Application Briefs: Imaging
Briefs: Materials
Briefs: Materials
Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Articles: Software
Articles: Test & Measurement
Briefs: Aerospace
Internal Short Circuit Testing Device to Improve Battery Designs
Batteries, such as lithium-ion, sold for consumer use in portable electronic devices and other applications such as electrical cars, occasionally fail in the field over time. These cells have typically passed a wide variety of safety tests such as those required by governmental...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Food allergies are extremely common. In the US, Federal regulations require packaged foods to disclose the presence of some of the most common allergens such as gluten, nuts, and milk products, which is...
Briefs: Robotics, Automation & Control
Ship Classification Using Gnostic Fields
There are many applications for Autonomous Seaborne Vessels (ASVs). The seaborne cargo shipping industry moves over 9 billion tons of cargo per year, is worth $375 billion, and is responsible for 90 percent of world trade. Autonomous cargo ships could reduce the operating expenses of cargo ships by 44%....
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
In the past, controlling the indoor climate in homes consisted of a thermostat regulating the heat, and ventilating the homes by opening the windows. New energy performance...
Application Briefs: Electronics & Computers
Peregrine Semiconductor Corp.
San Diego, CA
858-731-9400
www.psemi.com
Selected for NASA Goddard Space Flight...
Briefs: Test & Measurement
Low-Power Charged Particle Counter for Space Radiation Monitoring
A miniature, low-power, solid-state detector for ionizing radiation was developed for use in more locations, and requiring less space and lower power than current technology. An accepted way of counting high-energy charged particles common in space radiation is to detect the light...
Briefs: Software
The motivation for this research is the fact that, for a variety of reasons, networks and their existing authentication and confidentiality infrastructure are becoming more...
Articles: Electronics & Computers
Increasing design complexity, coupled with compressed time to market, has been an engineering reality for some time. A system-on-module (SOM) addresses both of these real engineering issues. An...
Briefs: Information Technology
Coarse-Grain Bandwidth Estimation Scheme for Large-Scale Network
A large-scale network that supports a large number of users can have an aggregate data rate of hundreds of Mbps at any time. High-fidelity simulation of a large-scale network might be too complicated and memory-intensive for typical commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tools. Unlike a...
Products: Lighting
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited (AOS) (Sunnyvale, CA) has released the AOZ1948, a single channel buck LED controller that features LED dimming resolution with full linearity from 100% to 1%. The device is able to...
Products: Lighting
Green Watt Power, a division of Calex Mfg. Co. (Concord, CA), recently introduced the GLV-24-150, a constant voltage LED power supply with a universal AC input range, 100 - 277 VAC. The GLV-24-150 has an...
Products: Lighting
ON Semiconductor (Phoenix, AZ) has introduced the new NSIC20xx series of linear constant current regulators (CCR) designed for use in solid state lighting systems. The new NSIC20XX series of CCRs offer a maximum...
Briefs: Physical Sciences
Analysis of the Effects of Streamwise Lift Distribution on Sonic Boom Signature
Investigation of sonic boom has been one of the major areas of study in aeronautics due to the benefits a low-boom aircraft has in both civilian and military applications. Current Federal Aviation Administration regulations prohibit supersonic flight over land due to...
Products: Lighting
Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer detect, phase decoder and adjustable hold current circuits to provide...
Products: Lighting
Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has introduced a new LED controller with constant power regulation. The LM3447 AC/DC LED driver includes a dimmer detect, phase decoder and adjustable hold current circuits to provide...
Briefs: Information Technology
Predicting Spacecraft Trajectories by the WeavEncke Method
A combination of methods is proposed of predicting spacecraft trajectories that possibly include multiple maneuvers and/or perturbing accelerations, with greater speed, accuracy, and repeatability than were heretofore achievable. The combination is denoted the WeavEncke method because it...
Application Briefs: Sensors/Data Acquisition
Food manufacturers are held to strict agency regulations regarding product quality and consistency. Repeatable visual inspections are critical to ensure consumers receive a consistent...
Application Briefs: Imaging
Food manufacturers are held to strict agency regulations regarding product quality and consistency. Repeatable visual inspections are critical to ensure consumers receive a consistent...
Briefs: Software
Trajectory Optimization: OTIS 4
The latest release of the Optimal Trajectories by Implicit Simulation (OTIS4) allows users to simulate and optimize aerospace vehicle trajectories. With OTIS4, one can seamlessly generate optimal trajectories and parametric vehicle designs simultaneously. New features also allow OTIS4 to solve non-aerospace...
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Briefs: Information Technology
Supply-Chain Optimization Template
The Supply-Chain Optimization Tem - plate (SCOT) is an instructional guide for identifying, evaluating, and optimizing (including re-engineering) aerospace-oriented supply chains. The SCOT was derived from the Supply Chain Council’s Supply-Chain Operations Reference (SCC SCOR) Model, which is more generic and...
Articles: Green Design & Manufacturing
Getting Green and Staying Green
EU RoHS, China RoHS, Korea RoHS, California RoHS, ELV, REACH – the list of environmental regulations for reducing hazardous substances in products keeps growing. What, exactly, are the costs if your products fail to comply? Missed customer requirements, blocked shipments, costly redesigns, and scrapped parts are...
Top Stories
Blog: Design
Using Coffee to Reduce Waste from 3D Printing
INSIDER: Energy
EV Battery Recycling Still Being Defined
Blog: Energy
Zinc-Air Batteries: A Cheaper, Safer Alternative to Li-ion Batteries
Quiz: Robotics, Automation & Control
How Much Do You Know About Drones?
Videos: Energy
Blog: Materials
DNA Combined with Glass Results in a Stronger, Lighter Material

Question of the Week
Blog: Artificial Intelligence: Meet Human Intelligence
Webcasts
Upcoming Webinars: Automotive

Leveraging Electronics Digital Twins on AWS to Accelerate...
Upcoming Webinars: Materials

Choosing a Silicone for Operation in Harsh Thermal Environments
Upcoming Webinars: Medical

A Guide to Unlocking Precision and Efficiency with 3D Scanning...
Upcoming Webinars: Electronics & Computers

Introduction to the Integration of Electronics Switching and...
Upcoming Webinars: Energy

Miniaturized Solutions for Battery Development
Upcoming Webinars: Aerospace
