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A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

A Designer’s Take on Raspberry Pi’s First Microcontroller

This year, Raspberry Pi unveiled its first-ever microcontroller. How does this device perform in professional embedded design?


News Mar 16, 2021 by Dr. Steve Arar
AMD Says Its “Highest-performing Server Processor” Is Here

AMD Says Its “Highest-performing Server Processor” Is Here

Designed to level up with burgeoning data center demands, AMD claims its new EPYC 7003 Series CPUs outperform competitors in terms of speed and security.


News Mar 16, 2021 by Jake Hertz
 What Will It Take to Make 6G a Reality by 2030? A Theoretical Conversation

What Will It Take to Make 6G a Reality by 2030? A Theoretical Conversation

From telepresence holograms to machines as the network's primary users, 6G will be very different from today's network. But does the hardware for this network even exist?


News Mar 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
New Load Switch Underlines the Place of “True Reverse-current Blocking”

New Load Switch Underlines the Place of “True Reverse-current Blocking”

High-voltage electronics cause a number of issues for FETs used as load switches. A new device from Diodes Incorporated aims to tackle the long-standing issue of reverse current.


News Mar 15, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Women’s History Month Spotlight: Edith Clarke, the First Female Electrical Engineer

Women’s History Month Spotlight: Edith Clarke, the First Female Electrical Engineer

Edith Clarke not only revolutionized electrical power system analysis; she also blazed a trail for women in electrical engineering.


News Mar 13, 2021 by Hannah DeTavis
General Motors Bets on Lithium Metal—Not Lithium Ion—as Path Forward for EV Batteries

General Motors Bets on Lithium Metal—Not Lithium Ion—as Path Forward for EV Batteries

While most EV manufacturers are optimizing existing Li-ion solutions, GM has turned to lithium-metal batteries for the next generation of EVs.


News Mar 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Scientists Reimagine Organic Transistors for Low-power, High-amplification Biowearables

Scientists Reimagine Organic Transistors for Low-power, High-amplification Biowearables

Scientists at the Terasaki Institute have put their own spin on organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs) to improve the performance in wearable health devices.


News Mar 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
The Evolution of the Electrical Engineering Curriculum

The Evolution of the Electrical Engineering Curriculum

From Thomas Edison's first power plant to the guided missiles of WWII, EE education has always advanced alongside hallmark electronic innovations.


News Mar 11, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
How CMOS Image Sensors Are Making Strides in Pixel Count and Size

How CMOS Image Sensors Are Making Strides in Pixel Count and Size

Companies like Sony and OmniVision continue to develop advanced CMOS image sensors, while the Emmys pay respect to Kodak as one of the forerunners in digital imaging.


News Mar 11, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
The First Commercial Graphene-based Hall Sensors Open Door for Graphene Electronics at Wide

The First Commercial Graphene-based Hall Sensors Open Door for Graphene Electronics at Wide

Paragraf is the first company to grow graphene on a semiconductor wafer, opening the possibilities to a new class of graphene-based electronics.


News Mar 11, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Micro Mirrors Expand Field of View in Intel’s New MEMs LiDAR Camera

Micro Mirrors Expand Field of View in Intel’s New MEMs LiDAR Camera

LiDAR is cropping up in manifold variants, and for scanning LiDAR, MEMs micro-mirrors are a key factor in determining the field of vision.


News Mar 10, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Another Industry Takes Hit From Global Chip Shortages: Crypto Mining

Another Industry Takes Hit From Global Chip Shortages: Crypto Mining

Cryptocurrency mining has only surged in popularity heading into 2021. Like many other industries, the mining sector is now facing the repercussions of global chip shortages, notably in China.


News Mar 10, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Core-independent Peripherals Juggle the Design Needs of Modern Medical Devices

Core-independent Peripherals Juggle the Design Needs of Modern Medical Devices

Microchip recently announced an MCU family for increasingly complex medical designs—the main highlight being core-independent peripherals.


News Mar 09, 2021 by Jake Hertz
The Quantum Internet May Be the Beginning of Ultra-secure Non-binary Networks

The Quantum Internet May Be the Beginning of Ultra-secure Non-binary Networks

The internet as we know it is fast, but with the promise of a quantum internet, it may be instant. Researchers are actively addressing challenges to make this a reality.


News Mar 09, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
DoD “RAMPs” Microelectronic Growth With Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes Program

DoD “RAMPs” Microelectronic Growth With Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes Program

The DoD is partnering with companies like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and most recently Synopsys to speed microelectronic innovation within the government.


News Mar 08, 2021 by Luke James
New UWB Antennas Prove High Precision and Low Power Doesn’t Have to Be a Trade-off

New UWB Antennas Prove High Precision and Low Power Doesn’t Have to Be a Trade-off

With real-time location services becoming a staple in IIoT and consumer devices alike, the Antenna Company has set out to prove that UWB antennas can have the best of both worlds: high precision and low power.


News Mar 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz
Under Pressure, Biden Orders Review of U.S. Chip Supply Shortage

Under Pressure, Biden Orders Review of U.S. Chip Supply Shortage

President Biden has signed an executive order to compel the federal government to conduct a 100-day review into semiconductor supply chains.


News Mar 06, 2021 by Luke James
The Class-D Amplifier Is the Star of Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems, ST Suggests

The Class-D Amplifier Is the Star of Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems, ST Suggests

ADAS and AVAS are known to add a number of speakers to an automotive audio system. Class-D amplifiers, however, may be a useful solution for cutting size, costs, heat, and power consumption.


Stanford Engineers Look to Mantis Shrimp Eyes as Muse for Optical Sensor

Stanford Engineers Look to Mantis Shrimp Eyes as Muse for Optical Sensor

Polarimetric imaging could be a boon to machine vision. Now, Stanford researchers have developed a new type of light sensor inspired by an unlikely source.


News Mar 05, 2021 by Jake Hertz
JAXA Is Bringing All Solid-state Lithium-Ion Batteries to Space in 2021

JAXA Is Bringing All Solid-state Lithium-Ion Batteries to Space in 2021

While lithium-ion batteries bear some risks of combustion in consumer devices, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency hopes to experiment with the merits of all solid-state lithium-ion batteries in space.


News Mar 04, 2021 by Jake Hertz