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Samotics extends SAM4 to support medium and high-voltage motors

LEIDEN, THE NETHERLANDS — March 30, 2021 — Samotics, a leading provider of AI-driven predictive analytics, today announces that it has extended its SAM4 asset health monitoring system to support medium and high-voltage equipment. The SAM4 system now covers the full spectrum of low, medium and high-voltage AC machines to detect developing failures up to five months in advance.

SAM4 has been available for rotating AC equipment up to 690 V since 2018. Following a two-year period of extensive development and testing, including pilot programs with Samotics’ customers, SAM4 is now proven to deliver the same market-leading failure prediction accuracy to higher-voltage equipment. … Read More → "Samotics extends SAM4 to support medium and high-voltage motors"

EMA Design Automation Expands Operations in the United Kingdom

EMA Design Automation and Parallel Systems have entered a strategic partnership, combining EMA's industry-leading EDA expertise with Parallel System's exemplary reputation within the UK and IE engineering communities. Rochester, NY (March 30, 2021) – EMA Design Automation® (www.ema-eda.com), a full-service provider and innovator of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) systems solutions, today announced it is expanding its operations in the United Kingdom with the addition of Parallel Systems to its sales channel. This announcement marks EMA's continued growth and commitment to bring leading-edge technology and first-class support to the worldwide EDA Market. “We are happy to have Parallel Systems be a part of the EMA team,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA Design Automation. “We are looking forward to this new chapter and the potential of this collaboration, and the positive impact it will have on the UK and IE engineering communities.” Parallel Systems has served as the Cadence channel partner for the United Kingdom and Ireland since 1997. This addition will allow them to leverage EMA's three decades worth of experience to further support the UK and IE engineering teams and expand their coverage. This collaboration combines EMA's commitment to quality and innovation with Parallel Systems' integration into the European market, allowing both entities to provide exceptional service to multi-national customers. “We are excited to be a part of the EMA team and the possibilities this partnership will deliver,” said Simon Wood, Managing Director from Parallel Systems. “EMA is a clear leader in the industry and combined with our experience, we are committed to provide local engineering communities with the first-class support and technology they have come to rely on. We're proud to be a part of the team.” To mark this new partnership, EMA is extending its OrCAD PCB software offer, giving engineers access to the professional grade tools they need from Cadence. To get the offer, visit go.ema-eda.com/OrCADOffersUK . For more information about EMA, go to www.ema-eda.com or call toll free at 877.362.3321. To learn more about the Parallel Systems team, visit www.parallel-systems.co.uk About EMA Design Automation, Inc. EMA Design Automation is a trailblazer in product development solutions offering a complete range of EDA tools, PLM integrations, services, training, and technical support. EMA is a Cadence® Channel Partner serving all of North America. EMA develops Ultra Librarian®, TimingDesigner®, CircuitSpace®, CIP™, EDABuilder®, and a host of custom solutions to enhance the OrCAD products, and all are distributed through a worldwide network of value added resellers. EMA is a privately held corporation headquartered in Rochester, New York. Visit EMA at www.ema-eda.com for more information. About Parallel Systems UK Parallel Systems was established in 1997 to be a focused Electronic Design Automation (EDA) distributor for the UK and Ireland. Parallel Systems delivers new-generation platforms of integrated design technologies and methodologies that help address all aspects of electronics design, including functional verification, digital IC design, custom IC design, PCB design, and design for manufacturing technologies. Parallel Systems is based in Bracknell, England. Visit Parallel Systems at www.parallel-systems.co.uk for more information.

Rochester, NY (March 30, 2021) – EMA Design Automation® (www.ema-eda.com), a full-service provider and innovator of Electronic Design Automation (EDA) systems solutions, today announced it is expanding its operations in the United Kingdom with the addition of Parallel Systems to its sales channel. This announcement marks EMA’s continued growth and commitment to bring leading-edge technology and first-class support to the worldwide EDA Market.

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Renesas Introduces Complete Power and Functional Safety Solution for R-Car V3H ADAS Camera Systems

Düsseldorf, March 30, 2021 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced a new power and functional safety solution for systems based on the R-Car V3H system-on-chip (SoC) for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) automotive front cameras and driver monitor cameras.

The new solution includes the RAA271050, a 42V synchronous buck ‘pre-regulator’ that accepts the vehicle’s 12V supply and steps it down to an intermediate supply voltage of 3.3V or 5.0V. The RAA271000, a seven-channel PMIC (power management IC), then takes the RAA271050’s output and steps it down further to … Read More → "Renesas Introduces Complete Power and Functional Safety Solution for R-Car V3H ADAS Camera Systems"

Valmet supplies the first AI based machine vision system to Progroup’s world record containerboard machine in Germany

Valmet Oyj’s trade press release on March 30, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. EET

Valmet will deliver the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) based Valmet IQ Web Inspection System (WIS) to Progroup’s paper machine PM2 in Eisenhüttendstadt, Germany. The PM2 has … Read More → "Valmet supplies the first AI based machine vision system to Progroup’s world record containerboard machine in Germany"

SEGGER Embedded Studio Available for the Renesas RE Family of MCUs

Monheim am Rhein, Germany – 30th March 2021

Embedded developers can now use SEGGER Embedded Studio IDE with the Renesas RE Family of microcontrollers (MCUs).

Embedded Studio is SEGGER’s cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded systems development. The editor is quick to start up and the build process is blazingly fast, saving precious working hours. Embedded Studio contains SEGGER’s own runtime and floating point libraries, compilers and linkers. All of these components were developed from the ground up specifically for resource-constrained embedded systems, are extensively used internally at SEGGER, and are continuously updated and … Read More → "SEGGER Embedded Studio Available for the Renesas RE Family of MCUs"

Silicon Wafer Supplier Okmetic Expands Its RFSi™ Portfolio with Tailored Silicon Substrate for Thin Film Surface Acoustic Wave Hybrid Structures

Vantaa, Finland – March 30, 2021 – Okmetic, the leading supplier of advanced silicon wafers for the manufacture of microelectromechanical systems and sensors, today announced the release of UF-RFSi®, a tailored silicon substrate dedicated for thin film surface acoustic wave (TF-SAW) hybrid structures. As the industry’s first wafer with ultra-flat properties, UF-RFSi leverages Okmetic’s proprietary A-MCz®-silicon material technology to deliver improved technical performance with high resistivity, ultra-low loss radio frequency (RF) specifications.

For the last several years, Okmetic has been rapidly gaining market share as a specialty silicon wafer supplier among the industry’s leading RF manufacturers and … Read More → "Silicon Wafer Supplier Okmetic Expands Its RFSi™ Portfolio with Tailored Silicon Substrate for Thin Film Surface Acoustic Wave Hybrid Structures"

Enhanced X-FAB Process Variant Enables Major Boost in Photodiode Responsiveness

Tessenderlo, Belgium – March 25, 2021 — X-FAB Silicon Foundries, the specialty foundry for analog/mixed-signal and optoelectronic solutions, has made augmentations that extend the scope of its XS018 180 nm sensor process. As a result, the company is now able to offer a photodiode-specific process core module. Whereas previously the XS018 process had been mainly focused on the fabrication of multi-pixel CMOS image sensors, this new module is dedicated to photodiode fabrication.

Through this module, X-FAB is now in a position to offer customers six different photodiode options. These cover wavelengths from ultra-violet (UV) right through to near-infra-red (NIR). The diverse … Read More → "Enhanced X-FAB Process Variant Enables Major Boost in Photodiode Responsiveness"

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