Solar hydrogen production is seen as one of the key technologies that could unlock a carbon-neutral, sustainable society, and it is often referred to as the ‘holy grail’ green technology when it comes to harvesting unlimited but intermittent solar energy. Sola...

By Liam Critchley | 01-11-2022

Transistors have become one of the most used electronic components in technology today, so there is always an interest in creating newer and smaller transistors that outperform their predecessors, allowing more efficient computing operations. However, it’s not...

By Liam Critchley | 28-09-2022

Everspin’s Duncan Bennett and Anglia’s Andrew Pockson compare the power consumption of Flash, EEPROM and MRAM.    For many wireless and portable applications, especially in the growing Internet of Things, there is a critical energy budget (total power consume...

By Electropages | 16-02-2016

FPGAs and SoC devices are evolving to add mixed signal functionality to the programmable fabric and unleashing system-level performance that was previously unattainable. However, in order to reap the performance rewards from these complex devices, the designer...

By Bob Blake | 27-10-2015

Electromagnetic interference (EMI) is an increasing concern in modern electronic designs as the demand for higher operating frequencies and lower voltages continues to grow. In this article, Mathias Goebel, an experienced product manager at Avnet Abacus, sheds...

By Mathias Goebel | 09-09-2015

Electrical safety for medical devices is governed by IEC/EN 60601-1, which details measures to guard against electric shock. Since the introduction of the 3rd edition of the standard, this situation has become a lot more complicated. Here’s a quick guide which...

By Philip Lechner | 02-06-2015