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

Solar power systems by their very design have inefficiency problems when it comes to power loss. This occurs when the DC current generated by solar panels is changed to AC current. This process is enabled by passing the current through an inverter circuit. A c...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 10-03-2016

Solar power systems by their very design have inefficiency problems when it comes to power loss. This occurs when the DC current generated by solar panels is changed to AC current. This process is enabled by passing the current through an inverter circuit. A c...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 10-03-2016

Test and measurement company Anritsu has demonstrated peak throughput for an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) device and network simulator using 3CA (3x Carrier Aggregation) and 4x4 MIMO with 256QAM modulation. The demonstration employed devices featuring the Qualcomm Sna...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 09-03-2016

Test and measurement company Anritsu has demonstrated peak throughput for an LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) device and network simulator using 3CA (3x Carrier Aggregation) and 4x4 MIMO with 256QAM modulation. The demonstration employed devices featuring the Qualcomm Sna...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 09-03-2016

The other week I returned from the excellent Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg which in my opinion is now one of Europe's best electronics exhibitions and ranks right up there with its Munich-based rival Electronica which happens later this year. But coul...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 09-03-2016

The other week I returned from the excellent Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg which in my opinion is now one of Europe's best electronics exhibitions and ranks right up there with its Munich-based rival Electronica which happens later this year. But coul...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 09-03-2016

Although newer technologies have replaced electromagnetic relays in some applications, electromechanical relays still have a lot to offer. These robust and versatile relays suit high voltage applications or those that require galvanic isolation between termina...

Articles | By Martin Keenan | 02-03-2016