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Intel Introduces Fifth-generation Core Processors

Intel Introduces Fifth-generation Core Processors

Intel is packing a punch with the promise of better performance in its new range of fifth-generation Intel Core Processors.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Osram Introduces First Automotive Camera with Infrared and Visible Capabilities

Osram Introduces First Automotive Camera with Infrared and Visible Capabilities

The first automotive camera with infrared and visible capabilities enables advancements in driver safety and accident avoidance.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Knowles Introduces the Market’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient Digital MEMS Microphone

Knowles Introduces the Market’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient Digital MEMS Microphone

Knowles introduces the most advanced Inter-IC Sound, or I²S, interface MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) microphone for wearables, remote controllers, automotive, and smart home automation and security.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Agilent Technologies Launches Its Most Robust Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

Agilent Technologies Launches Its Most Robust Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer

Agilent's new spectrometer is their most accurate to date.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
USB-C Set to Change Course of Technology

USB-C Set to Change Course of Technology

Built on the USB 3.1 spec and much smaller than a standard USB-A connector, USB-C can provide enough power to charge a laptop, enough bandwidth to carry a display signal, and fast enough data speeds for almost any normal user.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Micron Announces New Flash Storage Designed for Consumer Applications

Micron Announces New Flash Storage Designed for Consumer Applications

The new addition to Micron's expansive portfolio of flash storage products provides a purpose-built solution for cost-sensitive consumer applications seeking high performance and reliability.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Switching Losses: Effects on Semiconductors

Switching Losses: Effects on Semiconductors

We review switching losses involving diode recovery charge, transistor switching with clamped inductive load, device capacitance and leakage, package, and stray inductances, and the efficiency versus switching frequency curve.


Use an Arduino to Control a Motor

Use an Arduino to Control a Motor

Controlling a motor with an Arduino is relatively easy. In addition to simply spinning the motor, you can control the position of the motor shaft if the motor has a rotary encoder.


Projects Jun 03, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Intel Unveils Thunderbolt 3

Intel Unveils Thunderbolt 3

Intel® unveils Thunderbolt™ 3, the fastest, most versatile connection to any dock, display, or peripheral device – including billions of USB devices.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Modeling the Pulse-Width Modulator

Modeling the Pulse-Width Modulator

Pulse-width modulation can be of many forms. A PWM signal of constant frequency can be obtained by comparing the ramp signal (or carrier signal) with the error between the desired and the actual output voltage signal (Vc, compensator voltage signal).


Servo Motor Control with an Arduino

Servo Motor Control with an Arduino

You can connect small servo motors directly to an Arduino to control the shaft position very precisely.


Projects Jun 03, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Create a Motion-Sensing Alarm with an Arduino and IR Sensors

Create a Motion-Sensing Alarm with an Arduino and IR Sensors

Infrared (IR) sensors are normally used to measure distances, but they can also be used to detect objects. By connecting a couple of IR sensors to an Arduino, you can make an intruder alarm.


Projects Jun 02, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Interface a Seven Segment Display to an Arduino

Interface a Seven Segment Display to an Arduino

For many applications, there's no need to use a more expensive liquid crystal display to display data. A simple seven-segment display is sufficient.


Projects Jun 02, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
ARM’s New Chip Design Extends Battery Life of IoT Devices

ARM’s New Chip Design Extends Battery Life of IoT Devices

ARM is trying to resolve the thorny problem of battery life in Internet of Things devices with a new chip design that will significantly reduce the power consumed by processors, sensors and wireless chips. The company has overhauled the way it designs low-power Cortex-M chips that go into IoT devices such as health monitors, smart home devices and sensors. The restructured design could almost double battery life, ARM executives said at Computex in Taipei on Monday.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Qualcomm and Google Power Project Tango Smartphone Platform

Qualcomm and Google Power Project Tango Smartphone Platform

Qualcomm announced at Google I/O that its premium tier Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor will power Google's next generation Project Tango smartphone development platform. Project Tango devices combine the camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer to estimate six degrees of freedom motion tracking, providing developers the ability to track 3D motion of a device while simultaneously creating a map of the environment.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Kate Smith
Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Google and Infineon's partnership is working to develop a sensing solution for radar-based technology. Potential applications for the solution include wearables, internet of things and automotive applications. The companies have demonstrated its first implementations – which provide gesture recognition and presence detection capability – at the Google I/O Developers Conference in San Francisco.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Latest Automotive Video Decoder Supports Next-Generation SoCs

Latest Automotive Video Decoder Supports Next-Generation SoCs

Intersil announced the TW9992 analog video decoder, which features an integrated MIPI-CSI2 output interface that provides compatibility with the newest SoC processors. The decoder's MIPI-CSI2 interface simplifies design by making it easier to interface with SoCs, while also lowering the system's EMI profile.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Rockchip Launches Lowest Power WiFi Technology

Rockchip Launches Lowest Power WiFi Technology

Rockchip has announced at COMPUTEX Taipei that it has launched the world lowest power WiFi technology RKi6000 jointly developed with a third party. This technology makes WiFi power consumption equal to that of BT4.0 LE (Low Energy). The receiving power consumption is around 20mA during use, which is 85% lower than state-of-the-art WiFi devices for the Internet of Things (IoT), setting a benchmark power consumption level that should renew the standard for WiFi power consumption in IoT smart hardware globally.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Mad with Power: An Introduction to Power Processing

Mad with Power: An Introduction to Power Processing

The core concept of power processing can be explained together with several significant applications of power electronics. Power electronics is the technology of processing and controlling the flow of electric power by modifying and supplying the voltage and current in a form that is best suitable to the customer at the load end.


Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress announced the availability of two reference design kits (RDKs) based on its PRoC™ BLE Programmable Radio-on-Chip solution for Bluetooth Smart applications. The new CY5672 PRoC BLE Remote Control RDK and CY5682 PRoC BLE Touch Mouse RDK provide feature-rich, production-ready implementations with prolonged battery life.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood