Loading...

Daily news and top headlines for electronic OEM design professionals

FREE Email Newsletter View Sample

CES 2012: Microsoft goes out with a whimper
CES 2012: Microsoft goes out with a whimper

For a company that changed the world with its PC operating systems and dominated CES for over a decade, Microsoft left a mute impression in its swan song at the world’s largest consumer electronics show.

Deconstruct to Construct
Deconstruct to Construct

Reverse-engineering something may be used mostly to copy someone else’s work, but it can also be used as a thought exercise to aid original design.

Missives to the Future
Missives to the Future

What legacy do you believe your work will leave?

Tantalum Capacitors Comply with Conflict-Free Smelter Program

AVX announced that as of December 2011, all of its Congolese tantalum raw material, powder and wire suppliers are fully compliant with the independently audited Conflict-Free Smelter Program.

Gifts for Geeks
Gifts for Geeks

So you waited until the last minute to complete your shopping list...luckily, your trusty friends at ECN are here to help. And praise the lord for that, because geeks are a tough crowd: They don’t bow to the fashion gods, patronize expensive beauty salons, or play anything that involves cardiovascular activity.

PMICs Are Presented as the Smallest for Solid State Drives
PMICs Are Presented as the Smallest for Solid State Drives

Texas Instruments introduced a family of tiny, single-chip, power management integrated circuits (PMICs) for powering all the supply rails in solid state drives (SSDs), hybrid drives and other Flash memory management applications. The new LM10504, LM10503 and LM10506 PMICs feature

Looking Behind, Leaping Ahead
Looking Behind, Leaping Ahead

We enter 2012 with great enthusiasm, reflecting not only what we’ve achieved, but what we will do in the future.

Embedding Systems
Embedding Systems

The impact of convergence on the design community is not just increasing in scope, it's also speeding up. Consolidation of functionality and integration of subsystems has meant that the very definition of what an embedded system is becomes more elusive.

A proactive approach to healthcare
A proactive approach to healthcare

We’ve cured cancer. Well...not quite, but according to some, early detection will eradicate deadly diseases. This was one of many fascinating topics covered at the 2011 Imec Tech Forum.

Thinking Differently: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011
Thinking Differently: Steve Jobs, 1955-2011

The world will be a little less interesting with Steve Jobs gone. He was one of the people who had truly changed the world, how we percieve it, and how we live in it.

Dungeons and Dragons Dice Gauntlet
Dungeons and Dragons Dice Gauntlet

Feb 3

The D&D bracer is a fairly quick, fun, nerdy LilyPad project. The final product is a wearable bracer with a display that will randomly generate numbers between 1 and 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 20, or 100 in response to arm movement, so it can effectively replace all of the dice in your bag for a D&D session.

Sustainable?
Sustainable?

Feb 2

I'd like some genius to define sustainable. Could we count something that we can keep doing for 100 billion years - beyond the death of the Universe as we currently understand such things - as sustainable? How about a billion years?

TopicStarterLast Post
Digital watch voice recorderEdipo FerrariOct 1
HolidaysJason LombergMar 3
iPhone OwnerJason LombergNov 17
Video Game ViolenceJason LombergJan 6
Global Warming/Climate ChangeJason LombergAug 11
3D TechJason LombergNov 17
Medical ElectronicsJason LombergNov 17
The Incandescent BanJason LombergNov 17
Video of the Day


Free Electronic OEM Design
Industry Subscriptions

Magazine

ECN magazine

Newsletters

newsletters

Sign up now


Archived Issues

Top Stories and Headlines
EVERY DAY!

FREE Email Newsletter