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DIGI INTERNATIONAL ConnectCore® 8M Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

DIGI INTERNATIONAL ConnectCore® 8M Nano Development Kit | Featured Product Spotlight

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


PCB Layout Techniques for Reducing Harmonic Distortion of a Differential ADC Driver

PCB Layout Techniques for Reducing Harmonic Distortion of a Differential ADC Driver

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Historical Engineers: John Bardeen, Creator of the Transistor and Theory of Superconductivity

Historical Engineers: John Bardeen, Creator of the Transistor and Theory of Superconductivity

Awarded the Nobel Prize twice, John Bardeen is often recognized as one of the founders of the first transistor and the theory of superconductivity.


News Feb 19, 2021 by Luke James
Grid Outages in Texas Spark Discussion on the Challenges of Renewable Energy Integration

Grid Outages in Texas Spark Discussion on the Challenges of Renewable Energy Integration

Freezing temperatures and rolling blackouts have spurred discussion on whether renewable energy grid integration may be a safety net for future outages. Design-level challenges, however, make this endeavor more complicated than it may seem.


NXP SLN-VIZNAS-IOT Solution for Face Recognition | Featured Product Spotlight

NXP SLN-VIZNAS-IOT Solution for Face Recognition | Featured Product Spotlight

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


Molex LTE and GPS 2-in-1 External Antennas | AAC Digital Datsheet

Molex LTE and GPS 2-in-1 External Antennas | AAC Digital Datsheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


Ep. 18 | Seth Coe-Sullivan and NS Nanotech Are Revolutionizing Display Technology

Ep. 18 | Seth Coe-Sullivan and NS Nanotech Are Revolutionizing Display Technology

This episode, Dave dives into the extraordinary world of light with Dr. Seth Coe-Sullivan to learn about nanotech display technologies and how nano-LEDs are the key to the future of healthcare.


Podcasts Feb 18, 2021 by Dave Finch
A Billion Dollar Bidding War for Coherent Illuminates the Need for Photonics

A Billion Dollar Bidding War for Coherent Illuminates the Need for Photonics

Coherent is stirring up a major bidding war reaching over $6.4 billion as companies clamor for the photonics leader.


News Feb 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Coilcraft 1512SP & 2712SP Series Mini Air Core Inductors | AAC Digital Datasheet

Coilcraft 1512SP & 2712SP Series Mini Air Core Inductors | AAC Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


new products Feb 18, 2021 by Coilcraft
Landing on Mars Today, the Perseverance Rover Hosts New Tech to Search for Ancient Life

Landing on Mars Today, the Perseverance Rover Hosts New Tech to Search for Ancient Life

As the fifth rover sent to Mars, Perseverance is outfitted with a whole suite of new technologies to search for microbial life.


News Feb 18, 2021 by Jake Hertz
iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

iRel40: The European Initiative Determined to Improve Component Reliability

Europe-wide research initiative Intelligent Reliability 4.0 (iRel40), coordinated by Infineon, brings together 75 science, tech, and engineering partners from across 13 countries who are sharing resources to achieve this goal.


News Feb 17, 2021 by Luke James
Intel’s i7 vs. Apple’s M1: Is Benchmarking CPUs a Flawed Process?

Intel’s i7 vs. Apple’s M1: Is Benchmarking CPUs a Flawed Process?

In an Intel-created test, Intel's i7 processor seems leaps and bounds better than Apple's M1. However, when breaking down the benchmarking results, more questions than answers appear.


News Feb 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Coilcraft XGL Family Automotive-grade Molded Power Inductors | AAC Digital Datasheet

Coilcraft XGL Family Automotive-grade Molded Power Inductors | AAC Digital Datasheet

AAC’s Digital Datasheet video series introduces the specs and applications of components—both new and familiar—straight from their datasheets.


new products Feb 17, 2021 by Coilcraft
New Eval Tools May Simplify E-Paper Design, the Low-Power Cousin of LCDs

New Eval Tools May Simplify E-Paper Design, the Low-Power Cousin of LCDs

As more engineering teams look to incorporate e-paper displays into their products, proper evaluation tools can help designers cut power and boost memory.


News Feb 17, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Is Hardware the Key to Advancing Natural Language Processing?

Is Hardware the Key to Advancing Natural Language Processing?

Researchers at MIT have created an algorithm-based architecture called SpAtten that reduces attention computation and memory access in natural language processing (NLP) systems.


New Automotive SoCs Provide a Window to ADAS Trends

New Automotive SoCs Provide a Window to ADAS Trends

Taking a survey of new automotive-facing chips can tip us off to the design trends ADAS may take in the future.


News Feb 16, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Simplifying EV Power Design by Overcoming the Gate Driver Power Challenge

Simplifying EV Power Design by Overcoming the Gate Driver Power Challenge

Power conversion systems in EVs follow the half-bridge configuration. This article explores the IGBT half-bridge design of a high-voltage side (output stage) of the gate driver.


Apple Files Three Patents for Biometric Sensor-based Tech Coming Down the Pike

Apple Files Three Patents for Biometric Sensor-based Tech Coming Down the Pike

Apple appears to be moving farther into the health market with new patents targeting various metrics of health including AR/VR, glucose monitoring, and clinical sleep analysis.


News Feb 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
From an Unearthed Time Capsule, MIT Discovers Replacement for Josephson Junctions

From an Unearthed Time Capsule, MIT Discovers Replacement for Josephson Junctions

Termed the "tiny switch that almost made it big," MIT's long-forgotten cryotron has inspired a possible replacement to Josephson junctions for quantum computing.


News Feb 15, 2021 by Jake Hertz
All About Seeing Your Projects: Optical and Digital Magnification

All About Seeing Your Projects: Optical and Digital Magnification

Smaller electronics call for more powerful inspection equipment. If you're building a collection of at-home lab equipment, these visual tools may help you see where you're going on minuscule boards.