Medical, Healthcare & Wellness

    October 2013
    Wind River, a leader in embedded software for intelligent connected systems, introduced the latest version of Wind River Intelligent Device Platform, a complete software development environment used
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    Date:
    10/25/2013
    Without wires and cables, there would be no electromobility, no high-speed Internet, and no contact-free measuring technology. At this year's productronica, Messe Mu?nchen is making an outstanding
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    Date:
    10/17/2013
    Efficient Power Conversion Corporation (EPC) introduced devices with a high-lead solder termination ideal for applications requiring higher temperature solder. The EPC2801, EPC2815, and EPC2818 feature
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    Date:
    10/16/2013
    TI claims its 10-A SIMPLE SWITCHER power module is industrys smallest
    Texas Instruments introduced three power management modules to its SIMPLE SWITCHER® family, including the 10-A LMZ31710, which provides the industry's highest power efficiency in the smallest package,
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    Date:
    10/15/2013
    STMicro unveils novel HomePlug smart SoC for smart-home and smart-energy apps
    STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has released its novel ST2100 STreamPlug System-on-Chip (SoC), targeting smart-home and
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    Date:
    10/14/2013
    First published in 1977, the internationally accepted IEC 60601-1 standard has been continuously developed to help alleviate safety issues relating to all types of medical equipment. The 3rd edition of this medical safety standard was first published by the IEC in 2005 (IEC60601-1:2005) and was adopted by the Eu
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    Date:
    10/14/2013
    Powering up universal mobile telemedicine

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    Figure 1. Global Mobile Sensing Health & Fitness Sensor Shipments.

    Universal health care is one of the most important governmental, societal and economic issues in recent time. Attention has been mainly focused on providing health insurance to the uninsured. However,
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    Date:
    10/11/2013
    Medical supply has ultra-low capacitance CF-rated output & independently controlled BF-rated output
    BEAR Power Supplies has introduced a dual-output AC-DC converter for surgical instruments and other medical applications. The CF (Cardiac Floating)-rated output features an ultra-low capacitance of
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    Date:
    10/11/2013
    Power Management in Health Care Applications

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    Figure 1. Typical power chain for portable battery powered home health care device

    Different health care applications require different power management solutions. From a power management view, health care is a very interesting market. Though design cycles within health care are
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    Date:
    10/11/2013
    New analog IC selection web tool delivers immediate results
    Imagine an engineer who develops a new application and needs a variety of Power Management, Data Converter and other ICs. The typical way to find specifications matching products is either the re-use
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    Date:
    10/11/2013
    Fault-protected, 50mA step-down charge pump provides tegulated output with input current doubling
    Linear Technology announced the LTC3255, a versatile high voltage step-down switched capacitor converter that delivers up to 50mA of output current. In applications where the input voltage exceeds
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    Date:
    10/11/2013
    Altium, a leader in Smart System Design Automation, 3D PCB design (Altium Designer), and embedded software development (TASKING) announced a strategic partnership with Brazil-based reseller SKA Group.
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    Date:
    10/10/2013
    ROHM claims first baseband IC compliant with  HD-PLC Inside
    ROHM has recently begun development of what is believed to be the industry's first baseband IC compliant with HD PLC Inside, a newly developed embedded broadband high-speed power line communication
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    Date:
    10/10/2013
    Advanced source measure unit instrument sports an interactive touchscreen display

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    Keithley Instruments, a leader in advanced electrical test instruments and systems, announced the first benchtop Source Measure Unit (SMU) instrument with a capacitive touchscreen graphical user interface.
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    Date:
    10/07/2013
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