Linear position sensor works with rotating tilting target
CambridgeIC has added axial linear position sensing of rotating targets to the list of sensing capabilities available from its products.
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020Rohm’s 4th gen 1.2kV SiC mosfets
Rohm has announced a 4th generation of 1.2kV silicon carbide mosfets, honing them for driving the traction motors of electric vehicles as well as industrial equipment power supplies.
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020SlothBot: Grown up, but still hanging around
Georgia Tech’s SlothBot concept has been turned into a demonstrator, that will hang around in the canopy of Atlanta Botanical Garden monitoring temperature, weather, and carbon dioxide levels.
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020BlueNRG-2 dev kit
The ST STEVAL-IDB008V1M Bluetooth Low Energy 5.0 (BLE) evaluation platform accelerates application development with modules featuring BlueNRG-2, the Company’s second-generation BLE System-on-Chip (SoC).
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020Robotics enabler from Qualcomm
Qualcomm has launched a module for edge robotics applications delivering AI acceleration and 5G connectivity aimed at machine learning, heterogeneous computing, and computer vision,
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020Auto segment to show strongest semi market CAGR
Over the past 21 years, the communications IC segment almost doubled its share of the total IC market from 18.5% in 1998 to 35.6% in 2019 (Figure 1).
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020US stymies digital services tax
US treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin (pictured) has written to Rishi Sunak and the finance ministers of France, Italy and Spain telling them that negotiations for a global digital services tax have reached an impasse.
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020NXP launches drone competition
NXP has announced HoverGames Challenge 2: Help Drones Help Others.
This article was posted on Jul 2, 2020To improve self-driving algorithms, add the concept of empty space
Teaching self-driving artificial intelligence about the empty space around it could improve the recognition of surrounding objects, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University – combining the merit of classic mapping and deep learning for 3D object detection.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Edge AI for smart city and camera based vision
iWave Systems has launched an artificial intelligence processor that can support convolutional neural networks (CNNs), based around a Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ FPGA.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020USB 3.0 Type A socket can survive 20,000 mating cycles
GCT has created a USB 3.0 Type A socket rated at 20,000 mating cycles – exceeding the standard value of 1,500 cycles minimum, and the ‘high-durability’ class spec of 5,000 cycles.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Imec shows excellent performance of finfet devices with integrated tungsten buried power rails
Imec has shown a tungsten (W) buried power rail (BPR) integration scheme in a FinFET CMOS test vehicle, which does not adversely impact the CMOS device characteristics.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Q1 10% drop for Western Europe smartphone sales
Despite ASP growth, wholesale smartphone revenues in the Western European region fell 10% in Western Europe – the third largest region by value.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Sumco near full capacity for Q3
Formosa Sumco Technology (FST), which ships silicon wafers to mainly Taiwan- and China-based logic and memory foundries, is expected to see its production lines run at nearly full capacity utilization in the third quarter of 2020, according to a report by Taiwan’s Central News Agency (CNA).
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Infineon adds Semper Secure to NOR flash offering
Infineon’s memory expertise has been boosted by the Cypress acquisition and it is now sampling Semper Secure as an addition to its Semper NOR Flash family.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020Webinar: Select a reliable motion sensing technology for your application
Texas Instruments is hosting a webinar today on motion sensing technology – on how to accurately detect objects and how to select the correct motion detector technology.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 2020NI rebrands itself to Engineer Ambitiously
National Instruments is rebranding itself as NI. With the slogan “Let’s Engineer Ambitiously”, the Austin based company has also updated its logo.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 202018V 1.2MHz buck converters with 30ns minimum on
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has released 18V input 1.25MHz fixed-frequency synchronous buck regulators with 30ns minimum on-time.
This article was posted on Jul 1, 20203.3THz laser emits 2W in single narrow beam
Phase-locking has improved the beam quality and spectral purity of a 3.3THz (~91µm) quantum cascade laser (QCL), achieving single-mode operation at 2W output.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2020Synopsys, TSMC and MIcrosoft deliver timing signoff in the cloud
Synopsys, TSMC and Microsoft have delivered a timing signoff flow for use in the cloud.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2020Brainchip announces early access programme
BrainChip has announced an Early Access Program (EAP) for the Akida neural processor SoC.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2020