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Infineon Technologies EVALSHNBV01 Sensor Hub Nano | New Product Brief

Infineon Technologies EVALSHNBV01 Sensor Hub Nano | New Product Brief

Infineon’s Sensor Hub Nano is a battery-powered, Bluetooth-connected prototyping and evaluation platform for the DPS310 pressure sensor.


Convenient, High-Efficiency Power: A New Series of DC/DC Converter Modules from Murata

Convenient, High-Efficiency Power: A New Series of DC/DC Converter Modules from Murata

You can’t beat the efficiency of switch-mode power supplies, and you can avoid the design-complexity issue by using DC/DC modules such as those in the OKDx-T/90 series.


New SoCs for Bluetooth 5 Integration

New SoCs for Bluetooth 5 Integration

Brace yourselves, Bluetooth 5 is coming. These SoCs and their dev kits can help prepare your designs for the new protocol.


News Apr 06, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
Teardown Tuesday: 3D-Printing Pen

Teardown Tuesday: 3D-Printing Pen

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will look at the innards of a 3D-printing pen to see how they do it!


News Apr 04, 2017 by Robin Mitchell
Analog Devices AD4000 Family of SAR ADCs | New Product Brief

Analog Devices AD4000 Family of SAR ADCs | New Product Brief

Analog Devices AD4000 family of SAR ADCs enable higher density, less complex signal chains that operate at lower power.


Solar-Powered Graphene Skin Reproduces Sense of Touch

Solar-Powered Graphene Skin Reproduces Sense of Touch

Researchers at the University of Glasgow have created a solar-powered graphene skin that can simulate the sense of touch.


News Apr 01, 2017 by Zabrel Holsman
Analog Devices AD717x Family of ADCs | New Product Brief

Analog Devices AD717x Family of ADCs | New Product Brief

Analog Devices’ AD717x family of ADCs are designed for high-precision, low-frequency signal measurement.


Determining the Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) of Capacitors

Determining the Equivalent Series Resistance (ESR) of Capacitors

Learn more about the importance of capacitor ESR, how to measure it, and what factors can affect your measurements.


Disney Research’s Potential Solution to Safe Wireless Power Transfer: Quasistatic Cavity Resonance

Disney Research’s Potential Solution to Safe Wireless Power Transfer: Quasistatic Cavity Resonance

A new wireless power delivery system can safely transfer kilowatts of power to mobile devices within a room.


News Mar 31, 2017 by Dr. Steve Arar
Keeping the Lights On: A New “Open LED Protector” from Littelfuse

Keeping the Lights On: A New “Open LED Protector” from Littelfuse

Let’s take a look at how to make your LED array more robust; we’ll use the PLEDxN series from Littelfuse as an example.


TDK’s TFM160808ALC Low Loss Thin-Film Metal Inductors

TDK’s TFM160808ALC Low Loss Thin-Film Metal Inductors

TDK introduces a new low loss thin-film metal inductor with high current capability for power supply circuits.


News Mar 30, 2017 by Karissa Manske
Exploring the Pros and Cons of Silicon Carbide (SiC) FETs: A New MOSFET from Cree

Exploring the Pros and Cons of Silicon Carbide (SiC) FETs: A New MOSFET from Cree

The C3M0075120K is a low-on-resistance N-channel FET for high-power switching applications.


Teardown Tuesday: Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

Teardown Tuesday: Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet is a 7" color tablet. This Teardown Tuesday opens one up and looks inside.


News Mar 28, 2017 by Mark Hughes
Analog Devices HMC8400 Series Amplifiers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices HMC8400 Series Amplifiers | New Product Brief

Analog Devices' HMC8400 series amplifiers provide designers the wide bandwidth and low noise operation needed for communications and test instrumentation.


Development Kits Featured at Embedded World 2017

Development Kits Featured at Embedded World 2017

Have a look at some new development kits presented at Embedded World 2017.


News Mar 27, 2017 by Tim Youngblood
Texas Instruments INA260 Digital Current/Power Monitor | New Product Brief

Texas Instruments INA260 Digital Current/Power Monitor | New Product Brief

TI’s INA260 is a digital current and power monitor that integrates a calibrated precision shunt resistor for highly accurate measurements with a continuous current rating of 15 A.


Lithium-Ion Shipping and Travel Regulations: What You Need to Know

Lithium-Ion Shipping and Travel Regulations: What You Need to Know

Learn more about the regulations that dictate how lithium-Ion batteries may be shipped.


News Mar 24, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
STMicroelectronics LoRaWAN Discovery Board | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics LoRaWAN Discovery Board | New Product Brief

STM32 LoRaWAN Discovery Boards give developers access to LoRa’s low power, long range communication capabilities.


John Bannister Goodenough: A Brief History of the Inventor of the Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode

John Bannister Goodenough: A Brief History of the Inventor of the Lithium Cobalt Oxide Cathode

If being one of the inventors of the most widely used battery cathodes in the world wasn’t already good enough, Dr. John Goodenough was also recently in the news for a new solid state battery that not only surpassed the charge density of the lithium-ion battery, but promised to be much safer, more efficient, cheaper, and longer lasting than the current standard.


News Mar 22, 2017 by Chantelle Dubois
Teardown Tuesday: Projector Alarm Clock with Humidity and Temperature Sensors

Teardown Tuesday: Projector Alarm Clock with Humidity and Temperature Sensors

In this Teardown Tuesday, we will tear down an LED projector alarm clock with integrated humidity and temperature sensors.


News Mar 21, 2017 by Robin Mitchell