Saelig Introduces Sol Chip Saturn802 Solar Energy Harvester ICs
Two new pairs of entry-level hand-held test and measurement devices from Voltcraft, now available from Conrad Electronic
13 February 2018 – Hirschau, Germany: Conrad Electronic today announced availability of two new pairs of entry-level hand-held test units from Voltcraft, a leading manufacturer of high-quality test and measurement equipment, power supplies and charging technology. The launch includes the VC310 and VC320 clamp meters and the VC155 and VC165 digital multimeters, both sets representing excellent value for a range of users from professional to hobbyists.
Enabling non-contact AC current measurement, the new VC310 and VC320 clamp meters are ultra-compact and highly robust entry-level units that offer a very … Read More → "Two new pairs of entry-level hand-held test and measurement devices from Voltcraft, now available from Conrad Electronic"
New university robotics kit and curriculum from TI prepare future engineers for systems-level design
DALLAS (February 13, 2018) To stay competitive in a world increasing in complexity and efficiency, today’s engineering students must graduate with an understanding of engineering concepts across multiple disciplines and products. To equip future engineers with this strong foundation in systems-level design, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ:TXN) has announced its newest educational solution for the university classroom, the TI Robotics System Learning Kit (TI-RSLK).
The TI-RSLK is a low-cost robotics … Read More → "New university robotics kit and curriculum from TI prepare future engineers for systems-level design"
Close to the Edge: Brain-Inspired Technologies will Bring Data Processing and Analytics to Internet of Things Devices
SAN FRANCISCO – Feb. 13, 2018 – CEA-Leti’s chief scientist today issued a forward-looking call to action for the microelectronics industry to create a radically new, digital-communication architecture for the Internet of Things in which “a great deal of analytics processing occurs at the edge and at the end devices instead of in the Cloud”.
Delivering a keynote presentation at the kickoff of ISSCC 2018, Barbara De Salvo said this architecture will include human-brain inspired hardware coupled to new computing paradigms and algorithms that “will allow for distributed intelligence over the whole IoT … Read More → "Close to the Edge: Brain-Inspired Technologies will Bring Data Processing and Analytics to Internet of Things Devices"
Highly integrated, wide-VIN synchronous converters feature industry-leading EMI and thermal performance
DALLAS (Feb. 12, 2018) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced two families of wide-VIN synchronous DC/DC buck regulators with industry-leading electromagnetic interference (EMI) and thermal performance. The highly integrated 5-A and 6-A LM73605/6 and 2.5-A and 3.5-A LM76002/3 step-down voltage converters feature an optimized pinout and best-in-class thermal coefficient to simplify the process of achieving EMI compliance and higher reliability for rugged industrial and automotive power supplies. For more information, samples and evaluation modules, see Read More → "Highly integrated, wide-VIN synchronous converters feature industry-leading EMI and thermal performance"
Arm’s Project Trillium offers the industry’s most scalable, versatile ML compute platform
- A new suite of Arm® IP brings machine learning (ML) to edge devices
- With architectures built for high-performance and efficiency; Arm ML and Object Detection (OD) processors will deliver the best user experiences across the broadest range of applications
- The new products will enable trillions of ML operations per second on mobile devices
Cambridge, UK – February 13, 2018 – Arm today announced Project Trillium, a suite of Arm IP including new highly scalable processors that will deliver … Read More → "Arm’s Project Trillium offers the industry’s most scalable, versatile ML compute platform"
CommAgility LTE systems chosen by Lockheed Martin for satcom project
Loughborough, UK, February 13th, 2018 – CommAgility, a Wireless Telecom Group company (NYSE MKT: WTT), announces that it is has been selected by Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) to supply integrated software and hardware for an innovative satellite communications (satcom) project.
CommAgility is supplying a customized version of its Read More → "CommAgility LTE systems chosen by Lockheed Martin for satcom project"
“Automotive Electronics Redefined”—Cadence Showcases IP and Design Solutions for Automotive Applications at embedded world 2018
FELDKIRCHEN, Germany, February 13, 2018—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) will showcase its latest Cadence® Tensilica® DSPs and design tools targeted for automotive applications at embedded world 2018. The demonstrations will take place in Hall 4/4-116 at the Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany from February 26 to March 1, 2018, where the theme of the event is “Automotive Electronics Redefined.”
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The Cadence automotive-themed demonstrations will highlight the following:
• ADAS: The scalable Tensilica DSP cores and their … Read More → "“Automotive Electronics Redefined”—Cadence Showcases IP and Design Solutions for Automotive Applications at embedded world 2018"
RS Components expands RS Pro range of test and measurement equipment
LONDON, UK, 13 February, 2018 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, has launched more than 100 new test and measurement products under its RS Pro label. The new introductions include products from three key equipment ranges: oscilloscope probes and thermal imaging cameras, both of which are new product areas for RS Pro, as well as a new digital multimeter.
The RS Pro oscilloscope probes ( Read More → "RS Components expands RS Pro range of test and measurement equipment"

