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Energy harvesting from thermoelectric sources gets a boost

Powering a wireless sensor node from ambient or “free” energy is attractive because it can supplement or eliminate the need for batteries or wires. ...

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Murata DC/DC converter employs PMBus-compatible digital interface

Incorporating a 32-bit ARM7 processor, the 420 Watt regulated UDQ2204/001 model is the first in a series of DC-DC converters from Murata Power ...

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Drive interface provides precise position, velocity control in demanding apps

ACS Motion Control has developed a compact, cost-effective dual/quad axis universal drive interface with ±10V commands.

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Ground-bond instrument suits alternative-energy testing

Part of the HYAMP III series of manual ground-bond testers from Associated Research, the Model 3145 provides up to 40 A of DC ground-bond test current ...

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Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield's revised version of David Bowie’s Space Oddity, the first music video made in space, has rocketed him across the web.

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Inspiration - pure and simple!!! Spectacular work Commander Hadfield.
Somehow our one year anniversary has come and gone without much fanfare

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Lab-in-a-box is not only giving students more flexibility in engineering classes, it's changing the very nature of the classes themselves

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blackbox consulting for academic, avnet for commerical
The desire to extend a wireless product’s battery life by reducing power consumption is driving IC manufacturers to develop devices that operate at extremely low current levels. Characterizing the level of current these devices consume requires test engineers to make very low-level current measurements with high accuracy.

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The FAA so far has refused to let Lightsquared deploy a satellite system due to concerns it will ...
Graphene and other nano materials undoubtedly offer enormous potential for innovation for the designers and manufacturers of electronic devices, but they also represent an enormous testing challenge.

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E.T. phone home?

Paul Franklin

It’s said that for any sufficiently complex product, 80 percent of the users use only 20 percent of its features. I’d be willing to wager that’s true for Keithley Instruments’ products and plenty of other test and measurement instruments as well. Only problem is, how can I collect on that bet?

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The logical way to collect the data would be to include a data logger in the instrument and then ...
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It seems like the next phase of this effort needs to be driven by suggestions from users on the ...
This year has seen three test platforms continuing to develop their market message and attract new users from older platforms such as GPIB and VXI, the choices seem to continue to expand for users.

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DESIGN TIP: The Tortoise and the Hare

Paul Franklin, Keithley Instruments

Your primo product has a problem—a bad problem. You know you have an all-hands-on-deck situation, but how do you reach a solution as quickly as possible?

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Absolutely correct and also spend some time to know where to hit :-)

DESIGN TIP: The glass should be not quite full

Paul Franklin, Keithley Instruments

Let’s say you’re developing a new product and getting it to market quickly is your highest priority. What’s the best approach to help your team reach its product introduction goal as fast as possible?

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Exactly what precious metals are presnt in a modern IC? I would only expect alloy leadframes and ...
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Intel's new CEO shakes things up
Although the new CEO has a manufacturing background it's not obvious he is exploiting that in this ...
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Intel outlines 3-D NAND transition
SanDisk pushed out Toshiba's BICS to 2016 timeframe, unexpectedly.
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