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June - 2013
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- The Rise of the Ultra-Miniature Magnetic Reed Switch
The widely used magnetic reed switch has been around for over 70 years, since it was invented by Bell Labs to replace the clunky electromechanical relays then used in telephone exchanges.
- Smart Grid and Telecom: Models for Trends in Networks
When we talk about the smart grid, we often focus on its enormous potential to become a self-healing electricity grid that will reduce energy consumption and transform our energy infrastructure. How was such a revolutionary technology designed and created? What was its impetus?
- Driver Assistance Systems with the Power of FPGAs
In recent years, the automotive industry has made remarkable advances in driver assistance (DA) systems that truly enrich the driving experience and provide drivers with new forms of information about the roadway around them.
- Smartphones Dial Up New RF Processes
The rapid shift towards smartphones and tablets is driving the need for new and low-power chips at finer geometries. Today, the latest application processors, integrated basebands
- Non-contact ECG measurement using EPIC Sensors
Measuring electrocardiogram (ECG) signals without skin contact is possible using novel Electric Potential Integrated Circuit (EPIC) sensors.
- The Next Big Thing: Gesture in Wearable Technologies
Smartphones have dramatically changed the way consumers interact with technology. What kind of new application will impact our daily life this year?
May - 2013
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- More MEMS Integration: Into Sensors, Systems, and Humans
Humans will touch, move and interact with MEMS as part of the exploding Internet of Things.
- MEMS Get Smarter, Making Developers’ Jobs Tougher
Fueled by new technologies, sensors have become ubiquitous, providing better user interface experiences and more natural interaction with devices.
- Smarter, Gentler Sensors
Photon-to-electron conversion Throughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting
- MEMS Innovation: A Tipping Point
Two years ago I attended my first MEMS Executive Congress and was impressed with the high level of enthusiasm in new applications and growth prospects for MEMS. This year’s
- How To Make A Brain-On-A-Chip
In October, Draper Laboratory and the University of South Florida (USF) disclosed an ambitious plan to develop a brain-on-a-chip. The idea is to devise a “micro-environment’’
- New Apps For 3D Chips
Semiconductor Manufacturing and; Design sat down to discuss the 3D device challenges and applications with Peter Ramm, head of the department for device and 3D integration at Fraunhofer
- Foundries Step Up for MEMS Explosion
The MEMS market is set to explode. By 2017 the market is expected to be worth $12.2 billion, a 50% increase from 2011, according to IHS iSuppli. Driving this growth will be the continued
March - 2013
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- M2M Promises Growth for Embedded, Wireless, Sensors, and More
The machine-to-machine (M2M) phenomenon is accelerating and is coming to just about any connected technology near you. Chris Ciufo, Senior Editor Similar to many
- Automotive Communication Protocols: Preparing for the Future
Changing automotive networking protocols results in increased bandwidth on LIN and CAN networks.
- MEMS, MCUs and Tradeoffs for Sensor Fusion
An explosion in the use of inertial MEMS and sensors in consumer and industrial applications begs the question: Where is the best place to process and interpret data from those sensors?
- The Heartbeat Behind Portable Medical Devices
Ultra-low-power, mixed-signal MCUs help developers deliver medical devices to a market that demands the very best in performance and affordability in the smallest form factors.
January - 2013
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- MEMS Goes Mainstream
Micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS) are well known for enabling innovative capabilities for devices that range from vehicles and gaming to smartphones and tablets—and increasingly
October - 2012
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- Driver Assistance Systems with the Power of FPGAs
In recent years, the automotive industry has made remarkable advances in driver assistance (DA) systems that truly enrich the driving experience and provide drivers with new forms of information about the roadway around them. This article looks at how FPGAs can be leveraged to quickly bring new driver assistance innovations to market.
June - 2012
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- MEMS Pro v8.0
MEMS Pro is a flexible, powerful, easy-to-use CAD tool suite for the design and analysis of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS). It offers an integrated solution for the design
- Digital and Physical Worlds Collide
Sensor-based augmented reality and contextual awareness are already moving beyond the “cool” factor to drive new, high-utility applications in a wide range of applications.
- MEMS and Packaging Hold Keys to Radio Connectivity
A fully mobile and connected world full of “rich” user experiences won’t exist until radios can operate at ultra-high speed and ultra-low power in both existing 6-GHz and future 60-GHz spectrums.
- Mechanical Meets Electrical
The two engineering worlds intersect - driven by power, heat and signal integrity. For the first part of the 20th century mechanical engineering dominated almost everything in technology.
May - 2012
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- MEMS Trends: Smaller, Cheaper, Everywhere
They've been around in various forms since the 1970s in accelerometers and ink jet nozzles, but are now in nearly every consumer gadget you've got at home. With more on the way.
- Context is Key as Augmented Reality Takes Off
Sensor-based augmented reality and contextual awareness are already moving beyond the “cool” factor to drive new, high-utility applications in a wide range of applications.
April - 2012
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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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