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Real-time supply chain management for industry 4.0
Real-time supply chain management for industry 4.0
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Automation in factories is often the first thought people have when they consider Industry 4.0. While manufacturing automation can be…
Volvo, Autoliv to build Nvidia-based automated driving platform
Volvo, Autoliv to build Nvidia-based automated driving platform
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In the automotive industry, chipmaker Nvidia currently is on a roll: Swedish carmaker Volvo and tier one supplier have teamed…
Test reports for initial narrow-band IoT wireless connectivity
Test reports for initial narrow-band IoT wireless connectivity
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CommSolid is a provider of cellular IoT IP (Intellectual Property): it has collaborated with Rohde & Schwarz to carry out…
Startup gets funding to combat mobile billing fraud
Startup gets funding to combat mobile billing fraud
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In a round led by Los Angeles-based venture capital firm, Palisades Venture Capital, BlockFraud Inc., a US-based technology company, has…

Webinar; Enabling functional safety for FPGA-based hardware design
Webinar; Enabling functional safety for FPGA-based hardware design
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Synopsys has notified a forthcoming webinar which has the aim of showing how designers can automatically “build-in” soft error detection and mitigation with Synopsys Synplify Premier FPGA design tools.
File management system certified for safety-critical embedded use
File management system certified for safety-critical embedded use
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Achieving formal certification makes FileX the ideal choice for applications that must meet IEC 61508, IEC 62304, ISO 26262, and EN 50128 safety standards, says originating company Express Logic, provider…
Analyst probes enabling technologies for fully flexible consumer electronics
Analyst probes enabling technologies for fully flexible consumer electronics
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Market and technology analyst IDtechEx has issued a report on the subject of, “The road to fully flexible consumer electronics and the role of flexible encapsulation”. Flexible consumer electronic devices…
20V, 4 MHz, synchronous 2x 6A step-down regulator in 20 sq mm
20V, 4 MHz, synchronous 2x 6A step-down regulator in 20 sq mm
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LTC3636 and LTC3636-1 are high efficiency, 4 MHz synchronous dual output buck regulators that incorporate a constant frequency/controlled on-time, current mode control scheme with phase lockable switching frequency. Their design…
New approach to building resistive memories
New approach to building resistive memories
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Researchers in Finland and Russia have used Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) to build viable resistance-based memory devices for high speed and low power applications.
Future Lighting Solutions signs as distributor for OSRAM Digital Systems
Future Lighting Solutions signs as distributor for OSRAM Digital Systems
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Future Lighting Solutions and Osram Digital Systems have signed a new franchise agreement encompassing Osram’s comprehensive range of drivers, light engines and controls for lighting applications. The agreement covers Europe,…
Multi-chip LED integrates lens for camera flash applications
Multi-chip LED integrates lens for camera flash applications
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Osram Opto Semiconductors' latest generation of the Oslux LED for mobile devices integrates two LED chips and a lens into a module for camera flash applications.
85W and 120W DC-DC converters aimed at harsh environments
85W and 120W DC-DC converters aimed at harsh environments
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TDK has launched a range of DC-DC converters aimed at harsh environments.
USB type-C controllers with internal protection boost operation safety
USB type-C controllers with internal protection boost operation safety
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STMicroelectronics has added two USB Type-C-certified port-controller ICs with built-in protection, which help designers implement interfaces cost-effectively to support their required blend of USB features. These can include power negotiation,…
MEMS sensors for wearables build in step counting and gesture recognition
MEMS sensors for wearables build in step counting and gesture recognition
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Bosch Sensortec (Reutlingen, Germany) has added a family of MEMS acceleration sensors for wearable devices, in which they perform motion and fitness tracking. BMA456 and BMA423 incorporate a step counter…
How engineering can build a plug and play for obsolescence
How engineering can build a plug and play for obsolescence
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It is a direct consequence of human progress that everything becomes obsolete in the end. All ideas and products have a natural span, after which the irrepressible innovative instinct replaces…
DC/DCs rated for harsh environment operation
DC/DCs rated for harsh environment operation
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TDK’s HQA series of harsh environment DC-DC converters now includes both 85W and 120W ratings with output voltages of 5V, 12V, 15V, 24V, 28V and 48V. The input voltage is…
Quantum-resistant asymmetric cryptography for low-resource IoT devices
Quantum-resistant asymmetric cryptography for low-resource IoT devices
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SecureRF Corporation will be demonstrating its quantum-resistant asymmetric cryptography for low-resource Internet of Things (IoT) devices at Sensors Expo 2017 in San Jose, that is up to 60x more efficient…
Ultrasonic 3D printer builds circuit boards
Ultrasonic 3D printer builds circuit boards
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Researchers in Lithuania have used an ultrasonic sensor array to build simple circuit board in a new type of 3D printer.
Cellular module from u‑blox designed into connected wheelchair
Cellular module from u‑blox designed into connected wheelchair
Business news |
As a part of the drive for autonomous driving for people with disabilities, WHILL KK., a Japanese company specialized in innovative products for the mobility industry, has launched a revolutionary…
Researchers blast past the Q factor
Researchers blast past the Q factor
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Researchers at EPFL in Zurich have been able to break past the Q factor to handle over a thousand times the combination of power and bandwidth in today's systems.
IoT platform developer raises $40 million
IoT platform developer raises $40 million
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Samsara Inc. (San Francisco), a startup developer of internet-connected sensor systems for applications such as fleet management, has raised $40 million in a Series C round of financing.
Edge cloud platform offers deterministic interrupt latency under 10μs
Edge cloud platform offers deterministic interrupt latency under 10μs
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The Titanium Edge SX edge cloud platform introduced by Wind River aims to consolidate control, compute and storage nodes into an integrated software package that can be deployed in a…
Fanless multi-functional board targets versatile industry 4.0.
Fanless multi-functional board targets versatile industry 4.0.
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AAEON's Gene-SKU6 is a small multi-functional board designed for low-power operation in confined environments.
Prototype enables natural hand interaction for mobile augmented reality
Prototype enables natural hand interaction for mobile augmented reality
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SoftKinetic® has introduced its latest prototypes at Mobile World Congress (MWC) Shanghai. This includes the latest advances of DepthSense time-of-flight (ToF) technology from SoftKinetic that comprise augmented reality (AR) and…
Micralyne adds gas sensor manufacturing capability
Micralyne adds gas sensor manufacturing capability
Technology News |
MEMS foundry Micralyne Inc. (Edmonton, Alberta) has started offering a standard silicon process and process modules for the development and production of gas sensors.
IoT platform startup raises $40 million
IoT platform startup raises $40 million
Business news |
Samsara Inc. (San Francisco), a startup developer of internet-connected sensor systems for applications such as fleet management, has raised $40 million in a Series C round of financing.
Hall-effect sensor plus development kit eases system development
Hall-effect sensor plus development kit eases system development
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Measuring rotational speed of crankshafts or transmission shafts in automotive and industrial environments requires fast, reliable sensors like the TLE4922 from Infineon. To speed design times and reduce system costs,…
Inaudible ‘shadow’ sound technique promises new security, communications applications
Inaudible ‘shadow’ sound technique promises new security, communications applications
Technology News |
In a paper titled "BackDoor: Making Microphones Hear Inaudible Sounds" presented at the MobiSys 2017 conference held in Niagara Falls last week, researchers from the Coordinated Science Laboratory at the…


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