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Lower Power, More Reliable Memory, and More Ambitious Applications: Implantable Tech Roundup

Lower Power, More Reliable Memory, and More Ambitious Applications: Implantable Tech Roundup

Here's a snapshot of some of the most recent developments in the implantable tech space.


News Dec 26, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Teseo-LIV3F Tiny GNSS Modules allow designers to easily add location awareness to IoT devices and other connected applications.


Infineon Technologies TLE4959C Transmission Speed Sensors | New Product Brief

Infineon Technologies TLE4959C Transmission Speed Sensors | New Product Brief

Infineon Technologies’ TLE4959C is an integrated differential Hall speed sensor ideally suited for transmission applications.


Put an End to Stockings Full of Coal with the Raspberry Pi Santa Detector

Put an End to Stockings Full of Coal with the Raspberry Pi Santa Detector

For most, the name "Father Christmas" conjures images of toys and gadgets. But for this gentleman maker, the name brings misery. Be sure to stockpile your Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Particle Photons; it's time to catch Saint Nick red-handed.


Projects Dec 21, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Big Endian, Little Endian, Endianness: Understanding Byte Arrangements in Digital Systems

Big Endian, Little Endian, Endianness: Understanding Byte Arrangements in Digital Systems

The various “endian” terms may sound a bit odd, but the underlying concept is straightforward. If you’re not yet an endian expert, read on!


Vishay T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount Capacitors | Tech Specs

Vishay T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount Capacitors | Tech Specs

Vishay's range of T52 vPolyTanTM Polymer Surface Mount capacitors offer everything from 0402 to 225 models and are specifically designed for large body MLCCs. With C0G and X7R dielectrics and voltage capacity ratings up to 1000 volts, designers can easily find what they need.


new products Dec 21, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Amphenol Advanced Sensors FMA Filtration Air Restriction Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Amphenol Advanced Sensors FMA Filtration Air Restriction Sensors | Featured Product Spotlight

Amphenol’s FMA Series Filtration Air Restriction Sensors are low profile, maintenance-free, and provide high accuracy measurement of pressure loss in automotive, industrial, and commercial air filtration devices.


Building Out the RISC-V Ecosystem

Building Out the RISC-V Ecosystem

What is an ecosystem and what is not? How does the term ecosystem apply to RISC-V and it's open-source architecture? Markus Levy nad Robert Oshana weigh in on RISC-V as an ecosystem, where that ecosystem is today, and discusses new developments in RISC-V.


Vishay Vitramon MLCCs | Tech Specs

Vishay Vitramon MLCCs | Tech Specs

Vishay's Vitramon MLCCs are conveniently sized, surge current tested with extremely low ESR.


new products Dec 20, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Johnson / Cinch Connectivity Solutions Connectors for 5G Applications | New Product Brief

Johnson / Cinch Connectivity Solutions Connectors for 5G Applications | New Product Brief

Cinch Connectivity Solutions offers a wide range of connectors, adapters, and cable assemblies designed to meet 5G design, testing, and application needs.


How to Eliminate Reflection Noise in Your Next PCB Design

How to Eliminate Reflection Noise in Your Next PCB Design

What is reflection noise? What effects can it have on the functionality of your custom PCB? How can you mitigate it with better design practices?


A Hardware Company in a Software World: STMicroelectronics’ Move to Embedded and IoT

A Hardware Company in a Software World: STMicroelectronics’ Move to Embedded and IoT

The recent software acquisitions from leading MCU suppliers show how the hardware and software worlds are converging and colliding in the rapidly changing IoT design landscape.


News Dec 19, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Analog Devices EVAL-ADRF5044 Evaluation Board | Featured Product Spotlight

Analog Devices EVAL-ADRF5044 Evaluation Board | Featured Product Spotlight

The Analog Devices EVAL-ADRF5044 Evaluation Board features the ADRF5044, which is a single-pole, four-throw switch with low insertion loss and high isolation from 10MHz to 30GHz.


TDK MAF Noise Suppression Filters | New Product Brief

TDK MAF Noise Suppression Filters | New Product Brief

TDK’s MAF series of noise suppression filters are miniaturized audio line filters designed for use in smartphones, tablets, portable game consoles, and other devices with wireless receivers.


Western Digital SweRVs Towards Open Source with New RISC-V Core, ISS, and Cache Coherency

Western Digital SweRVs Towards Open Source with New RISC-V Core, ISS, and Cache Coherency

Is open source changing the way we manage data? Western Digital, a data storage device company, switched to RISC-V's open-source ISA (instruction set architecture) a year ago. This month, they announced a series of open-source, collaborative initiatives that aim to make data more open, from processor cores to memory caches.


News Dec 18, 2018 by Kate Smith
Introduction to Pass-Transistor Logic

Introduction to Pass-Transistor Logic

This article explores an alternative, and in some cases advantageous, approach to MOSFET-based implementation of digital logic functions.


Managing USB Type-C Power: A New USB Power Delivery Controller for Sink Devices from STMicro

Managing USB Type-C Power: A New USB Power Delivery Controller for Sink Devices from STMicro

This article takes a look at STUSB4500 which is a standalone USB Power Delivery controller from STMicroelectronics.


News Dec 17, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
Honeywell ABP Amplified Basic Pressure Sensors | New Product Brief

Honeywell ABP Amplified Basic Pressure Sensors | New Product Brief

Honeywell ABP Amplified Basic Pressure Sensors are piezoresistive silicon pressure sensors with an integrated ASIC, providing enhanced measurement accuracy for a variety of medical, industrial, and commercial applications.


Chinese Module Company, Seraphim, to Supply Smart Modules to Australia’s Newest Solar Power Plant

Chinese Module Company, Seraphim, to Supply Smart Modules to Australia’s Newest Solar Power Plant

This week, Australia's newest power plant announced a partnership with Chinese company, Seraphim, on optimizers.


News Dec 14, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
Omron EE SX Series Photomicrosensors | Tech Specs

Omron EE SX Series Photomicrosensors | Tech Specs

Omron’s EE-SX Series Photomicrosensors, also known as Optical Switches are a low-cost, high-speed non-contact solution for presence, absence, and position detection with different body shapes and outputs to address nearly any application.


new products Dec 14, 2018 by TTI, Inc