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Pessimism about renewables, Meet Robin Richard, the lead engineer for myenergi, a company hoping to make renewable…

Pessimism about renewables, Meet Robin Richard, the lead engineer for myenergi, a company hoping to make renewable infrastructure accessible to all.

Learn about how the Hall effect is used in position sensing applications.

Learn about how the Hall effect is used in position sensing applications.

Bluetooth seems like a commonplace technology in 2021; however, this wasn't always the case. What did the slow adoption…

Bluetooth seems like a commonplace technology in 2021; however, this wasn't always the case. What did the slow adoption of this industry-standard technology look like?

Simplifying designs are never easy, especially with power. So how did these three companies tackle simplifying power…

Simplifying designs are never easy, especially with power. So how did these three companies tackle simplifying power conversion systems?

The past week has seen a variety of new driver monitoring system (DMS) technology being released to the industry, namely…

The past week has seen a variety of new driver monitoring system (DMS) technology being released to the industry, namely from ST and Maxim. Both of which take two vastly different approaches.

Two new hardware kits from u-blox use Bluetooth Direction Finding APIs for indoor positioning applications. Are they…

Two new hardware kits from u-blox use Bluetooth Direction Finding APIs for indoor positioning applications. Are they using angle-of-arrival or angle-of-departure for direction finding?

This article provides a general understanding of what DSP is, how it works, and what advantages it can offer. To…

This article provides a general understanding of what DSP is, how it works, and what advantages it can offer. To appreciate the advantages of DSP, let’s first have a look at the conventional method of signal processing, i.e., analog signal processing.

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

This episode of Tech Specs is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

New research brings light to the iPhone 12's possible negative interference with medical devices. What is the problem and…

New research brings light to the iPhone 12's possible negative interference with medical devices. What is the problem and how has Apple responded?

High-side or low-side current sensing? Learn the basics of current sensing design decisions as a Microchip industry…

High-side or low-side current sensing? Learn the basics of current sensing design decisions as a Microchip industry expert joins AAC's Kate Smith to tackle five questions in five minutes.

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of…

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

Maxim Integrated and SICK AG have teamed up for, what they are calling, the industry’s smallest LiDAR scanner for safety.

Maxim Integrated and SICK AG have teamed up for, what they are calling, the industry’s smallest LiDAR scanner for safety.

In this second installment of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we…

In this second installment of the "Protect Your Ports! Top Design Tips to Keep Your Communications Connected" series, we explore what protecting high-speed interfaces looks like, including USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, and eSATA.

Qorvo, Microchip, MaxLinear, and Cree Wolfspeed have gone wide, electrically wide-band that is, with newly released…

Qorvo, Microchip, MaxLinear, and Cree Wolfspeed have gone wide, electrically wide-band that is, with newly released GaN-based RF products for 5G and satellite communications.

The world of SiC technology is about to boom with three different team-ups, from research to large tech companies. Who is…

The world of SiC technology is about to boom with three different team-ups, from research to large tech companies. Who is teaming up, how are they advancing with SiC, and why?

RISC-V, the open-source instruction set architecture, is making inroads against industry giants, with the support of the…

RISC-V, the open-source instruction set architecture, is making inroads against industry giants, with the support of the RISC-V Foundation.

As AI automated design becomes more and more prevalent in IC design, what are the impacts on the everyday EE?

As AI automated design becomes more and more prevalent in IC design, what are the impacts on the everyday EE?

Quantum computing momentum just got faster with the EU's first quantum computer: IBM's "Quantum System One." What could…

Quantum computing momentum just got faster with the EU's first quantum computer: IBM's "Quantum System One." What could this computer mean for the EU, quantum technology, and Germany?

Learn about multi-threaded programs, developing applications using the XOS real-time operating system, resource sharing…

Learn about multi-threaded programs, developing applications using the XOS real-time operating system, resource sharing with semaphores, and how NXP's i.MX RT500 family of microcontrollers help engineers design DSP-enabled smart devices.