November 2018: Trending in Tech is your source to stay up-to-date on the latest trends and news in the electronics industry. In our latest issue, we look at wire-bending, Qualcomm-NXP aftermath, and free-form touch displays.
Feedback generator avoids optocoupler use in SMPS design
EDN
Here is an alternative to the optocoupler that uses a digital isolator for SMPS design.
Flash 101: Types of NAND Flash
Embedded
Learn more about the fundamental differences between NAND and NOR Flash and, in part 2, the electrical interface of different NOR flash devices.
Tianma to demo ‘free-form’ touch displays
Electronics Products
Implement displays in nearly any shape using Tianma Europe GmbH newest touch-display prototypes and process technologies, which were showcased at Electronica 2018
What NXP Lost and Regained Post-Qualcomm
EETimes
NXP and Qualcomm had been waiting 20 months for this moment. “Beijing ‘approves Qualcomm’s purchase of NXP’”. Fast-forward 11 hours. “The Qualcomm-NXP merger is a bust.” What happened?
Arduino-Based 3D-printed 3D Wire-Bending Machine
EEWeb
It’s funny how sometimes you don’t know that you want something — you may not have even been aware that such a thing existed — until you see it, and then you can’t get it out of your mind…