The long running story of man versus machine reached an important new milestone in March, this year, when Google’s AlphaGo program scored a 4-1 victory in the ancient board game Go, against one of the world’s best players: Lee Sedol of South Korea. This defeat...

Insights | By Mirko Bernacchi | 30-06-2016

Now that LED technology is becoming widespread in all kinds of lighting applications, the focus is on making LED lighting products smaller and more energy efficient while maintaining long life and reducing cost. Manufacturers of passive and electromechanical c...

Articles | By Martin Keenan | 29-06-2016

Now that LED technology is becoming widespread in all kinds of lighting applications, the focus is on making LED lighting products smaller and more energy efficient while maintaining long life and reducing cost. Manufacturers of passive and electromechanical c...

Insights | By Martin Keenan | 29-06-2016

A third-generation quarter-brick advanced bus converter that delivers up to 650W and has a regulated output voltage over a range of 40V to 60V has bee developed by Ericsson Power Modules today. The company says its BMR458, a third-generation 3E quarter-brick a...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 28-06-2016

A third-generation quarter-brick advanced bus converter that delivers up to 650W and has a regulated output voltage over a range of 40V to 60V has bee developed by Ericsson Power Modules today. The company says its BMR458, a third-generation 3E quarter-brick a...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 28-06-2016

A series of embedded security solutions that use standard microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs) as new security structures for embedded devices that will function as IoT endpoints has been developed by Renesas. The first product in the series is t...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 27-06-2016

A series of embedded security solutions that use standard microcontrollers (MCUs) and microprocessors (MPUs) as new security structures for embedded devices that will function as IoT endpoints has been developed by Renesas. The first product in the series is t...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 27-06-2016

Just how much technology do humans want attached to them as they go about their daily lives? If consumer organisations have their way we homo sapiens could be carrying more electronics than RoboCop. Why do I mention this? Well, because Bosch Sensortec recently...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 27-06-2016

Just how much technology do humans want attached to them as they go about their daily lives? If consumer organisations have their way we homo sapiens could be carrying more electronics than RoboCop. Why do I mention this? Well, because Bosch Sensortec recently...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 27-06-2016

A new version of the J-Link firmware for NXP's evaluation boards with OpenSDA debug and programming interface has been developed by embedded software company SEGGER. OpenSDA is used on the Tower and Freedom evaluation boards equipped with Kinetis microcontroll...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 22-06-2016

A new version of the J-Link firmware for NXP's evaluation boards with OpenSDA debug and programming interface has been developed by embedded software company SEGGER. OpenSDA is used on the Tower and Freedom evaluation boards equipped with Kinetis microcontroll...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 22-06-2016

Beyond the capabilities of industrial NAND Flash, automotive NAND Flash features advanced data-care management, diagnostic, protection and security features. By Rolf Schroeder, Swissbit. Offering fashionable looks, do-anything features and always-connected...

By Rolf Schroeder | 22-06-2016