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Extending Product Lifespan Using Wear-Leveling

Datalight Staff September 20, 2016 Comments Off on Extending Product Lifespan Using Wear-Leveling

Introduction: Keeping Up with the Data Deluge Over the past 20 years, flash memory has been widely adopted in mainstream consumer grade products with relatively short lifetimes, sometimes measured in... Read More

Terminal Blocks Highlight & Heavy Duty Connectors

Lily Hu NINGBO DEGSON ELECTRICAL CO.,LTD September 5, 2016 Comments Off on Terminal Blocks Highlight & Heavy Duty Connectors

A terminal block is one method of connecting a selection of different electrical wires. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes so you can normally find one that... Read More

Three Steps for Reducing Total Cost of Ownership in Pumping Systems

Lionel Gaudrel and Arnaud Savreux, Schneider Electric August 30, 2016 Comments Off on Three Steps for Reducing Total Cost of Ownership in Pumping Systems

Electricity usage costs have become an increasing fraction of the total cost of ownership (TCO) for industrial pumping systems. In fact, energy cost represents 40% of the TCO of a... Read More

An effective and low-cost solution for storing solar energy

https://actu.epfl.ch/ August 28, 2016 Comments Off on An effective and low-cost solution for storing solar energy

Solar energy can be stored by converting it into hydrogen. But current methods are too expensive and don’t last long. Using commercially available solar cells and none of the usual... Read More

New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity

David L. Chandler | MIT News Office July 26, 2016 Comments Off on New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy efficiency, longevity

New chemistry could overcome key drawbacks of lithium-air batteries. Lithium-air batteries are considered highly promising technologies for electric cars and portable electronic devices because of their potential for delivering a... Read More

SurFlow: secure, robust, integrated data transfer through composites

https://www.twi-global.com/ July 26, 2016 Comments Off on SurFlow: secure, robust, integrated data transfer through composites

A breakthrough at TWI has led to the creation of data transfer technology that can be seamlessly incorporated into composite materials to create a high-capacity, resilient data transfer network. Through... Read More

Fast, Accurate, Economical Testing of Low-Power Devices Will Be Crucial to the Growth of the Internet of Things

by Robert Green Keithley Instruments, a Tektronix Company July 25, 2016 Comments Off on Fast, Accurate, Economical Testing of Low-Power Devices Will Be Crucial to the Growth of the Internet of Things

It has been predicted that, within a decade, the Internet of Things (IoT) will grow to encompass billions or even trillions of wireless devices and sensors. However, that growth will... Read More

Wideband High Dynamic Range Limiting Amplifier

by Adam Winter, Engineer, and Jerry Cornwell, Manager Product Development – Analog Devices, Inc. July 25, 2016 Comments Off on Wideband High Dynamic Range Limiting Amplifier

Many modern EW systems require low noise receivers capable of withstanding wide input power variations over a multi-octave bandwidth.  These receivers are necessary to protect sensitive components from RF overdrive... Read More