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New Zinc Battery Breakthrough Could Compete with Lithium-Ion Batteries

New Zinc Battery Breakthrough Could Compete with Lithium-Ion Batteries

Researchers from the United States Naval Research Laboratory have found a way to stop dendrite formation in zinc batteries allowing the option for them to recharge.


News May 08, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
The Hyperloop: Ambitious Goals and Engineering Challenges

The Hyperloop: Ambitious Goals and Engineering Challenges

The Hyperloop, a proposed transport system, had a small-scale test done back in 2016. While many believe that this is proof of its viability, the system is far from ready. Is hyperloop a reality or is it an idea that will not happen with current technology?


News May 04, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
High-Speed ESD Protection: A New Line of TVS Diodes from AVX

High-Speed ESD Protection: A New Line of TVS Diodes from AVX

Components such as those in the GiGuard series can help you to protect your circuit from transient events while maintaining high-speed performance.


An Introduction to Audio Electronics: Sound, Microphones, Speakers, and Amplifiers

An Introduction to Audio Electronics: Sound, Microphones, Speakers, and Amplifiers

Learn about the basics of audio electronics, which convert sound signals into electrical signals, process these electrical signals, and convert them back into sound.


Board-Mount Packages for AC-DC Power Supplies Announced by CUI Power Group

Board-Mount Packages for AC-DC Power Supplies Announced by CUI Power Group

In this News Brief, we'll take a look at CUI Power Group's new series of AC-DC power supplies.


News May 03, 2017 by Kate Smith
Teardown Tuesday: Qi-Compatible Samsung Wireless Charger

Teardown Tuesday: Qi-Compatible Samsung Wireless Charger

In this teardown, we will look at a Samsung wireless charger that can charge mobiles (with the needed technology) to be charged by simply placing the phone on the unit.


News May 02, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
MPS Smart-Ramp Technology - A Solution to Voltage Change-Induced Audible Noise

MPS Smart-Ramp Technology - A Solution to Voltage Change-Induced Audible Noise

MPS Smart-Ramp technology helps to address the voltage change-induced audible noise issue for PC manufacturers.


How Sound Waves Can Fool MEMS Accelerometers (and Other Ways to Dupe Sensors)

How Sound Waves Can Fool MEMS Accelerometers (and Other Ways to Dupe Sensors)

Accelerometers, activity trackers, and fingerprint sensors can be duped. Learn how and what designers can do to prevent false input.


News May 01, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
Vicor Cool Power ZVS Buck and Buck-Boost Regulators | New Product Brief

Vicor Cool Power ZVS Buck and Buck-Boost Regulators | New Product Brief

Vicor Cool Power ZVS Buck and Buck-Boost regulators are highly integrated system-in-package regulators that use a zero voltage switching topology for high-efficiency conversion.


Eliminate Brushes, Reduce Noise: A New Motor-Driver IC from ROHM

Eliminate Brushes, Reduce Noise: A New Motor-Driver IC from ROHM

You can improve performance in motor-control applications by using brushless DC motors and handy driver ICs such as the BU69090NUX.


Organize, Track, Identify: A New RFID Tag IC from STMicro

Organize, Track, Identify: A New RFID Tag IC from STMicro

RFID is an advanced technique for attaching information to objects of all kinds, and ICs such as the ST25DV series can help you to implement this technology.


Teardown Tuesday: PlayStation Move Controller

Teardown Tuesday: PlayStation Move Controller

In this week’s Teardown Tuesday, we tear down a PlayStation Move controller to see what ICs and parts make up current gaming technology.


News Apr 25, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
The World’s Smallest LTE Cat M1 Module: u-blox’s SARA-R404M

The World’s Smallest LTE Cat M1 Module: u-blox’s SARA-R404M

u-blox has released the world's smallest Cat M1 module to date.


News Apr 24, 2017 by Kate Smith
A Brief Introduction to the Common Mode Choke and Its Applications

A Brief Introduction to the Common Mode Choke and Its Applications

This article goes over the basics of the humble common mode choke and its applications.


News Apr 23, 2017 by Donald Krambeck
Taiyo Yuden MCOIL Metal Power Inductors | New Product Brief

Taiyo Yuden MCOIL Metal Power Inductors | New Product Brief

TAIYO YUDEN MCOIL metal power inductors provide improved DC bias characteristics and smaller coil size compared to ferrite-based and composite metal devices.


Fast, Ultrafast, Soft, Standard, Schottky: Selecting the Right Rectifier

Fast, Ultrafast, Soft, Standard, Schottky: Selecting the Right Rectifier

This article is a deeper dive into the speed-related recovery characteristics of rectifiers, and how this dynamic behavior has significant effects on the circuits in which the rectifier is placed.


Fast, Ultrafast, Standard, Soft, Schottky: What’s the Right Rectifier for Your Power Circuitry?

Fast, Ultrafast, Standard, Soft, Schottky: What’s the Right Rectifier for Your Power Circuitry?

This article will help you understand rectifiers: how their static behavior differs from their dynamic behavior, and how “speed” is used as a defining characteristic.


Solar Roads: Emerging Tech or Looming Disaster?

Solar Roads: Emerging Tech or Looming Disaster?

Is there a real future for the concept of roads embedded with solar panels?


News Apr 20, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Power Integrations SCALE-iDriver ICs | New Product Brief

Power Integrations SCALE-iDriver ICs | New Product Brief

Power Integrations SCALE-iDriver ICs are galvanically isolated, single-channel gate driver ICs based on FluxLink magneto-inductive communications technology.


Addressing Harmonic Distortion in Audio Amplifiers

Addressing Harmonic Distortion in Audio Amplifiers

Harmonic distortion can be introduced to audio amplifiers from many sources but reduced to levels below the threshold of human hearing.