IQD’s newest addition to its range of advanced oscillator modules is its IQCM-112 series of disciplined OCXOs. This new design incorporates an internal GNSS receiver with a 1PPS output which is compatible with an external GPS, GLONASS, BEIDOU and GALILEO source and is housed in a 14-pin 60mm square package. When coupled to an external […]
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Chip design software promotes high-throughput camera and display SoC development
Synopsys announced it is expanding its MIPI camera and display IP portfolio with the DesignWare MIPI C-PHY/D-PHY IP for a range of FinFET processes. The silicon-proven C-PHY/D-PHY IP is compliant with the MIPI C-PHY v1.2 and D-PHY v2.1 specifications for a low-risk solution targeting high-resolution imaging and display SoCs. In addition, the C-PHY/D-PHY meets the stringent functional […]
MCUs optimized for inverter-fed motor control
Renesas launched their RX13T Group of 32-bit MCUs to enable highly efficient inverter control of compact motors in consumer and industrial applications that previously controlled motor operation through on-off switching. This includes factory equipment and cordless, battery-powered household products such as water discharge, supply pumps, cooling fans for data sensor servers, electric power tools, and […]
Bluetooth 5 beacons/sensor beacons promote IoT security
Fujitsu Component America, Inc. has added a series of Bluetooth 5 beacons and sensor beacons to offer OEMs greater functionality and flexibility for developing new, cost-effective and secure IoT solutions. Based on Fujitsu’s Bluetooth 5 FWM7BLZ20B module, the new beacons leverage the benefits of Bluetooth 5, including reduced power consumption, faster communication speed, greater LE […]
Three-axis MEMS accelerometer optimized for industrial vibration sensing
STMicroelectronics, is powering the next generation of Industry 4.0 applications with a new vibration-sensing solution optimized to enable smart maintenance of factory equipment. ST’s IIS3DWB vibration sensor and supporting STEVAL-STWINKT1 multi-sensor evaluation kit accelerate development of condition-monitoring systems that boost productivity by inferring equipment maintenance needs. Analyzing the sensed vibration data locally or in the cloud helps owners create […]
Edge computing platform gets SSD integration
Aetina Corporation announced its successful integration with the world’s first out-of-band management SSD solution Innodisk InnoAGE. Aetina Jetson edge computing platform equipped with InnoAGE solid-state hard drives to achieve the goal of remote out-of-band management. It can reduce the massive cost of manually repairing the edge device, and primarily reduce the downtime of the equipment, […]
USB-powered debug probe supports trace/debug integrated with RISC-V processor cores
SEGGER’s products are already fully compatible with SiFive’s RISC-V processor cores, and now its J-Link probes deliver support for the new SiFive Insight debug/trace solution. This includes SiFive’s latest Nexus-based trace implementation, which enables ongoing monitoring and recording of processor instruction execution. Via SEGGER’s highly popular J-Link PLUS, PRO and ULTRA debug probe options, plus […]
AI inference on MCUs? Yes, with development kits
The microcontroller, the most widely deployed computing platform, is ready to welcome the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution. Really? For a start, MCUs don’t have enough storage space needed to hold the neural network-based trained models, and they don’t have enough RAM to carry out inference operations based on these models. Microcontrollers are known for limited […]
PMIC reference designs cover Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced three easy to use Power Management IC (PMIC) reference designs for powering the multiple supply rails of Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, Spartan-7 FPGAs, and Zynq-7000 SoCs, with and without DDR memory. Renesas has worked closely with Xilinx to offer low-risk and easy to design power solutions to accelerate FPGA and SoC design. […]
High-performance global-shutter image sensors minimize need for host processing
STMicroelectronics is enabling the next generation of smart computer-vision applications with new high-speed image sensors that use “global shutter” – the preferred mode for capturing distortion-free images when the scene is moving or when near-infrared illumination is needed. ST’s advanced image-sensor process technologies enable class-leading pixel size while offering both high sensitivity and low crosstalk. […]