ON Semiconductor has announced a complete wireless battery-free sensing solution kit (SPSDEVK1) that allows the company’s innovative Smart Passive Sensors (SPS) to be rapidly integrated into Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. The SPSDEVK1 solution kit is plug and play ready for users to immediately measure, aggregate and analyze the data for various IoT applications. SPS wireless and battery-free sensors enable the monitoring of […]
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Analog Top Talks in November on EDABoard.com forums
Peer-to-peer, engineer-to-engineer questions and answers from the EDABoard.com engineering community around analog ICs and analog design. Click the “Read more” link and follow the entire conversation and maybe add your two cents by logging in to EDAboard.com. Adaptive biasing of source degeneration – I am designing an OTA with improved linearity, and I have used source […]
CAD software handles automotive lighting optical simulation/analysis within CATIA V5
Synopsys, Inc. announced the latest release of its LucidShape CAA V5 Based software product, which allows designers to perform optical simulations and analyses of automotive lighting products within the CATIA V5 environment. LucidShape CAA V5 Based version 2017.09, now available, gives designers the flexibility to simulate multiple lighting functions and optical design variations in the same […]
Software models multi-level photonic IC designs
Version 2017.09 of the Synopsys RSoft product portfolio software tools for photonic component and optical communication system design includes important new features to streamline and enhance photonic and optoelectronic modeling. The RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite reduces development time with efficient analysis of silicon photonics components at the device, circuit and system levels. The RSoft Photonic System […]
Open source hardware development framework for IC designs
efabless corporation, an online design platform and marketplace for community-developed intellectual property (IP) and integrated circuits (ICs), today introduced Chiplicity, an open source framework for community members to create, share, make derivatives of and commercialize mixed-signal ICs. “Chiplicity is a first of its kind and extends the efabless electronics community engineering concept from IP to […]
New features for cabinet/wiring/layout design software
Zuken announces the availability of E³.series 2017, which marks another milestone in the continuous evolution of Zuken’s powerful electrical, wire harness, and fluid engineering design tool. The latest release contains new and enhanced functionality that further increases productivity throughout all phases of engineering, from design to manufacture. New third party integrations extend the E3.series ecosystem of […]
PCB design package handles multiple-board EMC, extends 3D MCAD support
Zuken announces the immediate availability of CR-8000 2017.This latest release is the first to enhance electrical and electronic co-design at the architectural design phase. CR-8000 is the industry’s only 3D product-centric design solution with architecture design, concurrent 3D multi-board support, and chip/package/board co-design capabilities. CR-8000 integrates directly with Zuken’s DS-2, a comprehensive electronic and electrical design data management […]
Premier Farnell launches free CAD library
Premier Farnell, The Development Distributor, is partnering with Traceparts to provide CAD designs for 10,000 TE Connectivity products available to customers to download in multiple formats. Content provided within the library includes high-resolution images, technical documentation, attribution, features and benefits along with descriptions to assist customers with their design selection. Downloadable CAD files in multiple […]
Phased-array antenna kits target 5G apps
5G is coming. This new form of wireless connection will help us keep up with the explosion of smart devices requiring the internet. Cars, appliances, security cameras, virtual reality platforms and many other traditionally “inactive” devices – are beginning to require mobile internet connections to help us stay connected, and not just with other […]
Top analog threads on EDAboard.com – May
(editor’s note: Intrigued by the problem? Have a question or another solution? Then click the “Read more” link and follow the conversation on EDAboard.com or log in to EDAboard and participate in the analog forum threads.) Flyback source and magnetic air gap – I was studying dc-dc converters because I want to do a flyback voltage […]
