Processor dev kit is ready for space

Supporting the move from custom hardware to modular hardware in space, Alpha Data has launched an adaptable processors development kit “which comprises a fully radiation tolerant reference design in a deployable VPX format. The core board of the kit will also be available in a deployable spaceflight version”, it said.

This article was posted on Nov 14, 2023

UKSA, JAXA team for in-orbit telemetry relay service “InRange”

The UK and Japan space agencies have agreed to develop a satellite-based launch telemetry system for the Japanese H3 launch vehicle.

This article was posted on Nov 14, 2023

Arteris and Semidynamics hook up to accelerate SoC design

Arteris, a provider of system IP which accelerates SoC design, and Semidynamics, a provider of fully customisable high bandwidth and high-performance RISC-V processor IP, have partnered to accelerate electronic product innovation for AI, ML and HPC applications.

This article was posted on Nov 14, 2023

Nomogram designs discontinuous fly-back converters

Power supply company Pulsiv has developed a graphical technique – a nomogram – to determine critical transformer parameters for fly-back converters operating in discontinuous conduction mode.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Wind River increases container security in VxWorks

To increase security when using containers to deploy and manage software, Wind River has added Sigstore’s Cosign to the container engine within VxWorks, the company’s RTOS (real-time operating system).

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Toray claims to have made the world’s strongest carbon fibre

Toray claims to have developed the worlds highest strength carbon fibre with TORAYCA T1200 after refining its a proprietary nanoscale structural control technology to design and achieve an internal structure with high toughness.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

You’re safe with CHERI

Codasip, the RISC-V Custom Compute specialist, has announced the first commercial implementation of CHERI (Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions which was developed at the University of Cambridge as the result of research aimed at revisiting fundamental design choices in hardware and software to improve system security.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

21 exaflop computer for NCC

The government is to spend £225 million to build a 21 exaflop supercomputer powered by 5,448 Nvidia Grace Hopper SoCs.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Picocom SoC facilitates 5G small-cell O-RUs which support multiple use cases

Today Picocom, the 5G Open RAN baseband semiconductor and software specialist, launches PC805, an SoC optimised for 5G small cell Open RAN radio units (O-RUs).

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Kuva Space series A to fund AI analytics platform and hyperspectral camera

Kuva Space, the Earth observation company, has raised €16.6m in series A funding. It will be used accelerate the development of its patented hyperspectral camera, double its team size, and launch its AI analytics platform.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

UK sets up quantum standards body

The UK is to set up a body to oversee the creation of standards covering quantum-based technology.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

NXP to implement distributed aperture radar for automated driving

NXP has invested in a high-resolution distributed aperture radar software start-up, and will use its software in ICs for vehicle radar.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Tethered drone covers 28km2 for private 4G LTE, and more for P25 radio

A tethered drone has been used to demonstrate a pop-up large area private 4G LTE cellular network.

This article was posted on Nov 10, 2023

Imec brain implant transmits data at >250Mb/s

Imec has designed a low-power, miniature chip for large-scale recordings that claims to be 16 times smaller than the state of the art.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

Renesas ships its first Cortex M85 microcontrollers

Renesas has revealed more on the Arm Cortex-M85 based microcontrollers it announced at Embedded World in May, and started shipping them today.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

Power Integrations sponsored car completes world solar challenge

Team αCentauri, part-sponsored by Power Integrations, has just completed the 3,022km Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in Australia.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

65W mains PSU fits onto 1×2.3inch footprint

Cosel has used GaN transistors, planar magnetics and a modified fly-back topology to shrink a family of dc-dc power supplies.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

Sponsored Content: AVR® DB and AVR® DD families of microcontrollers

Designed for work in circuits with varied voltage levels.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

The Mighty 8-Bit MCU

Mouser and Microchip have produced an eBook highlighting the value propositions and use cases for 8-bit MCUs entitled The Mighty 8-Bit Microcontroller.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

Binder power connectors conform to UL 2237 standard

Binder has designed panel mount parts with K and L coding as part of the M12 series 824 and 823 in order to meet the specifications of the UL 2237 standard.

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023

Single chip for advanced UCC terminals

Synaptics is sampling a chip which claims to integrate all the major features for advanced UCC terminals – AI-based audio/voice processing, a field-hardened Linux and Android SDK, enterprise-grade security, and low-power mode. Native support of popular collaboration platforms such

This article was posted on Nov 8, 2023