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Direction-finding antenna board
RF Design, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

u-blox’s ANT-B11 Bluetooth 5.1 direction-finding antenna board is a compact Bluetooth Low-Energy angle-of-arrival antenna and sensor board combined.
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GNSS front-end modules
Altron Arrow, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

Taoglas has released two new GNSS front end modules, the TFM.112A and the TFM.115A, which cover the L1 + B1 + G1/L2 and L1 + B1 + G1/L5 bands respectively.
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High-performance driver amplifier
Avnet Silica, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

The QPA0022D driver amplifier is matched to 50 O, with integrated DC blocking caps on both I/O ports for easy handling and simple system integration.
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SIMCom’s A7673X series
Otto Wireless Solutions, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

SIMCom’s A7673X series is a Cat 1 bis module that supports LTE-FDD, with a maximum downlink rate of 10 Mbps and an uplink rate of 5 Mbps.
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AC programmable power
Accutronics, Test & Measurement

TDK Corporation has announced the introduction of the TDK-Lambda brand GENESYS AC and GENESYS AC PRO series of 2 kVA and 3 kVA rated programmable AC power sources.
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Powerful UVC disinfection
Opto-Electronics

The S3535-H emitter generates an output power of more than 150 mW per chip at 265 nm, providing the strongest germicidal effect currently available on the market.
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What is an NPU?
AI & ML

A neural processing unit is a specialised hardware accelerator designed to efficiently process tasks related to artificial intelligence, in particular deep learning models.
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IoT in a Box
RF Design, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

RAKwireless and Datacake have collaborated on a solution called ‘Real IoT in a Box’ to address the complexities of deploying IoT solutions, particularly when it comes to LoRaWAN.
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Trimension family secures car access
EBV Electrolink, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

The Trimension NCJ29Dx family is part of NXP’s portfolio of secure car access system solutions, which includes the NCF3340 NFC controller and the KW37 Bluetooth 5.0 Long-Range MCU.
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Ultra-wideband LNA
Altron Arrow, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

The ADL8120 from Analog Devices is an ultra-wideband low-noise amplifier that operates from 30 kHz to 20 GHz, with typical gain and noise figure of 14 dB and 1,9 dB.
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Cellular IoT connectivity via satellite
Altron Arrow, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

The Telit Cinterion cellular LPWA module will enable satellite data communication using the NB-IoT protocol, without any special hardware changes required for the integration of the cellular module in the customer application.
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60 MHz 16-bit AWG
Vepac Electronics, Test & Measurement

Siglent’s SDG1000X Plus series function/arbitrary waveform generator offers a maximum output frequency of 60 MHz, 16-bit vertical resolution, 1 GSa/s sampling rate, and 8 Mpts arbitrary waveform length.
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NXP’s all-purpose microcontroller series
Altron Arrow, DSP, Micros & Memory

NXP has released its MCX A14x and A15x series of all-purpose microcontrollers which are part of the larger MCX portfolio that shares a common Arm Cortex-M33 core platform.
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Industrial PSU family
Brabek, Power Electronics / Power Management

The RACPRO1 family of PSUs supports a universal DC input voltage range from 430 to 850 V DC, allowing the parts to support renewable energy and microgrid applications.
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Integrated POL voltage regulators
EBV Electrolink, Power Electronics / Power Management

Infineon’s TDA38807 and TDA38806 are their highest density high-efficiency integrated point-of-load (IPOL) solutions for smart enterprise systems.
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Low noise 3-axis MEMS accelerometers
Altron Arrow, DSP, Micros & Memory

The ADXL357 and ADXL357B from Analog Devices are digital outputs, low noise density, low 0 g offset drift, low power, three-axis accelerometers with selectable measurement ranges.
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3,75 GHz RF inductor
RF Design, Passive Components

The ceramic chip wire wound inductor from Coilcraft features a DC resistance of 1 O, a DC current of 175 mA, and a self-resonant frequency of 3,75 GHz.
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Upgraded power inductor series
iCorp Technologies, Passive Components

Sunlord’s multiphase co-fired power inductor HTF-MP series has upgraded the single-phase HTF-H products in terms of integrated applications.
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