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Engineer Spotlight: Shafy Eltoukhy, Head of SiFive’s DesignShare Program

Engineer Spotlight: Shafy Eltoukhy, Head of SiFive’s DesignShare Program

AAC writer, Chantelle Dubois, had a chance to speak one-on-one with the head of SiFive's DesignShare program about the benefits to IP sharing, and what he believes will be important for the future of SoC design.


News Dec 21, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Maxim MAX32625MBED Development Platform | New Product Brief

Maxim MAX32625MBED Development Platform | New Product Brief

Maxim’s MAX32625MBED is an ARM mbed enabled development platform for rapid development of low-power devices with the MAX32625 MCU.


Towards Low-Power Wearables: A New Biopotential and Bioimpedance Sensor from Maxim Integrated

Towards Low-Power Wearables: A New Biopotential and Bioimpedance Sensor from Maxim Integrated

Maxim Integrated offers their new low-power and high-performance IC for bio measurements.


News Dec 20, 2017 by Nick Davis
Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact SKEDD Terminal Blocks are one-piece PCB connectors that offer tool-free, direct plug-in to plated holes on the PCB, and are also user removable.


How MOSFET Arrays Can Prevent Current Leakage in High-Voltage Systems

How MOSFET Arrays Can Prevent Current Leakage in High-Voltage Systems

High-voltage systems now have the choice of using plug-and-play PCBs to automatically control leakage current in backup power circuitry.


News Dec 19, 2017 by Majeed Ahmad
Using Low-Voltage Drivers to Boost RF Power Amplifier Efficiency

Using Low-Voltage Drivers to Boost RF Power Amplifier Efficiency

The growing use of wireless data is driving demand for communication systems that can transmit more data with greater energy efficiency, in order to both cut operating costs and, in mobile devices, to increase battery life.


Teardown Tuesday: Samsung’s SmartThings Smart Home Hub and IoT Water Leak Sensor

Teardown Tuesday: Samsung’s SmartThings Smart Home Hub and IoT Water Leak Sensor

In this teardown, we open up Samsung's SmartThings Hub and a Water Leak Sensor to see what we can find.


News Dec 19, 2017 by Nick Davis
Laird 60 Series Modules | New Product Brief

Laird 60 Series Modules | New Product Brief

Laird 60 Series modules offer robust connectivity in any RF environment, providing reliable, lower power connections for medical devices, aerospace and industrial applications, and IoT bridging.


Possible IC Packaging Shortages in 2018

Possible IC Packaging Shortages in 2018

Experts in semiconductor manufacturing are predicting longer lead times and higher demand for IC packaging in 2018. This news comes during a time when the electronics industry is already facing several shortages and high volume demands for components such as OLED displays, DRAM, and NAND flash memory.


News Dec 18, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Q# Is for Quantum Computing: A New Programming Language from Microsoft

Q# Is for Quantum Computing: A New Programming Language from Microsoft

Microsoft recently released a preview of a new programming language that will be used specifically for quantum computing programming: Q# (pronounced ‘Q-sharp’).


News Dec 16, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Intel X710-T4 Ethernet Converged Network Adapter | New Product Brief

Intel X710-T4 Ethernet Converged Network Adapter | New Product Brief

Intel’s X710-T4 Ethernet Converged Network Adapter provides low cost 10 GbE performance throughout data centers and backward compatibility with existing 100BASE-T and 1000BASE-T networks to simplify the transition to 10 GbE and address the demands of next-generation agile data centers.


Multiplication Examples Using the Fixed-Point Representation

Multiplication Examples Using the Fixed-Point Representation

This article will discuss several multiplication examples using the fixed-point representation.


Flex Logix Co-Founder Awarded 3 Patents for eFPGA Designs

Flex Logix Co-Founder Awarded 3 Patents for eFPGA Designs

With three new patents under their belt, and more potentially on the way, what effect will Flex Logix’s new designs have on the FPGA industry, and how do Flex Logix’s eFPGAs differ from traditional FPGAs?


News Dec 15, 2017 by Justin Kirkham
Molex Lite-Trap Connectors | Tech Specs

Molex Lite-Trap Connectors | Tech Specs

Molex Lite-Traps are wire-to-board connectors for downlights and strip lights, and they have a low-profile to minimize shadowing.


new products Dec 14, 2017 by TTI, Inc
Wireless Charging: A New Wireless Battery Charger Transmitter from STMicroelectronics

Wireless Charging: A New Wireless Battery Charger Transmitter from STMicroelectronics

A new wireless battery charging transmitter from STMicroelectronics tries to raise the bar with faster charging times with higher efficiencies.


News Dec 14, 2017 by Nick Davis
The FitByte: How to Make an ATtiny85 Powered Activity Tracking Wearable

The FitByte: How to Make an ATtiny85 Powered Activity Tracking Wearable

This is a protoype of a fitness wearable device designed to vibrate when it detects stagnation.


Projects Dec 13, 2017 by Demsey Kirkwood
Exploring the Future of Design in Autonomous Vehicles: An Interview with Mark Forbes of Altium

Exploring the Future of Design in Autonomous Vehicles: An Interview with Mark Forbes of Altium

All About Circuits recently met with Mark Forbes, Director of Product and Persona Marketing at Altium, to discuss the details behind autonomous vehicles including the challenges of unifying safety standards and why embedded software is so important to this booming field.


News Dec 13, 2017 by Karissa Manske
Tech Specs: CDE Type MLSH Slimpack Capacitors

Tech Specs: CDE Type MLSH Slimpack Capacitors

CDE’s Type MLSH Slimpack capacitors are hermetically sealed aluminum electrolytic capacitors that are lightweight but strong.


new products Dec 13, 2017 by TTI, Inc
What Is Digital Twinning? Bringing Industrial IoT Sensors and VR Together

What Is Digital Twinning? Bringing Industrial IoT Sensors and VR Together

Gartner predicts that 50% of large industrial companies will use digital twins by 2021. What are they and what do they do?


News Dec 12, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Choosing the Most Suitable MEMS Accelerometer for Your Application: Part 1

Choosing the Most Suitable MEMS Accelerometer for Your Application: Part 1

Part 1 of this two-part series discusses the key parameters and features a designer needs to be aware of and how they relate to inclination and stabilization applications, thus helping the designer choose the most suitable accelerometer.