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Monthly Archives: July 2011

US DoE Moves Closer to the Finish Line – New BCS and Expanded EPS Test Standards Published

Monday, July 18, 2011

Last month, the US Department of Energy published amendments to its Battery Charger Systems (BCSs) and External Power Supplies (EPSs) test procedure. This completes an important milestone for the DoE, allowing the focus to turn to the next (and extremely important) part of the EISA2007 BCS and EPS requirement – issuing its first energy conservation [...]

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SEMICON West in San Francisco

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

SEMICON West in San Francisco was buzzing right along on opening day Tuesday with a lot of activity on the show floor and full-house attendance at the three TechXPOT technical presentation locations on the floor. In an address at a Technology Forum put on by IMEC, Robert Gilmore, VP of engineering for Qualcom talked about [...]

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Capacitive touch and OLED: A combination whose use I dread

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Welcome to Brian Dipert On Technology: An Electronic Products Ongoing Journey. Hopefully at least some of you recall my name from my 14+ years with EDN Magazine, a career that wrapped up at the end of May and which included (among other things) a six-plus year run of the Brian’s Brain blog. Thanks to the [...]

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Internet usage to explode

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

I’m told that by 2015 there will be 10 B smart devices connected to the Internet. Data traffic will go up 26x from 2010 to 2015. I also read recently in the NP that there is now more internet usage by mobile devices than by desk-top. I don’t think I believe that one – maybe [...]

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5 Great Articles from June

Friday, July 1, 2011

If you didn’t have a chance to read them, these are five must read articles from June. Fundamentals: Designing your first power supply Solar micro-inverter yields 96% efficiency Fundamentals of battery charging: Part 1 EV battery refuels like gasoline Optimizing a mobile robot’s navigation performance – Bryan DeLuca

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