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Read ArticleAugmented Reality Eyewear Beyond Google Glass
Augmented technology has broken into the mainstream, with popular apps such as Pokemon Go, Snapchat and Instagram face filters available to anyone with a smartphone. The next step in the wave of AR
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Read ArticleHow Are Car Manufacturers Building Sustainability into the Auto Industry?
One of the most well-known instances of sustainability efforts involved with the automobile industry is the eco-friendly car. Generally, an eco-friendly (also referred to as a “green” or “clean”...
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Read ArticleThe Day a PCB Was Born
I want to take you back to a project that highlights a few twists as all good projects will. 17 years ago I was presented with 20 pounds of potatoes and a 10 pound bag.
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Read ArticleWhat Careers Can You Pursue With an Electrical Engineering Degree?
Between the reusable rockets, self driving cars, and the ever expanding IoT, there’s never been a better time to become an electrical engineer. In this post we’ll dive into the different career paths
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Read ArticleThe Next Generation of DDR5 Is Near: Here’s How to Prepare
This past summer, Cadence and Micron teamed up to demo the first IP interface in silicon for a preliminary version of the DDR5-4400 IMC. The chip was fabricated with TSMC’s 7nm...
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Read ArticleTaking High Speed PCB Layout to the Next Level
The word from the boardroom is that high speed digital design begins to resemble RF work somewhere around the 1 GB/s. Anything that happens a thousand million times per second had better....
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Read ArticleWinning With Fewer PCBs
The business world keeps score with dollars and cents. The overhead cost of layout and material cost of bare boards are a significant drain on capital. Face it; Printed Circuit Boards are expensive.
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Read ArticleWhat Impact Will Robotics in Manufacturing Have on the Job Market?
Robots are a hot topic these days. From helping doctors in the operating room to helping survivors of a natural disaster, it’s clear that robots are poised to play an important role...
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Read ArticleStart Designing for AI, Machine Learning, and More: Introducing the Jetson Xavier Developer Kit ver2
Last week, NVIDIA announced the release of the Jetson Xavier developer kit. The Jetson Xavier, which was developed in OrCAD, is designed to help developers prototype with robots, drones, and other...
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Read ArticleKeeping High-Tech Weaponry Safe from Hackers
When many modern high-tech weapons were developed, such as nuclear weapon systems, computer capabilities were a fraction of what they are now. Few could have predicted the strides that...
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Read ArticleMaintaining a Schedule When Everyone is in a Panic
Whether the Designer is driving schedule or keeping the Project Manager in the loop, we need to hone the skill of estimating a job accurately and with sufficient wiggle room.
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Read ArticlePCB Analysis Considerations for Every Designer
Printed-circuit board (PCB) complexity mandates performing different analysis types to ensure robust board performance. This complexity is brought on by the ever-increasing ...
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Read ArticleSoldiers or Cyborgs? The Technology Behind Enhanced Armor
Very soon, cyborg soldiers might not just be the stuff of science fiction anymore — the military has several active projects that work on using technology to enhance a soldier’s human abilities.
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Read ArticleRigid Flex Circuitry Applications in Medical and Medical Device Worlds
More advanced medical devices such as cochlear implants or implants for damaged retinas require that powerful processing be contained within a flexible form factor
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Read ArticleHeatsink Trends I've Seen in Recent Years
A heat sink is a passive heat exchanger that removes heat from a surface via conduction and dissipates it to the surrounding atmosphere.
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Read ArticleCadence DesignTrue DFM Ecosystem Connects Manufacturers with Customers to Ensure PCB Design Manufacturability Early in the Design Process
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that it has launched a broad ecosystem with nine initial printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing partners...
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Read ArticleBeyond Drones: Three Uses for Autonomous Devices on the Battlefield
Here’s a round-up of three innovative autonomous devices that are reshaping military technology.
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Read ArticleIntroduction: What is LiDAR?
LiDAR is a method of measuring distance by sending out beams of light (in the form of a pulsed laser) in order to measure the distance range between a target and the laser source.
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Read ArticleA Guide to PCB Material Selection
A material selection guide is as good a place as any to start. Your typical PCB consists of one or more layers of copper laminated between sheet layers of a non-conductive substrate.
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Read ArticleComponent Placement Strategies in Multi-board PCB Systems
There are definitely limits on how much circuitry can fit on a single board. The board itself has an upper limit around the size...
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