Newsletter | January 22, 2013

01.22.13 -- The Future Of Home Automation And The Smart Home

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From The Editor

DARPA Wants Remote Control Pods To Hide UAVs On Seafloor
By Paul Kruczkowski, editor
Calling all communications experts, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) issued a request for proposals on January 11 to support its Upward Falling Payload (UFP) program. The concept is to develop deployable, unmanned, distributed systems — like small UAVs — that lie in wait on the ocean floor in special containers, ready to launch and travel to the surface at a moment’s notice.

Featured Article

The Future Of Home Automation And The Smart Home
This is the second in a series of guest columns by RFMD.

The proliferation of smart homes that include smart appliances and smart TVs demonstrate the evolution of automation moving from the industrial environment to the home environment. Since the onset of the smartphone and tablet production, consumers have enjoyed the convenience of doing tasks remotely or wirelessly.

The Future Of Home Automation And The Smart Home

Industry News

Virginia Tech Engineers Awarded $800,000 To Improve Radio Spectrum Usage

Pentek Introduces New Line Of Multiband, Modular RF Downconverters

Pyramid Research Releases 2013 Top Trends For The Global Communications Industry

Agilent Technologies To Demonstrate Newest High-Speed Digital Design And Test Solutions At DesignCon

Rohde & Schwarz To Showcase Innovative EMC Test Equipment At EMV 2013 In Stuttgart

Phase Lock Loop Synthesizer Features Compact Packaging

Harris Corporation Receives $7M In Orders For Falcon Tactical Radios From U.S. Special Operations Command

Nordic And MediaTek Collaborate To Realize Vision Of Smart TV As The Entertainment And Monitoring Hub Of The Home

Richardson RFPD Announces New Package Options For RF Power LDMOS Transistor From Freescale

RFMW Introduces New High-Rejection BPF With LGA Terminations From JTI
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RF And Microwave Assemblies And Modules Datasheet
This download provides examples of BoCen Microwaves RF and Microwave Assemblies and Modules for integration into military microwave communications, radar, electronic countermeasures, remote sensing, and telemetry systems.

TCXO With Very Tight Stability Datasheet
This datasheet contains information on specifications, features, areas of application, and more for the DFA S2 TCXO. This TCXO operates in the 5- to 26-MHz frequency range and offers very tight ±70 ppb stability.

Custom Subsystem Design Example Datasheet
KRYTAR recently announced their ability to provide custom designs of ultra-broadband beamforming networks. This datasheet shows an example of a 0.5-GHz to 26.5-GHz custom subsystem design. (MODEFORMER MODEL 8020180)
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