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Breakdown test demonstration on a high-power, High-voltage IGBT device

April 4, 2012 10:12 am | Videos | Comments

Here's a video showing how to perform a simple breakdown test on a high-power, high voltage IGBT device using Keithley's recently introduced Model 2657A SourceMeter instrument. The unit features a

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Enpirion's PowerSoc Technology

April 30, 2012 2:17 pm | Videos | Comments

Here’s another video of Enprion’s Power SoC technology. Here, Mark Cieri, Director of Marketing and Business Development, and Ahmed Abou-Alfotouh, Ph.D., manager Systems Architect Group demonstrate

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COM Express Type 6 module includes quad core, 3rd generation Intel Core processors

April 24, 2012 12:30 pm | Podcasts | Comments

Congatec Inc. introduced conga-TM77, a new module with a significant improvement in computing performance combined with enhanced energy efficiency, according to the company. The crucial innovations in the 3rd generation Intel Core processors relate to

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Rigol Technologies and Rohde & Schwarz webcast: The future of scopes

April 19, 2012 4:25 pm | Webinars

As engineers push their circuits and components to ever-higher frequencies, they expect scope manufacturers to keep up with their needs. For their part, engineers must remain attentive to basic scope operations and specifications. Attend this webinar and listen as our panelists...

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Textronix webcast: Debugging techniques for serial buses in embedded design

April 10, 2012 4:12 pm | Webinars

Embedded systems are literally everywhere in our society today. Alarm clocks, cellular phones, computer printers, microwave ovens, and portable music players are just some of the examples of products based on embedded systems. Internally, embedded systems are made up of multiple devices that must communication with each other.

The Tinker's Toolbox -- Chad Hall of Ioxus

April 10, 2012 8:54 am | Podcasts | Comments

The Tinker’s Toolbox is the Advantage Design Group’s web-based interview show where we talk about the latest technology, components, design, and systems integration issues for the electronic design engineering community. In this edition, Alix Paultre, formerly of ECN, chats with Chad Hall of Ioxus about power quality issues.

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Freescale webcast: Quick, cost-effective HMI solutions

April 9, 2012 1:30 pm | Webinars

Customers are expecting HMI on all solutions beyond smart phones and tablets, such as home appliances, medical devices, and industrial controls. To get ahead of that trend, designers and engineers will be looking for easy-to-implement GUI solutions...

The Tinker’s Toolbox – Jeff Klaus of Intel

March 26, 2012 12:35 pm | Podcasts | Comments

Tinker’s Toolbox returns to the data center with Jeff Klaus, Director of Data Center Solutions at Intel. Workload, power consumption, thermal management and energy efficiency are always concerns in the data center, and Jeff will

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The Tinker's Toolbox - Joseph Citrano of Honeywell on Industrial Wireless

March 8, 2012 6:12 am | Podcasts | Comments

Joseph Citrano of Honeywell Sensing and Control (S&C) is my guest for this edition of Tinker’s Toolbox. As wireless technology gains widespread adoption on the factory floor, concerns about

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Five Questions with Tak Tsang of Agilent Technologies

March 1, 2012 6:31 am | Podcasts | Comments

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced the introduction of a wireless connectivity solution that links up to three Agilent handheld digital multimeters to smartphones, tablets and PCs. By enabling remote viewing and control from distances of up to 10 m, this solution

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Five Questions with Navraj Nandra of Synopsys

February 29, 2012 6:49 am | Podcasts | Comments

IP is the subject of this edition of Five Questions. Navraj Nandra of Synopsys, joins me to discuss an IP solution that supports multiple speed gears and a broad range of high-speed interfaces for mobile applications. The 28-nanometer (nm) solution supports six different inter-chip interconnect protocols. I’ll ask Navraj about

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TTI's The Specialist: Keep the line moving

February 23, 2012 5:41 am | Videos | Comments

The specialist is called upon once again to thwart the evil plans of his nemesis and his adorable (but evil) counterpart guinea pig who have shut down the line at an undisclosed distributor. See if The Specialist can save the day once again and get that line moving...

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Mod guru cooks up sizzling soldering tools with an old InfraWave oven in element14’s "The Ben Heck Show"

February 21, 2012 4:31 am | Videos | Comments

element14 and modding extraordinaire Ben Heck uses a bit of reverse engineering to transform an old-school InfraWave oven...

The Tinker's Toolbox - Sasha Gurke of Knovel on the Next Generation of Engineers

February 14, 2012 6:06 am | Podcasts | Comments

In this episode of the Tinker's Toolbox we talk to Sasha Gurke,  Senior Vice President and co-founder of Knovel, about inspiring and creating the next generation of engineers to serve the industry.

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PoE 101 -- Beyond the IT Closet

February 13, 2012 11:29 am | Videos | Comments

Power over Ethernet (PoE) is a standardized system of using communications lines to supply low voltage power to networked devices with limited -- or no -- available AC power.

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A Digital Power System Demonstration from Texas Instruments

February 10, 2012 7:34 am | Videos | Comments

This is a video shot at the Applied Power Electronics Conference at the Texas Instruments booth of their latest PM-BUS-compatible digital power system solutions.

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