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    Interesting Stuff from CES 2025

    Jan. 23, 2025
    Check out what Endeavor Business Media editors thought was most interesting at CES 2025.
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    The Tech Behind Upskilling the Semiconductor Workforce

    Jan. 22, 2025
    The 2022 CHIPS Act spurred a renaissance moment in the semiconductor industry, threatening to be upended by a significant skills gap. This Q&A looks at what’s being done to remedy...
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    Electronics History: AMD’s Unified Shader GPU

    Jan. 22, 2025
    The AMD unified shader architecture that debuted in the Xbox 360 ushered in a new era for the graphics processing unit (GPU).
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    Multiphase Controller Fine-Tunes Power for AI Chips in Data Centers

    Jan. 22, 2025
    Inside the latest 16-phase power controller from Alpha and Omega Semiconductor and how it helps feed power-hungry GPUs and other AI chips.
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    Wrapping Up CES 2025

    Jan. 21, 2025
    Editors Cabe Atwell and Bill Wong reminisce about the new tech on display (and behind the scenes) at CES 2025.

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    Optimize Power-Supply Performance with a High-Accuracy Window Monitor

    Jan. 21, 2025
    Improving the window of usable power supplies for core voltages of devices helps ensure operation within the valid operating power-supply range.
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    Connectivity Crossroads: Demand Soars for V2X Storage

    Jan. 17, 2025
    Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology transforms automotive connectivity and safety, but it requires robust storage solutions.
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    Better Predictive Maintenance Through Vibration and Thermal Sensing

    Jan. 17, 2025
    Vibration and thermal signatures are crucial toward gaining a deeper understanding of failure modes in process operations and thus are an enabler of a predictive-maintenance strategy...
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    Speeding Up the Widespread Adoption of Wireless EV Charging

    Jan. 16, 2025
    InductEV and Skien Norway's ENRX have signed an MOU that seeks to establish technical standards and ensure compatibility across the wireless EV charging ecosystem worldwide.
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    Inside the Macroworld of National Geographic’s “A Real Bug’s Life 2”

    Jan. 15, 2025
    Get up close and personal with some of the world’s most interesting insects and the micro worlds they call home in Nat Geo’s latest series, “A Real Bug’s Life Season 2.”
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    Cost-Efficient 10/20-A Bridge Driver ICs Built for Automotive Apps

    Jan. 15, 2025
    Infineon’s full/half-bridge driver ICs are qualified for automotive applications, feature a wide temperature range, and have Arduino Uno evaluation shields available.
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    Industrial

    Additive Manufactured Electronics: Disrupting the Electronics Industry

    Jan. 15, 2025
    Additive manufactured electronics is grabbing the attention of the electronics industry. Nano Dimension’s Zvika Avlon discusses how and why this technology is shaking things up...
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    Self-Powering Electric-Field Skin Patch Speeds Wound Healing

    Jan. 13, 2025
    This inexpensive, water-powered non-electronic bandage creates an electric field to promote healing in chronic wounds.
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    Demonstrating an Intrinsically Safe Advanced PHY Device

    Jan. 13, 2025
    The LT8440 is a power conditioner for intrinsically safe, industrial Ethernet ports in hazardous or explosive environments.
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    Basics of Design: How to Solder and Repair Circuit Boards

    Jan. 10, 2025
    Whether you’re a book-learned engineer looking to finally get your hands on building circuits, or a maker, hobbyist, or student, these instructional videos get you started.
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    NASA’s Strategy to Lower EMI in Outer Space

    Jan. 9, 2025
    EMI can be a pesky nuisance, and even disastrous, in outer space travel. NASA endeavors to lower electromagnetic interference through various testing procedures.
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    Precision Shunt-Monitor ICs Meet Automotive Current-Sensing Challenge

    Jan. 8, 2025
    Diodes Inc.’s AEC-Q100-qualified automotive, 26-V, 400-kHz bandwidth uni/bidirectional, low- and high-side current monitors come in SOT25/SOT26 packages.
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    Production-Grade AI Arrives in EDA for Analog Design and Verification

    Jan. 2, 2025
    Unlocking the future of analog design, AI-driven verification accelerates innovation by breaking through traditional SPICE bottlenecks, ensuring faster, more accurate results....
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    High-Voltage Driver Satisfies Unique Loads and Eases Design-In “Surprises”

    Jan. 2, 2025
    Delivering 300 V at modest current requires a different type of IC. Apex’s new multichannel driver fits that bill.
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    Thermal Imaging Helps Automakers Meet 2029 Nighttime AEB Safety Standards

    Dec. 27, 2024
    Teledyne FLIR, in collaboration with VSI Labs, released its testing plan methodology and the results of its FMVSS standard No. 127 pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB...
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    USB-C Charger Design First to Deliver 240 W from Single 1C Port

    Dec. 27, 2024
    A flyback-based switching architecture enables USB-C chargers to generate up to 240 W from a single 1C port.
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    Tailoring the Design of Transimpedance Amplifiers to Infrared Sensor Apps (Part 2)

    Dec. 19, 2024
    Part 2 describes TIA applications in fiber-optic communication systems and makes recommendations for designs that are specific to each application in fiber-optic comms.
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    Tailoring the Design of Transimpedance Amplifiers to Infrared Sensor Apps (Part 1)

    Dec. 12, 2024
    Part 1 of this two-part series introduces transimpedance amplifiers and describes their application in laser rangefinders and LiDAR systems.