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Behind Saildrone: The Company Sending Autonomous Sailboats Into the Eye of Hurricanes

Driven by wind and solar power, storm-chasing Saildrone vessels are autonomously collecting valuable scientific data for up to a year at a time.

September 12, 2023 by Aaron Carman

MIT Makes Renewables Supercapacitor From Cement, Carbon-black Mixture

MIT researchers have demonstrated a supercapacitor that uses low-cost cement and carbon black—a development that may lead to inexpensive storage for renewable energy.

August 07, 2023 by Duane Benson

Powering a Green Future: Insights from Infineon’s Peter Wawer

Dr. Peter Wawer brings insights from a distinguished career that has touched three unique major semiconductor technologies: silicon photovoltaics, embedded Flash, and now wide bandgap semiconductors for power electronics.

May 16, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

Solar Panels Now in Wildfire Detectors, Greenhouses, and Even Reservoirs

Solar panels are a common feature of thousands of homes. Now, researchers are adapting the technology to power other environmentally-conscious efforts.

April 25, 2023 by Jake Hertz

TI Launches Pair of Wi-Fi 6 Companion ICs to Serve IoT System Designs

As Wi-Fi 6-enabled IoT devices proliferate into the billions, TI’s new Wi-Fi 6 companion chips are aimed at meeting the challenges associated with this crowded landscape.

April 18, 2023 by Jeff Child

Modules and Dev Kits Emerge for Building Amazon Sidewalk Devices

As the company opens Sidewalk up for testing, the service from Amazon could have big implications in the IoT and smart home space.

March 29, 2023 by Jake Hertz

onsemi NTBG014N120M3P Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

March 16, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

Offering compact packaging, BLE functions, and more, today’s power management integrated circuits (PMICs) are meeting the technology needs of a variety of system designs.

February 25, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Tree Tech: Enlisting Electronics in Environmental Protection

As organizations and governments around the world seek solutions to climate change and deforestation, engineers are playing their part in the quest for ecological balance.

January 25, 2023 by Robert Keim

Wolfspeed 62mm All-Silicon Carbide Half-Bridge Modules | Featured Product Spotlight

This Featured Product Spotlight is part of a video series exploring the specifications, applications, and market context of new products.

January 23, 2023 by Mouser Electronics

On SpaceX Rocket, Caltech Prototype Tests Way to Beam Solar Power to Earth

On SpaceX's recent launch, Caltech sent its Space Solar Power Demonstrator (SSPD) into orbit to harvest solar power in space and transmit it to Earth.

January 06, 2023 by Darshil Patel

Dracula Technologies “Sucks” Ambient Indoor Light to Power the IoT

With a recent funding round, Dracula plans to advance the "world's first shaped organic photovoltaic cells."

December 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Aimed at Power Distribution, Menlo Micro Debuts “Highest” Power MEMS Switch

Putting its Ideal Switch technology back into action, Menlo Micro has unveiled what it says is the industry highest power MEMS switch device.

December 01, 2022 by Jeff Child

Our Electronica Interview with Infineon PSS Division President Adam White

In Infineon’s booth in the vast Hall C3 at Electronica 2022, we caught up with Adam White to talk supply chain, sustainability, green energy, and more.

November 23, 2022 by Jeff Child

New Slip Ring Assembly Meets the High-voltage Needs of Satellites

The new component promises to triple the operational voltage of high-voltage satellites.

November 07, 2022 by Jake Hertz

Battery Storage Schemes Employ Freeze-Thaw Approach and More

Offering novel approaches to battery energy storage, a trio of research efforts are using electronic technologies and materials science to tackle energy storage challenges.

October 22, 2022 by Nicholas St. John

STMicro Power Modules Aim to Simplify SiC Inverter Designs

Leveraging the electrical characteristics of silicon-carbide (SiC), the new power modules from STMicroelectronics aim to ensure high power density while simplifying assembly.

September 12, 2022 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle

Homemade DIY Project May Blast Perovskite Solar Cells Into Production

Perovskites could be the future of solar cells—if it weren't for their hard-to-detect defects. Now, a researcher's homemade machine may provide answers.

September 08, 2022 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Navitas Unveils GaN Half-bridge ICs with MHz Switching

The company unlocks higher performance, and lowers component count integrating two GaN FETs onto a single IC.

September 07, 2022 by Jake Hertz

MOSFET Performance and Packaging Innovations Shine at PCIM Europe

Offering advances in key specs and packaging options, semiconductor vendors unveiled a variety of new SiC (silicon carbide) FET and MOSFET devices at this week’s 2022 PCIM Europe event.

May 13, 2022 by Jeff Child