New Bedford, Mass. — In June 2023, a rare 1881 copy of James Clerk Maxwell’s An Elementary Treatise on Electricity turned up in a West Virginia library. In remarkably good condition, the book was returned to its original library in New Bedford. The book was last checked out in what looks like 1908, making it…
IMS 2023 roundup: semiconductors and microwave components
Through photos and videos, EE World covers some of the active and passive components that RF and wireless engineers need to connect us all.
IMS 2023: keynote analyzes early undersea cables
In EE World videos from the 2023 International Microwave Symposium, engineers received a history lesson on early transatlantic cables through an analysis using today’s methods. Plus, a demonstration of a 1944 radio using a razor blade as a rectifier. Modern equipment provided an automated Morse code signal.
SoC ecosystem combines data converters with DSP
The Apollo MxFE software-defined signal processing SoC from Analog Devices digitizes and generates analog signals with DSP in between. Applications cover aerospace & defense, instrumentation, and wireless communications.
5G NR chipset platform targets wireless broadband IoT
The Taurus product portfolio from Sequans Communications includes chipsets for chip-on-board designs, carrier-certified modules in various form factors, and module reference designs for customized modules. Much of the talk over wireless 5G for IoT being about low data rates. Not every application, however, can benefit from that. Some applications need higher data throughput. The Taurus…
EE World’s 2023 communications handbook is here
Our 2023 5G, Wired, & Wireless Handbook is now available in ebook form. Download your copy today. It started on a cold January day with an editorial call. A month later, the abstracts came in. After another month, the manuscripts came in. Then came the editing and some back-and-forth with the authors. Next, it was…
LoRaWAN modules connect IoT devices to 15 km
The RM126x series from Laird Connectivity integrate a processor and radio that connect IoT devices for data transfer.
Analyze signal integrity in serial links with pyBERT
EE World spoke with David Banas, who demonstrated pyBERT, the free and open software for signal-integrity analysis where he explains the motivation for its creation.
RF driver powers four high-power amplifiers to 1.7 kW
Mini-Circuits driver amplifier and high-power amplifier combine to deliver 1.7 kW at 27 MHz.
Module brings Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Thread, and Matter to embedded designs
The IRIS-W1 module from u-blox lets IoT devices connect over Wi-Fi an Bluetooth while supporting Thread and Matter protocols.