Bluetest, a specialist in reverberation chamber technology testing of wireless devices and test and measurement company Keysight have collaborated to provide what is said to be a simpler and more advanced form of OTA testing. Over-the-air (OTA) measurements ar...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 12-04-2016

Bluetest, a specialist in reverberation chamber technology testing of wireless devices and test and measurement company Keysight have collaborated to provide what is said to be a simpler and more advanced form of OTA testing. Over-the-air (OTA) measurements ar...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 12-04-2016

Production tests on multiport DUTs, such as frontend modules for smartphones, are increasing in complexity. In addition to the traditional RF measurements, T&M equipment must also handle new features and developments, such as DUT configuration via GPIO and han...

By Electropages | 01-04-2016

Half-bridge 15MHz Half-Bridge development boards that use eGaN FETs and high-frequency synchronous bootstrap topology have been launched by California-based power specialists, the Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). The company says the EPC9066, EPC9...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 31-03-2016

Half-bridge 15MHz Half-Bridge development boards that use eGaN FETs and high-frequency synchronous bootstrap topology have been launched by California-based power specialists, the Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). The company says the EPC9066, EPC9...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 31-03-2016

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...

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