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Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secrets
Rick DeMeis, Automotive Designline, May 10, 2012Beyond battery chemistry and electric propulsion and control, the Chevy Volt enhanced-range electric vehicle builds in flexibility, ruggedness, and diagnostics—with attention to quality construction. More -
Do new technologies ease small-scale product innovation?
Bill Schweber, Contributing Technical Editor, May 10, 2012PC-based simulation and tools, manufacturing setups, and production equipment mean that it is easier to develop lower-volume products. More -
Distributors hone 'traffic' control skills
Bolaji Ojo, Editor in Chief, EBN, May 7, 2012EBN ranks the world's Top 25 electronics components distributors by revenue and address issues of significance to their businesses. More -
Shipping now: conflict-free parts
Barbara Jorgensen, EBN Community Editor, April 19, 2012AVX Corp and Motorola Solutions Inc have announced the first shipment of tantalum products validated as conflict-free. More -
IHS: Counterfeit parts represent $169B annual risk
Dylan McGrath, EE Times, April 5, 2012The five most commonly counterfeited semiconductor types are analog ICs, microprocessors, memory ICs, programmable logic devices, and transistors, all of which are commonly used in commercial and military applications, according to data provided by IHS. More -
AMD relinquishes stake in Globalfoundries
Dylan McGrath, EE Times, March 5, 2012Advanced Micro Devices Ihas agreed to relinquish its remaining 14% stake in Globalfoundries and to pay Globalfoundries $425 million as part of an amended foundry supply agreement between the two firms that will enable AMD to use another foundry provider at the 28-nm node. More -
Clamping down on counterfeits
Tam Harbert, contributing editor, February 22, 2012New law pushes responsibility and costs for detecting and replacing counterfeit electronics down to defense subcontractors and, potentially, commercial suppliers. More -
Intel muscles into smartphones, tablets
Bolaji Ojo, EBN Editor in Chief, February 2, 2012ARM has maintained its leading position in such wireless markets, but Intel's latest design wins will most certainly break the dam wall. More -
Bullish Penn sees chip market growth of 8% in 2012
Peter Clarke, EE Times, January 23, 2012This high single-digit percentage growth is a "safe bet," said Future Horizons' Malcom Penn who indicated that annual growth "could easily be 20%." More -
Teardown: The power inverter - from sunlight to power grid
Steve Taranovich, Contributing Editor, January 13, 2012This teardown of a solar inverter card traces the path of harvested DC power from the photovoltaic panel, through boost conversion, power inverter and massive filtering of the created AC power signal required by the power grid. Surrounded by monitoring and microcontroller magic along with safety standard adherence, we uncover the mysteries of solar energy harvesting electronics. More
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Critical Links
March 25, 2011
RoHS dev kit debate heats up in Europe
The RoHS (Restriction of Hazardous Substances) directive status of development...
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Critical Links
February 11, 2011
Understanding the RoHS recast
In the fall of 2010, the European Union agreed to a range of changes to the RoHS...
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Gary's comment above nails my critical issue: the vehicle shold not start the...
Cliff Greenberg– 2012-14-5 15:28:35 PDT
in response to Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secretsIt would be interesting to compare the cost and complexity to another $40K car. ...
Peter Dix– 2012-12-5 09:32:58 PDT
in response to Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secretsGood to see the evolution in electric vehicles but the engineers need to simplify...
Brett W– 2012-11-5 12:44:56 PDT
in response to Teardown reveals Chevy Volt's electronic secrets
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EDN's technical editors highlight notable new products including analog and digital ICs, power components, sensors, passives, boards and systems, software, and more.
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