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The co-author of this article is Lutz Rauscher from Bosch Sensortec. Up until shortly before publishing this blog was entitled “Trends in MEMS orientation sensor form factor reduction.” That was until we ran the draft past a colleague for proof reading, and in her feedback she summarised: “So, what you are really questioning is does size matter, and if so

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Researchers from the Fraunhofer IISB institute for integrated systems and components therefore adopted a different approach: Within the project ‘Energy Campus Nuremberg’ they developed a system that allows charging the vehicle from the front side rather than from the bottom. The vehicle drives up to the charging coil, and since it can virtually close the gap in touching the charging

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The researchers, working at various U.S. Department of Energy light source facilities as well as at Cambridge and Stony Brook universities, chose ruthenium oxide (RuO2) as a model system to study these so-called ‘conversion materials, named because they undergo large structural changes when reacting with lithium ions, reversibly forming metal nanoparticles and salts (here Ru and Li2O). The reactions are

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Confirming a leadership position in the automotive market, today Texas Instruments announces that more than 15 million of TI’s advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) System-on-Chip (SoC) devices are on the road. TI’s open and flexible solutions are in series production in over 25 OEMs and over 100 car models, and are designed to help reduce the number of road collisions

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Electronic Design Europe: Previously, silicon MEMS timing products could not compete with quartz’s low jitter performance for applications such as telecommunications. Has the jitter performance of silicon MEMS improved? Rami Kanama: For telecom and networking applications, the jitter performance needed improvement from both the MEMS and the controlling ASIC. The ASIC that Discera had was good, but we can improve

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Schaefer, Inc. has announced the TEC-100 and TEC-200 Series of isolated dc-dc converters that provide 100W and 200W of continuous power that feature high efficiency (up to 93%) and -60 to +125 degrees C operating temperature range. These units are especially designed for heavy industrial applications and harshest environment conditions. The TEC Series provides both 2:1 and 4:1 wide dc

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Today, Sharp Electronics Corporation announced the launch of Sharp’s SmartStorage energy solution, which is immediately available throughout California and will be expanded to other states in the second half of 2014. SmartStorage is a unique energy storage solution, which can dramatically cut utility demand charges for commercial and industrial buildings. It was developed in the U.S. at Camas, Washington-based Sharp

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Last April, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NOPR) for Test Procedures for LED Lamps. Since then, two supplemental notices (SNOPRs) have been published. Such rulemaking changes for test procedures could lay the groundwork for revisions to the country’s mandatory EISA efficiency requirements, which include lighting products sold in the U.S. The initial NOPR

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The TASKING C compiler now supports the RH850 microcontroller from Renesas Electronics for automotive applications. The TASKING VX-toolset for RH850, from Altium, is its first  compiler to incorporate support for the latest MISRA C:2012 guidelines for C programming, in addition to the MISRA C:1998 and C:2004 guidelines. The MISRA C support enables developers to select the MISRA rules to enforce

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C&K Components has expanded its product line of compact PCB-mounted switches to include two new medium power switch series that feature either momentary or locking actuation configurations. The PVA Series short-stroke key switches are designed for through-hole PCB soldering, and are available in either DPST (double pole, single throw) or DPDT (double pole, double throw) configurations.  With five different actuator

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