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Cars join the Internet of Things

David Sandys Director, Supplier Marketing at Digi-Key Corporation November 18, 2015 Comments Off on Cars join the Internet of Things

The Internet is going mobile as the technology reaches into the automotive market. The car is set to be a full member of the Internet of Things (IoT), reporting its... Read More

Tools to simplify brushless motor development

Texas Instruments November 18, 2015 Comments Off on Tools to simplify brushless motor development

Traditionally seen as the high end of DC motor types, brushless DC motors (BLDCs) have typically been reserved for systems with high performance or efficiency requirements. But as motor-drive systems... Read More

The fundamental components of the Internet of Things

Josh Mickolio, Product Manager, RF and Wireless at Digi-Key Corporation November 18, 2015 Comments Off on The fundamental components of the Internet of Things

The focus of the internet is set to change over the next five years as systems become smarter. According to networking specialist Cisco, 50 billion devices are likely to be... Read More

Bluetooth Low Energy drives design innovations

Josh Mickolio, Product Manager-RF, Digi-Key November 18, 2015 Comments Off on Bluetooth Low Energy drives design innovations

The low energy protocols in the latest Bluetooth specification have taken the industry by storm. With the increasing focus on wearable computing, the low energy connectivity of Bluetooth LE is... Read More

LTE: driving data through the airwaves

Stefano Moioli, Director Product Managemet Cellular, u-blox November 16, 2015 Comments Off on LTE: driving data through the airwaves

The billions of dollars invested by service providers in LTE infrastructure, coupled with the growth of 4G-enabled mobile phones and tablets is creating opportunities for new billable services in the... Read More

ADPD103 gives Smart Watch a Heart-beat

Jan-Hein Broeders, Healthcare Business Development Manager Europe, Analog Devices November 16, 2015 Comments Off on ADPD103 gives Smart Watch a Heart-beat

Forty years back when I got my first watch, I had to wind it up to fuel the mechanical spring to keep it going. Not many years after, digital watches... Read More

Realizing the Potential of Software-Defined Power

Mark Adams, Senior Vice President, CUI Inc November 16, 2015 Comments Off on Realizing the Potential of Software-Defined Power

Software-defined power architectures can deliver significant gains in efficiency and uptime for data centers and network infrastructure. Early adopters have an opportunity to gain first-mover advantage. Introduction: Infrastructure Under Pressure... Read More

Know your FPGA

Rich Miron, Digi-Key Technical Content Team November 16, 2015 Comments Off on Know your FPGA

The field programmable gate array (FPGA) has become a key component in many designs. Their flexibility makes it possible to individually customise hardware for very low volume applications. The FPGA’s... Read More

Balancing the tradeoffs in 3-Phase BLDC motor-control designs

Brian Chu of Microchip Technology Inc., compares the advantages and disadvantages of different approaches to BLDC motor control. November 16, 2015 Comments Off on Balancing the tradeoffs in 3-Phase BLDC motor-control designs

Brushless DC (BLDC) motors are gaining increased market share over other motor technologies, particularly in the automotive and medical markets, and this has prompted the development of new approaches to... Read More

Advantages of Cascading Reflectionless Filters

Ming Hao Yan, Mini-Circuits November 16, 2015 Comments Off on Advantages of Cascading Reflectionless Filters

Cascading filters in series is commonly used to enhance stopband rejection and steepness in the transition band.  The technique can also be used to combine high pass and low pass... Read More