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CU Boulder Team Builds Shape-shifting Display With Actuator Technology

CU Boulder Team Builds Shape-shifting Display With Actuator Technology

The 3D display table can dynamically respond to touch, sort items, and create pop-up displays—and it can perform multiple functions at once.


News Aug 09, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Claimed Room-temperature Superconductor Falters Under Scrutiny

Claimed Room-temperature Superconductor Falters Under Scrutiny

South Korean researchers claim to have synthesized the world’s first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor. Is this one of the great discoveries of the 21st century or an overly-optimistic, premature announcement?


News Aug 08, 2023 by Duane Benson
Haptics Development Board is Small Enough to Fit Inside Your Lightsaber

Haptics Development Board is Small Enough to Fit Inside Your Lightsaber

Aimed at easing the process of developing devices that require HD haptics, Titan Haptics has unveiled a tiny board designed both for development and and for embedding into your design.


News Aug 02, 2023 by Jeff Child
Nanusens Reimagines MEMS Fabrication—With Major Capacitance Payoffs

Nanusens Reimagines MEMS Fabrication—With Major Capacitance Payoffs

By modifying CMOS processing techniques, Nanusens claims to have made a breakthrough in MEMS sensor fabrication.


News Jul 25, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Marveling at MEMS: The New Superheroes of The Silicon World

Marveling at MEMS: The New Superheroes of The Silicon World

Fari Assaderaghi and SiTime are aiming to disrupt the 70-year-old quartz timing industry by replacing crystals with silicon MEMS. After nearly two decades of following “Moore’s Law for timing improvements,” their time may have finally arrived.


Pickering Teams Up With Menlo Micro for MEMS-Based RF Multiplexers

Pickering Teams Up With Menlo Micro for MEMS-Based RF Multiplexers

The collaboration will deliver test systems with 300x longer operational life and 60x test system throughput, according to the companies.


News Jun 23, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Exclusive—Titan Haptics Debuts Clustered Array to Serve Non-standard Designs

Exclusive—Titan Haptics Debuts Clustered Array to Serve Non-standard Designs

Launched here today, Titan’s clustered array motor approach enables engineers to combine multiple haptic motors into an array that meets their exact application needs.


News Jun 20, 2023 by Jeff Child
TOSHIBA TPD2015FN High-Side Intelligent Power Switch | New Product Brief

TOSHIBA TPD2015FN High-Side Intelligent Power Switch | New Product Brief

The Toshiba TPD2015FN is an intelligent power switch designed for various applications such as motors, solenoids, and lamp drives. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


OMRON G9KA-E Power PCB Relays | Featured Product Spotlight

OMRON G9KA-E Power PCB Relays | Featured Product Spotlight

The Omron Electronics G9KA-E power PCB relays are designed to enhance the safety, reliability, and durability of electronic systems. Watch and learn all about their features, specs, applications, and more!


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

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.


Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Analyzing a Negative Voltage Charge Pump in LTspice—Source and Load Resistance

Learn about using LTspice simulations to provide important insight into the performance of a switched-capacitor voltage-inverting power supply.


OMRON IA G2RV-ST/G3RV-ST Slim Relays | New Product Brief

OMRON IA G2RV-ST/G3RV-ST Slim Relays | 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.


All About Circuits Connections—Industry Jobs for May 2023

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! 


News May 04, 2023 by Dale Wilson
E-SWITCH PVK4 Anti-Vandal Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

E-SWITCH PVK4 Anti-Vandal Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.


xMEMS’ All-silicon, Solid-state Fidelity Micro Speakers Now Available

xMEMS’ All-silicon, Solid-state Fidelity Micro Speakers Now Available

These speakers are said to offer higher performance in a smaller size, bringing high-fidelity audio to new applications.


News Apr 25, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Polyn Debuts Power-saving AI Chip for Vibration-monitoring Sensors

Polyn Debuts Power-saving AI Chip for Vibration-monitoring Sensors

A new neuromorphic chip hopes to enable low-power predictive maintenance applications.


News Apr 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

SiTime Unveils Precision Timing ICs to Meet In-Car Connectivity Needs

With car designs getting ever more advanced, timing ICs are playing a big role. SiTime’s new devices aim to meet the special challenges of automotive timing.


News Apr 22, 2023 by Jeff Child
Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

Can Voltage Be Negative? Understanding Negative Voltage

In addition to explaining the nature of a negative voltage, this article briefly discusses how negative voltages are generated and why they are useful in circuit design.


Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

Women in STEM—A Road Paved With the Firsts of Many Determined Women

As more women find their way into STEM-related fields, they have these women to thank for helping lay the foundation for future generations.


News Mar 30, 2023 by Kimber Wymore
Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Seeing the Big Picture of Vehicle Electrification with Texas Instrument’s Fern Yoon

Fern Yoon has always loved the big picture. This focus serves her well in her current role as Director of Automotive Systems Engineering and Marketing at Texas Instruments, as she brings together customer and company initiatives to solve big challenges.