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  • February 10, 2025 - Electronic Design Today

    • February 10, 2025 - Electronic Design Today

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    Industry Insights

    Meet Katya Echazarreta—The First Mexican Woman in Space

    Feb. 11, 2025
    Katya Echazarreta, who once worked at McDonald's, now is the first Mexican woman to travel to space.
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    Yes, Virginia, Microchip is Still in Business

    Feb. 11, 2025
    Microchip, the electronics company, is not ceasing operations. However, pet owners need to look elsewhere.
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    Inside Electronics

    The Electronics Industry and Trump Tariffs

    Feb. 11, 2025
    Editors from Power & Motion, IndustryWeek, and Electronic Design discuss the tariff situation.
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    Analog

    Modeling on Mondays: A Comprehensive and Speedy Op-Amp SPICE Model

    Feb. 10, 2025
    Despite the monolithic op amp being older than SPICE simulators, comprehensive op-amp SPICE modeling left a lot to be desired—until now.
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    Power

    Automotive-Compliant LED Driver Supports Multiple Topologies with Fault Reporting

    Feb. 10, 2025
    Capable of operating across a wide range of voltages, Diodes Inc.’s latest automotive LED driver offers analog or digital dimming as well as soft-start and many protection functions...

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    Feb. 6, 2025
    The next generation of high-performance CPUs and GPUs targeting the demanding needs of AI and HPC will generate a significant amount of heat, making efficient cooling solutions...
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    SiC MOSFETs Tackle Tough Conditions in High-Power Electronics

    Feb. 6, 2025
    Wolfspeed specifically designed its latest generation of SiC MOSFETs to be a better fit for both hard- and soft-switching power systems.
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    Shunt Current Sensors Bring Affordable Precision to Battery Apps Up to 250 A

    Feb. 6, 2025
    The latest digital shunt sensor from Bourns is a precise, compact, cost-effective measurement solution that supports RS-485, Modbus, and CAN bus interfaces.
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    Selecting the Best PoL Converters for Automotive SoC Power Trees

    Feb. 5, 2025
    Explore automotive SoC power-tree design based on point-of-load converters and how to choose the right converters for the different power rails in the device.
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    Baking Sustainability into the Future of Electronics

    Feb. 5, 2025
    New requirements for sustainable design, manufacturing, and operations may seem like expensive and unnecessary burdens on engineers. But they also present big opportunities, said...
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    Ocean of Things (OoT) Biomimetic “Bug” Skims Water and Collects Data

    Feb. 4, 2025
    This biomimetic robot, powered by bacteria in water, can collect water temperature, pollution levels, biological and craft movement, and data as an element of the Ocean of Things...
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    Versatile 16-Phase, 2-Rail PMIC Supports NVIDIA GPU-Based Apps

    Feb. 4, 2025
    Specifically designed to NVIDIA’s latest OpenVreg16 Phase specifications, Alpha and Omega Semi’s power-management IC delivers an efficient, flexible power solution.
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    Nonlinearities

    Sustainability: A Movement Unto Me

    Feb. 3, 2025
    Our mostly-analog editor reflects on one of the major sustainability impacts of his career as a result of revolutionizing the way LED light bulbs were designed.
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    Software

    11 Myths About Software Bill of Materials

    Feb. 3, 2025
    Software bill of materials (SBOMs) play an important role in product and software security, but many misconceptions have surfaced about their purpose and how best to apply them...
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    1,700-V SiC MOSFETs Fit Renewable, Energy Storage, EV Charging Apps

    Feb. 3, 2025
    The AEC-Q101-qualified SiC MOSFET power and half-bridge modules—screened and tested to over 2,200 V—are available as bare die and discrete packages.
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    Step-Down DC-DC Converters Built for Portable Battery-Powered Apps

    Jan. 31, 2025
    These high-efficiency step-down converters improve design flexibility with low output ripple across a wide input voltage range.
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    Realizing the Smart Home's Full Potential with Matter

    Jan. 31, 2025
    The Matter protocol and the latest innovations in low-power, short-range connectivity invigorate the smart-home market.
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    Tapping into Green Hydrogen for Next-Gen Mobility

    Jan. 30, 2025
    The ability to use hydrogen effectively can empower a variety of applications, especially electric aircraft.
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    How a Cleantech “Competition” is Dominating the Global Economy

    Jan. 29, 2025
    The emerging markets for clean energy, transportation, and manufacturing are expected to be huge influences on the global economy. Surprisingly, a recent study finds that this...
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    What Will It Take for 48 V to Replace 12 V in Automotive Power?

    Jan. 27, 2025
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    Space Race 2025: Multiple Agencies Set to Launch New Missions

    Jan. 27, 2025
    The Moon and asteroids are at the top of the mission list for a number of agencies, while others will focus on exploration to increase our understanding of the universe.
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    Software Drives FOC Motors Without Shunts or Sensors

    Jan. 27, 2025
    A software companion to BridgeSwitch motor-driver ICs controls and configures high-efficiency single- and three-phase BLDC inverters.
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    Korean Researchers Advance Piezoelectric and Triboelectric Harvesting Sensors

    Jan. 24, 2025
    Advances in materials science stemming from research in South Korea are leading to higher-performance piezoelectric and triboelectric, and self-powering, sensors.