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Introducing a building block approach using a power component design

"FUTURE POWER SOLUTION" VICOR December 8, 2015 Comments Off on Introducing a building block approach using a power component design

The Vicor approach Offers great design flexibility • Enables the designer to optimise system performance through the selection of the right components • Streamlines the development process when supported by... Read More

The new hardware hipsters – INNOVATE WITH HARDWARE IN TODAY’S SUBSTREAM MARKETS

Ramses Valvekens, Bart Keppens, Phill Christie, Jeroen Van Ham December 7, 2015 Comments Off on The new hardware hipsters – INNOVATE WITH HARDWARE IN TODAY’S SUBSTREAM MARKETS

Phill Christie from imec IC-link talked to three experts from imec IC-link’s IP & Design Partnership Program: Ramses Valvekens from system-on-chip design company Easics, Jeroen Van Ham from analog and... Read More

Why Voice over Wi-Fi?

CJ Platino, Senior Marketing Manager, IP Platforms and Vivian Chan, Integrated Marketing Assistant, IP Platforms, Alcatel-Lucent December 7, 2015 Comments Off on Why Voice over Wi-Fi?

You are working from home, making a presentation from your mobile phone to 50+ attendees and – BAM –the call drops! You quickly try to redial and there’s NO SIGNAL!... Read More

Macronix Expands Flash Portfolio for Wearables

Heko Arndt December 7, 2015 Comments Off on Macronix Expands Flash Portfolio for Wearables

Serial NOR Flash Memory Series MX25R Offers Ultra-Low Power and Wide Voltage Range Macronix International Co. Ltd., a leading global vendor of non-volatile semiconductor memory devices, has recently introduced its... Read More

Making Quick and Easy Measurements of Cables in the Field with FieldFox

By Tom Hoppin, Keysight Technologies, Inc.* *Keysight Technologies Inc., formerly Agilent Technologies electronic measurement business December 6, 2015 Comments Off on Making Quick and Easy Measurements of Cables in the Field with FieldFox

Today, engineers and technicians typically experience multiple cable testing challenges in the field. Keysight Technologies recently introduced two innovative measurement options that make its FieldFox handheld analyzers the industry’s most... Read More

coB LEd lamps: a growing selection of dedicated drivers

"FUTURE POWER SOLUTIONS" RECOM December 5, 2015 Comments Off on coB LEd lamps: a growing selection of dedicated drivers

The Chip-on-Board (CoB) format for the packaging of high-power LEDs for lighting is enjoying a spectacular surge in popularity. Just like discrete LEDs assembled by the user on a user-designed... Read More

Europe has an opportunity to catch up on the mobile front

https://www.qualcomm.com/news/ December 2, 2015 Comments Off on Europe has an opportunity to catch up on the mobile front

The European Union’s Digital Single Market plan offers an opportunity to foster the investment-friendly environment for mobile network operators and technology companies needed to bolster wireless commerce across the region... Read More

Energy-Conscious Sensing for Mobile Motor Drives

Jeff Smoot, VP of Motion Control at CUI Inc. December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Energy-Conscious Sensing for Mobile Motor Drives

Battery-powered mobile applications can now operate for longer per charge using an efficient new encoder technology Until recently, autonomous robots and aerial drones have been more or less the sole... Read More

Challenges in verifying PCI Express in complex SoCs

Haim Cohen, Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. December 1, 2015 Comments Off on Challenges in verifying PCI Express in complex SoCs

PCI-Express (PCIe) is the backbone of today’s complex systems requiring high speed data communication with high throughput. It is being used extensively in different applications like computer cards, graphic cards,... Read More