The Vulkan SC API from The Khronos Group has been ratified, allowing CoreAVI to enable standards-based implementations across the broadest range of silicon platforms in the ecosystem. This ratification enables maximum freedom of choice for developers of safety critical systems, regardless of industry segment or industry vertical. As the chair of Khronos’ Vulkan Safety Critical […]
Can HAM signals bouncing off the ionosphere really find the Malaysian Airlines MH370 crash site?
The Australian edition of the TV show 60 Minutes recently aired a piece involving retired British Aerospace engineer Richard Godfrey who says he knows where the Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 went down eight years ago. Godfrey told 60 Minutes he used an amateur radio technology called Weak Signal Propagation Reporter (WSPR) to track the airliner’s […]
Open standard covers functional safety for graphics, compute acceleration tasks
The Khronos Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced acceleration interoperability standards, has developed a royalty-free Vulkan safety-critical (SC) 1.0 API Specification to enable safety-critical industries to deploy state-of-the-art GPU graphics and compute acceleration while meeting the highest levels of functional safety requirements. The Vulkan SC Conformance Test Suite is also freely available […]
Ultra-high rez/instant autofocus camera works with SBCs, SoCs, variety of operating systems
The THEIA-CAM THSCU101 13-MegaPixel Phase-Detection Auto-Focus (PDAF) USB Video Class (UVC) camera kit performs on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, Raspberry Pi, and Jetson platforms through the USB port. Applications for the THSCU101 include medical scopes, AR glasses, barcode readers, vision assistive devices, drones, surveillance cameras, biometric devices, body cams, USB webcams, surgical microscopes, and machine […]
High-performance thermal interface material features extreme compressibility
SARCON PG130A from Fujipoly is one of the industry’s newest high-performance thermal interface materials that is extremely compressible. This double-sticky surface TIM is a great choice for applications that have delicate or wide-variation component heights and require extremely low material compression. This low modulus thermal gap filler also helps reduce stress on the PCB during […]
3U and 6U Intel-based OpenVPX computers aligned to SOSA standard
Two new rugged computers from Abaco Systems feature the recently introduced Intel Xeon D-2700 processor delivering powerful 100Gb Ethernet (100 GbE) capability. The HPC2812 6U VPX high performance computer (HPC) and the SBC3612D VPX single board computer (SBC) are Abaco’s first 100 GbE computationally intensive 6U and 3U SOSA-aligned boards. Both computers provide the building […]
APEC 2022 RAP sessions: Opposing experts to debate key design issues with audience participation
The Applied Power Electronics Conference (APEC 2022), being held March 20-24, will host its series of RAP Sessions – a perineal favorite at the conference – on Tuesday evening, March 22nd, from 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Houston Convention Center. Each RAP Session consists of a moderator and two expert panels that espouse […]
Software-definable flash LiDAR can be updated over the air
The patent-pending T30P flash LiDAR is said to be the industry’s first sensor designed to be software-definable and integrate easily into a complete autonomous driving system stack for automakers, as well as trucking and robotics applications. Vehicles with software-defined architectures require sensor technology that can support over-the-air updates throughout the life of the vehicle, allowing […]
Copper, fiber, PoE, Wi-Fi cable tester fits in a pocket
The LinkXpert cable testers include the LinkXpert TP (Twisted Pair) model for copper wires, as well as the LinkXpert M3 model for three media types: copper, fiber and Wi-Fi. LinkXpert cable testers offer game-changing convenience for end users, packing three media types — copper, fiber and Wi-Fi — into a single device roughly the size […]
Power system delivery for 5G networks
Special features such as fold-back protection and good dynamic response come in handy for the dc-dc conversion stages powering 5G RANs. Andy Brown, Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. With its high speeds, low latency, reliability and potential for rapid scalability, 5G is set to change the way we use and share data and to move concepts […]