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Our 2024 Favorites: Hand-Picked Highlights from the All About Circuits Team

Our 2024 Favorites: Hand-Picked Highlights from the All About Circuits Team

We publish hundreds of articles every year—too many even for our team to read them all. So, we decided to share our favorite 2024 news, technical articles, projects, and podcasts with each other and all of you. Enjoy!


News Dec 20, 2024 by Dale Wilson
UCLA Announces New One-Way Optical Material for Imaging Systems

UCLA Announces New One-Way Optical Material for Imaging Systems

The team turned to deep learning to help them develop a new form of unidirectional imaging system that operates with partially coherent light.


News Nov 08, 2024 by Duane Benson
Raspberry Pi Teams Up With Sony to Launch AI Camera

Raspberry Pi Teams Up With Sony to Launch AI Camera

The new AI camera integrates an intelligent vision processor and can be used with Raspberry Pi single-board computers.


News Oct 07, 2024 by Duane Benson
Microchip and Acacia Team Up To Optimize Terabit-Scale Data Center Links

Microchip and Acacia Team Up To Optimize Terabit-Scale Data Center Links

The two have joined forces to craft a fourth generation, terabit-scale Cloud/Data Center Interconnect (DCI) and metro transport network solution based on Microchip’s PHY and Acacia’s module.


News Aug 22, 2024 by Mike Falter
A Look Back at 50 Years With the UPC Barcode

A Look Back at 50 Years With the UPC Barcode

The humble universal product code has passed the 50-year mark as a key tool in the retail sales industry.


News Aug 09, 2024 by Duane Benson
Researchers Advance Thermal Imaging for Military, Medical Infrared Thermography

Researchers Advance Thermal Imaging for Military, Medical Infrared Thermography

Using a non-contact thermometer with a near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer, the team eliminated the need for precise emissivity values.


News Jul 31, 2024 by Jake Hertz
UCLA Team Creates Optical Computing Method for Processing and Encryption

UCLA Team Creates Optical Computing Method for Processing and Encryption

Using multiple layers of diffracting materials, the researchers can physically maneuver light to perform permutations and enhance security.


News Jul 17, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Researchers Take Inspiration From Superman’s X-Ray Vision for Imaging Chip

Researchers Take Inspiration From Superman’s X-Ray Vision for Imaging Chip

A research team at the University of Texas at Dallas has turned to radar to reveal hidden objects—illuminating the potential of true terahertz imaging.


News Jun 17, 2024 by Aaron Carman
Microchip Ramps Security on Touchscreen Controllers for EV Chargers

Microchip Ramps Security on Touchscreen Controllers for EV Chargers

As the number of EVs on the road increases, Microchip has expanded its maXTouch touchscreen controller family to support the growing demand for touchscreen-based charging stations.


News Apr 30, 2024 by Arjun Nijhawan
Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

Special Feature: Connectors Eye High Density and Performance

To meet demands for higher densities, faster performance, and compliance to open standards, connector manufacturers are racing to keep pace.


News Mar 31, 2024 by Jeff Child
4 Fiber Optic Networking Spotlights From the Optical Fiber Conference

4 Fiber Optic Networking Spotlights From the Optical Fiber Conference

Some of the leaders of the networking industry showed up to the Optical Fiber Conference, including Broadcom, MediaTek, Semtech, and MaxLinear.


News Mar 28, 2024 by Jake Hertz
Researchers Develop Compact Chips That Convert Light Into Microwaves

Researchers Develop Compact Chips That Convert Light Into Microwaves

Leveraging the higher quality of optical electronics, researchers have created a low-noise microwave oscillator using photonics.


News Mar 21, 2024 by Aaron Carman
How the Bluetooth ESL Standard Aims to Replace Billions of Retail Paper Labels

How the Bluetooth ESL Standard Aims to Replace Billions of Retail Paper Labels

In this news analysis piece, Nathatisi examines the details of the Bluetooth SIG’s Electronic Shelf Label (ESL) standard and explores its significance.


News Feb 20, 2024 by Nthatisi Hlapisi
New Avalanche Photodiode IR Sensors Reported as 12X More Sensitive

New Avalanche Photodiode IR Sensors Reported as 12X More Sensitive

Designers can now see more with less light thanks to new optical sensors from a University of Sheffield spinout company.


News Jan 31, 2024 by Aaron Carman
A 10 Million Mile Message: Behind NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comms Laser

A 10 Million Mile Message: Behind NASA’s Deep Space Optical Comms Laser

The optical communication system has successfully received "first light" after sending data by laser to and from far beyond the Moon.


News Dec 04, 2023 by Duane Benson
Researchers Rethink Computer Vision With All-Analog Photoelectronic Chip

Researchers Rethink Computer Vision With All-Analog Photoelectronic Chip

An all-analog photoelectric chip promises to be three orders of magnitude faster and six orders of magnitude more energy efficient than existing processors.


News Nov 13, 2023 by Duane Benson
New Event-Based Vision Sensor Deemed ‘Smallest and Most Power-Efficient’

New Event-Based Vision Sensor Deemed ‘Smallest and Most Power-Efficient’

The event-based sensor mimics how the eyes and brain process images to overcome the barriers of conventional frame-based machine vision.


News Oct 20, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Quantum Dot Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bringing Color to Nanotech

Quantum Dot Researchers Win Nobel Prize For Bringing Color to Nanotech

The 2023 Nobel Prize in Chemistry goes to three scientists whose quantum dot research has made display and lighting technology more colorful.


News Oct 16, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Onsemi Unveils Image Sensors That Boost Battery Life by 40 Percent

Onsemi Unveils Image Sensors That Boost Battery Life by 40 Percent

Aimed at Smart Homes and Offices, this new image sensor family promises to blend high performance with ultra-low power draw while moving key functionality from the image processor on to the sensor.


News Oct 10, 2023 by Duane Benson
DustPhotonics Claims First to Develop 800G Silicon Photonics Chip

DustPhotonics Claims First to Develop 800G Silicon Photonics Chip

Leveraging silicon photonics for the data center, designers now have a single-chip solution for 800 Gb/s transmission.


News Oct 09, 2023 by Aaron Carman