By Warren Kurisu How quickly times have changed. It wasn’t too long ago when wearables were a type of fad for those early adopters who couldn’t wait to sport the latest fitness band or smartwatch. But as new innovations, product successes, and business start-ups enter the market, there has been a noticeable change in the […]
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Let’s all watch batteries blow up
Exploding batteries have been in the news lately. Here are five examples of what can happen to high-energy cells if things go bad. When a hoverboard battery goes…
Celebrity engineer Grant Imahara to host video series on power management
Mouser Electronics, Inc. is teaming up with celebrity engineer Grant Imahara along with scientists, visionaries and educators to announce an exciting new series on Power and the Future…
The difference between corona effect and St. Elmo’s fire
Corona effect, also known as corona discharge, is primarily a high-voltage transmission line phenomenon, but it is also seen surrounding lightning rods. Years ago, I was talking with…
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Optimizing power delivery with PMICs
When new intellectual property (IPs) or a new product hits a new market, concept adoption can be very slow. The case is similar with saving board space without impacting performance when using power management integrated circuits (PMICs). Widely used in smartphones and tablets, PMICs provide great compactness to a solution for powering a system on […]
How much math do you need to know to design electronics?
Education for electronics design tends to have a fair amount of math in it but how much is really required nowadays in order to design electronics? You certainly…
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How IoT and mixed-signal designs will drive SiP tech in 2016
By Ian Dennison As the Internet of Things (IoT) becomes an increasingly competitive market, we should, in 2016, expect new package and board technologies to provide much of…
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Your next circuit design could be fabricated on a printer
by Leland Teschler, Executive Editor Manufacturers are making 3D-printed electronics a reality even for designs involving sophisticated multi-layer circuit boards. The sun is starting to set on the days of cobbling together prototype circuits with wires and perfboards. Increasingly, new ideas for electronics will take shape on substrates fabricated by desktop machines taking cues from […]