Accessories: The Design Challenges and Choosing an MCU

In this article, learn some of the design challenges facing game accessory development and considerations for selecting microcontroller units (MCUs) for game accessory designs.


Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

Alpha and Omega Super-junction MOSFETs Take Aim at the Data Center

New super-junction metal–oxide–semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFETs) from Alpha and Omega are eyeing high efficiency, small form factor data center design.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

ADI’s Latest Analog Front End Measures Vitals in Its Smallest Package Yet

Embedded in a wearable system, ADI's new analog front end is designed to level up bioimpedance monitoring—a way to monitor various medical conditions and help doctors come to a more precise diagnosis.


News Mar 16, 2022 by Ikimi .O
LiDAR Chip Gets a Boost From MEMS Switching to Hit a “Record” Resolution

LiDAR Chip Gets a Boost From MEMS Switching to Hit a “Record” Resolution

New research from UC Berkeley leverages micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) in LiDAR focal plane switch arrays (FPSAs) to achieve "record resolution." What challenges did they overcome to reach this record?


News Mar 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Ep. 41 | Qualcomm’s VP of XR Hugo Swart Explains How VR, AR, MR, and Metaverse Will Change The World

Ep. 41 | Qualcomm’s VP of XR Hugo Swart Explains How VR, AR, MR, and Metaverse Will Change The World

How do you design hardware for an idea as big, ambitious, and mysterious as the Metaverse? Qualcomm’s VP & GM of XR, Hugo Swart, takes us behind the scenes to discuss the Extended Reality (XR) technology that one day may immerse us in a virtual universe and change the way we work, live, and play.


Menlo Micro’s “Ideal Switch” Gains Traction with $150 Million Funding

Menlo Micro’s “Ideal Switch” Gains Traction with $150 Million Funding

Claiming to have realized the “ideal switch,” GE spinoff Menlo Micro has secured over $225 million in funding to this point.


News Mar 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Create “Perfect EM Absorption” Rectenna for RF Energy Harvesting

Researchers Create “Perfect EM Absorption” Rectenna for RF Energy Harvesting

New research out of the University of South Florida takes a new approach to radio frequency (RF) energy harvesting using metamaterials to create a new type of "rectenna."


News Mar 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Accelerometer Specifications: Measurement Range, Sensitivity, and Noise Performance

Accelerometer Specifications: Measurement Range, Sensitivity, and Noise Performance

Learn about capacitive MEMS accelerometer specifications for measurement range, sensitivity, and noise performance for both digital- and analog-output accelerometers.