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Integrated Marketing for Integrated Circuits

Posted by Han Nabben / March 27, 2013 / Posted in Innovation, News, Slider Main, Social / No Comments

Marketing tactics in the high tech B2B space Integrated Circuits, or microchips, have been propelling massive technology innovations in the last decades. They appear in electronic equipment as well as in passports, banking cards, LEDs and light bulbs, toys, public transport tickets, first aid bandages, door locks, cars, books, pets,

The Smart Washing Machine

Posted by René Jansen / December 07, 2012 / Posted in Uncategorized / No Comments

In our recent Innovation Day event in Amsterdam, we showcased some of our hottest technology demos. One of them is the transformation of the humble washing machine into a smart appliance thanks to the integration of Near Field Communications (NFC) capabilities. If you’ve ever left a red jumper with white shirts or

Connect, Control, Conserve with NXP at electronica 2012

Posted by Michael Kriek / November 08, 2012 / Posted in Events, News / No Comments

Join us at electronica 2012… …and experience what it means to Connect, Control,Conserve with NXP. You’ll get a first-hand look at how easy it is to: connect dozens of nodes across your home, office and car control them in a unified way from a single mobile device conserve energy using low-power semiconductors, as well as

SESAMES Awards 2012 – three NXP finalists

Posted by Michael Maader / October 29, 2012 / Posted in Events, Identification, Innovation, Uncategorized / No Comments

A very well known part of Cartes & Identification are the SESAMES Awards, recognizing the best technological innovations of the smart card and identification industry in ten categories. NXP already scored a big achievement in 2011, being the most successful company with two award winners and one finalist. The 2012

Homemade radio in space

Posted by William Leijenaar / June 12, 2012 / Posted in MCUs, MCUs Featured / 1 Comments

Since I can remember, I have been interested in designing amateur radios. As a radio enthusiast I received my radio amateur license and got in touch with the AMSAT (AMteur SATtellite) community, which focuses mainly on establishing contact via home-made satellite radios. Their focus is limitied, because designing for aeronautics and space undertakings is

Flying high – Neocopter project Part I

Posted by Franz Achatz / June 06, 2012 / Posted in MCUs / 1 Comments

How to connect design and electronics with ordinary fun? [youtube height="500" width="640"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BP1-MZmpxsQ[/youtube] I created an UAV, or Unmanned Arial Vehicle, which is a multi rotor system. Some call it a Drone, this flying machine in a Quadro or Hexa configuration with 4 or 6 brushless motors. The airframe and landing gear

Semiconductors enable societal change

Posted by René Jansen / May 30, 2012 / Posted in Enabling Technologies / No Comments

What will society look like in a few years from now? Ideally, we envision vibrant towns and cities which are clean, secure and easy to move around in. The city streets are busy but not clogged with traffic, and they are free of smog, and well-lit. Electricity plants produce exactly

Innovation in NXP Microcontrollers

Posted by René Jansen / May 21, 2012 / Posted in Enabling Technologies, Innovation / No Comments

Working in NXP research is about solving state-of-the-art issues to create innovative solutions and identifying potential opportunities. Of course it is vital that this work is executed in close corporation with the potential business and ideas can be deployed by some means to improve future products or create a complete

Speaking the same language

Posted by Martin Barnasconi / May 21, 2012 / Posted in Enabling Technologies / No Comments

In the design process of analog/mixed-signal (AMS) ICs, there are quite a number of languages used in the front-end of the design flow (that is the phase before the physical implementation starts): languages to describe the analog and digital hardware (like Verilog-AMS, Verilog, VHDL), languages dedicated to verification for the