On the Tuesday before the 1994 Thanksgiving holiday in America a camera crew turned up at a chip company.
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Orange launches Atom-based phone
Finally, an Intel Atom in a mobile from a major phone company, as Orange launches the 'San Diego', writes Steve Bush.
Engineering skills initiative targets schools in the UK
A series of regional challenges has been created for school children aged 12-14 throughout the UK to tackle the declining numbers of students taking up electronic engineering at degree level. The UK Electronic Skills Foundation and education charity Engineering Development Trust (EDT) are behind the Go4SET project called “Our Electronics Environment” which it is hoped will demonstrate the relevance of pursuing science, technology, engineering and maths ...
French processor IP designed for multi-cores
“Despite its modest CPU core area, the APS5 delivers 2.29DMIPS/MHz," said Michael Chapman, CEO and president of Montpellier-based Cortus
Toshiba aims first ARM Cortex-M0 at smart meters
Toshiba has launched its first Cortex-M0 microcontroller, which it has aimed at smart meters. Called TMPM061, the chip includes a metering-specific analogue front-end with three channels of 24bit ?? ADC, as well as...
IECEE CB testing – one test for all countries
London 2012 is not just about the Olympics; it's also the location of the International Electrotechnical Commission (IECEE) CB scheme's annual meeting, which will include an industry workshop organised by the UK National committee.
Rogering Alligators
You can’t feel sorry for those who bought Facebook shares at $38 and now can’t sell them for $28.
Avnet Abacus shows kits at Energy Harvesting Congress
“These evaluation kits from Cymbet fully harness the energy storage capabilities of the EnerChip solid-state batteries,” said Alan Jermyn, v-p European marketing, Avnet Abacus
Building an isolated power supply the simple way
Bruce Haug, senior product marketing engineer at Linear Technology describes how a chipset can simplify the design of high-performance forward converters
Plextek develops Android-based navigation system with Clarion
Plextek has collaborated with Clarion Malaysia (the Asian Development Arm of Clarion Co. Ltd) on the development of an integrated audio-visual navigation system, which is notable for being one of the first Android-based ICE system designed to full automotive grade quality standards. The Mirage Android head unit is an integrated audio-visual navigation unit which hosts the Android touch-screen user interface on a 6.5inch ...