Category Archives: MEMS

Intel Foundries MEMS for Fuel Cell Start-up Nectar

Posted on January 31, 2013 by Dick James

In the last couple of years there have been announcements that Intel will be acting as a foundry for FPGA company Achronix, PLD maker Tabula and programmable network processor provider Netronome, as well as much speculation about making chips for … Continue reading →

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Invensense MPU-6000/6050 3-axis gyro, 3-axis accel, 9-axis ready

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Chipworks

Contributed by: St.J. Dixon-Warren  The InvenSense MPU-6050 is InvenSense’s most recent motion sensor offering. The device promises an integrated six-axis sensor, incorporating a three-axis gyroscope and a three-axis accelerometer. It can also access an external magnetometer to provide complete 9-degrees-of-freedom … Continue reading →

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Energy harvesting coming of age…

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Chipworks

…notes from the European Solid State Circuits Conference contributed by Randy Torrance, Manager of Circuit RE   Energy harvesting may be the next big thing. At least, that’s the way it seems here at ESSCIRC/ESSDERC in Helsinki Finland this week. … Continue reading →

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Silverbrook Research's technology inside the Memjet Rapid X1 printer

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Chipworks

The Memjet Printhead: Like a tea kettle, not a hot plate Contributed by: St. J Dixon-Warren and Rajesh Krishnamurthy The much anticipated Memjet printhead, developed by Sydney, Australia-based Silverbrook Research, has finally arrived in the Chipworks labs. It has been … Continue reading →

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