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Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite Brings On-Device AI Compute to Power-Constrained Wearables

The Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear Elite platform introduces an NPU for on-device AI, multi-mode connectivity, and power-efficient compute islands to support next-generation wearables that run complex models while maintaining multi-day battery life.

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Open Source IDE to USB Drive Revives Old IDE Drives

Explore the era of aging hardware, the challenges faced with data recovery from old drives, and how the ATABoy, an open-source USB bridge, allows older PATA drives to connect to modern computers, offering a solution for data recovery and reusing older hardware.

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Researchers Create Smart T-Shirt To Detect Deadly Heart Conditions

Explore the challenges and potential of wearable medical electronics, with emphasis on a smart T-shirt developed by researchers at Imperial College London, designed for continuous heart rhythm monitoring. The wearable offers potential for proactive health management with early detection and intervention of heart conditions, but questions on scalability, affordability, and durability remain.

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Japan To Extract Rare Earth Minerals From Old Motors To Fight China

Japan is turning to recycling old motors and printed circuit boards to secure rare earth minerals like neodymium, reduce reliance on China, and strengthen its supply chain amid rising geopolitical and industrial risks.

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Infineon CoolGaN Drive HB G5 Brings Integrated Half-Bridge Control to High-Frequency Power Designs

Infineon’s CoolGaN Drive HB 600 V G5 integrates dual GaN switches, high- and low-side drivers, and a bootstrap diode into one package, enabling high-frequency motor drives and SMPS designs with reduced parasitics, lower losses, and easier PCB layout.

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Toshiba TPD7110F Controller Improves Safety in Redundant Automotive Power Rails

The Toshiba TPD7110F ideal diode controller adds reverse polarity protection, reverse current blocking, and low-loss high-side switching in a compact PS-8 package, helping designers build safer and more efficient automotive power rails.

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Bourns GDT225HE Gas Discharge Tubes Improve Protection in High-Energy Power Systems

The Bourns GDT225HE Series high-voltage gas discharge tubes provide up to 60 kA surge handling, broad 1000–2000 V breakdown range, and compact PCB-friendly packages, offering strong protection for EV chargers, BESS systems, and industrial power equipment.

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Vishay VOx619A Optocouplers Improve Signal Stability in Harsh Industrial Conditions

The Vishay VOx619A phototransistor optocouplers deliver stable CTR performance, low 0.5 mA drive current, and isolation up to 5000 VRMS across multiple packages, helping industrial and metering systems maintain signal integrity under heat and electrical noise.

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Nisshinbo NT1199HEAE4S LNA Strengthens Multi-Band GNSS Reception

The Nisshinbo NT1199HEAE4S wideband LNA delivers high linearity, low noise, and stable gain across all major GNSS bands, helping navigation systems maintain accuracy in interference-heavy automotive, industrial, and consumer environments.

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Kontron OSM-S AM62L Brings TI Processing Into Compact Modules

Kontron’s OSM-S AM62L module brings a dual core Texas Instruments AM62L processor, scalable LPDDR4 and eMMC, dual GbE and CAN FD, and full OSM compatibility to compact embedded systems used in energy, medical, industrial and building automation designs.

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