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IC duo forms smart automotive cockpit
Infineon and MediaTek have joined forces to create a digital cockpit system that they say reduces BOM costs for both hardware and software. The solution pairs an Infineon Traveo CYT4DN microcontroller...
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AI/ML platform leverages Microchip MPU
Edge Impulse announced that Microchip’s SAMA7G54 MPU is now fully integrated into its platform to enable easy training of ML models. The integration allows developers to build, train, and deploy...
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Arduino beginners’ kit sparks creation
Arduino’s Plug and Make Kit lets beginners, hobbyists, and do-it-yourselfers build an IoT smart device and interact with it. At its core is the UNO R4 WiFi main board, which employs a Renesas RA4M1 Arm...
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Mux/demux ICs switch high-speed signals
Two multiplexer/demultiplexer switches from Toshiba handle high-speed differential signals, such as PCIe 5.0, USB4, and USB4 V.2. The TDS4A212MX and TDS4B212MX, which have different pin assignments,...
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IR emitting diode boosts radiant intensity
The TSHF5211, an 890-nm infrared emitting diode from Vishay, delivers a typical radiant intensity of 235 mW/sr at a drive current of 100 mA. According to the manufacturer, this represents a 50%...
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Sparse AI MCU facilitates voice processing and cleanup at edge
While major microcontroller (MCU) suppliers like Infineon, Renesas, and STMicroelectronics have been incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities into their chips to facilitate applications...
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The Pixel Watch: An Apple alternative with Google’s (and Fitbit’s) personal...
I’ve been intending for a while now to share my experiences with the first-generation Google Pixel Watch. And, with the second-generation successor already eight months old as I write these words in...
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Rising respins and need for re-evaluation of chip design strategies
According to the wisdom of French philosopher Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, “Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose,” or “The more things change, the more they stay the same.” This adage holds...
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Waveform generators and their role in IC testing
Introduction Semiconductors are the essential component fueling the growth of industries such as automotive, renewable energy, communications, information technology, defense, and consumer electronics....
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How passive cooling advances electronics sustainability
Finding appropriate methods of cooling electronics allows engineers, designers and other professionals to prioritize sustainability by finding solutions that will make the products last longer and...
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Take-Back-Half precision diode charge pump
Nearly four decades ago (in his Designs for High Performance Voltage-to-Frequency Converters), famed designer Jim Williams cataloged five fundamental techniques for voltage to frequency conversion. One...
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IoT: GenAI voice helps generate speech recognition models
A new generative AI feature brings voice recognition to tiny devices with a text-to-speech (TTS) synthetic dataset generation capability. It enables developers to generate synthetic speech data with...
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Visual overload alert
Despite the title, this DI does not describe a gadget to tell you when to don your shades, but instead features a useful add-on to (analog) audio kit. Built into a mixer, for example, it will show when...
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Video interface IP runs on multiple UMC nodes
Faraday’s MIPI D-PHY and V-by-One PHY IP portfolios are now compatible with UMC fabrication processes across nodes from 55 nm to 22 nm. The company’s video interface IP can be used in AIoT, industrial,...
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EDA tools enable PCIe, UCIe simulation
System Designer for PCIe from Keysight enhances design productivity by supporting simulation workflows compatible with industry standards. The design environment, which is part of the Advanced Design...
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Power amp targets multicarrier transmitters
A broadband power amplifier, the GRF5112 from Guerrilla RF, provides enhanced compression performance over large fractional bandwidths of up to 40%. The device’s broad single-tuned responses enable...
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PSoC-based eval kit focuses on edge AI
The PSoC 6 AI evaluation kit from Infineon offers essential tools for creating embedded AI and ML system designs for consumer and IoT applications. Powered by a PSoC 6 MCU, the evaluation board...
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Tiny board jumpstarts motor-drive design
ST’s motor-drive reference design packs a 3-phase gate driver, an STM32G0 MCU, and a 750-W power stage on a circular PCB that is just 50-mm in diameter. The small form factor of the EVLDRIVE101-HPD...
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Dissecting a feature-enhanced digital bathroom scale
Around a decade ago, my now-wife purchased an Omron HBF-400 bathroom scale (which Amazon reports was first sold in June 2011, although she doesn’t remember where hers originally came from): It was...
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MCUs specializing in motor control, power conversion
A new family of microcontrollers aims to enhance the precision and performance of motor control and power conversion in consumer and industrial applications by integrating real-time capabilities and...
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