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Breaking Down the BLE Link Layer—The 7 States of Bluetooth LE Radio

Explore the seven states of the Bluetooth LE radio, how the link layer state machine manages the LE radio, and the roles of these states in wireless communication.

June 16, 2023 by Nthatisi Hlapisi

Silicon Labs Rolls Dual-band SoC for Long-range Wireless Protocols

A new SoC from Silicon Labs supports multiple protocols and is optimized for Amazon Sidewalk.

June 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Apple Completes Transition to All In-house Silicon With M2 Ultra SoC

Beneath the hood of Apple's "most powerful Mac desktops ever made" is the final iteration of the company's M2 SoC family.

June 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz

At Last, Apple Unveils Its AR Headset, Rebranded as ‘Spatial Computer’

Apple’s mixed-reality headset offers a plethora of technological innovations, including a new SoC that prevents users from experiencing nausea while wearing the headset.

June 07, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Arm Unveils TCS23 Platform With Visual Computing Cores and More

Arm's latest Total Compute Solutions includes an updated suite of CPU, GPU, system, and software IP for mobile computing.

June 05, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois

STMicroelectronics Debuts ‘First’ Waterproof MEMS Pressure Sensor

A new waterproof sensor from ST promises precision in gas- and water-metering equipment, weather monitoring, air conditioning, and home appliances.

June 05, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Axelera AI Raises $50 Million to ‘Mainstream’ Edge AI

Leveraging its proprietary in-memory compute scheme and RISC-V dataflow technology, Axelera AI seeks to “democratize” artificial intelligence (AI).

May 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz

VC-Backed Hardware Design Collaboration is the (All) Spice of Life

What happens when you mix a venture capitalist with a background in hardware development at Apple with two engineers with Harvard MBAs? Allspice: a Git-style collaboration environment that brings software best practices to hardware design.

May 30, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

Explore Negative Voltage Using LTspice and a Negative Voltage Generator

In this article, we’ll use SPICE simulations to explore the theory and behavior of negative voltages.

May 26, 2023 by Robert Keim

Intel Rolls First FPGA with PCIe 5.0 and Compute Express Link

By embedding PCI Express 5.0 and CXL support, Intel’s new FPGAs seek to tackle high-bandwidth computing workloads.

May 25, 2023 by Chantelle Dubois

Broadcom to Supply Apple’s 5G Components in the US

Despite Apple’s internal efforts, the company still needs to rely on third parties for wireless chips.

May 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Toshiba Debuts “Thermoflagger” as Temperature Sensor IC Alternative

The new solution helps to control the temperature rise in electronic equipment.

May 19, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Hardware-less SoftSIMs Are Here With the Help of Nordic’s Cellular Chip

Nordic Semiconductor and IoT software company Onomondo have teamed up to eliminate traditional hardware-based SIM cards for 4G and 5G designs.

May 16, 2023 by Jake Hertz

A Primer on Power and EM Side-channel Attack Countermeasures and Prevention

Get a high-level understanding of designing electronics to prevent the threat of side-channel attacks (SCAs), namely power- and EM- (electromagnetic) based attacks.

May 12, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Researchers Rethink the Transistor at a Material Level

While many researchers focus on the miniaturization of the transistor, others are looking to materials science to advance this building block of modern electronics.

May 10, 2023 by Darshil Patel

Allegro MicroSystems A31010 Unidirectional Linear Hall-Effect Sensors | New Product Brief

This New Product Brief (NPB) is part of a video series highlighting the features, applications, and technical specs of newly-released products.

May 08, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

Infineon Unwraps Wireless Power Transmitter IC for up to 50 W Charging

Released in time for PCIM Europe this week, the new chip's integrated approach is aimed at enabling easier and more-cost-efficient wireless charging designs.

May 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz

AMD Pushes the Envelope on Gaming Graphics With New Ryzen Z1 Processors

The new processors target power efficiency and performance in portable, handheld gaming consoles.

May 05, 2023 by Jake Hertz

All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for May 2023

Join our light-hearted look at the serious topic of job hunting as All About Circuits looks to help connect the great engineers in our audience with the amazing companies in our industry. If you apply for jobs with any of these companies, please tell them All About Circuits sent you! 

May 04, 2023 by Dale Wilson

TinyML Summit: Designing Multi-model Smart HMIs

At TinyML Summit 2023, NXP presented an approach to developing smart human-machine interfaces (HMI).

May 02, 2023 by Jake Hertz