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New design frontiers in BMS hardware and software
Battery management system (BMS) hardware and software continue to evolve as electric vehicles (EVs) transition to 800-V Li-ion battery systems comprising around 200 individual cells connected in...
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Electric vehicles, my perspective
A great deal of engineering effort and a great deal of political effort are being put forth to bring electric vehicles (EVs) into the modern world. EV advantages are asserted and re-asserted and...
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Not all oscilloscopes are made equal: Why ADC and low noise floor matter
In the world of engineering, precision is paramount. Whether it’s performing quality assurance on cutting-edge electronics or debugging complex systems, the accuracy of measurements can make or break a...
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Module delivers satellite and cellular comms
Swiss provider u-blox announced its first combined 3GPP-compliant terrestrial network (TN) and non-terrestrial network (NTN) IoT module. The SARA-S528NM10 module supports global coverage with accurate,...
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PON-X chipset enables FTTR deployments
Joining Semtech’s PON-X lineup are a combo chip and a burst-mode TIA, designed for 2.5G PON Fiber to the Room (FTTR) applications. FTTR is regarded as the next step in fixed broadband technology,...
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SiC power modules elevate energy efficiency
Six 2300-V baseplate-less power modules from Wolfspeed boost energy efficiency in renewable energy, energy storage, and fast charging applications. These half-bridge modules, optimized for 1500-V DC...
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MathWorks improves MATLAB and Simulink
MathWorks’ MATLAB and Simulink Release 2024b simplifies development for wireless communication, control systems, and digital signal processing. This second of twice-yearly releases provides major...
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Crypto modules gain the latest FIPS certification
ST’s STSAFE-TPM cryptographic modules for PCs, servers, and embedded systems are among the first to receive FIPS 140-3 certification. These Trusted Platform Modules (TPMs) protect sensitive data by...
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Nano-batteries may enable mega possibilities
Bigger batteries are getting a lot of attention these days, where “bigger” is defined in terms of capacity, density, charging times, lifetime cycles, and other desirable attributes. However, all this...
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Overcoming challenges in electronics design landscape
The electronics engineering landscape has experienced significant changes in the past half-decade, driven by technological advancements and global trends and disruptions. Significant limitations faced...
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Long delay timer sans large capacitors
There are several applications at home or industry for long delay timers (ON or OFF delay). Time delays on the order of seconds can be generated using 555 timer circuits, provided the timing capacitor...
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New i.MX MCU serves TinyML applications
NXP’s has extended its ultra-low power i.MX series line with the RT700, this device incorporates AI processing via the integrated eIQ® Neutron neural processing unit (NPU), enhanced compute with five...
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The life and chip works of Marvell co-founder Sehat Sutardja
Amid the steadily increasing talk about Moore’s Law of transistor scaling hitting the wall, Marvell co-founder and CEO Sehat Sutardja presented the idea of modular chips (MoChi) at the International...
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Diagnosing and resuscitating a set of DJI drone batteries
A couple of months ago, spurred into action by U.S. House of Representatives passage of legislation banning ongoing sales of DJI drones (and the still-unclear status of corresponding legislation in the...
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The power of practical positive feedback to perfect PRTDs
Frequent contributor Nick Cornford recently published a delightfully clever design idea using a platinum RTD calibrated to output a 1 mV/oC signal that’s perfect for direct readout via a standard DMM…...
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The Colpitts oscillator
Consider the following illustration in Figure 1 of what we shall see is an oscillator, specifically, a Colpitts oscillator. Figure 1 The Colpitts oscillator where the passive components are arranged on...
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SoC simplifies smart home connectivity
Leveraging Qorvo’s ConcurrentControl technology, the QPG6200L SoC supports Matter, Zigbee, and Bluetooth LE networks. As the first product based on this low-power wireless technology, it enables...
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Arduino Cloud launches on AWS Marketplace
Amazon Web Services (AWS) customers can now access Arduino Cloud directly through the AWS Marketplace, streamlining IoT project development. Designed to simplify the management of IoT initiatives for...
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VNA boasts four independent RF sources
Part of Keysight’s PNA-X vector network analyzer portfolio, the NA520xA integrates up to four RF sources, two combiners, and two low-noise receivers. Its independent RF sources with pulse modulators...
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SiC MOSFETs target EV traction inverters
ST has launched its fourth-generation STPOWER SiC MOSFETs, offering smaller size and greater efficiency for future EV traction inverters. Set to be available in 750-V and 1200-V classes, these devices...
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