


Lime, Green and Purple LEDs from Lumileds have shown to produce high red lettuce yields while raising the concentrations of essential nutrients that contribute to human health.
LEDs are rapidly becoming the light source of choice for indoor horticultural applications due to the ability to customize the light spectra...



Your expert guide to building sophisticated user experiences.
The faces of consumer and commercial goods are changing.
Now accustomed to graphically rich and intuitive interfaces on their phones, users are no longer satisfied with dumb appliances and equipment without screens.
Manufacturers are challenged...
Published: Aug 19, 2021



When it comes to testing, a lot of effort is spent selecting the “right” testing tool. However, often this effort is expended for a second-class goal. Certainly, you need a tool that works for you, your development environment, your project, and your process. However, what is paramount for good testing is not...
Published: Nov 25, 2020



Some vehicles have the capability to provide a virtual 360 degree view around the vehicle coming from images captured by the front, rear and two side cameras. These images may need to be scaled (resized) for different LCD sizes, adjusted and enhanced to improve the image quality.
New IC solutions are needed to...



Adding security to a device costs extra money, time, power consumption and makes everything worse. The only reason for adding security to a device is the need to improve marketing – security components help to sell more products. To participate in the evolution of Industry 4.0, the Internet of Things and cloud technologies...



As a leading supplier of logic products to the automotive industry, NXP Semiconductors focuses on quality: quality of product, quality of supply and quality of support. Quality that is perfectly represented by their Q100 logic range — proven either by decades of reliable use in automotive applications or by...



Within the next 10 years, we will see remarkable change in the automotive industry from improved engine efficiency to autonomous vehicles to electrification. National Instruments is proud to partner with leading institutions driving these changes. This curated handbook summarizes and provides access to six case studies...



Designers are implementing a wide variety of interface bridging solutions that allow them to transfer data across protocols and, in the process, expand system functionality. The challenge is determining how to most efficiently implement these new bridging solutions without violating system power, footprint and cost requirements....



Multi-hop mesh protocols, such as Zigbee® , are getting a lot of press for their ability to link together low data-rate Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. Zigbee, in particular, is targeting itself as the standard bearer for wireless, low-power meshing protocols. Many of the features of a Zigbee solution touch...



This paper discusses the use of inertial sensors in a few handheld applications, provides a brief technology overview of accelerometers and gyroscopes, and presents the advantages of using InvenSense’s integrated dual-axis gyroscope as a standalone solution, or for supplementing multiaxis accelerometers for a more...



What do major retailers desire in their stores? They want merchandise to appear attractive and inviting to potential customers. LUXEON CoB with CrispWhite Technology, a new LED alternative to conventional lighting technologies, offers a single LED light source which makes whites appear more vibrant and colors look warmer...



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Infineon's AURIX™ microcontroller family is equipped with many safety features and functionalities. Hitex, an AURIX™ Preferred Design House provides a white paper where you can learn how these powerful...
Published: Nov 25, 2020



Hyundai needed to meet manufacturing test deadlines for increasingly complex powertrain electronic control units (ECUs) with over 200 pins and 20,000 test steps, while staying competitive. They were able to achieve flexible test system configurations of all powertrain ECU types and reusable procedures that guaranteed test...
Published: Jun 01, 2021



In recent decades, cars have increased in numbers as well as dimensions. They have become more comfortable, more powerful, safer and therefore heavier as well, with mid-range cars already weighing 1.5 tons.
Fossil fuels are only available until they are exhausted and when they are burned, they release harmful...