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How Sensors are Moving Materials Handling Towards Safe Automation

Affordable, highly accurate and extremely reliable sensing systems and controls are fueling the rise of AGV solutions for a wide range of material handling applications in warehouses, factories and industrial facilities
May 29, 2018

Sensata Technologies, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sensor, industrial control, power management and electrical protection solutions, today announced the availability of a new white paper (How Sensors are Moving Materials Handling Towards Safe Automation) that covers the rapidly evolving world of Automated Guided Vehicles and how new developments in sensor and guidance technologies are enabling AGVs to become an essential element for a wide variety of material handling applications.

This white paper examines some of the more interesting applications which are adopting AGVs and how a number of … Read More → "How Sensors are Moving Materials Handling Towards Safe Automation"

Next-Generation Security-on-a-Chip for Smart Things, from STMicroelectronics, Comes with Certified Protection Profiles for European Utilities

May 25, 2018
  • New STSAFE chip combines latest digital-security features to keep connected IoT objects safe
  • Turnkey applets accelerate time to market for secure smart meters, data concentrators, and gateways
  • Certified Common Criteria CC-EAL5+ and compliant with ENEDIS specification for French smart-metering market
  • Certified by BSI for German smart-metering market: BSI-DSZ-CC-1037-2018

Geneva, May 24, 2018 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has brought together the latest digital security techniques in a single chip to … Read More → "Next-Generation Security-on-a-Chip for Smart Things, from STMicroelectronics, Comes with Certified Protection Profiles for European Utilities"

GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces Industry’s Most Advanced Automotive-Qualified Production FD-SOI Process Technology

Manufacturing certification for security, reliability and robustness provides customers with performance and power efficiency for automotive applications
May 25, 2018

Santa Clara, Calif., May 23, 2018 – GLOBALFOUNDRIES today announced that its 22nm FD-SOI (22FDX®) technology platform has been certified to AEC-Q100 Grade 2 for production. As the industry’s most advanced automotive-qualified FD-SOI process technology, GF’s 22FDX platform includes a comprehensive set of technology and design enablement capabilities tailored to improve the performance and power efficiency of automotive integrated circuits (ICs) while maintaining adherence to strict automotive safety and quality standards.

With the rapid proliferation of automotive electronics content and regulations on energy efficiency and safety, semiconductor device component quality and reliability are more critical … Read More → "GLOBALFOUNDRIES Announces Industry’s Most Advanced Automotive-Qualified Production FD-SOI Process Technology"

Pentek Announces New Quartz RFSoC Board that Delivers Unprecedented Resource Integration and Connectivity for Radar and DRFM Applications

May 25, 2018

Pentek Quartz Architecture with Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA
•       Eight wideband A/D and D/A converters
•       Dual optical 100 GigE interfaces
•       3U VPX with PCIe Gen 3 x8 interface
•       Unique QuartzXM eXpress Module enables migration to other form factors
•       Navigator Design Suite for streamlined IP development
•       Available in commercial and rugged versions

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ─Pentek, Inc., today introduced its first product in the Quartz™ Architecture family, the Model 5950, an eight-channel A/D and D/A converter, 3U OpenVPX board based on the Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ RFSoC FPGA. The low latency … Read More → "Pentek Announces New Quartz RFSoC Board that Delivers Unprecedented Resource Integration and Connectivity for Radar and DRFM Applications"

EEMBC Seeks Participants for Machine Learning Working Group

Group Members to Develop Benchmarks for Measuring Performance and Power Consumption of Processor Cores Running Learning Inference Models
May 25, 2018

EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. — May 23, 2018 — EEMBC, an industry consortium that develops benchmarks for embedded software and hardware, today announced that the organization is seeking participants for a new Machine Learning working group. Group members will collaborate to develop EEMBC’s Machine Learning Benchmark Suite, which will identify the performance potential and power efficiency of processor cores used for accelerating machine learning jobs on clients such as virtual assistants, smartphones, and IoT devices.

“Until now, benchmarks have focused on training processes in the cloud, neglecting performance and power consumption measurements for cores running learning inference models on IoT … Read More → "EEMBC Seeks Participants for Machine Learning Working Group"

GreenWaves Technologies Announces Availability of GAP8 Software Development Kit and GAPuino Development Board

GreenWaves’ pioneering GAP8 IoT Application Processor enables high-performing evaluation board and development kit
May 24, 2018

Grenoble, France and Santa Clara, Calif., May 22, 2018 – GreenWaves Technologies, a fabless semiconductor startup designing disruptive ultra-low power embedded solutions for image, sound and vibration AI processing in sensing devices, today announced the availability of its GAP8 Software Development Kit (SDK) and GAPuino Development Board. The GAPuino Boards are available for purchase Read More → "GreenWaves Technologies Announces Availability of GAP8 Software Development Kit and GAPuino Development Board"

Arduino introduces new boards featuring u‑blox wireless technology

May 24, 2018

Thalwil, Switzerland – May 24, 2018 – u-blox (SIX:UBXN), a global provider of leading positioning and wireless communication technologies, and Arduino, providers of the world’s leading open-source hardware and software ecosystem, introduced four new boards to their MKR family, delivering enhanced wireless connectivity options for IoT applications. Previously Arduino adopted u-blox for their MKR GSM 1400, now one of the most popular boards of the MKR family for its unique characteristics and robustness.

Arduino introduced the MKR family and form factor to address IoT use cases by focusing on … Read More → "Arduino introduces new boards featuring u‑blox wireless technology"

UnitedSiC’s 1200 V Silicon Carbide FETs deliver industry’s highest-performance upgrade path for IGBT, Si and SiC-MOSFET users

UJ3C1200 series offers a drop-in replacement without changes to gate drive voltage
May 24, 2018

May 24, 2018, Princeton, New Jersey: Designers of Power Factor Correction stages (PFCs), Active Frontend Rectifiers, LLC converters and Phase Shift Full Bridge converters can now upgrade existing system performance by using the new UJ3C1200 series of SiC JFET cascodes from UnitedSiC. With a voltage rating of 1200 V and ON-resistances of 80 and 40 milliohms, these devices offer a ‘drop-in’ replacement solution for many existing IGBT, Si-MOSFET and SiC-MOSFET parts, with no change to gate drive circuitry. This simplifies design upgrades and provides an alternative-purchasing source for existing parts.

… Read More → "UnitedSiC’s 1200 V Silicon Carbide FETs deliver industry’s highest-performance upgrade path for IGBT, Si and SiC-MOSFET users"

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