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Offline Constant Voltage and PFC Controller from Diodes Incorporated Offers Low Standby Power for Connected LED Lighting

December 7, 2017

Plano, Texas – 6 December – Diodes Incorporated, a leading global manufacturer and supplier of high-quality application specific standard products within the broad discrete, logic, analog and mixed-signal semiconductor markets, today introduced the AL1788. This high-performance offline constant voltage and PFC controller has been developed to combine high power factor correction (PFC) with low total harmonic distortion (THD) and low standby power, making it well-suited for commercial applications and connected lighting requirements.

Based on a platform that supports both flyback and buck topology, the AL1788 is designed for primary side regulation (PSR), which removes the need for feedback optically coupled … Read More → "Offline Constant Voltage and PFC Controller from Diodes Incorporated Offers Low Standby Power for Connected LED Lighting"

Videantis and ADASENS partner to address explosive growth in intelligent automotive cameras

Partnership brings the automotive computer vision functions from ADASENS to the embedded vision processor solutions from videantis.

December 7, 2017

Hannover and Lindau, Germany, December 5, 2017 – Videantis and ADASENS (part of the FICOSA group) today announced they are partnering to bring advanced sensing technologies to self-driving vehicles and automotive ADAS applications. The partnership combines the ADASENS portfolio of computer vision functions with videantis’s low-power, high-performance embedded vision processor.

The automotive industry has been rapidly expanding its usage of cameras for a wide variety of safety-increasing and self-driving features. Rear cameras are adding computer vision to automatically brake and prevent backover incidents, surround view systems greatly increase visibility and are including automated parking functionality, front cameras are used … Read More → "Videantis and ADASENS partner to address explosive growth in intelligent automotive cameras"

XMOS enables far-field voice technology for Pegatron Martina smart speaker interface to Google Cloud Services

The XVF3000™ voice processor from the XMOS comprehensive far-field voice interface portfolio, delivers crystal clear voice capture for Asian market and beyond

December 7, 2017

Bristol, 7th December 2017 – XMOS (http://www.xmos.com), a leading supplier of advanced embedded voice and audio interface solutions, today confirmed that its VocalFusion™ voice technology has been selected by Pegatron Corporation, a worldwide leader in electronic and computing Design and Manufacturing Service (DMS), for its new smart voice … Read More → "XMOS enables far-field voice technology for Pegatron Martina smart speaker interface to Google Cloud Services"

Cadence Allegro Pulse Extends Team Collaboration, Reducing Costs and Enabling Shorter, More Predictable Electronic Design Cycles

PCB industry’s first solution to automatically connect business stakeholders throughout the organization provides critical work-in-progress design data

December 7, 2017

SAN JOSE, Calif., December 6, 2017—Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced Cadence® Allegro® Pulse, the PCB industry’s first solution to enable extended team collaboration by providing near-real-time insights into the complexities of the electronic design process. Allegro Pulse connects management, engineering, procurement and other business stakeholders to up-to-date work-in-progress design data in a single, unified web-based platform, enabling design teams to identify critical issues sooner, better evaluate readiness and predict and mitigate risk. As a result, companies can significantly reduce end-product cost, shorten design cycles, enable IP reuse and avoid costly fixes later in the design cycle. … Read More → "Cadence Allegro Pulse Extends Team Collaboration, Reducing Costs and Enabling Shorter, More Predictable Electronic Design Cycles"

Device makes power conversion more efficient

New design could dramatically cut energy waste in electric vehicles, data centers, and the power grid.

December 7, 2017

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Power electronics, which do things like modify voltages or convert between direct and alternating current, are everywhere. They’re in the power bricks we use to charge our portable devices; they’re in the battery packs of electric cars; and they’re in the power grid itself, where they mediate between high-voltage transmission lines and the lower voltages of household electrical sockets.

Power conversion is intrinsically inefficient: A power converter will never output quite as much power as it takes in. But recently, power converters made from gallium nitride have begun to reach the market, … Read More → "Device makes power conversion more efficient"

Fairview Microwave Releases New Waveguide Electromechanical Relay Switches that Cover C, X, Ku, K and Ka Frequency Bands

New Waveguide Electromechanical Relay Switches Range From 5.85 GHz to 40 GHz

December 7, 2017

LEWISVILLE, Texas – Fairview Microwave Inc., a supplier of on-demand microwave and RF components, has introduced 28 new waveguide electromechanical relay switches from 5.85 GHz to 40 GHz that deliver full waveguide performance in C, X, Ku, K and Ka frequency bands. They are ideal for applications that include VSAT, SATCOM, radar, microwave radio, electronic warfare, electronic countermeasures, research and development, space systems and test instrumentation.

Fairview’s new Read More → "Fairview Microwave Releases New Waveguide Electromechanical Relay Switches that Cover C, X, Ku, K and Ka Frequency Bands"

IAR Systems maximizes performance for latest Renesas RX industrial IoT MCUs

IAR Embedded Workbench delivers a powerful toolchain enabling developers to make the most of the new RX65N/RX651 microcontrollers targeting the industrial Internet of Things (IIoT)

December 7, 2017

Uppsala, Sweden—December 5, 2017—IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, announces tool support for the expanded RX65N/RX651 Group microcontroller (MCU) lineup, recently made available by Renesas Electronics. By using the … Read More → "IAR Systems maximizes performance for latest Renesas RX industrial IoT MCUs"

Advanced data security for building automation monitoring – DNA and Tosibox to begin cooperation

DNA and award-winning Oulu-based company Tosibox have begun cooperation to provide DNA real estate customers an advanced data security solution for the monitoring of building automation systems. The TOSIBOX® technology is easily scalable for use in properties of all sizes and allows the secure configuration of building automation systems with a remote connection.

December 7, 2017

A smart property makes for smarter homes, and new housing companies, in particular, utilise highly modern building automation systems. Data is constantly collected on, for example, heating, water and electricity consumption, ventilation and access control and transmitted outside the property to aid the manager, maintenance company or other service provider in monitoring and configuring the property’s functions.

However, the increasingly diversified operating environment in building automation systems poses new challenges for the data security of properties: building automation is often performed without any data security or the potential solutions are too burdensome to be used.

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Market Newcomer Riot Micro Delivers Industry’s Lowest Power NB-IoT and eMTC Baseband Chip

Innovative design approach applies BLE/Wi-Fi architecture to deliver cellular IoT solution with cost/power levels characteristic of short-range wireless systems

December 7, 2017

Vancouver, British Columbia – DECEMBER 5, 2017 – Riot Micro today made its market debut with the industry’s lowest power baseband modem chip for the cellular Internet of Things (IoT). The Riot Micro RM1000 is built using an innovative approach that applies BLE and Wi-Fi architecture techniques to deliver a cellular IoT solution with the low power and cost levels characteristic of short-range wireless systems. The RM1000 is available now to module manufacturers and OEMs designing NB-IoT and eMTC systems including asset management, home automation, industrial, point-of-sale, smart energy, vending and automotive applications.

Innovative design approach reduces power consumption … Read More → "Market Newcomer Riot Micro Delivers Industry’s Lowest Power NB-IoT and eMTC Baseband Chip"

STMicroelectronics’ Advanced Image-Stabilizing Gyroscope Enables Shake-Free Photography with Next-Generation Smartphones

December 6, 2017

Geneva, December 5, 2017 — Smaller, thinner smartphone camera modules can provide pin-sharp image stabilization and make extra space for new handset features, leveraging the reduced size, increased performance, and advanced vibration immunity of STMicroelectronics’ L20G20 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics’ Advanced Image-Stabilizing Gyroscope Enables Shake-Free Photography with Next-Generation Smartphones"

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