A module that is pre-certified, Bluetooth 4.1 compliant and features 3dBm output power for apps requiring up to a 50 metre range has been developed by Texas-based Silicon Labs. It is based on the company's Blue Gecko wireless SoC. Being 4.1 compliant is import...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 30-03-2016

A module that is pre-certified, Bluetooth 4.1 compliant and features 3dBm output power for apps requiring up to a 50 metre range has been developed by Texas-based Silicon Labs. It is based on the company's Blue Gecko wireless SoC. Being 4.1 compliant is import...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 30-03-2016

Fundamentally the Kalman filter is a sensor and data fusion algorithm. It uses the control inputs of a particular system combined with a substantial amount of measurements from sensors to rapidly create an estimate of the system's current operational state. Th...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 23-03-2016

Fundamentally the Kalman filter is a sensor and data fusion algorithm. It uses the control inputs of a particular system combined with a substantial amount of measurements from sensors to rapidly create an estimate of the system's current operational state. Th...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 23-03-2016

Specialists in voice and music connectivity, XMOS, has developed and launched the xCORE Array Microphone and claims it is the most flexible microphone aggregation solution for voice user interfaces (VUI). VUI enables man-machine interaction via human speech an...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 22-03-2016

Specialists in voice and music connectivity, XMOS, has developed and launched the xCORE Array Microphone and claims it is the most flexible microphone aggregation solution for voice user interfaces (VUI). VUI enables man-machine interaction via human speech an...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 22-03-2016

A 12V output digital DC/DC converter module that offers up to 25A current handling and 300W of power to deliver closely regulated voltages to point-of-load (POL) DC/DC regulators have been developed by power electronics specialists Ericsson.  The module employ...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 18-03-2016

A 12V output digital DC/DC converter module that offers up to 25A current handling and 300W of power to deliver closely regulated voltages to point-of-load (POL) DC/DC regulators have been developed by power electronics specialists Ericsson.  The module employ...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 18-03-2016

Graphene is incredibly light and weighs a mere 0.77mg per square metre yet is many times stronger than steel despite being only an atom thick. Graphene: A Game-Changer in Material Science Everyone in the electronics business has heard of these sheets of honeyc...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 17-03-2016

Graphene is incredibly light and weighs a mere 0.77mg per square metre yet is many times stronger than steel despite being only an atom thick. Graphene: A Game-Changer in Material Science Everyone in the electronics business has heard of these sheets of honeyc...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 17-03-2016

What is claimed as the world’s lowest power and smallest twelve degrees-of-freedom (DoF) wireless smart sensor dev kit for connectivity applications has been developed by power management specialists Dialogue Semiconductor. It can output real world orientation...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 15-03-2016

What is claimed as the world’s lowest power and smallest twelve degrees-of-freedom (DoF) wireless smart sensor dev kit for connectivity applications has been developed by power management specialists Dialogue Semiconductor. It can output real world orientation...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 15-03-2016