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Maxim Integrated Digital Class-D Amplifier | New Product Brief

Maxim Integrated Digital Class-D Amplifier | 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.


RISC-V International Partners with GlobalPlatform to Simplify Security Design for IoT Devices and Processors

RISC-V International Partners with GlobalPlatform to Simplify Security Design for IoT Devices and Processors

The collaboration is fuelled by the desire to develop open-source standards that simplify security design for hardware developers and enhance the security of IoT devices.


News May 15, 2020 by Luke James
Smart Speakers Digitize All Input, Zap Battery. A New ML Analog Chip Has “Selective Hearing”

Smart Speakers Digitize All Input, Zap Battery. A New ML Analog Chip Has “Selective Hearing”

Always-on devices zap battery when digital processors analyze 100% of input. A machine-learning analog chip can save power by only activating for selective input.


News May 15, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Advantech WISE-6610 Industrial LoRaWAN Gateways | New Product Brief

Advantech WISE-6610 Industrial LoRaWAN Gateways | 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.


Research Study Calls Data Security the Greatest Challenge for AIoT

Research Study Calls Data Security the Greatest Challenge for AIoT

According to XMOS, data security is the largest barrier to the growth of the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) market.


News May 09, 2020 by Luke James
As Suppliers Hunker Down on IoT, Multi-Protocol Chips May Spike

As Suppliers Hunker Down on IoT, Multi-Protocol Chips May Spike

Suppliers are producing more multi-protocol chips to meet the power and connectivity demands of IoT. Can we expect to see more tech like NXP's multiprotocol mesh networking MCUs in the future?


News May 08, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
The Virtues of PWM Combined With a Power MOSFET

The Virtues of PWM Combined With a Power MOSFET

Pulse Width Modulation is a method commonly used to generate an analog signal output from digital input. But how is this feature enhanced when combined with a power MOSFET in a single device?


News May 06, 2020 by John Koon
Brain-Inspired Electronics Offer Energy and Cost Benefits to AI and IoT Applications

Brain-Inspired Electronics Offer Energy and Cost Benefits to AI and IoT Applications

Organic memory devices developed by American researchers reportedly show promise for flexible, wearable, and personalized computing devices and other electronics.


News Apr 27, 2020 by Luke James
What Is the Internet of Musical Things (IoMusT)?

What Is the Internet of Musical Things (IoMusT)?

A smart guitar. A vibrating wearable metronome. An LED wristband that reacts to your concert experience. It's all part of a growing movement known as the Internet of Musical Things.


Microchip Technology AVR-IoT WA Development Board | New Product Brief

Microchip Technology AVR-IoT WA Development Board | 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.


Molex Alien Technology Fixed RFID Reader | New Product Brief

Molex Alien Technology Fixed RFID Reader | 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.


How Far Along Is Narrowband IoT in 2020?

How Far Along Is Narrowband IoT in 2020?

It’s soldiered through 2G, 3G, and 4G, and is now beginning its journey into the 5G era.


News Apr 17, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
NXP Development Kit | New Product Brief

NXP Development Kit | 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.


Microsoft Opens the IoT Floodgates on the 32-bit MCUs of Five Semiconductors Giants

Microsoft Opens the IoT Floodgates on the 32-bit MCUs of Five Semiconductors Giants

Microsoft envisions its Azure real-time operating system—now available to ST, Renesas, NXP, Microchip, and Qualcomm—as a new animating force for billions of MCUs embedded in IoT devices.


News Apr 03, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Will Communications-as-a-Service Become a New Normal for IoT? u-blox Seems to Think So

Will Communications-as-a-Service Become a New Normal for IoT? u-blox Seems to Think So

u-blox recently acquired Thingstream, a "communication‑as‑a-service provider." What does this service entail? And how might it affect future designs bound for IoT devices?


News Apr 02, 2020 by Gary Elinoff
Silicon Labs Enters the NICU: the First IoT Feeding Device Cleared by the FDA Within 90 Days

Silicon Labs Enters the NICU: the First IoT Feeding Device Cleared by the FDA Within 90 Days

Feeding babies isn't as easy as you might think. NFANT Labs and Silicon Labs have teamed up on a smart baby bottle outfitted with sensors that provide biofeedback in real-time.


News Apr 02, 2020 by Cabe Atwell
Cypress Semiconductor Prototyping Board | New Product Brief

Cypress Semiconductor Prototyping Board | 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.


Ricoh Electronics RIOT-001 Environment Sensing Board | New Product Brief

Ricoh Electronics RIOT-001 Environment Sensing Board | 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.


Power Engineering Catchup: Here’s What Would Have Been Presented at APEC

Power Engineering Catchup: Here’s What Would Have Been Presented at APEC

APEC was canceled less than a week before the event. What did we miss? Is there still a way for us to stay up to date on power electronic trends?


News Mar 26, 2020 by Kayla Matthews
The Market for Bluetooth 5.1 SoCs Heats Up as Goodix Enters the Arena

The Market for Bluetooth 5.1 SoCs Heats Up as Goodix Enters the Arena

How does the new transceiver hold up against forerunners from Nordic Semiconductor and Dialog Semiconductor?


News Mar 24, 2020 by John Koon