Linear Technology is aiming at RF and microwaves with a log-responding RMS to DC converter chip which can achieve 1dB accuracy and 35dB dynamic range.

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Toshiba has added two new N-channel devices to its U-MOS IX-H family of high-efficiency, high-speed switching MOSFETs.

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Secure remote access and control software will be included in the latest release of the Raspbian operating system for Raspberry Pi. This follows a partnership between its developer RealVNC and the Raspberry Pi Foundation. Under the  terms of the new agreement, RealVNC software becomes the official standard for remote access connectivity on all Raspberry Pis, …

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GlobalFoundries has joined the 5G Lab alliance which has about 50 members including Vodafone, National Instruments, Nokia, Rohde & Schwarz, NEC, Claas, Ericsson and Deutsche Telekom.

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Mass-radio created a domestic revolution in the 1920s. Homes, hitherto isolated from eachother bar a chat over the garden fence, became connected to the world which poured music, comedy, news and learning into them. Radio shrank the world by giving people a commonality of experience as a 1930s song-writer pointed out: Just think of those …

Read full article: Fable: The Connectivity Revolution

Barium strontium titanate (BST) has been deposited on-die to produce tuning capacitors. Previously, the high-k dielectric has always been too lossy to be of use, according to researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara. “The catch is that the deposition of complex oxides, such as barium strontium titanate, is problematic because of the high temperatures and …

Read full article: Unruly material tamed for on-chip tuning capacitors

Imagination Technologies Group, owners of PowerVR-brand graphics processors and MIPS-brand microprocessors, is to sell its Pure digital radio business.

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There have been bigger things printed, but few will be as tough as an excavator cab printed in carbon fibre. A student engineering team from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign won a design competition for the cab, and was on-hand to watched it being printed using carbon fibre-reinforced ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene). The cab is …

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A monkey has copied text from the New York Times and Hamlet at up to 12 words per minute via a brain interface, claims Stanford University. The researchers are Processor Krishna Shenoy and Dr Paul Nuyujukian. “Our results demonstrate that this interface may have great promise for use in people,” said Nuyujukian (pictured). “It enables a …

Read full article: Brain-sensing allows monkey to type at 12 words per minute

Maxim Integrated aims to increase manufacturing productivity with the Pocket IO programmable logic controller (PLC) development platform. The platform aims to deliver the smallest form factor and highest power efficiency for next-generation PLC designs. Lost productivity is a common concern for Industry 4.0 designers challenged with keeping a manufacturing line running 24 hours a day, …

Read full article: Maxim enables Industry 4.0