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Actions always have consequences — as the ripple effects of the US Department of Commerce’s recent move to close a loophole allowing Chinese-made solar modules to circumvent current anti-dumping duties are now showing. Thanks to the growing trade dispute between the US and China over this action, thin-film solar panel prices have risen to an 11-month high — spot prices

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Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has revealed that the automaker’s latest sedan will be called the Model III when it goes on sale in 2017. Both cheaper and smaller than the Model S, the Tesla Model III (or the easier to read “Model 3″) is expected to come with a price tag of around $35,000. The much anticipated small Tesla sedan

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Texas Instruments today introduces the RF430F5978 microcontroller and accompanying evaluation module. Building on TI’s CC430 product family, the RF430F5978 MCU is a highly integrated RF solution with improved read zone and battery performance for ultra-low power applications. The RF430F5978 MCU includes a 3D low-frequency (LF) wake-up and transponder interface, an integrated 1GHz RF transceiver and programmable MSP430™ core. The LF

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Spare cell insertion is a well known technique to reduce the cost of functional fixes, limiting the changes to a few metal masks. Common practice is to tie to ground the spare cells’ input pins, reconnecting them later in the flow, as required by any functional ECOs. For illustration let’s take a NOR gate spare master which has 2 inputs

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Targeting ultra-low-power applications, Texas Instruments’ RF430F5978 microcontroller (MCU) features enhanced read zone and battery performance.  The device incorporates a 3D low-frequency (LF) wakeup and transponder interface that reduces power consumption by allowing shutdown of the RF radio and quick startup of the LF wakeup function, leading to longer battery life.  The 3D LF transponder, which can function without a battery

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The global market outlook for AC-DC and DC-DC power supplies is set for healthy expansion starting this year until at least 2018, with revenue during these four years projected to grow by $3.5 billion, according to a new report from IHS Technology. Market revenue will expand to $25.1 billion in 2018, up from $21.6 billion in 2014. The hefty four-year

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Cosel Co. Ltd. will be debuting an extension to the company’s very successful PLA series enclosed single output ac-dc power supplies during next week’s Techno- Frontier show in Tokyo. The PLA 15W, 30W and 50W versions are small high-efficiency products with an economical price. Each model is only 1.5″ wide, 3.15″ high and 2.87″ to 3.9″ long, depending on the

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With more than 150,000 spaces across more than 500 car parks in UK towns, cities, airports and railway stations, NCP had to address the rising costs associated with its lighting infrastructure. NCP’s CEO, Jo Cooper, commented: “We set out to reduce energy lighting bills, lower maintenance costs and offer improved lumen output to provide an enhanced customer experience. Future Energy

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The supply deal was part of a memorandum of understanding signed between the two companies.  Samsung SDI said the deal was worth “multi billions of euros”. Klaus Draeger, BMW’s purchasing chief stated that South Korea’s Samsung SDI will not only increase its supply for BMW’s i3 and i8 electric cars but start supply for its future hybrid models starting with

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Tesla Motors passed an important milestone in June as its rapidly expanding Supercharger network delivered more than one gigawatt hour of power (GWh) to Model S electric vehicles – that’s enough energy for 3.7 million electric miles! According to Tesla’s blog, the achievement saved 168,000 gallons of gas and offset 4.2 million pounds of carbon dioxide. Since the Superchargers were

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