Review: TI’s radiation handbook for electronics
Texas Instruments has just published another excellent book in their series of tutorial books, this one entitled TI’s Radiation Handbook for Electronics. This handbook does require a MyTI login to...
View ArticleBattery management systems for solar energy storage solutions
Battery and solar PV cell prices are dropping. Renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar are affected by weather, location, and time; this leads to inconsistencies with the energy supply....
View ArticleIEEE and HKN presence in Africa: The sparks of technology
I am greatly disappointed in myself because I have never really considered the continent of Africa in relation to technology. My eyes were opened when I became aware of a Special Project by my...
View ArticleRugged timing solutions for aerospace and defense
SiTime’s timing (a good pun here!) for this announcement is perfect coming just after the 50th anniversary of the Moon landing by Apollo 11. Plus NASA and commercial companies like SpaceX and Blue...
View ArticleDynamic speaker management: Micro speakers on steroids
Maxim Integrated has developed many fine analog amplifiers in the past. I am particularly impressed with their latest audio amplifier, which is far more than just an audio amp. Since my first design...
View ArticleSmall, clinical-grade accuracy healthcare sensors advance wearable technology
Wearable biomedical electronics are headed toward enabling ubiquitous healthcare. The correlation of biomedical data acquired from different wearable sensors enables remote health monitoring, and...
View ArticleTransphorm to develop N-polar GaN for RF/mmWave for DoD
Transphorm Inc. has announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Naval Research (ONR) established the company as a U.S.-based dedicated production source and supplier of GaN epiwafers...
View ArticleEDN reader needs engineering assistance
I wanted to bring this issue to the attention of our esteemed audience on EDN. One of our readers is having difficulty with a Design Idea circuit and needs some help and advice. EDN has always been...
View ArticlePower supply management in quantum computers
In 2016, the first quantum computers were able to be programmed from a high level user interface1 to run arbitrary quantum algorithms. The design architectures were small in scale, with just a handful...
View ArticleInnovative wireless transmitter design advances Qi standard
I have always liked NuCurrent because of their involvement with wireless power. This company started as a Northwestern University graduate-student project that had the goal of powering implanted...
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