| Hurricane Sandy caused a 3 day blackout in Manhattan. The rise of extreme weather events caused by climate change calls for a fundamental ov...
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| Silicon Laboratories Inc. recently introduced the industry's most energy-efficient wireless sensor node solution powered by a solar ener...
| As part of their collaborative efforts to develop ZigBee solutions for a broad range of smart energy applications, RF Micro Devices and Atme...
| The DesignSpark chipKIT competition is now in its final weeks, and there remains just enough time to enter for a chance to win a prize. Tota...
| We’ve been absolutely delighted by the amount of enthusiasm we’ve received for the DesignSpark chipKITTM competition — and also the high qua...
| In 2005 I first heard of compressed air engines when I read an article on a cool concept car, the CityCAT aircar. The CityCAT is a small urb...
| If a relay is driven by a transistor switching stage it is usual to connect a flywheel diode in parallel with the coil to short out the back...
| When dealing with relays we distinguish between the pull-in voltage and the hold voltage. Depending on the type of device, the latter is fro...
| Since low energy consumption of domestic appliances benefits your bank account as well as the environment (provided that their production...