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Battery fuel gauge: factual or fallacy?

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Select Schottky diodes based on avalanche performance

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Programmable logic, SoC simplify power steering, accessory control

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Embedded digital control facilitates adaptive power control strategies

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New DC/DC power technology aims to be the greenest yet

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Modularity provides functional, economical tire-pressure monitoring

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Comparing FMCs with PMCs/XMCs for harsh environments (Part 2)

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MOST150 points to technology tipping point

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Coupling a Supercapacitor with a Small Energy Harvesting Source

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Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid

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Technical Papers

Understanding Overpower Protection in PFC Controllers

Integrate Protection with Isolation in Home Renewable Energy Systems

Detailed Design and Test Data for a Flexible Solar Array Controller

Harvest Energy from a Single Photovoltaic Cell

Smart Grid and Metering: Secure end-to-end solutions

Courses and Webinars

Connectivity & Control for Industrial or Renewable Energy Applications

Getting the Most Energy out of Lithium-Ion Batteries

Enabling Smart Lighting--The Next Wave of Energy Efficiency

Fundamentals of Choosing and Using A/D and D/A Converters

Fundamentals of Solar: Grid Connected

Teardowns

Good vibrations for energy harvesting

CFL and LED lamps: White light in a 'green' world

Bluetooth headset turns to SUN and goes green

Shedding light on solar cell technology

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Reference Designs

Quantenna debuts 802.11n 4x4 MIMO wireless video bridge ref design

Quantenna Communications Inc. has debuted a complete reference design based on its QHS600 IEEE 802.11n wireless LAN (WLAN) 4x4 multiple input, multiple output (MIMO) chipset.
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Lattice adds over 90 reference designs for PLDs

Lattice Semiconductor Corp. has released more than 90 reference designs optimized for the MachXO and ispMACH 4000ZE PLDs.
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Products

New H-PSOF power-electronics packaging touts high-current capability and high efficiency

ST overcomes LED camera flash limitations

DC/DC converters simplify design, minimize part count

100-V synchronous buck regulator debuts with integrated MOSFETs

Digital AC LED lighting and communications developer’s kit

TI's MSP430 MCUs target next-gen single-phase metering and energy monitoring apps

MCUs for single-phase metering and energy monitoring

Single/multiphase energy-measurement IC eases smart-grid transition for utility meters

Ultracapacitor boasts 3,000F, low ESR in rugged design

Battery-monitor IC combines high accuracy with low power in tiny package

Commentary

What's a good "real engineer" question?

Bill Schweber

There are quick ways to separate the real techies from wannabes

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My favourite test for techs is a simple diagram of 4-20mA loop between two boxes. One containing the ...

DIY days: better, worse, or just very different?

Bill Schweber

How does today's do-it-yourself experimenter situation compare to "back in the day"?

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DesignCon 2012 Panel: Test gurus share vision to accelerate your ‘time to answer’

Patrick Mannion

The countdown begins: On Wednesday next at DesignCon 2012 http://www.designcon.com I’ll be moderating a panel comprising four of the sharpest minds in the electronics industry as they explore the cutting edge of technology and what it means for you, the test engineer.

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High-tech conference promises help with design

Janine Love

DesignCon 2012 starts January 30 and ends February 2nd in the Santa Clara Convention Center.

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Webinar: Power Issues for Chip and Board

Brian Bailey

This is going to be a great webinar about power, power integrity and everything associated with power. Sign up now and don’t miss this one!

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Microchip posts weak fiscal Q3, outlook brighter
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