News & Analysis
Renesas Electronics Europe Expands the Ecosystem for its RL78 Microcontroller Family
Renesas announced today for its RL78 microcontroller family new compiler support from IAR Systems, as well as real-time operating systems (RTOS) from Micrium and CMX Systems.
Posedge selects EnSilica’s eSi-3250 processor for innovative 7-core Residential and SMB Gateway SoC
EnSilica, a leading independent provider of front-end IC design services, has announced that Posedge, a semiconductor intellectual property and solutions provider based in Sunnyvale (California, USA), has licensed its high-performance eSi-3250 32-bit processor core for an innovative, new Residential and SMB Gateway solution that performs Wire-Speed Routing at multi-gigabit rates. Posedge will initially use its next generation Residential and SMB ...
Samsung and Evident Technologies enter into LED patent agreement
Evident Technologies Corporation and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd have entered into a comprehensive patent licensing and purchasing agreement for Evident's quantum dot LED technology.
Electric car visits Continental on its round-the-world trip
The first round-the-world trip with an electric car is coming to a successful end: After 30,000 km, Nina and Hjalte Tin from Denmark are soon to reach their destination – the Danish capital of Copenhagen. Their car, an electrically powered Nissan Quasquai, was fitted with Continental tires for the round-the-world trip. As a lower rolling resistance is particularly important for cars with an electric drive – due to the lower rolling resistance...
Low Standby Power Solutions - mWSaver™ Technology
mWSaver™ Technology combines our most energy efficient process and circuit technologies for power adapter design into this unique group of components.
STM8A - 8-bit MCU for Automotive
STM8A - 8-bit MCU for Automotive
ProcureMinute - Tantalum Capacitors vs MLCCs
A discussion on the differences betweeen Tantalum capacitors and MLCCs and whether tantalums can be replaced by MLCCs.
Simple LED lighting kit - Another Geek Moment
Jamie demonstrates Digi-Key's newest lighting kit that features Cree's CXA20 LED.
Registration Now Open for Freescale Technology Forum Americas 2011 – Early Bird Rates Available
Freescale Semiconductor will host Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) Americas – one of the premier training events for the embedded design community – on June 20-23, 2011, at the JW Marriott Hill Country Resort in San Antonio, Texas. Registration is now open.
Freescale announces design contest, challenges engineers to ‘make it’ creative
Freescale Semiconductor today announced the Make It Challenge design contest, which is set to take place at the Freescale Technology Forum (FTF) June 20-23 in San Antonio, Texas. The contest will challenge attendees to develop and submit a unique sensor robotic or system design based on Freescale’s latest sensor development kit in the form of a walking robot or the Freescale Tower System.