Toyota patents helicopter car

Toyota has patented a helicopter car, reports AutoGuide. The car wheels, attached to arms fixed to a pivot, can also act as helicopter rotors. When the car switches from ground to flight the arms incline upwards. Each wheel is powered by an electric motor. The vehicle is steered on the ground like a tracked vehicle – ...

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Imec and Scale-Ups look to help companies access the European market

Imec and Scale-Ups.com are to set up a programme to help US and Asian companies access the European market. The programme is to start in Q2 2019. US and Asian scale-ups can sstruggle to enter the European market because they do not have access to a local network, lack market knowledge, or are unfamiliar with ...

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Ed Gets Queasy

Everybody knows I’m a bit of a shit but the opportunity I’ve been offered makes even me feel a bit queasy, Ed confides to his diary. A Brummie builder sidles up at a Conference  ‘cocktail reception’ (aka a plonk and halitosis fest) and says he has a cheap  replacement for flammable cladding. Given that HMG ...

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iFixit enjoys teardown of Apple Watch Series 4

When iFixit teardown a new piece of Apple kit the result is often a very low Repairability Score of just 1 out of 10. But no so for the new Apple Watch, it seems...

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Optical demodulator shuns local oscillator without loosing narrowband finesse

Side-stepping traditional laser local oscillator down-conversion techniques, Australian engineers are using acoustic interactions to retrieve frequency and phase information from Gbit/s modulated optical signals. “Our technique uses the interaction of photons and acoustic waves to enable an increase in signal capacity and therefore speed,” said Dr Elias Giacoumidis of the University of Sidney. “This allows ...

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What America Taught Us

“I made my first trip to the United States in 1960, eight years after entering Toshiba,” recalls the legendary CEO of Toshiba Semiconductor, Tsuyoshi Kawanshi, in his book Chip Management. “I made the trip to study semiconductors under licensing agreements which Toshiba had made with General Electric, RCA and Western Electric,” continues Kawanishi. ”Americans were ...

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A titanium carbide reinforced molybdenum-silicon-boron based alloy could be the answer to the prayers of jet engine designers, according to Tohoku University where the material has been invented. It offers strength at temperatures between 1,400 and 1,600°C. “Our experiments show that the MoSiBTiC alloy is extremely strong compared with cutting-edge nickel-based single crystal super-alloys, which ...

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Polyaniline + zinc ferrite = microwave absorption

A thin coating of a composite made from zinc ferrite and polyaniline absorbs microwave radiation in Ku band, according to researchers at  Anhui University of Science and Technology in China. The composites were synthesised by a two-step hydrothermal and in-situ polymerisation method, with Zn ferrite (2-30nm particles) used to adjust the impedance matching and improve ...

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Most Read articles – Arm competition, Quantum computing, Glasgow research

There is the question of quantum computing, Glasgow research into a bio-marker detector, GaN-on-Si power transistors and Arm competing with its own customers...

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Surrey delves into triboelectric energy harvesting

University of Surrey scientists have unveiled maths that predicts the behaviour of triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) – devices that harvest electricity from contact between two or more materials. “This study redefines the way we understand energy harvesting,” said researcher Ishara Dharmasena. “The tools developed here will help researchers all over the world to exploit the true ...

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EEMBC creates IoT Bluetooth power consumption benchmark for MCUs

Benchmarking consortium EEMBC has created a tool to measure the combined energy consumption of an IoT edge node’s sensor interface, processor, and Bluetooth LE radio interface. Part of the IoTMark benchmarking suite, it is called IoTMark-BLE benchmark. IoTMark-BLE models a node consisting of an I²C sensor and a BLE – radio through sleep, advertise, and ...

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Last chance to win Brands Hatch British Superbike Championship competition

Last chance to enter! Courtesy of Microlease, a total solutions provider for electronic test equipment, we have five pairs of VIP weekend tickets to the Brands Hatch VIP Superbike Event. Entries close today.

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H-bridge motor driver IC has 50V / 3.0A current output limit

Toshiba has launched an integrated dual H-bridge DC brushed motor driver IC

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Imec nPERT cells 23% efficient

nPERT cells feature a conversion efficiency of 23.03%, certified by Fraunhofer ISE CalLab

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Mouser signs Virtium

Mouser has signed SSD and memory module specialist Virtiymnto a global distribution deal. The Virtiymnportfolio includes StorFlyband TuffDrive SSDs, memory modules and other industrial embedded solutions. The  StorFly and TuffDrive SSDs are made for extreme conditions in industrial embedded applications, offering models with an available industrial temperature range of minus 40 to 85 degrees Celsius. The ...

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Electronics production healthy, says SI

Production of electronic equipment is healthy based on July and August data, says Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. China, the largest electronics producer, showed three-month-average change versus a year ago (3/12) of 13.8% in August. Growth for China has been in the 12% to 15% range since January 2017, picking up from the 8% to 11% ...

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Most Tourists Go To France But They Spend More In USA

Tourism is a $1.34 trillion industry says the  World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). 1.32 billion tourists roamed the globe last year. Most went to France, but the USA raked in the biggest tourist spend. However, London beats French and American cities for being the city where tourists spend the most.  

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Electronica: Zettler reveals relays for electric vehicles and more

Zettler will be showing relays for electric vehicles, solar and more at Electronica in November. AZEV116 and AZEV132 are IEC mode 2 electric vehicle charging relays in development for release in 2019, and are designed to survive high momentary currents that may occur on short circuits without contact welding. They also have a potential monitoring ...

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Viewpoint: Pharmaceutical electronics promise real improvements for patients

The UK is a leader in understanding error rates in drug administration and pharmaceutical electronics will play an increasingly important role, writes Phil Simmonds of EC Electronics. Devices which assist the dispensing of pharmaceutical products serve two purposes: to reduce errors in medical prescribing and address unused or unnecessary medicine waste. Medtech machines which identify ...

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RS stocks electric vehicle power connectors

RS Components has introduced a portfolio of high-power connectors from Amphenol that are specifically designed for connecting up power cables used with electric vehicle (EV) drive systems. The MSD series of receptacles and plugs offers a tool-free solution for disconnecting an internal high-voltage battery pack and delivering short-circuit protection. The device uses a two-stage lever ...

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Glasgow University checks health of Tricorder device

We've written about Tricorder devices a number of times on Gadget Master, but things are getting more serious, following research at the University of Glasgow.

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Fable: The Device That Took Time

58 years ago an engineer read about the invention of a semiconductor device, found it interesting and resolved  to develop it. He developed a few prototypes and, after a couple of years, got the deputy president of the company involved. For years the development continued as other electronics  companies took up, then abandoned, their own ...

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Future adds sales execs in Europe

Future Electronics has added to its customer-facing operations in Europe with the appointment of a number of executives to senior sales roles. The appointments in central Europe, Italy and Russia mark a new phase in Future market plans. The new appointments include the recruitment of Bernd Pfeil to be vice-president of sales for the Central ...

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Arrow sells GaN power transistors

Arrow Electronics is now carrying the GaN Systems range of gallium nitride (GaN) transistors in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).  Designed for high efficiency power design the transistors are likely to be used in renewable energy to industrial motor drives. The range includes both 100V and 650V transistor product families. Matthias Hutter, vice president ...

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Molex styles small pitch connector for reliability

Molex has announced two families of FFC/FPC connectors designed to add high-reliability to small-pitch. Dubbed Easy-On FFC/FPC connectors they are available in 0.5mm pitch and 1.0mm pitch formats. Both formats have a double-bottom contact terminal which is designed to remove dust and contaminants from the connection better than single-bottom contact terminals.  There is a vacuum ...

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UV stabilised polycarbonate enclosures from Hammond Electronics

With the severe conditions of industrial environments in mind, the 1554 flat lid and 1555 styled lid ranges of ABS and UV stabilised polycarbonate enclosures from Hammond Electronics provide IP66 sealing as well as mechanical protection.  The light grey RAL 7035 enclosures are designed to house printed circuit boards or DIN rail mounted components. IP66 ...

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Osram claims automotive-grade reliability for 3A/mm² led

Aiming at projection headlamps, Osram Opto has built an led that can handle 3A/mm2 through its 2mm2 chip, emitting at least 1,400 lm at 6A. All this is to get high luminance – light output per area – which is the key to compact projection systems, and the reason we are hearing about laser headlights. The firm ...

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Automotive power LED for projector headlamps hits 200cd/mm²

Osram has introduced a high luminance LED for projection headlamps using DMDs – digital mirror devices – to change headlight beam shape – and more, according to Osram. “Each headlight achieves a resolution of more than one million pixels, offering car drivers not only classic illumination but also optional support from information projected onto the ...

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DVCon Europe leads with the digital twin and IoT development

Siemens PLM Software and STMicroelectronics will present keynotes at next month’s DVCon Europe 2018. The event for chip architects, design verification engineers and IP integrators is sponsored by Accellera Systems Initiative. This year’s keynotes reflect the design and verification methodologies and standards for the IoT, machine learning, and automotive safety. On the first day of ...

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MACOM has announced is MASW-011102 SPDT non-reflective switch. Building on MACOM’s GaAs-based SPDT MASW Series switches, the MASW-011102 is for use in test and measurement, EW and broadband communication systems. The  switch supports broadband operation from DC to 30 GHz, with low insertion loss of 1.8 dB and high isolation of 40 dB at 30 ...

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DRAM ASPs expected to drop further, faster.

The forecasts for the Q4 DRAM prices are getting lower faster, with DRAMeXchange expecting  a 5% drop for Q4 on Q3. PC DRAM and server DRAM showed only a 1~2% price hike QoQ in Q3 while mobile DRAM was flat and graphics DRAM fell, Spot prices have been sliding since the beginning of this year and ...

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Imec tandem perovskite solar cell achieves 24.6% efficiency

Imec has developed a thin-film tandem solar cell consisting of a top perovskite cell developed by imec and a bottom CIGS cell from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research (ZSW, Stuttgart, Germany which achieves a record efficiency of 24.6 percent. The perovskite top cell in the tandem uses light in the visible part ...

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Tit For Tat

What happens in a trade war when both sides have imposed tariffs on every  item of trade which passes between them? Presumably you then start cranking up the % value of the tariff – 20%, 50%, 100%, 200% – until  you’ve killed off all trade between the two countries. Trump and Xi have nearly reached the ...

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Mouser gets anti-counterfeit accreditation

Mouser has received the aerospace industry’s accreditation for its  for anti-counterfeit measures in component distribution. Mouser received this accreditation from the Performance Review Institute (PRI), as part of the Counterfeit Avoidance Accreditation Program (CAAP). The CAAP audit was based on audit criteria (AC7403) created jointly by PRI, the Electronic Components Industry Association (ECIA) and aerospace ...

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Imagination and GF collaborate to put low power wireless on SoCs

Imagination Technologies and Global Foundries are to collaborate to offer low-power baseband and RF functions  – Bluetooth Low Energy and IEEE 802.15.4, for example – to mutual customers. The deal combines Imagination’s Ensigma radio IP with 22FDX from GF – its 22nm FD-SOI process. “22FDX is an appealing option for customers designing cost-sensitive devices,” said ...

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Germany And UK Have Most Of The EU’s Scientists And Engineers

Eurostat figures show that the UK and Germany have, collectively, 38% of the EU’s scientists and engineers. Germany and the UK account for 29% of the EU population. France and Italy, with 25% of the EU’s population, have only 16% of the EU’s scientists and engineers

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US researchers turn to Raspberry Pi for clean air research

The University of Utah turned to Raspberry Pis when it need to equip four homes with smart sensing for clean air research. The Pis controlled the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system in each house, based on data from three off-the-shelf wireless particulate pollution sensors added to each house, two inside rooms and one ...

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China to account for 19% of foundry sales this year

2018 foundry sales into  in the US, Japan and Asia-Pac will be flat with last year, reckons IC Insights, while foundry sales into Europe will be up 9% this year on last, but foundry sales into China will be up 51%  in 2018 compared with 2017, which means that China will account for 19% of ...

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sureCore offering SRAM IP customisation

sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM specialist, has announced a low-power SRAM IP application-centric, customisation service that delivers specific power and performance requirements. The service is aimed at applications like wearables, wireless, augmented reality and IoT devices whose requirements go beyond standard low-power memory IP. The new service covers a spectrum of memory requirements covering multiple read/write ...

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Renesas puts out LPWA IoT design kit

The Renesas Synergy AE-CLOUD2 kit is a complete hardware and software reference design that allows embedded developers to evaluate cellular connectivity options and build Low Power Wide Area (LPWA) cellular IoT applications. The AE-CLOUD2 kit together with the new Synergy Software Package (SSP) version 1.5.0 simplifies connecting IoT sensor devices to enterprise cloud services using ...

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What’s Next for Mouser

Mouser has signed microcontroller board specialist What’s Next to a  distribution agreement. Mouser now stocks eight unique, Arduino-compatible What’s Next microcontroller boards — including the Yellow, Red, Green, and Orange boards. Thee entry-level Yellow and Red boards are based on a Microchip ATmega328 microcontroller. Each board provides 20 digital input/output (IO) pins (with up to ...

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sureCore offers low-power SRAM IP customisation

A low-power SRAM IP application-centric, customisation service

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Top Ten DRAM Module Makers

Thanks to DRAMeXchange for this one – the top ten makers of DRAM modules in 2017:

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Google Assistant on Android Auto drives into UK

The importance and spread of Google Assistant, to bring Google AI to different platforms, continues: there's now UK availability of Google Assistant integrated into Android Auto.

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60V dual boost converter self-cascades to over 200V

Analog Devices has announced a two-phase boost controller whose phases can be arranged in multiple topologies, including one in which the output of the first channel can feed the input of second channel allowing output voltage to exceed several hundred volts. Called LTC7840, each output works with its own external mosfet. There is no option for a ...

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Health on the wrist

Continuous monitoring of health parameters by wrist-based devices is enabled by Maxim’s Health Sensor Platform 2.0. This  rapid prototyping, evaluation and development platform, delivers ECG, heart rate and body temperature to a wrist-worn wearable. Data can be stored on the platform for patient evaluation or streamed to a PC for analysis later. The data measurements ...

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Imagination and GF combine for BLE and Zigbee on 22nm FD-SOI

Imagination and GloFo are to collaborate on baseband and RF solutions for BLE and Zigbee. The combination uses Imagination’s Ensigma connectivity IP on GF’s 22nm FD-SOI process. Imagination has joined GF’s FDXcelerator Partner Program. Ensigma on 22FDX provides a complete IP solution comprising analogue RF/AFE as a hard macro complete with a fully synthesizable baseband ...

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Arm Competing With Its Customers

As Arm moves to compete with its customers, is it pushing its customers towards RISC-V? One of the oldest rules of the semiconductor industry is: Don’t compete against your customers. This is all the more important if you’re an IP company where your toe-hold in a customer’s product plans can often be replaced pretty easily. ...

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IoT for the masses via Wireless Xpress and Android

Last week Silicon Labs highlighted its Wireless Xpress product to help developers get loT applications connected and running quickly.

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3D printing: Modifying Fabrikator Mini v2 spool holder

I am not quite sure this is the place for 3D printer modifications, but as this seems to work it might as well go here so folk have a chance of finding it by web search. Scroll down to ‘The fix’ to jump over the explanation The Malyan M100, aka the Turnigy Fabrikator Mini v2 ...

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Renesas and Alibaba link up for IoT

Renesas has  announced an alliance with Alibaba’s IoT developers to accelerate the growth of China’s IoT market. The collaboration includes embedding AliOS Things IoT operating system (OS) in the Renesas RX65N/RX651 microcontroller (MCU) lineup, expanding online sales channels, and Renesas joining Alibaba’s IoT ecosystem. Following the recent launch of the 16-bit RL78 MCU Family supporting ...

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Android IDE gets Pie-friendly update

Following on from the official release of Android 9 "Pie", here comes a Pie-friendly to the official Google Android IDE.

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Health on the Wrist

Continuous monitoring of health parameters by wrist-based devices is enabled by Maxim’s Health Sensor Platform 2.0. This  rapid prototyping, evaluation and development platform, delivers ECG, heart rate and body temperature to a wrist-worn wearable. Data can be stored on the platform for patient evaluation or streamed to a PC for analysis later. The data measurements ...

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Health on the wrist

Maxim’s Health Sensor Platform 2.0 enables ontinuous monitoring of health parameters by wrist-based devices

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Toshiba sampling 4-channel PA for auto audio

Toshiba is sampling a 4-channel power amplifier for automotive audio applications that claims to be highly resistant to the power surges typically found within vehicle electronics. The chip delivers 50W of output power per channel into a 4Ω load. The device includes built-in mute and standby functions as well as protection functions such as offset detection ...

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3D becomes dominant NAND type

3D NAND has become the dominant flash type, reports Digitimes. Micron’s 3D output is 90% of its total NAND output. Samsung’s  3D NAND manufacturing is 85% of its total NAND chip output. Toshiba’s 3D NAND output is 75% of its NAND output. Hynix’ 3D NAND output is 60% of its total NAND output. The price ...

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NXP adds to LDMOS RF power transistors

NXP has introduced new RF power transistors designed for smart industrial applications, featuring 65 V laterally diffused metal oxide semiconductor(LDMOS) silicon technology. With more power density, a lower current level and wider safety margins than previous RF power solutions, 65 V LDMOS enables more integrated and reliable Industry 4.0 systems. The MRFX series of 65 ...

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FlexLogix eFPGA in design for GF 14nm

FlexLogix says its EFLX4K Logic and DSP eFPGA IP cores are now in design for the 14nm process at GloFo’s New York fab. Boeing is the first company to license the EFLX4K eFPGA 14nm cores. eFPGA can also be ported to any fab so manufacturing can be in a location preferable to the customer. An eFPGA ...

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Pickering Interfaces adds microwave multiplexers

Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-Sea has launched new four and six channel LXI 50Ω microwave multiplexers in 1U and 2U rack-mount form factors. The 60-801/60-802 high-performance microwave switches feature excellent RF characteristics and repeatability to within 0.01dB. A choice of up to 16 multiplexer banks with any combination of 6GHz, 18GHz, 26.5GHz and 40GHz bandwidths can be ...

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Research Council announces Prosperity Partnerships

Seven new Prosperity Partnerships projects that will build links between the UK’s research base and leading industry partners such as AkzoNobel , AstraZeneca, Oxford PV, Google, Rolls-Royce, Tata Steel, and Weir Group will be unveiled today by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). This EPSRC £20.4 million investment has leveraged in £16.8 million ...

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Automation Will Not Cause Unemployment

“There seems no justification for the fear that the introduction of automatic methods will cause widespread unemployment. Indeed, the reverse seems more likely.” So, 58 years ago, said the DSIR (Department of Scientific and Industrial Research) in their report ‘Ergonomics of Automation’ published on Friday September 23rd 1960. The extract was Electronics Weekly’s “Quote of ...

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ST and Leti to make GaN-on-Si power transistors

STMicroelectronics to manufacture GaN-on-Si power transistors, based on a process developed by French research lab Leti, ST and IRT Nanoelec. The process will be transferred from Leti’s 200mm R&D line to an ST-operated 200mm-wafer pilot-line, operational by 2020, which will allow ST to address high-efficiency, high-power applications – ST singles out: automotive on-board chargers for ...

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Europeans Warm Towards Immigrants But Critical Of EU’s Handling Of Them

Immigration has caused endless hassle in Europe but a surves from Pew Research suggests that, while Europeans are mainly welcoming to refugees, they strongly disapprove of the way the EU hsndles immigration. 92% of respondents in Greece, 84% in Sweden and 80%  in Hungary all believe the EU is mis-handling the crisis. Even in countries ...

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RF transistor delivers 1.6kW across 88-108MHz

Ampleon has announced a rugged high-power transistor for broadcast across 88 – 108MHz for FM radio applications. The device, called BLF189XRA, can deliver 1,600W CW (continuous wave transmission) from a standard 50V power rail and can operate at >82% power efficiency. “Being capable of delivering such power levels from a single SOT539 package reduces the ...

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Theorem Solutions adds JT to PDF product

Theorem Solutions of Tamworth, Staffordshire have released the latest JT to 3D PDF product from its Publish 3D range, with support for JT 10.x. Theorem’s Publish 3D – 3D PDF products enable the publishing of JT data directly into the interactive 3D PDF document format. The published PDF document contains embedded interactive 3D representations of ...

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Glasgow builds fast bio-marker detector from CMOS

The University of Glasgow has used CMOS chip to analyse concentrations of four body chemicals that are indicators of disease, and has achieved results similar to standard NHS tests. The 3.4 x 3.6mm chips were designed on Cadence Virtuoso and fabricated at Austria microsystems on a 350nm triple-well process. On these, the active area is a ...

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Get ready for Droidcon London 2018!

Are you attending Droidcon London this year? If you can make it, I would strongly recommend the event if you are involved with Android at all.

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New US tariffs hit switches, routers and modems but not smartwatches, fitness trackers and speakers.

Today another tranche of US tariffs on China imports into the USA takes effect. The 10% tariff is expected to apply to $200 billion worth of Chinese manufactured goods. The scope of the tariffs on electronics goods is confused. The government order imposing tariffs cites:  “Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of ...

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White House talks on quantum computing

Later today a group of tech and financial companies will meet US government representatives at the White House to discuss ways to drive the US effort in quantum computing. Quantum computing “will enable us to predict and improve chemical reactions, new materials and their properties, as well as provide new understandings of spacetime and the ...

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Alibaba starts Pingtogue Semiconductor

Alibaba is to set up a semiconductor company, reports Digitimes. The company, to be called Pingtogue Semiconductor, is to target AI SoCs and embedded processors. The idea is to use Pingtogue proprietary  ICs in Alibaba’s cloud and IoT activities. Pingtogue will start off as an amalgamation of C-Sky Microsystems, the China design house acquired by ...

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Fujitsu develops 1000:1 image compression

Fujitsu is reported by the Nikkei to have developed 1000:1  image-compression technology. Fujitsu reckons it will be useful in autonomous driving and ADAS applications.  A commercially available implementation of the technology is planned for 2021. The technology is said to have been a spin-off from its 4k and 8k video development. As well as having ...

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Ed Sights A Brum Bonanza

No.10 is not a good place to be at the moment – the lair of a wounded lioness. The PM got caught by the old Continental shufty-shufty – pretend everything’s going through splendidly then the bucket of water and the boot up the arse. The party conference next weekend will be a lulu. I’m booked ...

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3d printing: Hmmm, maybe a raft is not the answer

As a complete beginner to 3D printing, stumbling around in the dark feeling for snippets of understanding, the current plan is to find out why my 20.0mm object print at 20.7 tall, and the one that should be 10mm tall comes out at 10.7mm. In scooting around YouTube, I have seen folk print on a ...

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Surrey Space Centre’s RemoveDEBRIS satellite nets junk

We all know about the issues of space junk, but work is underway with the RemoveDEBRIS satellite to help redress the problem.

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Most Read articles – SiC-based TED-MOS, HD auto camera, Qualcomm lay-offs

There is a HD automotive camera module reference design from TI, Hitachi developing a SiC-based ‘TED-MOS’ (Trench-Etched-Double-Diffused MOS), hydrogen fuel cells for cars and reported Qualcomm lay-offs...

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Is The Product Different?

The greatest book on marketing tech products – Marketing High Technology by Bill Davidow – emphasises the jmportance of product differentiation. “I am always tempted to tell marketing people that ‘I would rather be different than better’, knowing full well that if a product is truly difterent in some ways important to some customers, they will ...

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Happy 10th birthday Android!

It would be rude not to mark the tenth anniversary of the first Android phone this Sunday, wouldn't it?

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Yokogawa boosts power analyser accuracy to ±0.03%

Yokogawa is claiming the highest accuracy yet available from a power analyser, for its new WT5000. On ac measurements, accuracy is 0.03% – made up of 0.01% of reading plus 0.02% or range (44-66Hz). Power factor influence is 0.02% of S. It is slightly less accurate on dc: 0.02% of reading plus 0.05% of range. The ...

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Element14 launches Sixth Sense Challenge

element14.com has launched the Sixth Sense Design Challenge to create a small remotely-operated or autonomous vehicle, such as a drone, robot or a tunnel exploration device. As an added twist, the project should showcase a “sixth sense” by displaying the capabilities of STMicroelectronics and TE Connectivity products to improve remote vehicle sensing and data collection. Ideas ...

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August SEMI billings down on July, up y-o-y.

August billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment were $2.24 billion – down 5.9% on July’s billings of $2.38 billion but up 2.5% on  the $2.18 billion billings of August 2017. “Global billings of North American equipment suppliers declined in August when compared to July, although they remain above August 2017 billings,” says SEMI CEO  Ajit Manocha,  “industry ...

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Molex and Ixia collaborate on 4G Ethernet

Molex and Ixia  to use Ixia’s K400 QSFP-DD to generate and receive 400 Gigabit Ethernet line rate traffic over Molex’s 3-meter Direct Attached Cable (DAC). Real-time analysis on K400 will showcase test results of pre-FEC (forward error correction) per lane BER (bit error rate) of around E-9. The superior performance of the “inherent” BER of the ...

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Murata expands SimSurfing tool

 Murata has added extra functionality to its  ‘SimSurfing’ ( https://www.murata.com/en-global/tool ) tool for simulation of the company’s capacitor, inductor and filter components. The previous version of the tool allowed visualisation of individual component performance characteristics for impedance, transmission and reflection variation, with frequency and other operating conditions. The new tool features simulation of the application circuits, ...

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Grove Inspiration For China Tech Entrepreneurs

Andy Grove seems to be inspiring the emerging generation of China’s tech entrepreneurs. Chinese VC investor Kai-Fu Lee a former president of Google China with 13 unicorns in his portfolio tells Business Insider that his CEOs share a quality – paranoia. “They are paranoid that there are copycats everywhere, ready to copy what they did,” ...

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Astro Pi 2018 challenge prepares the Raspberry Pi for space

Astro Pi is back, and Space is Waiting! It's a challenge offering young people the great chance to conduct scientific investigations in space that run on a Raspberry Pi.

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DIY origami shields PCBs against EMC

Wurth has come up with a neat idea for those in need of shielding on their PCB, but without time to order a custom part. For prototyping, ShielDIY is bend-it-yourself shielding made from 0.2 mm thick metal sheet with pre-embossed fold lines at 5mm intervals. “To produce an individual shielding cabinet of the required shape, ...

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Rohm aims at car sensors with mini dc-dc converter

ROHM is aiming to power the sensors in self-driving cars with a family of compact dc-dc converters. Called the BD9S series, the parts support output currents from 0.6 to 4.0A and come in 3x3mm packages, and operate at up to 90% efficiency (3.6Vin 1.8Vout). Switching is current-mode, resulting in fast load transient response, and fixed 2.2MHz ...

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Fable: The Ad

34 years ago an ad was aired. The text ran: ‘My friends, each of you is a single cell in the great body of the State. And today, that great body has purged itself of parasites. We have triumphed over the unprincipled dissemination of fact. The thugs and wreckers have been cast out. And the ...

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Multi-kW bi-directional dc-dc converter is 98% efficient for e-vehicles

Analog Devices has announced multi-phase 98% efficient bi-directional buck-boost switching regulator controller can mediate between any combination of 12, 24 and 48V batteries. Intended for cars, self-driving cars, for example, the LT8708-1 “operates between two batteries and prevents system shut-down should one of the batteries fail,” said the firm. “It can also be used in ...

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Bluetooth World: Arm releases Bluetooth LE stack for 5.0

Arm has launched a Bluetooth Low Energy software stack, claiming it to be “the world’s first open-source, fully-qualified and production-ready”. Called Mbed Cordio Stack, it appears to be the existing Cordio BLE stack integrated into Mbed OS – Electronics Weekly has asked for clarification. “For silicon partners, the solution gives them access to a full-featured, ...

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Cypress adds Alibaba Cloud support to microcontrollers for IoT

Cypress has added support for Alibaba’s ‘AliOS Things’ embedded IoT operating system to some of its microcontrollers. “PSoC 6 MCUs have passed the advanced certification for AliOS Things with Alibaba Cloud connectivity,” said Cypress. “Developers can now streamline connections to Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing arm of Alibaba, and design products with PSoC microcontrollers and ...

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Tegernsee: IoT for the masses

IoT is what gets Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle up in the morning. “This is a big deal, not just meaningful technology, it’s why we get up in the morning – it’s actually changing the world,” Tuttle (pictured) told the Publitek pre-Electronica meeting at Tegernsee this morning. Tuttle reckons that IoT will deliver a $10 ...

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Need a colourful Arduino-compatible board?

Component distributor Mouser has introduced Arduino-compatible MCU boards in bright colours, including one with a 32bit ARM core. Sourced from What Next, it is stocking eight single-board computers. Yellow and Red boards are based on a Microchip ATmega328 microcontroller. Each provides 20 digital IOs – including up to six PWM outputs and six analogue inputs ...

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Fujitsu speeds processing of unstructured data

Fujitsu has developed a technology that offers both high speed data-processing and high-capacity storage in distributed storage systems, in order to speed up the processing of ever-increasing volumes of data. This is in response to a growing need in such technologies as AI and machine learning for the analysis and utilization of rapidly growing volumes ...

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Yangtze River to break memory monopoly

Yangtze River Memory Technology Corporation (YMTC),  China’s multi-billion dollar memory start-up, will break the unhealthy monopoly of the big memory players, according ot its general manager Simon Yang. “These products have been monopolized by some international giants, which creates imbalance in the field and is unhealthy,” says Yang. China now has 55% of global IC ...

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Renesas opens up its IP for licensing

Renesas said today that  it is expanding access to its portfolio of IP licenses. Renesas has incorporated a broad range of IP into its MCUs and  SoCs ,  CPU IP, communication interface IP, timer IP, memory IP, and analogue IP. Effective today, Renesas is offering customers access to its IP portfolio. The first batch of offerings ...

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IQD oscillators range between 1GHz and 2.2GHz

The new IQXO-597 range of clock oscillators recently launched by IQD has an ultra-high frequency range of between 1GHz and 2.2GHz. Housed in a 14.0 x 9.0 x 3.3mm, 6 pad, this surface mount package has an FR4 base with a non-hermetically sealed metal lid. The IQXO-597 is available in three different outputs; Sine, Differential ...

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Hyundai and H2 sign deal for 1000 hydrogen-fuelled trucks

Hyundai is teaming up with H2 of Switzerland to supply 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell powered trucks to the Swiss market in the next five years starting at the end of next year. The timing schedule beats Tesla which plans to supply EV trucks to the country in 2020 and Daimler which plans to introduce them ...

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TI USB PD controllers source 100W and 200W

TI has introduced two USB Type-C  and USB Power Delivery (PD) controllers with integrated power paths designated TPS65987D and TPS65988. The controllers source 100 W and 200 W of power, respectively, to support computing applications and enable the benefits of USB Type-C in applications such as cordless power tools, gaming and virtual reality headsets. The ...

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How Few Were The Few

Battle of Britain Day last Saturday brought it home how few were the pilots who fought the Luftwaffe in 1940 denying the Germans the aerial victory which would have allowed Hitler to launch a sea attack against the UK. Only 2,424 British pilots took part in the Battle of Britain, of whom 452 were killed. ...

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Tiny slim Bluetooth LE module is 5.0-ready and adds ANT protocol

Insight SiP has launched an RF module that can add Bluetooth low-energy and ANT protocols to existing or new products. It is Bluetooth 5.0-ready. Dubbed ISP1507-AL, it is based on Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52 series of chips and “offers a complete wireless connectivity solution, with an embedded antenna, integrated DC-DC converter, and includes both radio and synchronisation crystals,” ...

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Photonic ICs could decimate the cost of sensors

French research lab Leti has launched a consortium to develop mid-infra-red photonic ICs for portable optical sensors that analyse gases and liquids, initially for the petrochemical and dairy industries. The ICs, integrated on millimetre-size CMOS silicon chips, will “create extremely robust miniature systems, in which discrete components are replaced by on-chip equivalents”, said Leti. “This makes them easier ...

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Tegernsee: Cadence to license 3.4TMAC/W AI processor IP

In Q1 2029, Cadence intends to license  a Tensilica processor IP which can do many AI inferences on the device rather than the cloud. Compared to doing AI inferences in the cloud the DNA 100 processor reduces latency, independence from poor connectivity and  privacy. The core is said to deliver up to 2,550 fps and ...

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3D printing: better pictures and dipping into G code

Day two of the journey on the way to to 3D printed Nirvana involved giving up on USB cable based printing with the Fabrikator Mini. Reading around, this could be due to high ground noise in the printer that corrupts the USB signal, or a too-tight time-out loop on the comms – right now, life ...

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Cashierless Shops

We’ve had disappointments like driverless cars, robots which out-smart humans and Amazon drone deliveries whose promise has evaporated on contact with reality, but something revolutionary which may actually work is the cashierless shop. Amazon is generally seen as the pioneer with three cashierless stores in Seattle.  It is not clear whether Amazon sees the business model ...

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Gadget-in-Extremis: Measuring cosmic microwaves from a younger universe

One for our Gadget-in-Extremis category - it's an ultra-sensitive camera to study the cosmic microwave background (CMB) from the Antarctica, as an addition to the Fermilab South Pole Telescope.

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Harwin extends Gecko range

 Harwin has extended the scope of its Gecko (Gecko-SL) 1.2 mm pitch connectors  – mainly aimed at avionics, military and autosport deployment. “We are the market leader for small pitch rectangular connectors that must not fail,” Harwin’s Andrew McQuillen told the Publitek pre-Electronica meeting in Tegernsee this morning. A reverse fix orientation has now been ...

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‘Best’ route to sound focussing

The ‘clipping method’ is the best route to creating virtual sound source in an arbitrarily-shaped room, according to researchers at Brigham Young University. The aim is to use multiple loudspeakers (see photo) and time-reversal signal processing to focus waves sound to a selected location, which then converge in all directions from that location – effectively creating a ...

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RS ponders future added value of distribution

The added value of a distributor in the future will depend on its exploitation of the internet as a communications platform, said Frank Behiens of RS Components (pictured)  at Publitek’s Pre-Electronica meeting in Tegernsee this morning. “The internet is not just a platform for ordering goods it’s a communications platform and we need to drive this ...

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Dialog delivers True Wireless Stereo HiFi over BLE

Dialog has demo-ed Stereo High Fidelity (HiFi) quality audio streaming over BLE. Dialog has developed an implementation of True Wireless Stereo audio over BLE running on its SmartBond SoC’s. “It’s necessary to have less than 100 microseconds latency between the earbuds to avoid unwanted sound effects and our solution delivers 1 microsecond latency,”said Dialog’s Mark ...

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STRATOS Inspire helps haptics design

Ultrahaptics have announced the launch of STRATOS Inspire, a plug-and-play haptic module based on its STRATOS platform. The STRATOS Inspire has been created for businesses and design agencies wanting to create more immersive and engaging digital experiences and touchpoints by adding tactile sensations. Designed for applications such as digital signage, location-based entertainment or interactive touch ...

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China buys first EUV machine

China has ordered its first EUV, machine, reports Digitimes. It will be used to make 7nm geometry ICs. The purchaser is SMIC.   ASML’s sales in China are not subject to the Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Controls for Conventional Arms and Dual-Use Technologies, says Shen Po, President of ASML China. ASML will be shipping the ...

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Top Ten Underground Systems For Number Of Stations

Thanks to Statista for this one – the ten undergound systems with the most stations:

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The Magnificent Seven

Seven product categories will exceed the 16% growth rate expected from the total IC market this year, says IC Insights. For the second consecutive year, the DRAM market is forecast to top all IC product segments with 39% growth. Overall, 13 product categories are forecast to experience double-digit growth and 28 total IC product categories ...

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Can model predictive control be bought to low-cost MPUs and DSPs

French lab Leti will attempt to bring model predictive control (MPC) algorithms to microcontrollers and low-cost DSPs, teaming up with automotive parts firm EFI Automotive. According to Leti this will allow equipment to perform better than is possible with standard control techniques like PID (proportional integral derivative) feedback. However, MPC requires complex computing – solving ...

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7nm APs emerge

Digitimes Research estimates that smartphone APs manufactured on 7nm will debut in Q318 and their ratio will grow rapidly to exceed 10%. The main contributor will be Apple’s new flagship processors fabricated by TSMC. Apple will account for 81% of all 7nm smartphone APs shipped in H218. As to the non-Apple camp, Hisilicon will take the ...

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Scope hits 110GHz analogue bandwidth, with low noise

Keysight has introduced what is claims is the world’s fastest oscilloscope, operating at 256Gsample/s on signals up to 110GHz. It is also claiming better noise and jitter than any previous fast scope. Called the Infiniium UXR-Series, it is is aimed at designers of high-speed serial links and electro-optical interfaces – for example DDR, USB, PCIe, ...

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3D printing attempt 1

If you are an electronics professional, this blog is probably not for you as 3D printing services are almost certainly the answer – unless you want a suck-it-and-see prototype in a rush, and can afford to climb the learning curve. But for patient enthusiasts everywhere, the following might be of interest to you: To find out ...

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MIT prototype scans your health even through walls

I don't know quite what to make of this one, a system from MIT that uses radio signals (Wi-FI), and machine learning, to monitor and estimate your health.

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Renesas ISP for auto cameras

Renesas has introduced an integrated open image signal processor (ISP) solution to help the development of automotive smart camera applications based on the Renesas  R-Car V3M and R-Car V3H System-on-Chips (SoCs). Integrating the ISP on the R-Car V3x SoCs and leveraging MM Solutions’ Automotive Camera Development Kit (AutoCDK), the open ISP solution on R-Car SoCs enables ...

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Farnell element14 shipping machine learning board

 Farnell element14 is shipping the Ultra96 an ARM-based Ultra96 development board jointly created by Avnet, Xilinx, and 96Boards. The development board, based on the Linaro 96Boards Consumer Edition specification, features the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC and provides developers with an environment to simplify machine learning. The 96Boards’ specifications are open and define a standard board layout for development ...

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oneM2M publishes Release 3

oneM2M, the IoT interoperability standard, today announced the publication of Release 3, its third set of specifications. On the menu: dramatically enhanced 3GPP interworking – in particular cellular IoT – and new capabilities to unlock value in industrial and smart home applications. 3GPP, the world’s global standards-setting organisation for cellular wireless, has been adding IoT-centric ...

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Theorem Solutions visualises 3D data

Theorem Solutions, of Tamworth, Staffordshire UK, has released it latest Visualize 3D Adapter for CATIA V5 to Creo View users supporting up to and including CATIA V5-6R2014-2018. For those that need to work with, or share, visualization data as part of design and manufacturing processes, the Theorem Visualize 3D suite of products offers direct translation ...

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