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Energy Micro launches free sample program for EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers
Energy Micro today announced a new program that gives designers around the world quick and easy access to free samples of the EFM32 Gecko series microcontrollers. Part of the company’s focus on simplicity, the sample program is aimed at designers wanting to test the latest and most energy efficient MCU technology.
Energy Micro adds 12 devices to its Cortex-M3 microcontroller range for energy friendly applications
Energy Micro has announced availability of its EFM32 Gecko and Tiny Gecko product lines in a QFP64 package. The new 64-pin devices are particularly popular in the growing smart metering market, in addition to energy sensitive applications like building automation, security systems and portable health and fitness equipment.
Energy Micro adds low energy sensor interface
Energy Micro, the energy friendly microcontroller company, has added a generic low energy sensor interface to its EFM32 microcontroller product family. The LESENSE function block enables autonomous monitoring of up to 16 external sensors in the microcontroller's sub-microamp Deep Sleep mode.
The U-Tag, a revolutionary device that verifies the authenticity of documents and objects
U-Tag terminal represents a major advance in product and document verification. Developed for applications that require maximum mobility, this terminal is firmly rooted in the “Chip-to-Cloud” era, and permits simultaneous control of all product and document identification and authentication methods. U-Tag gives security authorities an effective and easy-to-use tool in the fight against counterfeiting, capable of reading all existing authentic...
RF Transceivers from Analog Devices for Mobile WiMAX Applications
Analog Devices has introduced RF-to-digital baseband transceivers designed to enable the IEEE 802.16d/e mobile WiMAX standard for mobile communications devices, such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, and handheld multimedia devices. WiMAX terminals enable wireless broadband connectivity with dramatically lower installation costs than competitive wired solutions. As WiMAX evolves from a fixed-line protocol to one that increasingly ser...
Open Sensuality: Roadster Performance In Its Perfect Form
The performance brand within Mercedes-Benz Cars is presenting a new dream-car: the SLS AMG Roadster. This super sports car thrills with a perfect synthesis of open-top driving pleasure, outstanding driving dynamics and systematic lightweight construction. The overall visual appearance of the new two-seater is marked by its purist design.
Champion Of Refined Efficiency
The third generation of the Mercedes-Benz M-Class sets a new benchmark in the SUV world. Its enhanced fuel consumption and emission figures are especially impressive. Across the range, fuel consumption is improved by an average of 25 per cent over the previous model. Particularly noteworthy in this respect is the ML 250 BlueTEC 4MATIC, which has an NEDC consumption of 47.0 mpg (158 g CO2/km). Yet for all this efficiency, the M-Class retains its c...
Safer Queues With New Technology
More than 20 per cent of all accidents involving trucks take place in traffic queues or similar situations. That is why Volvo Trucks has developed a system called Automated Queue Assistance (AQuA) which helps the driver in slow-moving queues by taking control of the vehicle. The system is being demonstrated between June 21st-22nd during at the HAVEit Final Event in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Slaying the myths at Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air
Opening speaker at Electric Vehicles Land Sea Air USA 2012 in San Jose California March 27-28, Raghu Das of leading analysts IDTechEx says, Unlike other events, we delight in slaying the myth that most of the market value is in cars. Only our events and publications reflect the market split over the next ten years where cars will be important but well under 50% of the market value and the part where most participants go to the wall and there is m...
Continental Tests Highly-Automated Driving
Human error is still the greatest risk factor on the roads: Driver mistakes were found to be the cause of over 80 percent of all accidents involving personal injuries in Germany in 2010 according to the German Federal Statistical Office. Advanced driver assistance systems can offer remedies. On the one hand they can support the driver in demanding and difficult situations and on the other hand develop room for freedom during monotonous driving si...