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Mouser First Distributor to Offer the Texas Instruments LDC2114 EVM for Inductive Touch Sensing

Texas Instruments LDC2114 EVM for Inductive Touch Sensing
Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is first to offer the LDC2114 Evaluation Module (EVM) for the LDC2112 and LDC2114 inductive touch solutions from Texas Instruments (TI). A new addition to TI’s sensing solutions, the LDC2114EVM demonstrates the use of inductive sensing to detect and...

Lenovo eyes off AR smart glasses for business use

Lenovo AR smart glasses
Smart glasses once seemed like a gadget our future selves wouldn't be able to go without, but since Google Glass tripped over its own awkward feet, they've mostly retreated from the public eye and switched focus to niche applications. Now Lenovo has set its sights on the augmented reality eyewear arena, with a business customer-focused pair of smart specs...

Maxim Announces Industry’s First Remote Tuner Solution with Single Hardware Platform Supporting Worldwide Radio Standards for Automotive Applications

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San Jose, CA—January 5, 2017—Using the remote tuner solution from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM), designers can significantly simplify the head unit design of a vehicle and reduce cables. The MAX2175RF to Bits tunerwithin the solution eliminates the need to rework the vehicle’s hardware to support worldwide radio standards, allowing updates by simply changingthe vehicle’s software. View details...

HCL completes acquisition of Butler America Aerospace

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IT services major HCL Technologies today said it has completed its USD 85 million acquisition of Butler America Aerospace. The all-cash deal, announced in October last year, will strengthen HCL Technologies’ position in the aerospace and defence engineering services space. “The acquisition has been completed with effect from January 3, 2017,” HCL said in a filing to the BSE. Butler Aerospace provides...

Global Semiconductor Sales Up 7 Percent Year-to-Year

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The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), representing U.S. leadership in semiconductor manufacturing, design, and research, today announced worldwide sales of semiconductors reached $31.0 billion for the month of November 2016, an increase of 7.4 percent compared to the November 2015 total of $28.9 billion and 2.0 percent more than the October 2016 total of 30.4 billion. November marked the market's...

Internet of Things will be larger than the internet that you know

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Customer communication saw a major shift in 2016 when communication away from being just one facet of business and manifested into a primary monetisation model. Companies like Uber built entire service ecosystems on the strength of its communication infrastructure alone. This trend is rapidly spreading to businesses in other verticals as well as making the customer an all-powerful piece...

Tapdo Fingerprint Sensor can Control All Smart Devices at a Touch

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With the smartphone market expanding considerably each day, it is not surprising that various tech giants are trying to come up with something new. Another novel feature in a smartphone is the fingerprint sensor. Almost all the new models out in the market consist of an inbuilt fingerprint sensor which supports a number of functions of the mobile. A...

Ericsson demonstrates ‘Internet of Things’ solutions for Andhra farmers

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Leading technology player Ericsson on Thursday demonstrated its connected Aquaponics and Smart Water Grid Management IoT (Internet of Things) solutions in Mori village in East Godavari district as a pilot being run by Andhra Pradesh government towards creating smart and sustainable villages in the state. Connected Aquaponics integrates aquaculture and hydroponics for reuse of the ammonia rich waste water from...

Move over 4G, Internet of Things and 5G will be the flavour of 2017

RS Sharma Chairman TRAI
New Delhi: In what could herald a new era in telecom technology in India, the industry watchdog will soon release consultation papers ahead of framing regulations and standards for the rollout of 5G networks and Internet of Things (IoT). 5G is the next generation of wireless networks, which are expected to offer lightening speed and also possess the capacity to...

Rapidly Introduce ZigBee-Enabled Designs for IoT with NXP’s JN5169 ZigBee Expansion Kits, Now at Mouser Electronics

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Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the JN5169 ZigBee® Expansion Kits from NXP® Semiconductors. Equipped with NXP’s pre-certified ZigBee and IEEE802.15.4 JN5169 wireless microcontroller, these kits enable designers to rapidly introduce ZigBee-enabled wireless products without the need for advanced radio frequency (RF)...

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