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Improving Home Appliance Safety with IEC Standards

This article explores the IEC 60730 Class B standard for functional safety to address both mechanical and electrical design in appliances. Learn what the standard entails and controllers to help meet these standards.

7 hours ago by Chad Solomon, Microchip Technology

How Does Qi, the Wireless Charging Standard, Work?

Qi-certified wireless charging devices are now commonplace in the consumer market. But how exactly does Qi achieve wireless power transfer at the circuit level?

November 19, 2020 by Steve Arar

Apple Brings LiDAR to the iPhone 12 Pro for Augmented Reality Applications

Apple's inclusion of a LiDAR-capable sensor in the iPhone 12 Pro opened doors for augmented reality applications. But using LiDAR with AR is not without its design challenges.

November 16, 2020 by Jake Hertz

How Did electronica’s First Virtual Show Pan Out?

Just two months before electronica, event organizers announced that the trade show would go digital. How did the conference's first-ever online event go?

November 16, 2020 by Luke James

Quantum-Dot Transistors: A Potential Alternative to Flexible Electronics?

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory in collaboration with the University of California Irvine have created transistors out of quantum dots to create functional logic circuits.

November 11, 2020 by Luke James

Introduction to CMOS Image Sensors

In this article, you'll learn the basics of the CMOS image sensor, including its core components, its block diagram, its strengths and weaknesses, and its applications.

November 09, 2020 by Steve Arar

Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPADs) Swerve Breakdown Voltage and Buoy Photonics

SPADs, a branch of photodetectors, are leading the way in photonics innovation.

November 02, 2020 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

A New Multimodal Architecture Said to Redefine the Way Transistors Work

Researchers at the University of Surrey have come up with a new type of transistor that offers linear behavior and huge upside.

November 02, 2020 by Jake Hertz

A Low-Cost Method of Powering a Microcontroller

This article proposes a simple microcontroller power-supply circuit that is worth considering when you’re developing a (very) cost-sensitive system.

October 30, 2020 by Robert Keim

As 5G Begins and Moore’s Law Ends, Multichip Packaging May Be a Memory Solution

As 5G speed and storage demands collide with the end of Moore's law, chipmakers are turning to multichip packaging to save space and power.

October 26, 2020 by Steve Arar

Machine Learning and Intelligent Vision for the Industrial Edge

NXP’s i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables machine learning and intelligent vision for consumer applications and the industrial edge. Learn about the features of this processor and how it can be used in embedded vision systems.

October 22, 2020 by Jeff Steinheider, NXP Semiconductors

Finding Statistical Significance from t-Tests Applied to Engineered Systems

This article discusses important aspects of t-testing with the help of the example experiment presented in the previous article.

October 14, 2020 by Robert Keim

TU Dresden Researchers Develop Flexible, Printable Organic Transistors

For the first time, researchers have successfully developed flexible, printable, and powerful vertical organic transistors.

October 10, 2020 by Luke James

Where Do Lithium-Ion Batteries Stand in 2020?

Some of the leading players in Li-ion battery development—like Tesla—along with research universities are making notable strides in this energy-efficient technology.

September 28, 2020 by Tyler Charboneau

Researchers Combine Transistor and Cooling System on a Single Chip

Semiconductor chips with integrated microfluidic cooling systems could lead to efficiencies that are currently impossible to achieve outside the lab.

September 24, 2020 by Luke James

Researchers Claim Possibility of Data Processing Speeds in the Petahertz. How’d They Do It?

In what could be a world-first, researchers in Japan claim to have succeeded in moving electrons in an organic superconductor in a specific direction by irradiation of ultrashort laser pulses.

September 21, 2020 by Luke James

Photorelays: A More Power- and Size-Efficient Alternative to Conventional Relays?

Photorelays are gaining traction. In many cases, these devices outpace their mechanical counterparts in terms of size and power efficiency.

September 14, 2020 by Jake Hertz

The Roadmap Ahead for Micro-LEDs is Anything But Small

Micro-LEDs open doors for display technology to be twisted and folded—all while providing higher resolutions than existing LCDs or OLEDs.

September 14, 2020 by Jake Hertz

Eaton TVS Diode ESD Suppressors

Transient voltage suppression (TVS) diodes provide surge protection to protect internal electronics from damage caused by transient voltage and ESD. In this article, learn more about the role of TVS diodes.

In partnership with Eaton Electronic Components

Basics of Tactile Switches

This whitepaper offers a basic introduction to tactile switches, a key component for many end devices which require actuators such as buttons.

In partnership with Omron Electronic Components