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The eeDesignIt editorial team provides daily news within the world of electronics engineering.

Start-up aims to create electricity from your air conditioner

Editorial Team Jul 25, 2016

It's summertime here in New York, which means we're using a lot of air conditioning and racking up our electric bills. Typically, when we think of running our home's air conditioning system we understand that electricity is being used.…

A&D

NASA astronauts head to the ocean floor for 16 days to prepare for Mars

Editorial Team Jul 25, 2016

A team of astronauts, engineers and scientists will take residence at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for 16 days to prepare for future Mars missions.

Featured

Verizon just bought Yahoo for $4.83 billion

Editorial Team Jul 25, 2016

Verizon has just announced that it will acquire Yahoo for approximately $4.83 billion in cash. Just over a year ago the company acquired AOL and its latest move will be an attempt to position itself as a top global media company.…

Medical

Pokémon GO good for your health?: It’s not that farfetch’d

Editorial Team Jul 25, 2016

The smartphone craze Pokémon GO could be an 'innovative solution' to rising obesity levels and chronic disease, leading diabetes researchers believe. Millions of people around the world have started to play Pokémon GO, a virtual reality…

Trends

The latest buzz in midge swarm theory

Editorial Team Jul 22, 2016

A mathematical resemblance between swarm dynamics and gravitational interactions has been found by a team of researchers based in Israel and the US. The study, which has just been published in the New Journal of Physics, could provide a big…

A&D

Vibrating shoes could help astronauts avoid falls in space

Editorial Team Jul 22, 2016

Even without gravity, astronaut falls in space are hazardous — increasing the risk of missions and even causing physical harm. Astronauts have to navigate the bulk of their pressurized spacesuit, which can consume time and oxygen reserves,…

Featured

Using robotics to determine how centipedes move so fast

Editorial Team Jul 22, 2016

If you've ever encountered a centipede, you know they move pretty quickly. If you've ever been able to smash any of your centipede-related fears and wondered how they are capable of such dexterity, even over obstacles, researchers at Kyoto…

Technology

Game-changing ideas from students tackle real-world needs

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

The pressure is on for engineering students to be industry-ready upon graduation, with a growing demand for problem-solving technology. To aid in student readiness, Texas Instruments, in partnership with Mouser Electronics, hosted the TI…

Communications

LED modules reduced with help from LED driver IC

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

A 9-channel output LED driver IC, has been introduced by Toshiba Electronics Europe, that will save board space and reduce the size of LED modules in a variety of lighting and illumination applications. The TB62D786FTG has a single-wire…

A&D

HyperSpeed FFT IP core supplied by RFEL

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

The University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona, is working with RFEL as they supply the university's Arizona Radio Observatory (ARO) with one of its HyperSpeed FFT IP cores. They are developing a high performance radio astronomy spectrometer…

ADAS

End-to-end security for connected cars

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

A public unveiling of full capabilities from Argus Cyber Security's multi-layered car protection portfolio comprised of multiple suites of products and services delivering comprehensive end-to-end security for connected cars has taken…

Smart Home

Luna Smart Home System includes ZigBee chip from Qorvo

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

The new Luna Smart Home System for energy management, from Levary, includes ZigBee chips from Qorvo’s Low Power Wireless business (formerly GreenPeak Technologies). Qorvo’s ZigBee Green Power chips enable secure, long range and highly…

A&D

Powerful and innovative- world’s smallest computer designed

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

French electronic design specialists, Adeneo has partnered with e2v, to develop an innovative, powerful and pocket-sized avionics computer weighing less than 300g. The computer achieves its ultra-compact size by combining e2v’s processing…

Displays

TVS diode arrays design to safeguard high-speed interfaces

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

Two series of TVS diode arrays (SPA diodes) have been designed, by Littelfuse, to safeguard many of the latest high-speed interfaces from damage due to ESD. The SP7538P series TVS diode arrays integrate eight channels of ultra-low…

Computers

High-voltage power converter enables ultra-low-consumption SMPS

Editorial Team Jul 21, 2016

A high-voltage power converter that allows designers to build an ultra-low-consumption, simple and cost-effective SMPS with a 5V output voltage has been introduced by STMicroelectronics. The converter is tailored to provide the auxiliary…