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STMicroelectronics Extends Space-Qualified Power Portfolio with Highly Integrated Configurable Point-of-Load Converter

November 16, 2020

Geneva, November 12, 2020 – STMicroelectronics has added a QML-V qualified 7A Point-of-Load (PoL) DC/DC converter to its growing portfolio of radiation-hardened (rad-hard) integrated power products that deliver high power efficiency to satisfy the most demanding space applications.

The RHRPMPOL01 is a complete PoL converter, including N-channel power … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Extends Space-Qualified Power Portfolio with Highly Integrated Configurable Point-of-Load Converter"

DATA MODUL presents high-performance SMARC carrier board for Intel’s latest Atom processor platforms

November 16, 2020

Munich, 12th November 2020

DATA MODUL is expanding its carrier board portfolio in the embedded sector, bringing a universally applicable carrier board onto the market in the form of the eDM-CB-SM-IPCS. The new board is compatible with Intel’s latest Atom® x6000E, Celeron® and Pentium® (“Elkhart Lake”) processor platforms, as well as with future x86 generations and ARM platforms. Furthermore, the embedded motherboard offers a high degree of scalability and flexibility suitable for a wide range of applications owing to its SMARC standards.

The eDM-CB-SM-IPCS appears in … Read More → "DATA MODUL presents high-performance SMARC carrier board for Intel’s latest Atom processor platforms"

Newark Expands Market-Leading Soldering Range with GT Series from Metcal Featuring Adjustable Temperature Control

Metcal’s best-in-class range of hand soldering systems with adjustable temperature offer superior soldering conditions, improved end product and greater efficiency for light to heavy load applications.
November 16, 2020

Chicago – November 12, 2020: Newark, an Avnet Company and global distributor of electronic components, products and solutions, is expanding its market-leading range of soldering products with the game-changing GT family of soldering systems from Metcal. The innovative GT90 and GT120 soldering stations offer new levels of functionality and efficiency to Original Equipment Manufacturers and Contract Electronics Manufacturers, electronic design and bench engineers involved in the manufacture and service of electrical and electronic … Read More → "Newark Expands Market-Leading Soldering Range with GT Series from Metcal Featuring Adjustable Temperature Control"

Renesas and Altran Team to Deploy First Social Distancing Wristwatch that uses Ultra-Wideband Chipset with Low Rate Pulse

Collaboration Develops UWB Wearable Platform for Precision Distance Measurement Applications
November 16, 2020
TOKYO, Japan and NEW YORK, USA November 12, 2020 ― Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Read More → "Renesas and Altran Team to Deploy First Social Distancing Wristwatch that uses Ultra-Wideband Chipset with Low Rate Pulse"

element14 Community Launches Project14 Recycle & Retrofit Challenge

November 13, 2020

element14.com, an Avnet community, has announced its latest Project14 design contest, themed around reducing electronics waste by upcycling vintage electronics. Members of the online community will have the opportunity to repurpose any unused appliance to make it into something new, unique and useful. By upcycling electronics that no longer serve a purpose, members of the community are able to celebrate the best parts … Read More → "element14 Community Launches Project14 Recycle & Retrofit Challenge"

KP Performance Antennas Releases New 5GHz Omni Antenna with Integrated Radio Case

New Dual-Polarized Omni Antenna Covers 5.15-5.9 GHz Bands and Features 13 dBi of Gain
November 13, 2020

IRVINE, Calif. – KP Performance Antennas, an Infinite Electronics brand and a manufacturer of wireless network antennas, just introduced a new 5 GHz, dual-polarized Omni antenna with an integrated radio case that fits most popular Cambium and Ubiquiti radios.

KP’s new Read More → "KP Performance Antennas Releases New 5GHz Omni Antenna with Integrated Radio Case"

The Antenna Company Announces Industry’s First Wi-Fi 6E MIMO Antenna System for Enterprise and Industrial IoT Access Points

MIMO system enables 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz and 6 GHz with UWB, BLE and IoT options
November 13, 2020

Eindhoven, The Netherlands – November 12th, 2020

The Antenna Company, a specialist in the design of high-performance embedded antennas, today announced a new Wi-Fi 6E MIMO antenna system designed to increase network capacity, extend range and reduce latency in enterprise and industrial IoT networks. The antenna system enables simultaneous operation in the 2.4, 5 and 6 GHz frequency bands, resulting in an additional 1.2 GHz of spectrum and greater than 2x increase in available channels.

“The adoption of high performance WiFi 6E antenna systems is a key enabling technology to fully realize the … Read More → "The Antenna Company Announces Industry’s First Wi-Fi 6E MIMO Antenna System for Enterprise and Industrial IoT Access Points"

Boost Factory Productivity with Industry’s Smallest, Lowest-Power Intelligent Actuator by Maxim Integrated

PD42-1-1243-IOLINK intelligent actuator reduces power by more than 50 percent and drive size by 2.6x, while boosting factory productivity by monitoring 50 percent more configuration and performance parameters
November 13, 2020

SAN JOSE, Calif. and Hamburg, Germany–Nov. 11, 2020–The new Trinamic-branded PD42-1-1243-IOLINK intelligent actuator by Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. (NASDAQ: MXIM) enables modern smart factories to quickly and remotely adjust an actuator’s electrical characteristics to minimize factory downtime and maximize throughput. It combines a NEMA-17 stepper motor with controller and driver electronics. With Trinamic now part of Maxim Integrated, the PD42-1-1243-IOLINK uses the flexibility of Maxim Integrated’s MAX22513 IO-Link® transceiver to allow seamless configuring of all modes of Trinamic’s TMC2130-LA motor driver. As the industry’s smallest, lowest-power NEMA-17 PANdrive™ … Read More → "Boost Factory Productivity with Industry’s Smallest, Lowest-Power Intelligent Actuator by Maxim Integrated"

IAR Systems accelerates development of smart factory applications based on Renesas’ R-IN32M4

New evaluation kit simplifies evaluation of Renesas’ R-IN32M4-CL3 IC for industrial Ethernet communication with CC-Link IE TSN
November 13, 2020

Tokyo, Japan / Uppsala, Sweden—November 11, 2020—IAR Systems®, the future-proof supplier of software tools and services for embedded development, today announces the availability of the new evaluation kit IAR KickStart Kit™ for Renesas’ R-IN32M4-CL3, assisting developers in development and evaluation of R-IN32M4-CL3 IC for industrial Ethernet communication which support CC-Link IE TSN targeted for smart factory applications.

The CC-Link IE TSN is an open Industrial Ethernet (IE) technology from CC-Link Partner Association. It combines gigabit Ethernet bandwidth with Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN). Renesas’ R-IN32 … Read More → "IAR Systems accelerates development of smart factory applications based on Renesas’ R-IN32M4"

Graphcore leverages multiple Mentor technologies for its massive, second-generation AI platform

November 13, 2020

Graphcore has used a range of technologies from Mentor, a Siemens business, to successfully design and verify its latest M2000 platform based on the Graphcore Colossus™ GC200 Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU) processor. 

Integrating 59.4 billion transistors on a single 823sqmm die and manufactured on TSMC’s 7nm processes, Graphcore’s second-generation IPU is one of the most complex processors ever made. To tackle this design challenge, Graphcore leveraged multiple Mentor solutions to handle a range of … Read More → "Graphcore leverages multiple Mentor technologies for its massive, second-generation AI platform"

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