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Will Energy Harvesting Be What Fuels the Growth of the IoT?

Will Energy Harvesting Be What Fuels the Growth of the IoT?

This article explores the challenge of constantly powering the billions of devices that make up the IoT and how energy harvesting could be an effective solution.


Solid-State LiDAR Gets a Boost Towards Automotive Applications: ams Offers VCSEL in New Team Up

Solid-State LiDAR Gets a Boost Towards Automotive Applications: ams Offers VCSEL in New Team Up

Is this new triple team creating a "tipping point" for solid-state LiDAR for automotive?


News May 24, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Microchip Lays Out Vision for Power Over Ethernet in Building Automation with New Eight-Port Switch

Microchip Lays Out Vision for Power Over Ethernet in Building Automation with New Eight-Port Switch

What's a digital ceiling, anyway? Microchip announces new PoE switch for Ethernet building automation design.


News May 23, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
3 Hardware-to-Cloud Design Kits That Simplify IoT Connectivity and Application Development

3 Hardware-to-Cloud Design Kits That Simplify IoT Connectivity and Application Development

Simplicity is the name of the game for IoT dev boards designed to decrease complexity and time to market.


News May 20, 2019 by Majeed Ahmad
Semtech Launches Free Open-Source Toolset for IoT Development with LoRaWAN

Semtech Launches Free Open-Source Toolset for IoT Development with LoRaWAN

Semtech wants to demystify RF with free, open-source, LoRaWAN-focused educational tools for IoT development.


News May 09, 2019 by Kate Smith
How Do Time of Flight Sensors (ToF) Work? A Look at ToF 3D Cameras

How Do Time of Flight Sensors (ToF) Work? A Look at ToF 3D Cameras

How do time of flight sensors determine distances? Learn more about ToF cameras using an example 3D camera.


Analog Devices Condition-Based Monitoring | New Product Brief

Analog Devices Condition-Based Monitoring | New Product Brief

Analog Devices’ Condition-Based Monitoring solutions include sensing, signal chain, and communications technologies that can be combined to effectively and efficiently monitor factory equipment.


Innovative Isolated ICs from Silicon Labs Promise Precision and Stability

Innovative Isolated ICs from Silicon Labs Promise Precision and Stability

The newly-announced Si89xx product family provides voltage, current, and package options.


News Mar 26, 2019 by Mark Hughes
Can Near Field Communication Be Secure In the IoT? NXP’s New NFC Tag Aims For Highest Security

Can Near Field Communication Be Secure In the IoT? NXP’s New NFC Tag Aims For Highest Security

Despite security fears, RFID and NFC use is growing. NXP aims to make NFC more secure with its NTAG 424 DNA.


News Mar 16, 2019 by Baker Lawley
New Mesh Networking Products Expand Use Cases for Connected Devices

New Mesh Networking Products Expand Use Cases for Connected Devices

Learn how mesh networking, with low power needs and fast deployment, may be crucial in IoT and automation.


News Mar 13, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ams Announces Optical Sensor with Goal of Bringing Medical-Grade Monitoring to Mobile Devices

ams Announces Optical Sensor with Goal of Bringing Medical-Grade Monitoring to Mobile Devices

The AS7026 from ams brings medical-grade cardiovascular monitoring to mobile devices


News Feb 28, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
The End of the Crystal? TI Introduces Two New Products Using Breakthrough BAW Resonator Technology

The End of the Crystal? TI Introduces Two New Products Using Breakthrough BAW Resonator Technology

TI is introducing the industry's first wireless, crystal-less MCU as well as a BAW-based network synchronizer capable of 400-Gbps.


News Feb 28, 2019 by Baker Lawley
Diodes Incorporated Releases New Series of Hall-Effect Switches for Automotive Applications

Diodes Incorporated Releases New Series of Hall-Effect Switches for Automotive Applications

Diodes Incorporated announces the AH356xQ series of AEC-Q100 Grade 0 qualified omnipolar Hall-effect switches.


News Feb 21, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ON Semiconductor Releases RSL10 IoT Sensor Development Kit with Ultra Low-Power Bluetooth Radio

ON Semiconductor Releases RSL10 IoT Sensor Development Kit with Ultra Low-Power Bluetooth Radio

Last week, ON Semiconductor released the new RSL10 Sensor Development Kit, which combines its ultra-low-power Bluetooth Radio with an array of low-power sensors from Bosh Sensortec.


News Feb 20, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Introduction to CAN (Controller Area Network)

Introduction to CAN (Controller Area Network)

This article introduces the Controller Area Network (CAN) serial communication bus, detailing message frames, bus arbitration, and signaling.


Smart Homes to Smart Cities: Building Automation Roundup

Smart Homes to Smart Cities: Building Automation Roundup

While IoT devices find more ways into our homes, building designers are largely taking a wait-and-see attitude towards automation. Have a look at some trends and cutting-edge innovations in building automation.


News Feb 18, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

Maxim has released the MAX41461, a highly integrated ASK transmitter that works in the sub-GHz ISM frequency bands and is intended for a variety of low-cost wireless applications.


News Feb 17, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

STMicroelectronics has announced a new power-management IC that provides high efficiency, low quiescent current, and variable output voltage in a (very) small package.


News Feb 11, 2019 by Robert Keim
u-blox Adds Devices with Internal Antennas to Series of Bluetooth 5 Communications Modules

u-blox Adds Devices with Internal Antennas to Series of Bluetooth 5 Communications Modules

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News Feb 10, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
What’s Inside a PCB Manufacturing Facility? A Tour of Royal Flex Circuits

What’s Inside a PCB Manufacturing Facility? A Tour of Royal Flex Circuits

Take a look inside a PCB manufacturing facility.


News Feb 09, 2019 by Mark Hughes