All About Circuits

Latest Industrial Automation Articles and Videos

Categories

Researchers Create Low-Power Method to Control Magnetism With Voltage

Researchers Create Low-Power Method to Control Magnetism With Voltage

New research has unveiled that it’s possible to switch states of magnetism between ON and OFF in a new class of easy-to-fabricate materials containing nitrogen.


News Nov 26, 2020 by Luke James
How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

How Ethernet Switches are Branching Into Industries Far Beyond IT

While Ethernet switches were once solely associated with IT applications, today they are staples in industries from military to rail communications.


News Nov 25, 2020 by Luke James
TRACO POWER TPI 30/65/125W Open Frame AC-DC Power Supplies | New Product Brief

TRACO POWER TPI 30/65/125W Open Frame AC-DC Power Supplies | 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.


Classical CAN vs. CAN FD Protocols: the Differences that Matter for Designers

Classical CAN vs. CAN FD Protocols: the Differences that Matter for Designers

While CAN FD has been around since 2011, this protocol is still, in many cases, the preferable option to Classical CAN for many designers. Here's why.


TE Connectivity SUPERSEAL pro 2P Connectors | New Product Brief

TE Connectivity SUPERSEAL pro 2P Connectors | 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.


Capacitive Sensors Are Changing the Way We Interact With Cars

Capacitive Sensors Are Changing the Way We Interact With Cars

This week, Austrian company ams released a new capacitive sensor to perform hands-on detection. This announcement reflects a trend in capacitive sensors leading the charge in automotive HMIs.


News Nov 23, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys Acquires In-Chip Monitoring Solutions Leader Moortec

Synopsys Acquires In-Chip Monitoring Solutions Leader Moortec

Synopsys has announced its acquisition of UK-based in-chip monitoring leader Moortec, whose technology forms a core part of Synopsys’ Silicon Lifecycle Management platform.


News Nov 21, 2020 by Luke James
How Bad Cabling Cost a Spanish Engineering Team 200 Million Euros

How Bad Cabling Cost a Spanish Engineering Team 200 Million Euros

This past week, Spain’s attempted launch of its first optical imaging satellite ended in tragic failure—and the reason was frustratingly avoidable.


News Nov 20, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Intelligent Circuit Protection and Sensing Design for Smart Home Locks and Access Controls

Intelligent Circuit Protection and Sensing Design for Smart Home Locks and Access Controls

This article provides an overview of access control topology in smart homes and industrial buildings by covering the various protection and sensing solutions engineers can use in their designs.


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

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.


News Nov 16, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Security IC Solutions: Build or Buy?

Security IC Solutions: Build or Buy?

Depending on the project, designers have a number of options to either etch security at the silicon level or buy a pre-fabricated and pre-programmed security IC.


BOURNS PEC11H 11mm Rotary Encoders with High Detent Force | New Product Brief

BOURNS PEC11H 11mm Rotary Encoders with High Detent Force | 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.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current Output DAC | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. AD5413 14-Bit Voltage & Current Output DAC | 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.


ANALOG DEVICES INC. ADM3058Ex Signal Isolated Transceivers | New Product Brief

ANALOG DEVICES INC. ADM3058Ex Signal Isolated Transceivers | 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.


Maxim Doubles Down on Factory Automation With IO-Link Chips and Reference Design

Maxim Doubles Down on Factory Automation With IO-Link Chips and Reference Design

In modernized factories, time efficiency is paramount. New designs from Maxim Integrated aim to streamline efficiency by using configurable digital and analog IO.


News Oct 28, 2020 by Jake Hertz
WOLFSPEED C3M™ SiC 1200V MOSFETs | New Product Brief

WOLFSPEED C3M™ SiC 1200V MOSFETs | 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.


Machine Learning and Intelligent Vision for the Industrial Edge

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.


Teaming Up with Arm, NXP Ups Its Place in the Machine Learning Industry

Teaming Up with Arm, NXP Ups Its Place in the Machine Learning Industry

This week, NXP Semiconductors announced two strategic partnerships that help solidify its place in the ML industry. We interviewed experts at NXP to get the inside scoop.


News Oct 19, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Synopsys, Cadence, and Agnisys Release Major Platform Updates to EDA Tools

Synopsys, Cadence, and Agnisys Release Major Platform Updates to EDA Tools

This summer, three major EDA companies have ramped up their software tools to better assist IC designers.


News Oct 19, 2020 by Jake Hertz
Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Silicone Sensor Allows Device to Stretch While Measuring Strain and Pressure

Researchers in Japan have turned to heterogeneous silicone to "bounce back" stretchable sensors that have been stretched a touch too far.


News Oct 15, 2020 by Luke James