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Metamaterial’s mechanical maximization enhances vibration-energy harvesting
The number of ways to harvest energy that would otherwise go unused and wasted is extraordinary. To cite a few of the many examples, there’s the heat given off during almost any physical or electronic...
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GPU IP powers scalable AI and cloud gaming
Vitality is VeriSilicon’s latest GPU IP architecture targeting cloud gaming, AI PCs, and both discrete and integrated graphics cards. According to the company, Vitality offers advancements in...
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UWB radar SoC enables 3D beamforming
Hydrogen, an ultra-wideband (UWB) radar SoC from Aria Sensing, delivers 3D MIMO beamforming with programmable pulse bandwidths ranging from 500 MHz to 1.8 GHz. Its advanced waveforms support...
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Gen3 UCIe IP elevates chiplet link speeds
Alphawave Semi’s Gen3 UCIe Die-to-Die (D2D) IP subsystem enables chiplet interconnect rates up to 64 Gbps. Building on the successful tapeout of its Gen2 36-Gbps UCIe IP on TSMC’s 3-nm process, the...
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R&S boosts GMSL testing for automotive systems
Rohde & Schwarz expands testing for automotive systems that employ Analog Devices’ Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) technology. Designed to enhance high-speed video links in applications like...
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Wide-creepage switcher improves vehicle safety
A wide-creepage package option for Power Integrations’ InnoSwitch 3-AQ flyback switcher IC enhances safety and reliability in automotive applications. According to the company, the increased...
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2024: The year when MCUs became AI-enabled
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) technologies, once synonymous with large-scale data centers and powerful GPUs, are steadily moving toward the network edge via resource-limited...
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Software-defined vehicle (SDV): A technology to watch in 2025
Software-defined vehicle (SDV) technology has been a prominent highlight in the quickly evolving automotive industry. But how much of it is hype, and where is the real and tangible value? CES 2025 in...
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A Bluetooth receiver, an identity deceiver
In mid-October 2015, EDN ran my teardown of Logitech’s Bluetooth Audio Adapter (a receiver, to be precise) based on a CSR (now Qualcomm) BlueCore CSR8630 Single Chip Audio ROM. The CSR module covers...
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Ternary gain-switching 101 (or 10202, in base 3)
This design idea is centered on the humble on/off/on toggle switch, which is great for selecting something/nothing/something else, but can be frustrating when three active options are needed. One...
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2024: A year’s worth of interconnected themes galore
As any of you who’ve already seen my precursor “2025 Look Ahead” piece may remember, we’ve intentionally flipped the ordering of my two end-of-year writeups once again this year. This time, I’ll be...
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PWM power DAC incorporates an LM317
Instead of the conventional approach of backing up a DAC with an amplifier to boost output, this design idea charts a less traveled by path to power. It integrates an LM317 positive regulator with a...
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The advent of co-packaged optics (CPO) in 2025
Co-packaged optics (CPO)—the silicon photonics technology promising to transform modern data centers and high-performance networks by addressing critical challenges like bandwidth density, energy...
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PCIe Gen4 SSD delivers 6200 MB/s
The P400 V4 from Patriot Memory is a PCIe Gen 4 x4 M.2 SSD, offering read speeds up to 6200 MB/s and write speeds up to 5200 MB/s. Optimized for PC and PS5 compatibility, it provides gamers and content...
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85-V LED driver handles multiple topologies
Designed for automotive LED lighting systems, Diodes’ AL8866Q driver supports buck, boost, buck-boost, and single-ended primary-inductance converter (SEPIC) topologies. This DC-switching LED...
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Wireless audio SoC integrates AI processing
Airoha Technology’s AB1595 Bluetooth audio chip features a 6-core architecture and a built-in AI hardware accelerator. It consolidates functions typically spread across multiple chips into a single SoC...
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Industrial MCU packs EtherCAT controller
GigaDevice has introduced the GD32H75E 32-bit MCU, featuring an integrated GDSCN832 EtherCAT subdevice controller, which is also available as a standalone device. Both components target industrial...
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Clapp versus Colpitts
Edwin Henry Colpitts (January 19, 1872 – March 6, 1949) James Kilton Clapp (December 03, 1897 – 1965) The two persons above are the geniuses who gave us two classic oscillator circuits as shown in...
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Is Imagination Technologies for sale again?
Graphics chip designer Imagination Technologies is up for grabs again. A Bloomberg report claims that Canyon Bridge Capital Partners, the private equity firm with ties to Chinese state investors, has...
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CES 2025’s sensor design highlights
Sensing solutions—a vital ingredient in automotive, consumer and industrial applications—are prominent features in the offerings displayed at CES 2025 held in Las Vegas, Nevada on from 7 to 10 January....
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