Energy

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Components

Products of the Week: A Powerful Review

In this roundup, we will take a look at some of the past power components that were, and in some cases still are, widely utilized in everything from automobiles to LEDs.
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Systems

Development Ecosystem Drives G3-PLC Hybrid Connectivity into Smart Devices

Seeking to accelerate G3-PLC Hybrid connectivity in smart-grid and IoT devices, a pair of development kits centers on ST's ST8500 PLC modem chipset.
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Materials

Metamaterials Store Energy in Their Skins

Energy can be stored and accessed using convex and concave shapes on sheets of bistable materials.
NXP Semiconductors
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Semiconductors

In-Vehicle Controller Wirelessly Charges Two Mobile Devices at Once

Single controller simultaneously charges two Qi-enabled mobile devices at up to 2 x 15 W.
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Energy

Northrop Grumman Seeks More Renewable Energy in Virginia

Northrop Grumman’s acquisition of another solar power facility should enable the company to operate all its Virginia operations on renewable energy.
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Active components

Receiving System Converts RF to DC

A six-antenna array and RF-to-dc conversion circuit can efficiently collect otherwise wasted RF energy in a room.
HaLow the new version of WiFi is designed to consume significantly lower power and have twice the range as traditional WiFi making suitable for the tiny sensors that will gather data in future smart cities Image courtesy of EFF PhotosFlickr
Systems

The Down Low on HaLow: Wi-Fi for the Internet of Things

A new version of Wi-Fi is trying to alter the perception that it is not suited for the industrial sensors, wearables, and smart home devices that will keep the Internet of Things...
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Active components

How Do You Stack Up?

Welcome to this year’s annual compensation survey. In surveying our audience across our family of brands, we found a number of similar findings.
A carbon nanotube optical rectenna converts green laser light to electricity in the laboratory of Baratunde Cola at the Georgia Institute of Technology Image courtesy of Rob Felt Georgia Tech
Components

Optical Rectenna Converts Light Waves into Direct Current

A research team from the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed the first optical rectenna, which combines the functions of an antenna and a rectifier diode to convert ...