Rigol announced a new firmware version 00.01.15 for the DSA815 Spectrum Analyzer that now includes the ability to save screen captures in either BMP, JPEG, or PNG. Previously, the only file format was BMP, which is not recognized or importable into major word processing applications, such as Microsoft Word. It was always necessary to convert the BMP format to either JPEG or … [Read more...]
Ap Note: Design of Near Field Antenna System
National Instruments has released a short application note on how to design a near field antenna system for near field communications (NFC). MFC is a non-contact communication between wireless devices and things, such as, pay terminals or to share information between devices. Examples would include the Apple Pay and Google Pay process. The ap note describes how the antenna … [Read more...]
Free Designers Kit of Shielding Materials
ARC Technologies, manufacturers of various types of innovative EMI shielding materials, is offering designers and EMI engineers a free “Engineer’s Survival Kit” of various EMI shielding materials. Products include plating and conductive materials, dielectric absorber foam for radar applications, and magnetic and e-field shielding. The latest product is a unique “hot melt” … [Read more...]
2016 Engineer of the Year Announced
Signal integrity expert and dean of Teledyne-LeCroy’s Signal Integrity Academy, Eric Bogatin, was voted 2016 Engineer of the Year at the recent DesignCon in Santa Clara, California last week. Sponsored by National Instruments, the award is given to an engineer demonstrating leadership and commitment to high-speed digital design. Bogatin, based in Longmont, Colorado, has a long … [Read more...]
Upcoming Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility
The 2016 IEEE International Symposium on Electromagnetic Compatibility, sponsored by the IEEE EMC Society, featuring an embedded Signal Integrity and Power Integrity conference. The IEEE EMC Symposium provides knowledge and tools that help engineers address electromagnetic environmental effects and electromagnetic compatibility. Stay abreast of current technologies, testing and … [Read more...]
New USB 3.1 C-Type Connectors
The USB C-type connector, recently announced by Amphenol, is a reversible design that can pass 10 GB/s data. It also includes power, along with data connections. The full metal shield protects against EMI and ESD. For more, click here. … [Read more...]
Designing a Near Field Communication Antenna
National Instruments just published an application note on designing near field communication antennas. These antennas are normally designed to operate at 13.56 MHz and are used with smartphones for payments, etc. For more, click here. … [Read more...]
Digital Power Control
A joint collaboration by Würth Electronics - Midcom, Infineon, and Biricha Digital has made a design kit to explore digital power control. The XMC Digital Power Explorer Kit offers two control cards based on ARM Cortex processors. Features include a synchronous buck converter, a high-resolution PWM, an on-board resistive load, and a PMBus communication option. For more, click … [Read more...]
Cellphone and Laptop Covers Reportedly Prevent Radiation
A relatively new company, known as SafeSleeve, produces cellphone and laptop covers that reportedly prevent radiation exposure to people. “Their first product was a laptop case, which uses military-grade materials to prevent radiation waves from emitting to the body. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certified their research reducing electromagnetic radiation up to … [Read more...]
Researchers Construct New Power Interruption Technology
Korean Researchers have recently created the world’s first Mott device that reduces the size and improves the performance of traditional electromagnetic switches and circuit breakers. The research team has created a power interruption technology based on a Mott metal-insulator transition (Mott MIT) device. According to Phys.org, MIT devices can be applied to electromagnetic … [Read more...]
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