Ainstein announced an antenna and board design for 60-GHz mmWave radar over-the-door sensors (ODS) using Texas Instruments’ IWR6843 family of devices. With Ainstein’s innovative radar system design, customization, and manufacturing capabilities, building automation designers can now leverage TI’snew 60-GHz mmWave sensors in overhead mounting positions for highly customized applications. This combination enables near real-time decision-making and signal […]
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Next-generation Z-Wave protocol now on wireless Gecko platform
The next-generation Z-Wave 700 protocol can now be found on the Wireless Gecko platform from Silicon Labs. The new smart home platform builds on Z-Wave’s industry-leading S2 security and interoperability by improving energy efficiency and adding higher performance, longer range RF capabilities. By leveraging the Wireless Gecko platform, Z-Wave 700 is said to enable developers […]
16- and 32-bit security eSIM controllers optimized for M2M
Machine-to-machine communication in the Internet of Things (IoT) requires reliable data collection and uninterrupted data transmission. For taking full advantage of the ubiquitous mobile networks, Infineon Technologies AG provides the world’s first industrial-grade embedded SIM (eSIM) in a miniature Wafer-level Chip-scale Package (WLCSP). Manufacturers of industrial machines and equipment ranging from vending machines to remote […]
GaN Front End Module mitigates 5G expansion costs
Qorvo has expanded its offering for 5G applications with the industry’s first 28 GHz Gallium Nitride (GaN) front-end module (FEM). This new FEM reduces overall system costs for base station equipment manufacturers as they expand into 5G. According to SNS Telecom & IT, the 28 GHz frequency band is widely preferred for early 5G-based fixed […]
3D NAND Flash memory: Making HDDs obsolete in a data-centric world
A data-centric economy is evolving. The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 debuted with 8 GB RAM and one terabyte (TB) of storage (purchasing a 512 GB SD card bumps it to 1 TB). The price tag is well over $1,000, so the rest of us will have to buy 1 TB of cloud storage from Google […]
Development kit enables engineers to build voice interface
XMOS has jointly developed a new voice interface development kit, “codama”, with Yukai Engineering and NTT DOCOMO. The “codama” voice interface development kit includes the XMOS VocalFusion XVF3100 voice processor; it enables AI engineers and developers to build a voice interface with NTT DOCOMO “AI Agent API” into their products. This technology brings people the freedom […]
SBD PCI Express expansion module compatible with PCle/104 OneBank interface
WinSystems introduced its PX1-I416 module, which adds Mini PCI Express expansion capability to embedded systems with PCle/104 OneBank expansion. This product is designed to maximize utilization of a host platform while opening up access to myriad COTS I/O modules from a multitude of suppliers. Compatible with PCle/104 OneBank SBCs, the module incorporates dual Mini-PCI Express slots. […]
Design verification platform for RISC-V-based AI and ML semiconductor solutions
Valtrix Technologies, an EDA company delivering Design Verification (DV) solutions for the semiconductor industry, announced that Esperanto Technologies has selected Valtrix’s STING DV Platform for design verification of its energy-efficient semiconductor solutions for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) based on the open standard RISC-V instruction set architecture. Esperanto plans to use STING for verifying the […]
Framework enables pre-silicon software development with RISC-V
Antmicro has added support for the Linux-enabled PolarFire SoC revealed earlier by Microchip Technology in the open source Renode software development framework. Microchip PolarFire SoC is a new class of SoC FPGAs that combines the industry’s lowest power mid-range PolarFire FPGA family with a complete microprocessor subsystem based on the open, royalty-free RISC-V ISA. In a move that […]
CPU cores with RISC-V technology now support the custom extension
Andes Technology announced its newly-released AndeStar V5 CPU cores – N25/N25F, NX25/NX25F, A25 and AX25 – support the Andes Custom Extension (ACE) feature. The AndeStar V5 architecture is the result of RISC-V technology incorporated with Andes innovations based on rich experience in serving embedded processor IPs for over 10 years. The ACE feature enables embedded […]