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Find Your Keys in Nothing Flat

NXP’s Trimension Chips use UWB for Location Finding
by Jim Turley - October 21, 2020

“Location, location, location.” – Real estate mantra

Ultrawideband (UWB) is the proverbial twenty-year overnight success. The concept has been around for a long time, but it’s only now starting to hit the big time. 

UWB takes a shotgun approach to wireless communications. Rather than beam a relatively strong signal within a narrow … Read More → "Find Your Keys in Nothing Flat"

Best and Worst Smart Home Interfaces

An Unplanned Trial of Several Products Reveals Big Differences
by Jim Turley - October 19, 2020

“’Easy to use’ is easy to say.” – Jeff Garber

My tech-savvy kids are preparing to move to another country, so I just inherited a lot of “smart home” gadgets that won’t work in their new place. Now I’ve got a box full of smart connected electrical outlets, Wi-Fi wall switches, wireless security cameras, and other gizmos. … Read More → "Best and Worst Smart Home Interfaces"

Terrible Things to Scare the Children: #adifferenthalloween with element14

by Amelia Dalton - October 16, 2020

It’s creepy! It’s crawly! It’s a design contest too! In this week’s Fish Fry podcast, Phil Hutchinson (element14) brings us the goods on this year’s spookily spectacular element14 Halloween design competition. Phil and I chat about some of last year’s creepy creations, why this year’s contest is slightly different than the year before, and how you can enter this unique Halloween design … Read More → "Terrible Things to Scare the Children: #adifferenthalloween with element14"

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industry news
November 25, 2020
Put Your Engineering Knowledge to the Test with Mouser’s New Tech Quotient Game App
November 23, 2020
New feature-rich micro:bit now shipping from Newark
November 19, 2020
New from RS Components – the versatile Eaton Small E-Stop emergency button with 360° visibility
November 18, 2020
Avnet Simplifies IoT Connectivity for Developers via the LTE-M Development Kit Based on the Sequans Monarch Platform and NXP’s Microcontroller
November 17, 2020
World’s First Safety Certified Capacitive Touchscreen Controller Family for the Home Appliance Market
November 16, 2020
Renesas and Altran Team to Deploy First Social Distancing Wristwatch that uses Ultra-Wideband Chipset with Low Rate Pulse
November 13, 2020
element14 Community Launches Project14 Recycle & Retrofit Challenge
November 10, 2020
STMicroelectronics Collaborates with Qualcomm Technologies on Unique Sensor Solutions for Next-Gen Mobile, Connected PC, IoT, and Wearable Applications
November 6, 2020
One lens package size – two optical variants allows interoperability within a single housing
u-blox brings robust ultra-low power positioning accuracy to wearables and asset tracking
November 5, 2020
STMicroelectronics Unveils World’s Fastest 50W Qi Wireless-Charging IC
NXP Announces Low-cost, Low-power, MCU-based Face Recognition Solution with Liveness Detection for Touchless Access Control
November 4, 2020
55 BCDLite Solution Positions GLOBALFOUNDRIES for Continued Leadership in Audio Amplifiers for Mobile Devices
November 2, 2020
OKdo is supplying the first all-in-one PC from Raspberry Pi
October 30, 2020
Microchip Releases Newest Generation of AEC-Q101 Qualified 700 and 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD) for Automotive Applications
October 29, 2020
Microchip Releases Newest Generation of AEC-Q101 Qualified 700 and 1200V Silicon Carbide (SiC) Schottky Barrier Diode (SBD) for Automotive Applications
Renesas Extends RA MCU Family with RA6T1 MCU Group for Motor Control and AI-based Endpoint Predictive Maintenance
October 28, 2020
STMicroelectronics Simplifies Development of Cordless Power Tools with Plug-and-Play STSPIN32 Prototype Boards
October 15, 2020
Renesas Announces Buck-Boost DC/DC Converter with Ultra-Low Quiescent Current for Powering Sensors, MCUs, Wireless Devices, and Other Components
Vishay Intertechnology Integrated 40 V MOSFET Half-Bridge Power Stage Offers Best in Class RDS(ON) and FOM to Increase Power Density and Efficiency
October 14, 2020
DATA MODUL presents a new product category: easyTOUCH Plus
October 13, 2020
Twilio Expands IoT Offering with Introduction of Microvisor IoT Platform
October 12, 2020
STMicroelectronics Eases Simple GUI Design for Ultra-Low-Cost Devices with TouchGFX Updates and New STM32 Nucleo Shield
October 7, 2020
STMicroelectronics Introduces Bluetooth® 5.2-Certified SoC, Extending Range, Throughput, Reliability and Security
ON Semiconductor Introduces High-Performance CMOS Global Shutter Image Sensor for Machine Vision and Mixed Reality Applications
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The Wireless Member of the DARWIN Family — Maxim and Mouser Electronics  MCUs continue to evolve based on increasing demands from designers. We expect our microcontrollers to do more than ever – better security, more performance, lower power consumption – and we want it all for less money, of course. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kris Ardis from Maxim Integrated about … Read More → "The Wireless Member of the DARWIN Family — Maxim and Mouser Electronics"
TI Robotics System Learning Kit – Texas Instruments and Mouser Electronics  Robotics projects can get complicated quickly, and finding a set of components, controllers, networking, and software that plays nicely together is a real headache. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Mark Easley of Texas Instruments aVBOUT THE TI-RSLK Robotics Kit, which will get you up and running on your next … Read More → "TI Robotics System Learning Kit – Texas Instruments and Mouser Electronics"
Using the Graphical PMSM FOC Component in Harmony3 — Microchip and Mouser Electronics   Developing embedded software, and particularly configuring your embedded system can be a major pain for development engineers. Getting all the drivers, middleware, and libraries you need set up and in the right place and working is a constant source of frustration. In this episode of Chak Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Brett Novak … Read More → "Using the Graphical PMSM FOC Component in Harmony3 — Microchip and Mouser Electronics"
PolarFire SoC FPGA Family — Microchip and Mouser Electronics  FPGA SoCs can solve numerous problems for IoT designers. Now, with the growing momentum behind RISC-V, there are FPGA SoCs that feature RISC-V cores as well as low-power, high-security, and high-reliability. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with KK from Microchip Technology about the new PolarFire SoC family that is ideal … Read More → "PolarFire SoC FPGA Family — Microchip and Mouser Electronics"
Intel NUC Elements — Intel and Mouser Electronics   Intel Next Unit of Computing (NUC) compute elements are small-form-factor barebone computer kits and components that are perfect for a wide variety of system designs. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Kristin Brown of Intel System Product Group about pre-engineered solutions from Intel that can provide the appropriate level … Read More → "Intel NUC Elements — Intel and Mouser Electronics"
uPOL Technology — TDK and Mouser Electronics   Power modules are a superior solution for many system designs. Their small form factor, high efficiency, ease of design-in, and solid reliability make them a great solution in a wide range of applications. In this episode of Chalk Talk, Amelia Dalton chats with Tony Ochoa of TDK about the new uPOL family of … Read More → "uPOL Technology — TDK and Mouser Electronics"
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