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BrainChip to Release Biologically Inspired Neurmorphic System-on-a-Chip for AI Acceleration

BrainChip to Release Biologically Inspired Neurmorphic System-on-a-Chip for AI Acceleration

BrainChip has announced the Akida Neuromorphic System-on-Chip (NSoC), the first production-volume artificial intelligence accelerator utilizing Spiking Neural Networks (SNN).


News Sep 12, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
CST2020 Series Current Sense Transformers | Component Highlights

CST2020 Series Current Sense Transformers | Component Highlights

Coilcraft CST2020 Series current sense transformers can be used to sense currents up to 40 A at frequencies from 400 Hz to 1 MHz.


new products Sep 11, 2018 by Coilcraft
How to Use Scilab to Analyze Frequency-Modulated RF Signals

How to Use Scilab to Analyze Frequency-Modulated RF Signals

Computing a discrete Fourier transform can help you to analyze the ways in which RF modulation affects the spectrum of a carrier signal.


SiC Cascodes Show Immunity to Avalanche, Loss of ZVS, and Divergent Oscillations

SiC Cascodes Show Immunity to Avalanche, Loss of ZVS, and Divergent Oscillations

This article explores how SiC cascodes perform in difficult conditions—including avalanche mode and divergent oscillations—and looks at their performance in circuits that utilize zero voltage switching.


The Power of Transistor Density: A Look at AMD, Intel, and How Moore’s Law Is Affecting the Market

The Power of Transistor Density: A Look at AMD, Intel, and How Moore’s Law Is Affecting the Market

While chip company business dealings and endless research into nanometer transistors can sometimes seem worlds apart, here are some consequences of how engineers' battle with Moore's Law directly affects the industry.


News Sep 11, 2018 by David Jones
Amphenol HSD Automotive Connectors | Tech Specs

Amphenol HSD Automotive Connectors | Tech Specs

Amphenol’s HSD connectors are fully shielded connectors that are built for use with shielded twist quad cabling in LVDS cameras, USB, and other high-speed digital interfaces.


new products Sep 11, 2018 by TTI, Inc
What You Need to Know About the TLS 1.3 Protocol and wolfSSL’s SSL/TLS Libraries

What You Need to Know About the TLS 1.3 Protocol and wolfSSL’s SSL/TLS Libraries

Security protocols, like communication protocols, are currently in competition to set industry-wide standards. What is the TLS 1.3 protocol? How does this security protocol differ from SSL?


News Sep 10, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Design Implementation in the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite

Design Implementation in the Xilinx Vivado Design Suite

This article will look at the techniques that Vivado employs to accelerate design implementation.


News Sep 07, 2018 by Dr. Steve Arar
How to Use Scilab to Analyze Amplitude-Modulated RF Signals

How to Use Scilab to Analyze Amplitude-Modulated RF Signals

Scilab’s FFT functionality can help you understand the frequency-domain effects of RF modulation techniques.


Does a Smart City Need to be 5G? Three Cities Implementing 5G Today

Does a Smart City Need to be 5G? Three Cities Implementing 5G Today

The terms are often used interchangeably, but you can implement a smart city with or without 5G, and 5G doesn’t need to live in a smart city. But if you don’t want to be left in the digital dust, it seems clear that the trend is to not pursue one without keeping the other in mind.


News Sep 06, 2018 by Gary Elinoff
3M Twin Axial Cable Assembly for PCI Express Extender Card Applications | Tech Specs

3M Twin Axial Cable Assembly for PCI Express Extender Card Applications | Tech Specs

3M PCIe extender and jumper cable assemblies are based on 3M’s Twin Axial cable, providing designers a dense, flexible, low-loss solution for relocating PCIe cards or bridging connections in applications such as enterprise computing and medical imaging.


new products Sep 06, 2018 by TTI, Inc
Scaling Power Racks for Data Centers: A Look at a Modular Power Shelf from Bel Power

Scaling Power Racks for Data Centers: A Look at a Modular Power Shelf from Bel Power

This News Brief takes a look at a new power shelf offered from Bel Power.


News Sep 05, 2018 by David Jones
Sports Tech Roundup: Better Safety and Performance Through Sensors and GPS

Sports Tech Roundup: Better Safety and Performance Through Sensors and GPS

In this roundup, we'll take a look at some recent sports technology advancements.


News Sep 05, 2018 by Donald Krambeck
XAR7030 Series Raised Power Inductors | Component Highlights

XAR7030 Series Raised Power Inductors | Component Highlights

The Component Highlights series provides a rundown of a component's specs and intended applications.


new products Sep 04, 2018 by Coilcraft
How to Perform Frequency-Domain Analysis with Scilab

How to Perform Frequency-Domain Analysis with Scilab

In this article we’ll work with sinusoidal signals in the frequency domain using Scilab’s fast Fourier transform (FFT) functionality.


Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), Apps, and Machine Learning: Tools for PCB Quality Control

Automated Optical Inspection (AOI), Apps, and Machine Learning: Tools for PCB Quality Control

Visual inspection of PCBs has advanced from simple spot-checking using a microscope. Here are some tools and updates for visual inspection.


News Sep 04, 2018 by David Jones
How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

How Design Kits Simplify IoT’s Last Mile to the Cloud

A sneak peek of two IoT platforms allows developers to save time and cost while they streamline connectivity to the cloud services.


News Aug 31, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Kalashnikov Enters the EV Market, Highlights “Revolutionary” Inverter

Kalashnikov Enters the EV Market, Highlights “Revolutionary” Inverter

What do automatic rifles and electric vehicles have in common? Kalashnikov wants to be famous for both.


News Aug 31, 2018 by David Jones
XEL Family Molded Power Inductors | Component Highlights

XEL Family Molded Power Inductors | Component Highlights

Coilcraft’s XEL family of molded, magnetically shielded power inductors offer low DCR and ultra-low AC losses to maximize efficiency with switching frequencies from 2 MHz to 5 MHz.


new products Aug 30, 2018 by Coilcraft
Introduction to Sinusoidal Signal Processing with Scilab

Introduction to Sinusoidal Signal Processing with Scilab

This article discusses basic signal-processing tasks that can be performed using a free and open source alternative to MATLAB.