Design
TI solutions enable next-gen voice remote controls
Expanding its leadership in voice remote controls, Texas Instruments has announced voice remote control solutions as part of its SimpleLink ultra-low power platform. These were created to help developers easily add ultra-low power BLE, ZigBee RF4CE or multi-standard connectivity to their designs for voice remote controls, TVs, set-top boxes and more.
RF Magnetics Lab Kit is designed for educators
Coilcraft has developed a new RF Magnetics Lab Kit to help educators bring practical, hands-on experience into their classrooms and instructional labs. Containing a selection of chip and air core inductors, LC filter modules and wideband transformers, the kit is offered free-of-charge to accredited Electrical Engineering programmes.
One step at a time
Andrea Colognese, LSI Marketing Manager , European Design Center, Rohm Semiconductor, explains how to address the design challenges of stepper motor applications.
IP solution for search and rescue system
It has been announced by Barco Silex that Acacia Research has licensed its acclaimed JPEG 2000 IP cores. The JPEG 2000 cores will be integrated in a search and rescue system to help deliver high-quality video to mission computers and ground stations.
How to deal with the high number of electronics in the automotive industry
Jeff Gruetter, Senior Product Marketing Engineer, Linear Technology Corporation, explains how high voltage synchronous buck converters with ultra-low IQ can meet the demands of new automotive designs
Software delivers superior logic synthesis results
Synopsys has announced a multi-year extension of its OEM agreement with Lattice Semiconductor for Synopsys' Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis tools. With this agreement, Synopsys continues to be the exclusive provider of logic synthesis technology optimised for the highest quality of results, area and runtime for designers targeting Lattice FPGAs and Complex Programmable Logic Devices (CPLDs).
“Switch on, start work”: 64-bit ARM developer system
An entry level ARMv8-A developer system, powered by the AMD Opteron A1100 series processor, the Overdrive 1000, has been launched by SoftIron. Purpose built for developers seeking a fast, reliable platform for native coding ARM-based applications, the Overdrive 1000 comes complete with the essential tools to get 64-bit ARM development up and running, out-of-the-box. The Overdrive 1000 was launched today at the openSUSE conference, as part of a ke...
Embedded security solutions to protect IoT endpoints
Renesas Electronics has introduced a series of embedded security solutions employing general-purpose MCUs and MPUs as completely new security structures for embedded devices that will function as IoT endpoints in homes and buildings. Now, as the first product of this series, Renesas has released the RX231 Communications Security Evaluation Kit.
Feature-rich online simulator to aid design for EMC
STMicroelectronics is helping protect today's smart devices by making shirt pockets, car dashboards, office desks and other statically dangerous locations safer through the introduction of a new software tool that guides the selection of the right protection components for IC designs right from the beginning.
Cardiff University utilises igus bearings for a smoother season
The challenge? To design, develop, build and market a single seater racing car for the IMechE’s annual Formula Student competition.