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7 Solid Reasons to Use Solid State Relays

SSRs offer lower noise, less power and simpler design than EMRs.

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From Centralized to Autonomous Energy Grids

Smart microgrids control both generators and consumers of power to maximize efficiency.

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Push-Button Manufacturing Comes to Printed Circuit Boards

Tempo Automation will make and deliver a PCB from your schematic.

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Holographic Video Displays Are Coming

New research hopes to put holograms in our hands and pockets.

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Lower Noise Raises the Bar for Solid State Relays

The Sensata–Crydom LN Series illustrates how SSRs generate less EMI noise.

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Using Fruit Peel Waste to Recycle Lithium Batteries

Researchers have successfully used fruit peels as a green reductant for spent batteries.

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Neurostimulation - An Effective Treatment for Depression?

Advances in technology and brain research add promise to burgeoning therapy.

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AMD Acquires Xilinx for $35B

Consolidation aimed to meet the rising demand for data center services.

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Recommended Resources

Solutions Brief - Protecting and Rescuing On-Ground Personnel

Keeping our warfighters safe and delivering them a competitive advantage is a key goal of departments of defense around the world. It’s a goal shared by embedded computing manufacturers like Abaco: we never forget who we serve.This case study describes how a major international contractor integrated an Abaco single board computer at the heart of its CAS/CSAR solution.

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White Paper - Thermal Characterization of Complex Electronics: A Basic Primer on Structure Functions

This whitepaper describes the role of thermal transient measurement to characterize semiconductor thermal behavior. It focuses on the value measurement derived structure functions provide through interpretation of the heat flow path inside a package for use in thermal characterization, failure diagnosis, and improving simulation thermal model accuracy.

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White Paper - DAC Brief: Showcasing the latest innovations in Analog Mixed-Signal Verification

This brief provides a high level summary of advancements in Mentor’s AMS Verification solutions since we saw you all last year at DAC 2019 in Las Vegas. Products featured: Analog FastSPICE Platform, Symphony Mixed-Signal Platform, Solido Variation Designer, and Solido Characterization Suite.

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White Paper - Status Update + Latest Innovations in High-Level Synthesis, Verification & RTL Low-Power

This resource will help you find key sessions-panels at DAC from researchers, customers, and our expert technologists; and various resources detailing the recent innovations in HLS, Verification, and RTL Low-Power since DAC 2019.

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