LATEST ELECTRONICS DESIGN NEWS

Communications

• Peelable NFC antenna from Taoglas

  “In 2012, it is expected that 1.4 billion cellphones will ship and up to 40% will have a NFC tag,” said Dermot O’Shea, Taoglas

  Posted: 25 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE

EDA and IP

• Software is at heart of everything, says National Instruments

  

  “The secret sauce for us was creating a reuseable software platform for instruments,” says Alex Davern, chief operating officer of National Instrument

  Posted: 15 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE

Embedded Systems

• $49 Android PC from Via

  

  Centred around an ARM processor, Taiwanese motherboard maker Via has announced a $49 APC Android PC that can be connected to a TV or monitor. Like Raspberry PI, Via has chosen an ARM11 processor for its...

  Posted: 23 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE

Legislation

• Government plans awareness campaign for RoHS recast

  UK Government’s Department of Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) has approached distributor Farnell as part of its plan to increase awareness of RoHS and WEEE recasts (RoHS 2 and WEEE 2)

  Posted: 18 Jan 2012 | FULL ARTICLE

Power

• TI describes development of DSP-based smart grids

  Digital signal processors have a role to play in smart grid applications such as advanced power analytics, PLC and wireless communications, write Thanh Tran and Gustavo Martinez

  Posted: 22 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE

• Software is at heart of everything, says National Instruments

  

  “The secret sauce for us was creating a reuseable software platform for instruments,” says Alex Davern, chief operating officer of National Instrument

  Posted: 15 May 2012 | FULL ARTICLE