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Why Vibration Is Becoming the New ‘Vital Sign’ in Industrial Systems

Why Vibration Is Becoming the New ‘Vital Sign’ in Industrial Systems

Learn how MEMS sensor technology brings edge AI and vibration monitoring to smart manufacturing, enabling early defect detection and predictive maintenance to prevent downtime.


AMD to Bring UCIe Chiplet Connectivity to Versal RF Adaptive SoCs

AMD to Bring UCIe Chiplet Connectivity to Versal RF Adaptive SoCs

Select Versal RF Series devices will be AMD's first adaptive SoCs with native UCIe 1.1 interfaces, allowing designers to co-package third-party chiplets.


News Sep 03, 2026 by Luke James
Building a 5 V Single-Supply Electret Microphone Preamp

Building a 5 V Single-Supply Electret Microphone Preamp

This project brief describes how to build a compact, single-supply preamplifier module that converts the output of an electret microphone into a usable line-level audio signal.


IBM & Arm Reveal Fruits of Partnership: The First Dual-Architecture CPU

IBM & Arm Reveal Fruits of Partnership: The First Dual-Architecture CPU

The 2-nm processor runs Arm and z/Architecture instructions natively on the same core.


News Sep 02, 2026 by Jake Hertz
What CAM and DFM Reviews Reveal Before Multilayer PCBs Enter Production

What CAM and DFM Reviews Reveal Before Multilayer PCBs Enter Production

Explore common design-to-manufacturing gaps observed during pre-production engineering checks of FR-4 boards, from stackup imbalances to tight clearances.


Bourns Adds LTCC Bandpass Filters for 5G C-Band RF Front Ends

Bourns Adds LTCC Bandpass Filters for 5G C-Band RF Front Ends

The new devices provide compact C-band filtering options for 5G RF front-end designs from 3,300 MHz to 5,000 MHz.


News Sep 01, 2026 by Austin Futrell
Analog Devices Inc. AD4083 Low Power Analog-To-Digital Converters | Digital Datasheet

Analog Devices Inc. AD4083 Low Power Analog-To-Digital Converters | Digital Datasheet

Analog Devices Inc. AD4083 Low Power Analog-To-Digital Converters are high-speed, 16-bit SAR converters designed for precision signal acquisition in demanding applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


new products Aug 31, 2026 by Mouser
A Peek Inside the Electronics on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

A Peek Inside the Electronics on the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope’s mirror may get the headlines, but its detector chips, photon-counting cameras, and downlink amplifier tell the electronics story.


News Aug 31, 2026 by Robert Martin
MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

MaxLinear Unveils Control-Plane Portfolio for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

RackCommander groups MaxLinear's USB UARTs, RS-485 transceivers, GPIO expanders, and power devices for rack-level management.


News Aug 31, 2026 by Jake Hertz
FM Demodulation with Feedback: Exploring Threshold Reduction Mechanisms

FM Demodulation with Feedback: Exploring Threshold Reduction Mechanisms

By closing a feedback loop around the demodulator, the FMFB architecture narrows the noise bandwidth and lowers the FM threshold, without improving SNR at high CNR.


From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

From BMW to Data Centers: Brands Tap 3 Known Chips in New Ways

Companies across industries are leveraging tech from NXP, MaxLinear and Nordic Semiconductor on automotive UWB, accelerated OpenZFS storage, and low-power Bluetooth Mesh sensing.


News Aug 28, 2026 by Joshua Tidwell
The 4N35: One LED, One Phototransistor, and a Barrier Nothing Crosses

The 4N35: One LED, One Phototransistor, and a Barrier Nothing Crosses

An LED facing a phototransistor inside a 6-pin package became the default way to pass a signal across a barrier while blocking everything else.


News Aug 28, 2026 by Luke James
Eaton Electronics EHCSA Aluminum Organic Polymer Capacitors | New Product Brief

Eaton Electronics EHCSA Aluminum Organic Polymer Capacitors | New Product Brief

Eaton Electronics EHCSA Aluminum Organic Polymer Capacitors deliver reliable, high-performance energy storage for demanding automotive and industrial power applications. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


new products Aug 27, 2026 by Mouser
Shorten Hardware Development Cycles by Parallelizing Firmware and PCB Design

Shorten Hardware Development Cycles by Parallelizing Firmware and PCB Design

Learn to decouple application logic from physical routing using a Board Support Package (BSP). This layered architecture accelerates prototyping and minimizes costly respins on custom boards.


Microchip Reveals One of Its Lowest Power Atomic Clocks Yet

Microchip Reveals One of Its Lowest Power Atomic Clocks Yet

Drawing less than 120 mW and tolerating 30 krad of total ionizing dose, the chip-scale atomic clock keeps LEO satellites synchronized when GNSS timing is unavailable.


News Aug 27, 2026 by Luke James
AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

AI Craze Drives Wave of Semiconductor Deals Toward $1T Chip Era

In this edition of Business Shorts, we spotlight five announcements that show AI demand is reshaping everything from Wall Street financing to washing machines.


News Aug 26, 2026 by Luke James
Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Build an Instrumentation Amplifier with Picoamp-Level Input Bias Current

Discover how the LT1079 quad op-amp minimizes sensor loading in battery-powered designs. Active cancellation and an onboard bridge network ensure maximum precision for resistive sensors.


Powering AI-RAN: How Telecom Power Architectures Must Evolve for the GPU Era

Powering AI-RAN: How Telecom Power Architectures Must Evolve for the GPU Era

Accelerator-based computing brings faster load changes, higher current density, and tighter thermal constraints, requiring updates to rectifiers, DC/DC conversion, and battery backup.


NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

NXP Launches MCUs Blending 10BASE-T1S Ethernet and Post-Quantum Security

The new MCX A5 MCUs integrate 10BASE-T1S Ethernet, topology discovery, and post-quantum security to streamline and protect industrial edge networks.


News Aug 25, 2026 by Jeff Child
Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

Microchip Debuts Rev 2 of Its PolarFire FPGA Ethernet Sensor Bridge

The new PolarFire FPGA-powered board from Microchip brings multiple sensors to Nvidia edge AI platforms.


News Aug 24, 2026 by Duane Benson