Designers can now achieve double the battery life together with robust protection and highest accuracy for internet of things (IoT), industrial and healthcare applications with three new Essential Analog ICs from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.: MAX41400 instrumentation amplifier, MAX40108 precision operational amplifier and MAX31343 real-time clock (RTC) with integrated MEMS oscillator. When designing IoT and […]
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Ruggedized AC/DC converter lines feature industrial temperature ranges
Murata today introduced several AC/DC converter product lines developed for the Industrial, Automation, IoT, Smart Buildings, Medical, and Security markets – the BAC1, BAC3, and BAC05. These solutions feature wide industrial temperature ranges and have been ruggedized to operate efficiently in the most demanding environments. Further, with reinforced insulation, they deliver unsurpassed safety qualifications for both AC […]
Anti-counterfeit, turnkey combines enhanced authentication and flexibility
Consumer devices, home appliances and industrial machines are constantly exposed to the risk of counterfeit spares and accessories. Fakes can compromise functionality, user safety and – as a result – brand value. To solve this problem, Infineon Technologies AG launches the OPTIGA Authenticate IDoT anti-counterfeit turnkey solution which combines enhanced authentication with unprecedented levels of […]
Power analysis software analyzes IoT power consumption down to subsystem level
Keysight Technologies, Inc. announced X8712A software, the KS833A2A Event-based Power Analysis software, which enables these engineers to analyze an IoT device’s power consumption and delivers an accurate view of how the IoT device behaves to the subsystem level, as well as its charge consumption profile. It offers an easy-to-use visualization tool, via the company’s PathWave software, […]
Deep-learning suite speeds deployments on intelligent edge devices, data centers
A new suite of products and services help drive enterprise adoption of deep learning, at scale, on intelligent edge devices and in data centers. The offerings build on DeepCube’s patented platform, which is the industry’s first software-based deep learning accelerator that drastically improves performance on any existing hardware. Now, DeepCube will offer solutions for neural […]
eUICC enables turnkey open cellular connectivity for IoT devices
IoT application solution providers can now easily and remotely change mobile network operators with Avnet’s new GSMA 3.2 eUICC (embedded universal integrated circuit card) product family. The AVeUICC32xxBICS, developed in collaboration with BICS, the international communications enabler, and leading global IoT network connectivity provider, enables solution providers to future-proof their product without having to manually visit or recall IoT end […]
SBC targets IoT apps with audio, video processing features
Leading global technology solutions provider Avnet is adding the MaaXBoard Nano, a new single-board computer, to its portfolio of hardware designed to accelerate time to market and reduce development costs. Based on NXP’s i.MX 8M Nano processor, the production-ready MaaXBoard Nano is designed for embedded computing and smart edge IoT applications. It is specially enhanced for […]
Tips on designing smart home devices – Part 2
In Part 1, we covered the design criteria to consider when creating a new smart home device and some of the smart home protocols. Here, we continue with additional device-design considerations. How can I determine which cloud platform to use? Today, multiple cloud platforms are available. It depends on which smartphone or handheld device you […]
Universal energy harvesting/power management module targets IoT devices
The EHM-UNIV from Xidas is a small surface-mount energy harvesting and power management module that eliminates the need for engineers to purchase energy harvesting evaluation modules and determine how to engineer power management ICs into their application. Xidas has spent over two years working in partnership with the US National Science Foundation (NSF) to address […]
Tips on designing smart home devices – Part 1
The smart home market is growing rapidly, with many developers striving to get a piece of the pie. As a result, competition is fierce. To create a highly competitive smart home device, designers want to make devices that are compatible with industry standards and easy to use. And they want to get these devices to […]