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| | Microcontrollers' not so micro impact... | | Microcontrollers are hidden everywhere you look. Billions of the tiny computers were manufactured in the last year and each now lies at the heart of an electronic device somewhere in the world.... |
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| | Freescale expands MRAM product line... | | Austin, Tex. --Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its magnetoresistive random access memory (MRAM) family with a 3-volt, 4-Mbit extended temperature range (-40 to +105C) non-volatile RAM (nvRAM).... |
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| | Mechatronics Ecosystem... | | External Link: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/overview.jsp?nodeId=01624684490DEC1D3C&tid=t8lpMECH... |
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| | USBSPYDER08 Product Summary Page... | | External Link: http://www.freescale.com/webapp/sps/site/prod_summary.jsp?code=USBSPYDER08&parentCode=MC9RS08KA1&nodeId=016246844994879931&tid=t8lpMECH... |
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| | Auto experts see self-navigation coming... | |
Progress is logical: from audible warnings to vehicles that respond to user commands with door-to-door service
It's shortly before dawn, and the handful of early-morning commuters on the fog-shrouded suburban highway don't see the deer mean... |
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| | Under the Hood: Optical wireless mouse: Rodentia Analogus... | |
While the ubiquitous computer mouse may
not scream leading-edge, the very necessity
and volume of the product has quietly
driven some fantastic technology developments
in this often overlooked peripheral. Long-time PC
users remember the days of ha... |
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| | Sensors and single-wire LINs rev up Auto IQ... | |
Sensors to measure such quantities as pressure, temperature and acceleration have been a staple of automotive electronics for many years. But the myriad systems required for such functions as emissions control, fuel economy and safety (inclu... |
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| | Roomba sweeps low-cost parts... | |
To view an on-demand seminar featuring the Roomba Discovery robotic vacuum, click here.
The flying-saucer-shaped Roomba Discovery robotic vacuum, at the upper end of a range of Roomba devices from iRobot, features autoreturn to a home charger ba... |
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| | Stand alone controller drives small BLDC motors... | |
Austin, Tex.—Freescale Semiconductor's stand alone MC34929 is suited to driving small three-phase brushless DC (BLDC) motors in consumer, portable and office equipment.
The MC34929, working from an 8- to 28-volt supply, provides up to 1 amp co... |
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| | Accelerometers deliver zero-g detect for mobile devices... | |
Austin, Tex. — Freescale Semiconductor has unveiled three highly sensitive XYZ-axis accelerometers for smart mobile devices at the Consumer Electronics Show 2007 in Las Vegas. The MMA7360L, MMA7340L and MMA7330L triple-axis accelerometers provi... |
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| | 8-bit MCU supports field oriented control... | |
Munich, Germany — Infineon Technologies has introduced a family of 8-bit microcontrollers (MCUs) with field oriented control (FOC) capability and a new Digital Application virtual Engineer (DAvE) drive software configuration tool kit, which is ... |
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| | Driverless vehicles meeting challenge... | |
PORTLAND, Ore. — The winners of the last Grand Challenge, an autonomous vehicle race sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), announced their entry for this year's Urban Grand Challenge.
The entries were announced... |
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| | RFID basics - And a few new challenges... | |
A basic Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) system consists of: an antenna; a transceiver with a decoder; and a transponder (also known as an RFID tag). Without software to utilize the information derived from reading the tags, however, the system... |
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| | 3-axis accelerometer miniaturizes motion sensing... | |
Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has added a power- and cost-optimized 3-axis accelerometer to its family of ultra-compact low-g linear accelerometers. Targeting customer demand for miniaturized motion sensing in portable electronic dev... |
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| | 3-axis accelerometer miniaturizes motion sensing... | |
Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics has added a power- and cost-optimized 3-axis accelerometer to its family of ultra-compact low-g linear accelerometers. Targeting customer demand for miniaturized motion sensing in portable electronic dev... |
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| | PWM control IC touts input voltage range up to 75-V... | |
El Segundo, Calif.—International Rectifier introduced the IR3651, a synchronous PWM control IC designed for high-performance synchronous DC/DC buck applications with an input voltage range up to 75-V.
With programmable switching frequency up ... |
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| | PWM control IC touts input voltage range up to 75-V... | |
El Segundo, Calif.—International Rectifier introduced the IR3651, a synchronous PWM control IC designed for high-performance synchronous DC/DC buck applications with an input voltage range up to 75-V.
With programmable switching frequency up ... |
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| | BMW takes artificial intelligence into cars... | |
MUNICH, Germany — In order to enable car-to-infrastructure applications, auto maker BMW has signed a cooperation agreement with the German research center for artificial intelligence (DKFI). The researchers' plan to explore semantic technologie... |
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| | Slim relay saves space in industrial apps... | |
Schaumburg, Ill. — Omron Electronic Components has launched an industrial-style G2RV slim relay with a width of 6 mm, offering space savings in industrial applications.
Rated at 6 A, the G2RV is available in six versions with voltages ranging ... |
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| | Heavy-duty connector targets motion control systems, motors... | |
Harrisburg, Pa. — Tyco Electronics Corp. has expanded its HTS heavy-duty connector series with a new range of plastic connectors for motion control, industrial machinery (e.g., transportation belts/equipment, pumps and positioning equipment) an... |
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| | Automated-home protocols proliferate... | |
Editor's Note: To view an On-Demand seminar featuring additional insight on the latest in home automation technologies and chips, click here.
If you've ever done your own teardown and would like to see it published across the Techonline/EETimes ... |
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| | Auto MEMS maker shifting gears... | |
Infineon Technologies' first microelectromechanical system was a pressure sensor developed for its Automotive, Industrial and Multimarketing group. Now well known for its MEMS side-air-bag and tire-pressure sensors, Infineon AIM has branched out i... |
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