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News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

News Brief: New Transceiver and Wi-Fi Modules for Low-Power IoT Applications from Silicon Labs

This News Brief covers Silicon Labs' WF200 transceiver and WFM200 module, recently added to their Wi-Fi portfolio.


News Mar 13, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Two Tiny Form Factors: An NFC Sensor Tag and Data Logger IC from ams

Two Tiny Form Factors: An NFC Sensor Tag and Data Logger IC from ams

A new tiny sensor tag and data logger IC offers efficient and accurate monitoring of sensitive assets.


News Mar 12, 2018 by Nick Davis
STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics Industrial Motion Sensors are high performance, high quality, ultralow-power MEMS sensors for Industry 4.0, building automation, and other demanding applications.


How to Design Low-Cost Contactless Position Sensors

How to Design Low-Cost Contactless Position Sensors

In this video, we’ll demonstrate an inductive sensing technique used for contactless position sensing.


Cold Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring: A Highly Accurate Digital Temperature Sensor from ams

Cold Storage and Cold Chain Monitoring: A Highly Accurate Digital Temperature Sensor from ams

A new highly accurate cold chain digital temperature sensor from ams makes the design of refrigerators and data loggers, in cold-chain storage equipment, a little easier.


News Mar 05, 2018 by Nick Davis
Crash Landing on Venus to Proposing the World Wide Web: The March 2018 Hardware History Roundup

Crash Landing on Venus to Proposing the World Wide Web: The March 2018 Hardware History Roundup

Venera 3 crash lands on Venus, the Homebrew Computer Club meets for the first time, and the World Wide Web is proposed. Check out this hardware history roundup for March!


News Mar 04, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Maxim MAX30001 Biopotential Analog Front-End Solution | New Product Brief

Maxim MAX30001 Biopotential Analog Front-End Solution | New Product Brief

Maxim’s MAX30001 is a complete biopotential and bioimpedance analog front end for wearables, offering high performance and low power consumption.


A New High-Performance Digital MEMS Microphone from Infineon

A New High-Performance Digital MEMS Microphone from Infineon

Here's a breakdown of Infineon's new high-performance digital MEMS microphone that offers power-optimized modes for low-current consumption devices.


News Feb 21, 2018 by Nick Davis
Solid-State LiDAR Is Coming to an Autonomous Vehicle Near You

Solid-State LiDAR Is Coming to an Autonomous Vehicle Near You

Solid-state LiDAR may be the path forward for developing sensing systems for autonomous vehicles.


News Feb 20, 2018 by Mark Hughes
New DARPA Programs Focus on Quantum Coherence, Biological Sensors, and Epigenome Readers

New DARPA Programs Focus on Quantum Coherence, Biological Sensors, and Epigenome Readers

Here’s a look at a few current projects announced by DARPA this year, exploring quantum coherence, biological sensors, and epigenomic readers.


News Feb 19, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
How to Use a Diode as a Thermometer

How to Use a Diode as a Thermometer

This article, part of AAC’s Analog Circuit Collection, presents a straightforward circuit that allows you to measure temperature with little more than a diode and a BJT.


Tricking Autonomous Driving Systems Could Be as Simple as Subtly Altering Street Signs

Tricking Autonomous Driving Systems Could Be as Simple as Subtly Altering Street Signs

Recent research indicates that it may be easier to dupe a vision system in an autonomous vehicle than previously thought.


News Feb 16, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
ams AS7221 Smart Lighting Engines | New Product Brief

ams AS7221 Smart Lighting Engines | New Product Brief

ams AS7221 Network-Enabled Smart Lighting Managers combine embedded sensing, sensor hub functionality, and autonomous management to enable smart lighting that adapts to its surrounding to meet the needs of users and maximize energy efficiency.


A Look at InvenSense’s Low-Noise, Low-Power, Waterproof MEMS Capacitive Barometric Pressure Sensor

A Look at InvenSense’s Low-Noise, Low-Power, Waterproof MEMS Capacitive Barometric Pressure Sensor

A new MEMS capacitive barometric pressure sensor, from InvenSense, is said to be the industry's lowest-noise and lowest-power pressure sensor.


News Feb 13, 2018 by Nick Davis
Makeblock Neuron: A Study in Modular Design

Makeblock Neuron: A Study in Modular Design

The Makeblock Neuron is a collection of magnetically linked blocks that provides a reliable, easy to use experimentation platform for young inventors.


News Feb 11, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Developing an Open Source Voice Assistant: Interview with Mycroft AI’s Steve Penrod

Developing an Open Source Voice Assistant: Interview with Mycroft AI’s Steve Penrod

A look at Mycroft, a machine-learning AI home voice assistant—that's open source.


News Feb 09, 2018 by Kate Smith
Capacitive Control Panel PCB Design Considerations for TI’s MSP430FR2633 Microcontroller

Capacitive Control Panel PCB Design Considerations for TI’s MSP430FR2633 Microcontroller

This article provides a closer look at the PCB design considerations and programming of a custom capacitive touch interface device.


Teardown Tuesday: Smart Doorbell and Camera System

Teardown Tuesday: Smart Doorbell and Camera System

In this teardown, we open up the Ding Home Package, by zmodo, to see what we can find.


News Feb 06, 2018 by Nick Davis
STMicroelectronics L20G20IS Two-Axis MEMS Gyroscope | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics L20G20IS Two-Axis MEMS Gyroscope | New Product Brief

STMicroelectronics L20G20IS is a compact two-axis MEMS gyroscope for use in optical image stabilization and similar applications.


Simplify Your Life with an Analog Window Detector

Simplify Your Life with an Analog Window Detector

This article, part of AAC’s Analog Circuit Collection, presents a simple yet effective replacement for ADC-based window detection.