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Xsens opens up sensor fusion software portfolio for motion sensing in mobile devices
Xsens, the leading innovator in 3D motion tracking technology and products, introduces a suite of sensor fusion software for smartphones, media tablets and other mobile devices. Leveraging
Honeywell Test & Measurement Introduces New Line of Global Industrial Pressure Sensors for Rugged Applications
Coventor’s SEMulator3D 2012 Software Release Increases Speed and Accuracy Of MEMS and Semiconductor Process Development
CoventorWare 2012 Software Increases 3D Simulation Capacity and Accuracy To Ease Verification Of Complex MEMS Devices
Success of 3D NanoCompass will enable Baolab to create low cost, smart, reconfigurable Inertial Measurement Unit
SWS Launches Development Platform for MEMS Inertial Sensors
Leading Market Analysts Confirm STMicroelectronics as Brightest MEMS Supplier
New IPC Survey to Measure Impact of On-Shoring in the Electronics Industry
eMemory NeoBit Silicon IP to Play an Important Role in MEMS Applications
MEMS Microphones from STMicroelectronics Build the Foundation of Future Voice-Enabled Homes
Featured Blogs
JB’s Circuit

Print’s role in Semiconductor IP Design
Print content continues its steady decline in our everyday lives. But what is the real impact on semiconductor...
Editor's Note

The connection between mobile devices and data centers is growing stronger, and so are the opportunities...
Koby's Kaos

The sleigh is ready, the presents packed, it’s the futures I’m worried about. Less wires, more batteries,...
Discourse on Embedded Signal Processing

DSPBridge Open Source DSP Development On OMAP
The DSPBridge project allows open-source developers to use the OMAP processor’s on-chip DSP with...
DRIE is becoming more popular / (EEBeat)
By Christina Nickolas A new report from Yole Développement predicts that the number of wafer processed with DRIE will see 5x growth over 2011 – 2017, see figure below. Originally used for MEMS, the Deep Reactive Ion Etching (DRIE) is a structuration process which enables achieving etch depths of 100s of micrometers...
Use These Seven Practices To Safeguard Your Power Meters And Sensors / (Electronics Design Articles)
By Lee Chin AikMistreating power meters and power sensors can result in damage. Learn how to protect your RF power test gear, RF connectors, and RF adapters from damage and downtime....
Insect Sensors Target Crop-Eating Bugs For Death / (Wireless Sensor Networks Blog)
Organic is great, but in many parts of the world, farmers can’t sit around while pests eat their crops. Like it or not, insecticides are an important part of global agriculture. But what if we could at least use a lot less of it? When you see farmers dousing their fields in insecticides, you might [...]...
June 2012 Sensors Expo and Conference--Chicago / (Anablog)
If anyone is in or near Chicago in early June, think about attending the 2012 Sensors Expo & Conference 0n June 6 and 7 in Rosemont, Ill.This event is being described as the only industry event in......
Featured Articles
Augmented Reality: The Complexity of Simplicity
Augmented reality (AR) technology is reflecting the need of seamlessly combining information (coming from the Internet, the user or the environment) with our location and context in
Sensor Innovation Enables New Applications
Better physical sensors, distributed processing, improved power management and intelligent integration are coming together to enable new ways of sensing the world around us.
Use of Hall-Effect Rotary-Position Sensors in Transportation Applications
Designed to measure, monitor and provide feedback, Hall-effect rotary-position sensors are an integral component in many transportation and industrial applications. There are a wide
MEMS Integration Challenges, Today and Tomorrow
As MEMS component suppliers compete to offer more functionality in their components, companies will be driven to adopt a MEMS design-automation platform that can most efficiently integrate multiple technologies.
Make the Most of MCU Sleep Modes
Predict how well an MCU will perform over its lifetime on a single battery charge, and make intelligent architecture choices. The advent of inexpensive, energy-efficient embedded processors
Technology to Help You Sleep Better at Night
Heterogeneous multicore designs help reduce system cost, size and power consumption for real-time, high-performance systems worldwide. While people may not realize it, they interact
How Low Can You Go?
Ultra-low-power microcontroller technologies may revolutionize new designs. VDC Research embedded hardware team analysts left Embedded World 2012 with the impression that this is the
Energy Harvesting Comes of Age for Wireless Sensor Networks
Enabling technologies include cost-effective energy-harvesting devices, small and efficient energy-storage devices and single-chip, ultra-low-power wireless MCUs. As wireless sensor
Capacitive Proximity Sensing
Remote interaction with user interface offers new opportunities for product differentiation. Capacitive touch technology is still all the rave in the user-interface space, as it rightfully
MEMS Motion Sensing Enables Next-Generation Medical Systems
Precision navigation, typically associated with applications developed for land, air and sea vehicles, is increasingly being used in medical applications ranging from surgical instrumentation
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Featured Product Briefs
PMG37
Supported Operating Systems: Any Wireless System Supported Architectures: Any The PMG37 energy harvester converts unused mechanical vibration into usable electrical energy to
Low Power Mixed-signal 8-bit MCUs
Supported Operating Systems: 8051 Supported 8-bit Architectures: 8-bit, 8051 The C8051F9xx MCU family is capable of full-spec operation down to 0.9 V and up to 3.6 V, enabling
World’s First 16-bit Microcontrollers With 64 Kbytes of Flash in 28-pin Packages
Supported 16-bit Architectures: PIC® Microcontrollers With the PIC24FJ64GA004 16-bit microcontroller family, Microchip Technology extends its 16-bit portfolio by providing smaller
T-Spice - Analog Simulation Tools
T-Spice is a complete design capture and simulation solution that provides accuracy and convergence with market-proven reliability. To transform your ideas into designs, you must
L-Edit MEMS Design
To make MEMS cost-effective enough for mass produced commercial products, they need to be integrated with analog/mixed signal circuitry, have high yield and have low cost per die. To
HiPer Verify - Physical Verification Tools
HiPer Verify™ is a comprehensive yet affordable solution for analog/mixed-signal IC design rule checking (DRC) and hierarchical netlist extraction on the PC-platform. Most foundries
ACPL-C78A/C780/C784 miniature isolation amplifier
The ACPL-C78A/C780/C784 isolation amplifer family was designed for current sensing in electronic motor drives. These devices feature large signal integrity - all in a space-saving stretched


