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Smart Homes to Smart Cities: Building Automation Roundup

Smart Homes to Smart Cities: Building Automation Roundup

While IoT devices find more ways into our homes, building designers are largely taking a wait-and-see attitude towards automation. Have a look at some trends and cutting-edge innovations in building automation.


News Feb 18, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

A New Maxim Integrated Low-Power RF Transmitter for Automation, Wireless Sensors, and IoT Devices

Maxim has released the MAX41461, a highly integrated ASK transmitter that works in the sub-GHz ISM frequency bands and is intended for a variety of low-cost wireless applications.


News Feb 17, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New Wideband Upconverter for High-Frequency Radar and Communication Systems

A New Wideband Upconverter for High-Frequency Radar and Communication Systems

Analog Devices has recently released an SPI-programmable RF upconverter that can translate baseband or IF signals to extremely high transmission frequencies.


News Feb 12, 2019 by Robert Keim
A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

A New DC/DC Converter for Wearables, Sensors, and Low-Power Wireless Devices

STMicroelectronics has announced a new power-management IC that provides high efficiency, low quiescent current, and variable output voltage in a (very) small package.


News Feb 11, 2019 by Robert Keim
u-blox Adds Devices with Internal Antennas to Series of Bluetooth 5 Communications Modules

u-blox Adds Devices with Internal Antennas to Series of Bluetooth 5 Communications Modules

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News Feb 10, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
Panasonic Polymer Film MLCC Alternatives | New Product Brief

Panasonic Polymer Film MLCC Alternatives | New Product Brief

Panasonic Polymer and Film MLCC Alternatives can replace several MLCCs with a single capacitor while offering performance and safety advantages.


Microchip Technology SAM R34 LoRa Sub-GHz System-in-Package Family  | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip Technology SAM R34 LoRa Sub-GHz System-in-Package Family | Featured Product Spotlight

Microchip Technology’s SAM R34 LoRa Sub-GHz System-in-Package family integrates an Arm® Cortex®-M0+ MCU, LoRa transceiver and software stack to reduce time to market for IoT designs.


Semtech SX1262 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1262 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1262 development kits provide designers with a platform to evaluate and develop the SX1262® LoRa RF Transceivers in low-power, long-range wireless communication applications.


Meeting EMI Standards: Options Continue to Grow for EMC Testing

Meeting EMI Standards: Options Continue to Grow for EMC Testing

Testing for EMI (electromagnetic interference) is a critical step in product design due to FCC and CE regulations. In this article, we will look at MuROOM; modular metal rooms that significantly reduce outside EMI sources for testing and experimentation purposes.


News Jan 29, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Omron Electronics 2JCIE-BL01-P1 Sensor Development Kit | New Product Brief

Omron Electronics 2JCIE-BL01-P1 Sensor Development Kit | New Product Brief

Omron Electronics 2JCIE-BL01-P1 sensor development kit combines sensors, wireless connectivity, and onboard memory for environmental monitoring in smart homes, offices, and many other environments.


Microchip ATmega4809 Xplained Pro Kit | Digital Datasheet

Microchip ATmega4809 Xplained Pro Kit | Digital Datasheet

Microchip’s ATmega4809 Xplained Pro evaluation kit enables rapid prototyping of advanced real-time control systems with the ATmega4809 family of Microcontrollers.


Silicon Labs Releases New Low-Power Wi-Fi Module Portfolio

Silicon Labs Releases New Low-Power Wi-Fi Module Portfolio

Take a look at a new range of Wi-Fi modules from Silicon Labs.


News Jan 27, 2019 by Robin Mitchell
Silicon Labs Wireless Xpress BGX13P | New Product Brief

Silicon Labs Wireless Xpress BGX13P | New Product Brief

Silicon Labs Wireless Xpress BGX13P Starter Kit is a development platform for the easy-to-use BGX13P Blue Gecko Bluetooth® Module.


nanotron Releases RF Module Collision Detection System for Mine Safety Applications

nanotron Releases RF Module Collision Detection System for Mine Safety Applications

Learn more about nanotron's recently-announced RF-based collision avoidance system for mine safety.


News Jan 26, 2019 by Gary Elinoff
ON Semiconductor RSL10 Multi-Protocol System-in-Package | New Product Brief

ON Semiconductor RSL10 Multi-Protocol System-in-Package | New Product Brief

ON Semiconductor’s RSL10 Multi-Protocol Bluetooth® 5 SiP enables easy design integration of low-power wireless communication.


NXP Semiconductors RFEL24-500 RF Energy Lab Box | New Product Brief

NXP Semiconductors RFEL24-500 RF Energy Lab Box | New Product Brief

NXP’s RF Energy Lab box is a fully integrated, solid state RF development system for RF and non-RF engineers alike, requiring no RF expertise or separate RF equipment.


How Do I Prep My PCB for Fabrication? Accelerating PCB Assembly with Design Best Practices

How Do I Prep My PCB for Fabrication? Accelerating PCB Assembly with Design Best Practices

In this article, Parker Dillman, lead EE and co-founder of MacroFab, covers how to best prepare your PCB designs for fabrication and assembly.


Building Out the RISC-V Ecosystem

Building Out the RISC-V Ecosystem

What is an ecosystem and what is not? How does the term ecosystem apply to RISC-V and it's open-source architecture? Markus Levy nad Robert Oshana weigh in on RISC-V as an ecosystem, where that ecosystem is today, and discusses new developments in RISC-V.


TDK MAF Noise Suppression Filters | New Product Brief

TDK MAF Noise Suppression Filters | New Product Brief

TDK’s MAF series of noise suppression filters are miniaturized audio line filters designed for use in smartphones, tablets, portable game consoles, and other devices with wireless receivers.


Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Nordic Semiconductor nRF9160 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF9160 Development Kit makes cellular-connected IoT development easy.