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Powercast’s thin 0.3mm Powerharvester wireless power receiver charges smart cards, other compact devices over the air

Harvests RF energy from intentional RF transmitters or anticipated RF sources such as NFC or UHF RFID readers
May 17, 2018

PITTSBURGH, Pa., May 16, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Powercast Corporation, the pioneer of radio-frequency (RF)-based long-range power-over-distance wireless charging technology, today announced a smaller Powerharvester® wireless power receiver and RF-to-DC converter chip (PCC114) for its Powerharvester Chipset (comprised of a wireless power receiver chip and complementary boost converter IC). Designed for embedding in space-constrained consumer designs like smart cards or hearing aids, the new chip builds on Powercast’s existing Powerharvester receiver (PCC110), which has been deployed in industrial and commercial wireless power systems for seven years. Powercast used that experience to refine and reduce the size of its … Read More → "Powercast’s thin 0.3mm Powerharvester wireless power receiver charges smart cards, other compact devices over the air"

Concurrent Technologies completed qualification on 3U VPX rugged server boards

May 17, 2018

Concurrent Technologies, a leading supplier of processor solutions for demanding environments, has completed thermal, shock and vibration qualification testing and is shipping conduction-cooled ruggedized server boards with virtualization capabilities.    The 12-core variants of these 3U VPX™ boards will operate at a card edge temperature of +85°C with 100% processor loading, maximizing performance within a single slot. 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity and direct attached storage are also included to minimize Size, Weight and Power (SWaP) which is vital for many compute intensive applications within the defense market.

Both TR C4x/3sd-RCx and … Read More → "Concurrent Technologies completed qualification on 3U VPX rugged server boards"

Synopsys Introduces Industry’s First ASIL D Ready Embedded Vision Processor IP for ADAS Applications and Self-Driving Vehicles

DesignWare EV6x Processors with Safety Enhancement Package Accelerate ISO 26262 SoC-level Functional Safety Certifications for AI-enabled Automotive SoCs
May 17, 2018

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., May 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ —

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Vishay Intertechnology Snap-in Power Aluminum Capacitors Save Space, Lower Costs for Power Supplies, Solar Inverters, and Motor Controls

Devices Offer Increased Ripple Current to 4.42 A and Useful Life of 3,000 Hours at 105 °C
May 17, 2018

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Vishay Intertechnology Snap-in Power Aluminum Capacitors Save Space, Lower Costs for Power Supplies, Solar Inverters, and Motor Controls

Devices Offer Increased Ripple Current to 4.42 A and Useful Life of 3,000 Hours at 105 °C

MALVERN, Pa. — May 16, 2018 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today introduced a new series of miniature snap-in power aluminum electrolytic capacitors. Ideal for power supplies, solar inverters, and industrial motor controls, the Vishay BCcomponents 259 PHM-SI series combines 30 % higher ripple current … Read More → "Vishay Intertechnology Snap-in Power Aluminum Capacitors Save Space, Lower Costs for Power Supplies, Solar Inverters, and Motor Controls"

Artila Introduces New C Programmable Device Server Aport-214PG

Making data acquisition reliable and efficient
May 17, 2018

Taipei, Taiwan – April 2018 — Artila Electronics, which specializes in the development and manufacture of Linux-ready Arm embedded industrial computers, launches the brand new FreeRTOS programmable device server, Aport-214PG. Merging the legacy RS-485 based devices into an industrial Ethernet network is a challenge task to all of the system integrators today due to the characteristic of slow response and various data format.  To cope with the challenge of speed inconsistency, by skillful programming and design, the programmable device server plays an important role in the field data acquisition.</ … Read More → "Artila Introduces New C Programmable Device Server Aport-214PG"

CTAccel Joins Accelize Ecosystem to Make FPGA-Based Image Transcoding Acceleration Available on AccelStore

Image Transcoding Accelerator from CTAccel Will Be Available on As-Needed Basis for Cloud and Enterprise Applications
May 17, 2018

Cloud Expo Asia, Hong Kong — May 16, 2018 — CTAccel announced today that it is partnering with Accelize® to make its FPGA-based CTAccel Image Processor (CIP) available on an as-needed basis on the new AccelStore™ marketplace. CIP is a high-performance image processing accelerator that improves server throughput and latency.  

“By joining the Accelize ecosystem, we are making our image transcoding expertise available to a broader audience of cloud and enterprise application developers on all the cloud and enterprise platforms supported by the Accelize framework starting with OVH and AWS,” said Ivan … Read More → "CTAccel Joins Accelize Ecosystem to Make FPGA-Based Image Transcoding Acceleration Available on AccelStore"

Flex Logix Co-Founders Awarded Interconnect Patent for Connecting Any Kind OF RAM Between eFPGA Cores to Create Application-Optimized eFPGA Arrays

New RAMLinx Solution Enables the Integration of Any Size, Amount or Type of RAM in eFPGA Arrays
May 16, 2018

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – May 15, 2018 –  Flex Logix Technologies, Inc., the leading supplier of embedded FPGA (eFPGA) IP, architecture and software, announced that an additional switch interconnect patent, U.S. Patent 9,973,194, was issued today to Flex Logix, naming its co-founders Cheng Wang and Geoff Tate as the inventors. This patent, which builds on the tiling interconnect patents issued to Flex Logix in late 2017 … Read More → "Flex Logix Co-Founders Awarded Interconnect Patent for Connecting Any Kind OF RAM Between eFPGA Cores to Create Application-Optimized eFPGA Arrays"

AdaCore’s GNAT Pro Ada Toolchain Released for BlackBerry QNX

AdaCore and BlackBerry partnering to support development of critical applications
May 16, 2018

NEW YORK and PARIS, May 15, 2018 – AdaCore today announced a new partnership with BlackBerry to support the company’s industry-leading QNX operating system across AdaCore’s family of GNAT Pro software tools, including GNAT Pro Assurance, GNAT Pro Enterprise and GNAT Pro Developer. The support for QNX within the GNAT Pro product line will further expand the broad range of embedded platforms available to Ada users and … Read More → "AdaCore’s GNAT Pro Ada Toolchain Released for BlackBerry QNX"

Silicon Labs and Calnex Simplify SyncE Design and Testing with Proven Solution Using Marvell Alaska C 25GbE/100GbE Transceivers

Joint Testing Demonstrates Synchronous Ethernet Compliance to Accelerate Time to Market for High-Speed Ethernet Designs
May 16, 2018

AUSTIN, Texas and LINLITHGOW, UK – May 15, 2018 – Silicon Labs (NASDAQ: SLAB) and Calnex Solutions ( http://www.calnexsol.com ) today announced a proven reference design for ITU-T G.8262-compliant Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE) applications at 25G and 100G Ethernet rates. The solution is based on the Marvell® Alaska® C family of high-speed Ethernet transceivers, Silicon Labs’ Si5348 low-jitter network synchronizer clock and … Read More → "Silicon Labs and Calnex Simplify SyncE Design and Testing with Proven Solution Using Marvell Alaska C 25GbE/100GbE Transceivers"

Highly Integrated Quad Low-Side Switch from STMicroelectronics Presents Rich Diagnostics for Smart Automation

May 16, 2018

The STMicroelectronics IPS4260L quad low-side intelligent power switch boosts efficiency and reliability in industrial automation, with four 260mΩTYP RDS(ON) power switches and protection features in a space-efficient, thermally enhanced package. The IC can manage up to 2.4A@TAMB=85°C (0.6A per channel or 2.4A on single channel) with the possibility to set current limitation threshold by external resistor and to parallelize the channel.

The very low rise and fall time (tr, tf < 1μs) allows high switching frequency (up to 250kHz) and makes it ideal for servo drives, motor controls, industrial-PC peripherals, programmable logic … Read More → "Highly Integrated Quad Low-Side Switch from STMicroelectronics Presents Rich Diagnostics for Smart Automation"

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