Korean researchers develop a low-power 60 GHz RF chip for mobile devices
15 April, 2013As the capacity of handheld devices increases to accommodate a greater number of functions, these devices have more memory, larger display screens and the ability to play higher definition video files.
Redesigned material could lead to lighter, faster electronics
12 April, 2013Chemists at The Ohio State University have developed the technology for making a one-atom-thick sheet of germanium and found that it conducts electrons more than 10 times faster than silicon and five times faster than conventional germanium.
STARC consortium selects MathWorks for model-based design
12 April, 2013 | Supplied by: MathWorks AustraliaMathWorks has announced that the Semiconductor Technology Academic Research Center (STARC) in Japan has selected and certified Matlab, Simulink and Embedded Coder as the preferred tools for model-based design in its new STARCAD-AMS design flow.
Kontron 3U VPX graphics board VX3324
11 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Kontron Australia Pty LtdThe Kontron 3U VPX graphics board VX3324 has been designed for long life cycle applications and is equipped with the AMD Radeon E6460 graphics processing unit. It targets military and aerospace applications.
Development kit for Cypress’s PSoC 4 architecture now available for pre-order
11 April, 2013Premier Farnell and Cypress Semiconductor Corp have announced that customers can now pre-order the PSoC 4 Pioneer Development Kit from element14.
Improving chip-cooling technology
05 April, 2013Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology have won a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) contract to develop 3D chip cooling technology able to handle heat loads as much as 10 times greater than systems commonly used today.
Axiomtek Intel Core i7/i5/i3 Mini ITX motherboard
03 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Adept Total Turnkey SolutionsAxiomtek’s MANO861 industrial-grade Mini ITX motherboard based on the Intel H61 Express chipset is designed for the 3rd Generation Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors in LGA1155 socket.
ams AS3649 intelligent flash LED driver
02 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Braemac Pty Ltdams has launched an intelligent LED driver for mobile phone cameras that maximises the brightness of the flash without causing the phone’s battery to fall below its minimum operating voltage.
High-performance, organic nanowire phototransistors open the way for optoelectronic device miniaturisation
02 April, 2013A research team from Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST), South Korea, has developed high-performance organic phototransistors (OPTs) based on single-crystalline, n-channel organic nanowires.
Crystek CVCO55CXT-4812-4812 coaxial resonator oscillator (CRO)
27 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Wireless ComponentsCrystek’s CVCO55CXT-4812-4812 coaxial resonator oscillator (CRO) is a coaxial-based VCO with an internal proprietary frequency doubler.
Paint-on plastic electronics
27 March, 2013Semiconducting polymers are an unruly bunch, but University of Michigan engineers have developed a new method for getting them in line that could pave the way for cheaper, greener, ‘paint-on’ plastic electronics.
Kontron CPS3003-SA 3U CompactPCI Serial processor board
27 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Kontron Australia Pty LtdThe Kontron CPS3003-SA 3U CompactPCI Serial (CPCI-S.0) processor board comes equipped with the latest 3rd generation Intel Core i7 processors and, for the first time, offers PCI Express Gen 3.0, USB 3.0, SATA 6G and gigabit ethernet over backplane.
Neousys Nuvo-1300af i7 fanless embedded controller
26 March, 2013 | Supplied by: Madison TechnologiesThe Neousys Nuvo-1300af from Madison Technologies is claimed to be the world’s first i7 fanless embedded controller with integrated gigabit PoE ports.
TDK B84773 and B84776 series IEC inlet filters
21 March, 2013 | Supplied by: TDK AustraliaTDK Corporation has expanded the EPCOS B84771 IEC inlet filter series with two series: the B84773 series features an integrated fuse, while the B84776 series has both a switch and a fuse.
LF noise research
20 March, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerGraphene has played a major role in providing an answer to an almost century-old problem of pink and flicker noise.
