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Learn RF Design: Choosing the Right RF Transceiver IC

Learn RF Design: Choosing the Right RF Transceiver IC

Learn about integrated circuits that can help you to design customized RF communication systems.


Wireless RF Energy Harvesting: RF-to-DC Conversion and a Look at Powercast Hardware

Wireless RF Energy Harvesting: RF-to-DC Conversion and a Look at Powercast Hardware

This article looks at the technology and the sample kits that Powercast provides users who want to learn more about the technology.


Arm Announces Pelion IoT Platform, Combining Mbed Device Management with Data Management

Arm Announces Pelion IoT Platform, Combining Mbed Device Management with Data Management

Arm just announced a new "device-to-data" IoT platform, Arm Pelion, to combine Mbed's IoT device management with a new generation of Arm data management and connectivity tools.


News Aug 02, 2018 by Kate Smith
Semtech SX1261 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1261 Development Kit | New Product Brief

Semtech SX1261 development kits are based on Semtech’s SX1261 low-power, long-range LoRa transceivers for many IoT applications, including smart cities, building automation, agriculture, and healthcare applications.


Introduction to the Two-Cavity Klystron Amplifier

Introduction to the Two-Cavity Klystron Amplifier

Klystron amplifiers are used in a variety of industries, including satellite systems, television broadcasting, radar, particle accelerators, and in the medical field. In this article, we'll learn about the two-cavity klystron's unique build and the concept of electron bunching.


Skyworks Solutions IoT Front End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks Solutions IoT Front End Modules | New Product Brief

Skyworks’ SKY66119 is a 460 MHz transmit/receive front-end module that provides high performance and a simpler design for a variety of applications.


How Do Satellites Communicate with a GPS System? A Look at the GPS Antenna

How Do Satellites Communicate with a GPS System? A Look at the GPS Antenna

Antennas provide the wireless linkage required for any satellite-based system. Here's a look at the many antennas of GPS.


What Is an eSIM? The Pros, Cons, and Seeming Inevitability of Embedded SIM ICs

What Is an eSIM? The Pros, Cons, and Seeming Inevitability of Embedded SIM ICs

STMicroelectronics announced in June that it is the world's first eSIM manufacturer accredited by the GSMA to personalize eSIMs for mobile and connected IoT devices. What is an eSIM? How could it benefit designers?


News Jul 16, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Beyond the Optocoupler: Understanding Digital Isolators

Beyond the Optocoupler: Understanding Digital Isolators

Optocouplers are undoubtedly effective, but alternative isolation technologies may be a better choice for your application.


More Accurate and Secure Asset Tracking: Trends in Cellular and Indoor Location Technology

More Accurate and Secure Asset Tracking: Trends in Cellular and Indoor Location Technology

Here's a look at recent technologies released by PoLTE and decaWave, which provide indoor location services, and Telit, which provides cellular modules with a global reach.


News Jul 12, 2018 by Mark Hughes
Preparing for the Narrow Band IoT: New CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 Aims to Support Low-Power IoT Devices

Preparing for the Narrow Band IoT: New CEVA-Dragonfly NB2 Aims to Support Low-Power IoT Devices

IoT devices are increasingly reliant on batteries, making the conservation of power even more critical. In response, CEVA has announced their Dragonfly NB2 IoT solution that aims to tackle the emerging field of Narrow Band Internet of Things or NB-IoT.


News Jul 04, 2018 by Robin Mitchell
Power Line Communication (PLC) Modem Chips Streamline Smart Meter Design

Power Line Communication (PLC) Modem Chips Streamline Smart Meter Design

An overview of two PLC design solutions shows the progress in the realization of smart grid infrastructure.


News Jun 29, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad
Phoenix Contact FL Switch 2000 Managed Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact FL Switch 2000 Managed Switches | Featured Product Spotlight

Phoenix Contact FL Switch 2000 managed switches are intelligent switches that are designed to improve the robustness and stability of industrial automation networks.


Implementing a Binary Parity Generator and Checker with GreenPAK

Implementing a Binary Parity Generator and Checker with GreenPAK

This app note implements a binary parity generator and checker with two data input variants, a parallel data input, and a serial data input. It describes the implemented logic, GreenPAKs implementation, and the obtained results.


Understanding the Dynamic Range Specification of an ADC

Understanding the Dynamic Range Specification of an ADC

This article will discuss the dynamic range specification of an ADC.


How NFC (Near Field Communication) Is Changing Our Mobile Life

How NFC (Near Field Communication) Is Changing Our Mobile Life

Here’s a look at some of the ways NFC is already being used on your smartphone.


News Jun 05, 2018 by Chantelle Dubois
Basics of Digital Down-Conversion in DSP

Basics of Digital Down-Conversion in DSP

This article discusses digital down-conversion which is a digital-signal-processing technique widely used in digital radio receivers.


Hardware Evaluation of a Custom Programmable Wi-Fi Controller: The WiCard

Hardware Evaluation of a Custom Programmable Wi-Fi Controller: The WiCard

This article explores the schematic design and basic features of a smart programmable wireless controller module I designed: the WiCard.


Engineer Spotlight: Black Box VR’s Rich Reavis Talks Virtual Reality and Gamified Fitness

Engineer Spotlight: Black Box VR’s Rich Reavis Talks Virtual Reality and Gamified Fitness

With the SteamVR HDK and on-market headsets in tow, Black Box VR created their own unique resistance hardware to develop an intensive fitness routine that feels more like a world-saving mission.


News Jun 01, 2018 by Justin Kirkham
The RF Platformization for the 5G and IoT Designs

The RF Platformization for the 5G and IoT Designs

New design resources are becoming available as RF front-ends enter into high gear amid the 5G and IoT take-off.


News May 30, 2018 by Majeed Ahmad