For around $60, you can send a greeting card that incorporates a video. When the recipient opens the card, it can automatically Top, what the card recipient sees. Next, removal of the outer card reveals what seems to be a piece of scrap paper holding the electronics in place, probably so it can go through an automated card attachment process. Next, removal of the scrap … [Read More...] about Teardown: Inside a video greeting card
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Aimee Kalnoskas
Delivering advanced face recognition capabilities at the edge -
Lee Teschler
Form-in-place thermal gap filler contains no silicone -
Martin Rowe
Exfo rejects another Viavi takeover bid -
Bill Schweber
VSWR and impedance, Part 6: Microstrip and stripline -
Bonnie Baker
Negotiate through 1/f noise challenges towards sample sizes into the 100s of years -
Jeff Shepard
Technical challenges of automated vehicles
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What is the importance of resolution in an oscilloscope?
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FAQ
Delivering advanced face recognition capabilities at the edge
By Rick Bye, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NXP Using face recognition for access control The COVID-19 pandemic highlights concerns over how many different surfaces we often touch … Read about Delivering advanced face recognition capabilities at the edge
How to design an effective telehealth system
By Marcel Consée, Mouser Electronics Healthcare can be deeply personal, and direct contact between patients and medical personnel remains vital. However, taking the relationship between … Read about How to design an effective telehealth system
What is Wi-Fi HaLow? Players and future
Part 1 focused on HaLow technology; this part will explore who the major players are and discuss the future of the technology. Who are the major HaLow players? A few silicon startups are … Read about What is Wi-Fi HaLow? Players and future
When to use NPN and PNP transistors and FETs
Most bipolar junction transistors and field-effect transistors (FETs) have three terminals. In the BJT symbol, the base lead is perpendicular to and lands at the midpoint of a short line … Read about When to use NPN and PNP transistors and FETs
Podcasts
Abbott’s Piccolo Occluder is focus of Episode 5 of R&D 100 – The Podcast
We’re back! Join co-hosts Paul Heney and Aimee Kalnoskas, who return with another exciting episode of R&D 100 – The Podcast. Episode 5 is now live! With this episode, Paul and Aimee delve into the incredible technology behind Abbott’s Amplatzer Piccolo Occluder, a 2020 R&D 100 Award winner. This is a self-expanding, wire mesh device that […]
Focus on Analog ICs
Audio filters: Understanding sound waves – Part 1
Audio electronics is a sector that refers to the circuit design that converts sound into electrical signals or electrical signals back into sound. Together, several circuits form an audio system. An … [Read More...] about Audio filters: Understanding sound waves – Part 1
Bug Hunt! Spiraling in on formal coverage closure
By Ping Yeung Ph.D., Principal Engineer, Siemens EDA Many companies have used formal verification to verify complex SoCs [1][2] and safety-critical designs. Using formal verification to confirm … [Read More...] about Bug Hunt! Spiraling in on formal coverage closure
Double-latch open-top sockets handle TQFP144 packages
A new stamped-spring pin socket, CBT-QFE-3025, addresses high-performance requirements for testing 144-lead Quad flat pack packages. The contactor used in the CBT-QFE-3025 socket is a stamped-spring … [Read More...] about Double-latch open-top sockets handle TQFP144 packages
Focus on Microcontrollers
Delivering advanced face recognition capabilities at the edge
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What is Wi-Fi HaLow? Players and future
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Displays sport LED control, external LED lighting around their edges
DATA MODUL now offers two fully pre-configured monitor solutions including external LED lighting around the display edges and LED control – not to be confused with display backlight. The monitors are … [Read More...] about Displays sport LED control, external LED lighting around their edges
Focus on Power Electronics
Form-in-place thermal gap filler contains no silicone
SARCON SPG-25B-NS from Fujipoly is an easy to dispense, low-viscosity, silicone-free compound that exhibits a thermal conductivity of 2.5 W/m°K and a thermal resistance of only 2.1°K•cm2/W. When applied between heat-generating components and a nearby … [Read More...] about Form-in-place thermal gap filler contains no silicone
Flyback LED controllers for LEDs supporting flicker-free dimming
Cost-effective dimmable and intelligent LED systems are expected to increase the market share disproportionately in the coming years. Introducing the ICL8800, ICL8810, and ICL8820 single-stage flyback LED controllers for constant output voltages, … [Read More...] about Flyback LED controllers for LEDs supporting flicker-free dimming
Power IC hosts 650-V GaN FET, integrated driver
Tagore Technology announces the introduction of the TP44200NM 650V Gallium Nitride Power FET with an integrated driver IC in a compact 22 pin, 5mm x 7mm QFN package. The new device offers low RDS(ON) of 180mOhm and fast switching to deliver a highly … [Read More...] about Power IC hosts 650-V GaN FET, integrated driver
Focus on 5G
Serial bus exerciser, protocol analyzer handle interface development tasks
Prodigy Technovations Pvt. Ltd introduces PGY-QSPI-EX-PD, PGY-SMI-EX-PD, PGY-SMBus-EX-PD, and PGY-JTAG-EX-PD. These serial bus Exercisers and Protocol Analyzers are for the development of interfaces for consumer, automotive, and 5G applications. … [Read More...] about Serial bus exerciser, protocol analyzer handle interface development tasks
Exfo rejects another Viavi takeover bid
Communications test-equipment choices would get still fewer if Exfo’s board accepts an offer, but that’s highly unlikely. Mergers and acquisition in the test business are nothing new. If Viavi Solutions has its way, the company would acquire rival … [Read More...] about Exfo rejects another Viavi takeover bid
IMS 2021: Components to test equipment
Whether in person or online, the 2021 International Microwave Symposium featured connectors, cable, semiconductors, microwave components, and test equipment. Many of those products make 5G possible. IMS is the place to go for the latest on … [Read More...] about IMS 2021: Components to test equipment
Embedded Systems
Symmetric multiprocessing version of FreeRTOS becomes available
XMOS, in partnership with Amazon, announces the release of symmetric multiprocessing (SMP) FreeRTOS, enabling electronics manufacturers to build complex embedded systems faster and more easily than ever before. With significant contributions from … [Read More...] about Symmetric multiprocessing version of FreeRTOS becomes available
Dev tool enables development of remote I/O data acquisition modules
IAR Systems announced that its development tools have enabled Advantech to successfully develop their latest remote I/O data acquisition module, ADAM-6300. ADAM-6300 is able to serve as an intelligent network node in an IoT application, to meet the … [Read More...] about Dev tool enables development of remote I/O data acquisition modules
Embedded OS includes core components, comm, IoT toolkit, security and compression modules
SEGGER introduces its all-in-one embedded operating system emPower OS. It uses proven components from the software toolbox that already lays the groundwork for many customer products and for SEGGER’s successful J-Link debugger. emPower OS provides an … [Read More...] about Embedded OS includes core components, comm, IoT toolkit, security and compression modules
