Renesas Electronics says the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled in its favour in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it in 2013 by a Massachusetts-based firm named Zond. In July 2013, Zond brought suit against a number of semiconductor companies, including Renesas, alleging that the companies infringed eight of its US …

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Microchip has added 16kbyte flash options to its ATtiny AVR microcontroller family and, despite the extra flash, the devices are pin and code compatible with the recently released ATtiny817 series of MCUs, according to the firm. “There is more growth and innovation in the AVR MCU portfolio now than at any point in the past …

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Mentor has teamed up with online components library SnapEDA, which now supports its PADS and DX Designer PCB design tools. Users can access to SnapEDA’s component library containing millions of symbols, footprints, and 3D models. All parts are auto-verified with SnapEDA’s proprietary verification technology. “We’re seeing a shift in the industry where it’s no longer …

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I must be stupid. Everyone I know says they understand Bitcoins and when I ask them to explain what Bitcoins are, I can’t understand their explanations. I can accept the proposition that a thing is worth what someone will pay for it, and people are currently paying £1500 for a Bitcoin. But, a few short …

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CML Microcircuits is offering two phase-locked loops and a VCO in one chip. Called CMX979 is designed to implement an RF synthesiser at the same time as an IF synthesiser. The RF synthesiser operates over 2.7-3.6GHz with a integrated VCO and PLL, and is capable of operating between 338MHz and 3.6GHz via a configurable output frequency …

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The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) officially announces today full Bluetooth support for mesh networking, with version 1.0 of its specification.

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The FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Centre has warned against weaknesses the security and privacy protections provided by manufacturers of Internet-connected smart toys, also known as IoT toys. Cesare Garlati, chief security strategist at the prpl Foundation, comments: “The security behind IoT is non-existent as developers and manufacturers by-pass security to get the latest products to …

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With the official release of Bluetooth mesh networking, Silicon Labs is implementing it on existing silicon with three software packages. Bluetooth mesh is a protocol that will run on top of any Bluetooth 4.0 device. It does not need Bluetooth 5 hardware, Silicon Labs marketing manager Mikko Savolainen told Electronics Weekly. It relies completely on Bluetooth Low …

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Some vendors think the brand new “Bluetooth mesh” standard will kick off a commercial smart lighting bonanza.

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