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Dialog Semiconductor to Acquire Silego for $306 Million in Bid for the IoT
Dialog Semiconductor is set to acquire Silego for a reported $306 million. How will this affect their product lines?As with many recent acquisitions in the semiconductor industry, Dialog stated that...
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New Design Contest Challenges Designers to Create Configurable Mixed-Signal ICs
A new design competition has presented a series of challenges over roughly two months to use GreenPAK technology to make configurable mixed-signal ICs (CMICs).Efabless has introduced a series of design...
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Get Out of My Space! PCB Keepout Areas in the Z-Axis
PCB keepouts don't just exist on a board, itself. When it comes to giving components the space they need, how does a design team consider the z-axis?In my previous article, I talked about PCB keepout...
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Using a Silego GreenPAK to Build a Temperature Sensing System
In this project, we'll test how the Silego GreenPAK can be used to build a temperature-sensing system.The purpose of this experiment is to test the usability of a GreenPAK device in a...
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Get Out of My Space! The Importance of PCB Keepout Areas
Learn about the concept of PCB keepout areas, why they can often be overlooked, and some tried-and-true methods for maintaining keepout areas."Keepout Areas" Are Exactly What They Sound LikeA PCB...
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Don’t Get Left Behind with Your Voice-Enabled Home Saying “I’m Sorry, I...
For some 35 million users in the U.S. (by the end of 2017), “I’m sorry, I didn’t get that” might feel like a familiar response when calling from one room to another, where a voice-controlled personal...
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Teardown : Digital Kitchen Scale with LCD
In this Teardown Tuesday, we are going to take a look at the inner workings of a small scale that is designed to track calories.The nutrition scale. Image courtesy of AmazonThis scale features an LCD...
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Photonic Synapses in Brain-Like Computers: The Next Step in Neuromorphic...
We've long understood that brain-like computers represent a promising future—especially in this age of large-scale data processing. Researchers have now created a photonic synapse that may be the next...
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Creating a Better User Experience in Wearable Devices: The STM32L4+ from ST...
This News Brief takes a look at the STM32L4+ with advanced graphics capabilities from STMicroelectronics. As wearable devices become more advanced, there is an increasing need for high-functioning...
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Power Hold-Up and Energy Storage Management Devices
In this article, we discuss power hold-up and some energy storage management devices in the context of SSDs.SSDs and Why They Need Power Hold-Up CircuitryMost, if not all, SSDs (solid-state drives)...
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The IoT for Insurance Companies and How They Use Data
A new report details how insurance companies are positioned for change—and how the IoT is leading the way. Insurance companies set prices by what seems like sheer guesswork—pricing models and...
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Power Supply Management of GaN MMIC Power Amplifiers for Pulsed Radar
Systems that incorporate highly integrated and highly sophisticated, high power radio frequency (RF) GaN power amplifiers (PAs), such as pulsed radar applications, are a constant challenge for today’s...
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Wide Input Voltage Range in a Small 6-Pin Package: ON Semi’s New LED Dimmer
Let's take a look at ON Semiconductor's new LED constant-current dimmer, which is designed for middle- to high-power LED lighting applications.ON Semiconductor’s new FL7760 LED driver is advertised as...
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Computing on the Fringes: How Edge Computing and Fog Computing Are Changing...
The IoT is generating increasing amounts of data in need of processing. Are edge computing and fog computing the path forward?Working in the tech world, it may be hard to keep up with the newest trends...
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Medigate’s IoT Platform for Medical Device Security Receives $5.35 Million in...
Medical device security is an increasingly important concept, especially those designed to be connected to the IoT. A new platform, Medigate, aims to offer a solution for these connected...
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PCB Layout for an Arbitrary Waveform Generator
In this article, we’ll discuss the PCB layout for a custom-designed arbitrary waveform generator (AWG) board.This is the fourth article that I’ve written about the design of my AWG PCB. This is what...
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EMI Compliance: A New Customizable Spread Spectrum Oscillator from SiTime
SiTime announces their new spread spectrum oscillator that is advertised to ensure emissions compliance.Many engineers underestimate the importance of having a solid plan for addressing EMI compliance...
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Breaking the System to Fix It: The “Hackers” That Hunt for Security...
From white hat hackers to security firms, sometimes the people trying to hack our devices are an important part of the security echo system.Typically the term “hacker” conjures visions of shady...
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A nanoPower and Tiny Voltage Supervisor from Maxim (and They Aren’t Kidding...
In this article, we take a look at the MAX16140, a tiny device that uses a tiny amount of current, but one that promises a lot.The chosen term “tiny” is an understatement when describing the physical...
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Fixed-point representation allows us to use fractional numbers on low-cost integer hardware. This article will first review the Q format to represent fractional numbers and then give some examples of...
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