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  • December 2, 2024 - Electronic Design Today

    Pico Technology
    The PicoScope 9404A SXRTO blends high-bandwidth sampling technology with the usability of modern real-time oscilloscopes.
    Oscilloscopes

    Oscilloscope Delivers 25-GHz Bandwidth on Four Channels

    Dec. 4, 2024
    The PicoScope 9404A SXRTO is a hybrid instrument that offers high-bandwidth sampling technology.
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    LF Energy vehicle-to-grid charging
    Power

    Initiative Promises to Speed Up EV/Charger/Grid Interoperability

    Dec. 4, 2024
    Can the Linux Foundation’s Energy Initiative help untangle the fractured patchwork of protocols and grid codes that make vehicle-to-grid systems so difficult to standardize?
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    Automotive

    The Next Step in Power Conversion and Distribution for Vehicle Architectures

    Dec. 3, 2024
    Stellantis and Infineon signed supply and capacity agreements that will serve as the foundation for development of the next-gen power architecture for Stellantis’s EVs.
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    Embedded

    Rugged Systems Design Week

    Dec. 3, 2024
    Check out our upcoming rugged systems design event, which includes a new eBook and webinar.
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    Memory

    Portable Memory System Fits in Tiny Footprint

    Dec. 3, 2024
    With portable memory tokens and mating receptacles, the Mini-Bar series provides embedded systems designers with a robust memory key solution.

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    Model-Based Systems Engineering Helps with Rugged Systems Design

    Dec. 2, 2024
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    Flexible Computing Design for Advanced System Development

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    Making SOSA-Aligned System Development More Versatile

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    Overcome Thermal-Management Challenges in Rugged-System Design to Optimize SWaP-C

    Dec. 2, 2024
    Thermal management is critical for rugged-systems design, where SWaP-C (size, weight, power, and cost) constraints require innovative cooling strategies.
    Renesas
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    Industrial

    IO-Link Adds 4-Channel Master and Signal-Conditioning IC Support

    Nov. 27, 2024
    These ICs, developed by Renesas, provide the critical IC functionality and support needed for implementation of industrial I/O and protocols.
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    CHIPS Act: Boosting U.S. chip production
    Industrial

    White House Finalizes $6.6B in Funding to Boost TSMC Chip Production

    Nov. 27, 2024
    TSMC will funnel the funds toward construction of a trio of Arizona-based semiconductor manufacturing plants in efforts to help America retake the silicon crown.
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    Analog

    Modeling on Mondays: An Intro to Simulation of Vacuum-Tube Triodes in SPICE (Part 2)

    Nov. 25, 2024
    A brief overview of the history and operating principles of vacuum tubes is discussed, after which Dr. Stephen Dyer shows how to model them in SPICE in their active region of ...
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    Test Setup Evaluates Inverter Drive Designs

    Nov. 22, 2024
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    Oscilloscope Probes for Power Test Reinforce RF Isolation

    Nov. 21, 2024
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    Moving on to GaN Switches in Switch-Mode Power Supplies

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    SMU Optimized for Testing Nano/2D Semiconductor Devices

    Nov. 20, 2024
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    Peripheral Connections for Prototyping

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    Nov. 14, 2024
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