PSoC 6 microcontrollers for IoT 15 November 2017, Future Electronics Cypress Semiconductor unveiled PSoC 6, its newest microcontroller (MCU) architecture that is purpose-built for the Internet of Things (IoT). The architecture is built on ultra-low-power 40 nm process ...
PolarFire FPGAs from Microsemi 15 November 2017, ASIC Design Services Microsemi unveiled the cost-optimised PolarFire field programmable gate array (FPGA) product family, delivering what the firm claimed
as the industry’s lowest power at mid-range densities with 12,7 ...
LTE Cat M1/NB1 multi mode module 15 November 2017, RF Design u-blox’ SARA R410M 02B is a configurable LTE Cat M1/NB1 multi mode module with worldwide coverage. At release, it was claimed to be the industry’s smallest module (16 x 26 mm) to offer both LTE Cat M1 ...
Low-profile 2,4 GHz antenna 15 November 2017, iCorp Technologies Antenova commenced shipment of a new 2,4 GHz antenna, Zenon, the first in the company’s Reflector series. This family of antennas is engineered to operate without de-tuning on metal surfaces – or where ...
Multi-pixel gas sensor 15 November 2017, Electrocomp Based on Sensirion’s innovative MOXSens technology, the SGP multi-pixel gas sensor offers a unique combination of long-term stability and multi-pixel technology that opens up new possibilities for environmental ...
LED-based touch sensor display 15 November 2017, Mimic Components Visual Communications Company developed a capacitive touch sensor display that provides a cost-effective, intuitive interface to ease and accelerate user interactions. The LED-based CTH Series capacitive ...
Home-grown prototyping board 15 November 2017, Altron Arrow Arrow Altech Distribution created new options for electronics makers by producing the locally made Cherry Blossom, based on the AM335x reference design from Texas Instruments and similar to BeagleBone ...
Step-down power modules 15 November 2017, EBV Electrolink Texas Instruments introduced a pair of 12 V, 10 A, 4 MHz step-down power modules that provide a power management solution that it claimed at the time was 20% smaller than any similar solution available. ...
Smart display I/O expansion shield 15 November 2017, Electrocomp With the objective of helping both the maker community and professional engineers, Bridgetek continued to add new hardware to its CleO smart display platform. Compatible with both the CleO35 3,5” and ...
Low-power boost regulator 15 November 2017, CST Electronics With extremely high efficiency and quiescent current of only 300 nA, the MAX17222 nanoPower boost regulator from Maxim Integrated Products enables the longest battery life in the smallest form factor ...
Modular power supplies 15 November 2017, Accutronics, Vepac Electronics TDK-Lambda announced the introduction of the QM series of AC-DC power supplies; the first 1200 W to 1500 W rated modular series to have full MoPP isolation, with the lowest acoustic noise available on ...
Millimetre-wave signal analyser 15 November 2017, Concilium Technologies The N9041B UXA X-Series signal analyser from Keysight Technologies provides frequency coverage to 110 GHz with a maximum analysis bandwidth of up to 5 GHz. Utilising advanced front-end circuitry that ...
1700 V IGBT/MOSFET gate drivers 15 November 2017, MB Silicon Systems Power Integrations announced an expansion of its SCALE-iDriver family of galvanically isolated single-channel gate driver ICs. The new devices support IGBT blocking voltages up to 1700 V, which are generally ...
Oscilloscopes with reconfigurable inputs 15 November 2017, Comtest Tektronix introduced the 5 Series MSO (mixed signal oscilloscope). To better meet modern electronics design challenges, the midrange oscilloscope boasts a host of innovations including the industry’s ...
Self-powered water motion sensor 14 June 2017 A team of researchers from Korea’s Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology, and Korea University, has engineered a self-sustaining water motion sensor to analyse the dynamics of water motion, ...
Audio interface carries data and power using a standard jack 17 May 2017 ams has come up with a technology that can carry data and power via a four-pole 3,5 mm audio jack, primarily devised as a way for noise-cancelling headsets to operate without a dedicated battery power ...
Low-cost IoT breakthrough 19 April 2017, News “A wireless technology breakthrough from product design and development firm, Cambridge Consultants, is bringing the vision of ‘smart dust’ a step closer to reality,” claims a recent statement by said ...
Wits researchers make breakthrough in quantum electronics 31 January 2017, Editor's Choice, News The group, headed by Professor Somnath Bhattacharyya, has been working for the past 10 years on developing carbon-based nanoelectronic devices.
Contactless fingerprint sensing technology developed at CSIR 9 November 2016, Editor's Choice, News The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a new-generation fingerprinting sensing technology using high-speed, large-volume optical coherence tomography (OCT). The device ...
Communication technique developed for implanted medical devices 5 October 2016, News Researchers at the University of Washington have devised a method of wireless communication that allows devices such as brain implants, contact lenses, credit cards and smaller wearable electronics to ...
