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TDK NTCSP Automotive Chip NTC Thermistor | New Product Brief

TDK NTCSP Automotive Chip NTC Thermistor | 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.


Three New Power Devices Cut Down Component Count and BOM

Three New Power Devices Cut Down Component Count and BOM

By reducing component counts, power system designs can achieve critical advantages such as lower costs and easier manufacturing. Three recently announced power solutions offer vivid examples of trend.


News Apr 15, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Texas Instruments Debuts 3 New Products at APEC 2022

Texas Instruments Debuts 3 New Products at APEC 2022

Focusing on performance and size, Texas Instruments is doubling down on EV power systems at this year's APEC.


News Mar 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
RECOM RPX-4.0 Integrated Inductor DC-DC Buck Converter | New Product Brief

RECOM RPX-4.0 Integrated Inductor DC-DC Buck Converter | 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.


Coilcraft SLR Inductors | New Product Brief

Coilcraft SLR Inductors | 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.


Inspired by Spiderwebs: New Sensor Aims to Untangle Quantum Sensor Challenges

Inspired by Spiderwebs: New Sensor Aims to Untangle Quantum Sensor Challenges

The natural world can always be an inspiration for new technology. A new sensor inspired by spider webs from TU Delft could have large implications for the study of gravity, the quantum internet, and more.


News Dec 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz
AVX 550L, 550U, & 550Z UBC™ Ultra-Broadband Capacitors | New Product Brief

AVX 550L, 550U, & 550Z UBC™ Ultra-Broadband Capacitors | 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.


Coilcraft 0603DC AEC-Q200 RF Chip Inductor | New Product Brief

Coilcraft 0603DC AEC-Q200 RF Chip Inductor | 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.


Flux, a Google Doc-style Collaboration Tool for Hardware Design, Changes the Face of Remote Engineering

Flux, a Google Doc-style Collaboration Tool for Hardware Design, Changes the Face of Remote Engineering

Inspired by GitHub, a new browser-based hardware development tool has recently raised $12M in funding.


News Oct 14, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Speed Up Quantum Computing with Advances from Algorithms to Sensors

Researchers Speed Up Quantum Computing with Advances from Algorithms to Sensors

As the push for better quantum computing heats up, researchers hope to tackle the issues with developments in quantum sensors, algorithms, and quibits.


News Sep 06, 2021 by Kristijan Nelkovski
Simulating Non-linear Transformers in LTspice

Simulating Non-linear Transformers in LTspice

Learn how to use non-linear models in LTspice to simulate the characteristics of transformers, a crucial part of SMPS (switched-mode power supply) design.


Learn How Integrated Solutions Can Increase the Accuracy of Resistive Current Sensing

Learn How Integrated Solutions Can Increase the Accuracy of Resistive Current Sensing

In this article, we’ll discuss why a discrete implementation cannot provide a high accuracy in resistive current sensing.


Axial-flux Designs Rev Up the Future of Electric Motors

Axial-flux Designs Rev Up the Future of Electric Motors

While electric motors have primarily hinged on radial motor technology over the past 50 years, axial-flux designs are now surging ahead.


From Inductors to Sensor Testing: 3 Companies Promote ADAS Safety

From Inductors to Sensor Testing: 3 Companies Promote ADAS Safety

Safety is always a major concern for designers, especially in vehicles. Hoping to further ADAS safety, TDK, Maxim Integrated, and Rohde & Schwarz release new devices.


News Aug 02, 2021 by Ikimi .O
From Schottky Diodes to MOSFETS: 3 Team-ups Lower Power with SiC Technology

From Schottky Diodes to MOSFETS: 3 Team-ups Lower Power with SiC Technology

The world of SiC technology is about to boom with three different team-ups, from research to large tech companies. Who is teaming up, how are they advancing with SiC, and why?


News Jun 26, 2021 by Ikimi .O
Graphene and Magnetics On the Brain: Researching Bioelectronic Brain Implants

Graphene and Magnetics On the Brain: Researching Bioelectronic Brain Implants

As the gap between electronics and biology grows smaller, more devices are being researched. Recently, a focus has been on bioelectronics, namely implants for your brain.


News Jun 19, 2021 by Nicholas St. John
Examining the Negative Resistance of a Quartz Crystal Oscillator

Examining the Negative Resistance of a Quartz Crystal Oscillator

This article discusses how we can examine the oscillator circuit to make sure that it has sufficient “negative resistance” or “oscillation allowance”.


An Introduction to Switched-capacitor Circuits

An Introduction to Switched-capacitor Circuits

In this series of articles, we’ll discuss one of the fundamental building blocks of analog IC design: the switched-capacitor circuit.


TDK Sensor Shows How Capacitive MEMS and Low-power IoT Go Hand in Hand

TDK Sensor Shows How Capacitive MEMS and Low-power IoT Go Hand in Hand

TDK recently announced the so-called "lowest power waterproof MEMS barometric pressure sensor." Why did TDK choose capacitive MEMS as the go-to architecture for low power?


News Apr 15, 2021 by Jake Hertz
TAIYO YUDEN ME Series MCOIL™ Metal Power Inductors | New Product Brief

TAIYO YUDEN ME Series MCOIL™ Metal Power Inductors | 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.