16/12/2016
Optical fibre sensing shows promise for monitoring the condition of structures. By embedding long optical fibres into a structure, strain and temperature distributions along the fibres can be detected. Until now, however, time of distributed measurement took from several tens of seconds to several minutes.
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18/11/2016
Scientists at the University at Buffalo have identified a fluorescent dye called BODIPY as a suitable material for stocking energy in rechargeable, liquid-based batteries that could one day power small and large scale devices, including cars and homes.
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16/11/2016
Mass production of Panasonic’s AN34092B high speed gate driver has started in November 2016, according to the company. The driver is optimised for driving the GaN power transistor X-GaN. The company has also started mass production of two types of X-GaN: the PGA26E07BA and PGA26E19BA.
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15/11/2016
An incredible technology or a new party trick? Believe it or not, Stanford researchers have built a machine that sends text messages using chemicals.
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09/11/2016
The Engineering Design Show series of events, achieved record visitor numbers for the fifth year in a row. Running from 19-20 October at the Ericsson Exhibition Halls, Coventry, the shows brought together more than 4200 design engineering professionals to the showcase of British innovation.
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17/10/2016
A Dartmouth-led team has developed WristWhirl – a smartwatch prototype that uses the wrist wearing the watch as a joystick to perform common touch screen gestures with one-handed continuous input – useful when the other hand is encumbered.
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05/10/2016
NXP has announced the expansion of its family of automotive motor control MCUs and has introduced a portfolio of hardware, software and integrated motor control solutions designed to speed time to market, simplify system development and shorten design cycles. These additions are said to enable a fully functioning motor system to be up and running in 10 minutes.
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04/10/2016
A Dartmouth project called ‘DarkLight’ is said to have demonstrated for the first time how visible light can be used to transmit data even when the light appears dark or off. DarkLight is claimed to provide a new communication primitive similar to infrared communication but it exploits the LED lights already installed rather than needing additional infrared emitters.
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04/08/2016
Self-propelling liquid metals, developed by researchers at RMIT University in Melbourne, are said to be a critical step towards flexible and reconfigurable soft circuit systems, such as 3D electronic displays and components. Potential applications range from smart engineering to biomedicine.
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13/06/2016
What is said to the largest and most comprehensive online semiconductor database has been unveiled by Chipworks. Called Inside Technology, the database gives access to Chipworks’ analysis of thousands of devices and technologies. The web portal is said to streamline the user’s ability to find competitive differentiators, as well as to match patents to products.
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02/06/2016
A free development tool from Microchip is said to allow designers to develop GUIs for products based on its PIC32 microcontrollers.
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01/06/2016
Rohde & Schwarz has launched a competition to find the most innovative use for its recently announced Scope Rider, the rugged portable oscilloscope with lab performance. Ten shortlisted entrants will each receive a GoPro Hero4 silver camera to make a video of their idea, and the overall winner will receive a Scope Rider.
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17/05/2016
A new electronic material created by a research team from Penn State University in the US and Harbin Institute of Technology in China is said to be capable of healing all its functions automatically, even after being broken multiple times. This material, the team contends, could improve the durability of wearable electronics.
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16/05/2016
The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is said to deliver up to ten times the processing performance of the original Raspberry Pi and includes connectivity with 802.11 b/g/n Wireless LAN and Bluetooth 4.1. The board is claimed to be suitable for IoT-based projects, as well as application in security, home automation and machine vision.
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08/03/2016
This year’s Embedded World event in Nuremberg saw an increased focus on the Internet of Things (IoT) and security as development in this area is becoming more mature and the threats posed by hackers and malware is understood better.
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29/02/2016
Researchers from EPFL have developed conductive tracks that they say are almost as flexible as rubber and can be stretched up to four times their original length and in all directions. The team claims the electronics can also be stretched a million times without cracking or interrupting their conductivity.
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11/02/2016
CUI in the Lab series takes viewers inside the engineering lab for technical and application-based demonstrations on the latest technologies from CUI. In this video CUI’s VP of Motion Control, Jeff Smoot, demonstrates the fast and simple process of aligning CUI’s innovative AMT modular encoder series versus an optical encoder.
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11/01/2016
A quick look at using Vicor's PFM and AIM in VIA packaging for your AC to Point of Load power and overcoming changes in your design by using the Power Component Design Methodology.
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21/12/2015
Plextek RFI CEO Liam Devlin discusses the technical and commercial considerations when deciding whether to employ a custom MMIC design.
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17/12/2015
San Francisco-based research company, Altwork has developed an office work station that is designed to improve the comfort and therefore the productivity of office workers. The Altwork Station is a robotic work station that comprises an articulated chair, a desk and a computer monitor bracket. There's also a side table for a cup of coffee.
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04/11/2015
ZofzPCB is a free 3D Gerber viewer that allows designers to see inside the board – between the layers – to thoroughly inspect PCB layout. This means that errors in the design, which can be costly to repair, are picked up before being manufactured.
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12/10/2015
ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science (ACES) researchers have created new fibre structures and used traditional knitting and braiding techniques to introduce both of these capabilities to wearable structures.
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28/09/2015
The TMG3992 and TMG3993 intelligent sensor modules offer a flexible, highly-integrated implementation of touchless user interface and display management features for smartphones, tablets and many other consumer devices.
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23/09/2015
Circuit protection is designed as an intentional weak link which can combat catastrophic failure due to surges in power and other destructive events. But, how do you select the right components? This video from Littelfuse gives insights into the decision making process.
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21/09/2015
This video provides a brief introduction to Dynamic Angle Error Compensation (DAEC), a technology developed by ams that is said to eliminate the measurement error attributable to propagation delay in its magnetic position sensors.
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