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Portable Designs with High-Power Batteries and Chargers Wednesday, December 5 at 2:00 pm ET; presented by Micro Power Robin Sarah Tichy, PhD, Technical Marketing Manager at Micro Power Electronics Inc. provides an industry update and profiles new high-power (or high-pulse) rechargeable lithium batteries. Traditional lithium batteries support pulses of 5 A, while new high-power batteries support pulses over 100 A, enabling many new portable applications. This Webcast details cell configurations, chemical formulations, electrical performance, safety issues, limitations, and sample performance data. Download the e-kit to learn more |
Electronic Design UPDATE edited by Richard Gawel, Managing Editor
and John Arkontaky, Assistant Editor
IEEE-US and SIA have joined forces to urge Congress to pass the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2007, which includes the H-1B visa program. In October, SIA and IEEE sent a joint letter to the Senate and House leaders urging them to adopt measures that make it easier for companies to retain highly skilled immigrant workers...
Read the full article..... Our revamped Navigation bar has new Design Hotspots. Come check out the latest in EDA, analog, embedded, power, and green design from the ED editors. .. design solution | A Low-Power Solution For GPON Burst-Mode ReceiversThe move to bring broadband services capable of supporting the triple-play applications of voice, video, and data to first-mile customers (small businesses and the home) continues to evolve. A key player in this FTTx movement is GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network), a fiber-based network that provides a higher bandwidth alternative to existing solutions such as DSL and cable...
Read the full article..... focus on communications | Crosspoint Switch Raises Integrity BarJoining the company's PowerWise family, two low-power, LVDS 2- by 2-crosspoint switches claim top honors in the signal-integrity department. The DS25CP102 delivers what may be the industry's best jitter performance at 6 ps typical and at data rates to 3.125 Gb/s while consuming 125 mW of power per channel.
Read the full article..... EiED online | ESC Products, Round 3Technology Editor William Wong reviews a third round of products he checked out at the Boston Embedded Systems Conference...
Read the full article..... Engineering TV: Episode 88 | Levels of Competition
The FIRST Robotics Challenge partnered with Lego to create a junior league, and since then the league has grown to include the Junior League, the Vex Challenge, and the FIRST Robotics Challenge...
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The 50th anniversary celebration of the IEEE Global Communications Conference got underway with congratulations from President George Bush citing Globecom for its international achievement in the "development and advancement of global communications."
Read the full article.... Infineon, Intel To Develop Solutions For HD SIM CardsInfineon and Intel have agreed to collaborate on developing chip solutions for high-density SIM cards. Infineon will architect modular chip solutions, including a 32-bit security microcontroller based on its existing SLE 88 family. Intel will contribute leading-edge flash memory technologies, capabilities, and manufacturing, offering capacities from 4 Mbytes to 64 Mbytes...
Read the full article.... Mubadala Buys Stake In AMDAbu Dhabi-based Mubadala Development Company invested $622 million in chipmaker AMD. The investment company now holds an 8.1% stake in the world's second largest computer processor manufacturer...
Read the full article.... Mentor Graphics, MathWorks Optimize FPGA Design FlowMentor Graphics has upgraded its Precision Synthesis tool to include hardware description language (HDL) generated by the MathWorks Simulink HDL Coder...
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