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Protection measures for FPGA designs

Rich Miron, Technical Content Engineer at Digi-Key Corporation February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Protection measures for FPGA designs

The shift from vertical integration to a structure based on an extended third-party supply chain has improved cost effectiveness, but introduced risks for the electronics OEM.  A particular risk due... Read More

A Revolutionary Approach to Eliminating Power

Mike Salas, VP Marketing Ambiq Micro February 3, 2016 Comments Off on A Revolutionary Approach to Eliminating Power

One company in Austin, Texas is about to change the way electronics are powered. The Internet of Thngs and the advent of ubiquitous computing have highlighted the importance of reducing... Read More

This chip can find the needle in a haystack (and examine it)

Liesbet Lagae - R&D manager lifescience technologies, imec February 3, 2016 Comments Off on This chip can find the needle in a haystack (and examine it)

Just imagine you have to find a tumor cell in a milliliter of blood. One stray cell among many millions of healthy ones; one cell that you have to recognize... Read More

Mesh Networks Help Save Energy Through Smart LED Lighting Controls in the Home

By European Editors Contributed By Publitek Marketing Communications February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Mesh Networks Help Save Energy Through Smart LED Lighting Controls in the Home

The energy savings that can be made by switching to LED lighting in the home are well known. It has been widely documented that low power, high efficiency LED luminaires... Read More

CMOS Sensors Boost High-End Medical, Industrial and Consumer Imaging

By Pieter Willems, CMOSIS February 3, 2016 Comments Off on CMOS Sensors Boost High-End Medical, Industrial and Consumer Imaging

Image capture of real-world scenes and blending this with virtual information represented as visual patterns is a vital tool in a growing number of industrial, medical and consumer applications. This... Read More

A flexible future for cabling

MOLEX February 3, 2016 Comments Off on A flexible future for cabling

Italian-based manufacturer Flamar, a recent Molex acquisition, specialises in high performance cabling solutions for machine and process control. Deployed in industrial, automation, robotics, broadcast audio/video, and telecommunications applications, each cable... Read More

Why Choose Embedded Multiradio Solutions for M2M and IoT Applications?

Pelle Svensson, Product Marketing Manager, u-blox February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Why Choose Embedded Multiradio Solutions for M2M and IoT Applications?

During the last few years, integrated circuit vendors have released various multiradio devices that offer two or more wireless technologies in one physical package. This has led to the development... Read More

Making Smart Home Sensors Tell Us More

By European Editors Contributed By Publitek Marketing Communications February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Making Smart Home Sensors Tell Us More

Hollywood action movies like Ocean’s Eleven and Mission Impossible have demonstrated numerous elaborate means of detecting intruders who are up to no good. Ultra-agile black-clad raiders make for great cinema, outsmarting pressure mats, laser... Read More

Improving 3D automotive navigation accuracy using single-filter blending of multiple sensor data

Author: Florian Bousquet, Product Marketing Manager, u-blox February 3, 2016 Comments Off on Improving 3D automotive navigation accuracy using single-filter blending of multiple sensor data

Increasingly dense urban environments, covered car parks and multi-level highways pose a significant problem to vehicle navigation systems. Two techniques are used: Dead Reckoning and Map Matching but using the... Read More

Robotic Fingers with a Gentle Touch

https://actu.epfl.ch/ February 2, 2016 Comments Off on Robotic Fingers with a Gentle Touch

Soft electronics are changing the way robots can touch. EPFL Scientists have developed a new soft robotic gripper — made out of rubber and stretchable electrodes — that can bend... Read More