This week sees three technical collaborations that could provide the first automatic geo-referenced RF enabled map system, a DSP system-on-module innovation and a flexible haptic actuator for wearable devices. On the right track Mapping experts TRX Systems are...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 18-04-2016

A few weeks ago I wrote about how that incredibly lightweight and microscopic material graphene was poised to become a heavyweight contender in terms of its global usage. And that statement has now been born out in a new report called World Graphene published...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 13-04-2016

A few weeks ago I wrote about how that incredibly lightweight and microscopic material graphene was poised to become a heavyweight contender in terms of its global usage. And that statement has now been born out in a new report called World Graphene published...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 13-04-2016

Wind River’s Eva Skoglund and Intel’s Jakob Engblom discuss the possibilities of the Cloud for embedded systems. Let’s think about the possibilities of the Cloud for embedded systems. What if development for embedded and IoT systems could be done using the...

By Electropages | 13-04-2016

Bluetest, a specialist in reverberation chamber technology testing of wireless devices and test and measurement company Keysight have collaborated to provide what is said to be a simpler and more advanced form of OTA testing. Over-the-air (OTA) measurements ar...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 12-04-2016

Bluetest, a specialist in reverberation chamber technology testing of wireless devices and test and measurement company Keysight have collaborated to provide what is said to be a simpler and more advanced form of OTA testing. Over-the-air (OTA) measurements ar...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 12-04-2016

Production tests on multiport DUTs, such as frontend modules for smartphones, are increasing in complexity. In addition to the traditional RF measurements, T&M equipment must also handle new features and developments, such as DUT configuration via GPIO and han...

By Electropages | 01-04-2016

Half-bridge 15MHz Half-Bridge development boards that use eGaN FETs and high-frequency synchronous bootstrap topology have been launched by California-based power specialists, the Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). The company says the EPC9066, EPC9...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 31-03-2016

Half-bridge 15MHz Half-Bridge development boards that use eGaN FETs and high-frequency synchronous bootstrap topology have been launched by California-based power specialists, the Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC). The company says the EPC9066, EPC9...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 31-03-2016

A module that is pre-certified, Bluetooth 4.1 compliant and features 3dBm output power for apps requiring up to a 50 metre range has been developed by Texas-based Silicon Labs. It is based on the company's Blue Gecko wireless SoC. Being 4.1 compliant is import...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 30-03-2016

A module that is pre-certified, Bluetooth 4.1 compliant and features 3dBm output power for apps requiring up to a 50 metre range has been developed by Texas-based Silicon Labs. It is based on the company's Blue Gecko wireless SoC. Being 4.1 compliant is import...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 30-03-2016

Fundamentally the Kalman filter is a sensor and data fusion algorithm. It uses the control inputs of a particular system combined with a substantial amount of measurements from sensors to rapidly create an estimate of the system's current operational state. Th...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 23-03-2016