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Apple Announces M3 Family: ‘Most Advanced Chips for a Personal Computer’

The race for more powerful computing silicon is heating up with three new offerings from Apple.

October 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Rohde & Schwarz Rolls Out 8-Channel, 4.5 M Acquisition/s Oscilloscope

With more channels than its predecessor, the MXO 5 series gives new insight into your circuit’s performance.

October 31, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Renesas Unveils Industry’s First MCUs Based on Arm Cortex-M85 Core

The new family of devices aims to bridge the gap between low-power MCUs and high-performance MPUs.

October 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Qualcomm Lifts the Curtain On Its Most Powerful PC Processor

The latest Snapdragon processor brings on-device AI performance to desktop computers.

October 30, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Raspberry Pi 5 Shows Off New In-House Silicon for Fastest Speeds Yet

Integrating custom-made silicon, the newest Raspberry Pi offers improved performance in a familiar form factor.

October 30, 2023 by Aaron Carman

An A-Weighted Analog Filter that Mimics the Response of the Human Ear

In this project, we design an A-weighted analog noise filter for audio frequencies. The filter provides a variable frequency gain response that is similar to that of our hearing.

October 29, 2023 by John Woodgate

Introduction to Analog IC Design

Interested in learning about analog integrated circuits? This article explores the design metrics and applications of these essential but underappreciated ICs.

October 27, 2023 by Nicholas St. John

RISC-V Releases Abound Ahead of 2023 RISC-V Summit

At the 2023 North America RISC-V Summit, dozens of presenters will showcase RISC-V innovations in desktop computing and wearable applications.

October 27, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan

After 84 Years, Canada Stops Broadcasting Time From Its Atomic Clocks

Despite being based on cesium atomic clocks—reportedly accurate within one second over 300 million years—the broadcast was shut down over concerns about its accuracy when received via digital streaming.

October 26, 2023 by Duane Benson

Improving Battery Life in IoT Smart Camera Designs

The wireless connectivity side eats up a huge portion of the power budget in an IoT smart home security camera design. Learn how to keep power low as smart cameras add more processing intelligence.

October 26, 2023 by Deepal Mehta, InnoPhase IoT

New Automotive Sensors Improve Cameras, Tire Pressure, and EV Batteries

From automotive vision to energy management, these sensors rolled out last month help make vehicles smarter and safer.

October 25, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Unconditional Stability and Potential Instability in RF Amplifier Design

Stability analysis is an integral part of RF design. Learn the basics of stability analysis, including how to determine whether a device is unconditionally stable or potentially unstable.

October 25, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar

Matter 1.2 Update Adds Support for Nine New Device Types

Among other major updates, the IoT protocol now supports refrigerators, dishwashers, room ACs, laundry machines, robotic vacuums, smoke and CO2 alarms, air quality sensors, air purifiers, and fans.

October 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz

TDK VLBUC Power Inductor | New Product Brief

The TDK VLBUC Power Inductors are specially designed with dual coil construction for Trans-Inductor Voltage Regulators (TLVR) in server applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!

October 24, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Wave of New Research Blurs the Line Between Biology and Electronics

Receiving more than a billion dollars of investment from government and industry, bioelectronics researchers are converging neuroscience, electronics, materials science, molecular medicine, and biomedical engineering.

October 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Codasip’s New RISC-V Processor Family Dials In on Custom Compute

The latest RISC-V IP makes processing power customizable for a wide span of embedded applications.

October 23, 2023 by Aaron Carman

NISSHINBO MICRO DEVICES NT1189GDAE3S High Linearity Low Noise Amplifier | New Product Brief

The NT1189GDAE3S High Linearity Low Noise Amplifier by Nisshinbo Micro Devices is a high-performing LNA designed to operate within the 3.3 to 5.0 Gigahertz range. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!

October 23, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

More Hardware En Route to Support Qi2 Wireless Charging Standard

Qi2 marks the first update to the Qi wireless charging standard released in 2008.

October 23, 2023 by Aaron Carman

From VHDL Code to Real Hardware: Designing an 8-bit ALU

In this project we create an 8-bit arithmetic logic unit (ALU) in the VHDL language and run it on an Altera CPLD development board connected to a custom PCB with input switches and LED display.

October 22, 2023 by Kristijan Nelkovski

ADC Linearity Testing: the Sinusoidal Histogram Method

This article explains how to use a histogram test with a sinusoidal input to determine analog-to-digital converter (ADC) parameters, along with the advantages of doing so.

October 20, 2023 by Dr. Steve Arar