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Microchip’s Screen Controller Allows Touchless Interfacing

Microchip’s Screen Controller Allows Touchless Interfacing

Microchip's new solutions can detect hand gestures in free space.


News Jun 30, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
The Five Best Hardware Kickstarters (That Need Your Money)

The Five Best Hardware Kickstarters (That Need Your Money)

Five of the coolest hardware Kickstarters!


News Jun 30, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Why Wearables?

Why Wearables?

New findings suggest how massive the wearables market can be--but why does it matter?


News Jun 26, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Fairchild’s New IMU Has Attitude

Fairchild’s New IMU Has Attitude

The world's first consumer IMU to provide pitch, roll, and yaw specifications with Fairchild's AttitudeEngine motion processor.


News Jun 20, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
IRIS Enables Sophisticated IoT

IRIS Enables Sophisticated IoT

Altierre's new Iris System-on-Chip allows for massive Internet of Things.


News Jun 19, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Low-Power Accelerometer Moving IoT Forward

Low-Power Accelerometer Moving IoT Forward

mCube's new accelerometer offers impressive power conservation.


News Jun 18, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
World’s Fastest Wireless to Optical Bridge

World’s Fastest Wireless to Optical Bridge

Tekronix and IEMN announce the world's fastest wireless to optical bridge.


News Jun 10, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Osram Introduces Low-Cost LIDAR - One Step Closer to Autonomous Driving

Osram Introduces Low-Cost LIDAR - One Step Closer to Autonomous Driving

Osram’s high power pulsed laser diodes with integrated driver simplify the design of laser systems and reduce their cost.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Osram Introduces First Automotive Camera with Infrared and Visible Capabilities

Osram Introduces First Automotive Camera with Infrared and Visible Capabilities

The first automotive camera with infrared and visible capabilities enables advancements in driver safety and accident avoidance.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Knowles Introduces the Market’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient Digital MEMS Microphone

Knowles Introduces the Market’s Smallest and Most Power Efficient Digital MEMS Microphone

Knowles introduces the most advanced Inter-IC Sound, or I²S, interface MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) microphone for wearables, remote controllers, automotive, and smart home automation and security.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Google and Infineon's partnership is working to develop a sensing solution for radar-based technology. Potential applications for the solution include wearables, internet of things and automotive applications. The companies have demonstrated its first implementations – which provide gesture recognition and presence detection capability – at the Google I/O Developers Conference in San Francisco.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress announced the availability of two reference design kits (RDKs) based on its PRoC™ BLE Programmable Radio-on-Chip solution for Bluetooth Smart applications. The new CY5672 PRoC BLE Remote Control RDK and CY5682 PRoC BLE Touch Mouse RDK provide feature-rich, production-ready implementations with prolonged battery life.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Industry’s First NFC Sensor Transponder

Industry’s First NFC Sensor Transponder

Texas Instruments (TI) released today the industry’s first Near Field Communication (NFC) sensor transponder family. The RF430RL25xH system-on-chip (SoC) device is equipped with a fully programmable low power microcontroller (MCU), non-volatile FRAM, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and supports an ISO 15693-compliant NFC interface as well as Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C). The high frequency13.56-MHz sensor transponder can operate on full passive (battery-less) or semi-active modes for optimal battery life in portable and wireless sensing applications.


News Apr 06, 2015 by Tim Youngblood