Renesas PLC IC chosen by Panasonic for railway lighting system
Panasonic has adopted Renesas’ R9A06G037 PLC IC for its railway platform lighting control system.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2020VCs use coronavirus as excuse to exploit startups
VCs are using the coronavirus as an opportunity to exploit startups, according to Business Insider.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2020DSP: Inverse chirp z-transform, where it works and doesn’t work
The inverse chirp z-transform (ICZT) can be used with chirp contours that perform partial or multiple revolutions on the unit circle, according to engineers at Iowa State University.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2020TDK adds lower power option to EZA series with 2500W dc-dc converter
TDK has introduced the EZA2500W-32048 bi-directional dc-dc converter model to its EZA series, following the 11kW variant released last year.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2020Ultra caps deliver 60kW for medical scanning
Skeleton Technologies is launching an ultra-capacitor module for power peak having in medical resonance imaging machines.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Connector for optical transceiver applications
Yamaichi Electronics has brought out a host connector for a data transmission rate of 56 Gbps PAM-4 modulation per one channel.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020DSP cores and speech recognition for TensorFlow Lite on MCU
CEVA-BX DSP cores and WhisPro speech recognition software targeting conversational AI and contextual awareness applications now support TensorFlow Lite for MCUs.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020THine serialiser IC extends MIPI CS-2 transmission to 15ft
THine, the Japanese mixed signal specialist, has got high-volume availability of its MIPI CSI-2 serializer IC, THCV243.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Samsung shipping EUV DRAM
Samsung says it has shipped a million 10nm-class (D1x) DDR4 DRAM modules based on EUV.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Renesas PMIC reference designs for Xilinx ICs
Renesas has announced three Power Management IC (PMIC) reference designs for powering the multiple supply rails of Xilinx Artix-7 FPGAs, Spartan-7 FPGAs, and Zynq-7000 SoCs, with and without DDR memory.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Anritsu conducts PIM analysis over fiber and present RF spectrum
Anritsu has introduced the IQ fiber master MT2780A RF and PIM analyser. The device performs passive intermodulation analysis over fiber and presents RF spectrum results derived from IQ data.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Koh Young AI systems demonstrated virtually at Altus Group
In light of the covid-19 pandemic, distributor Altus Group is using virtual demonstrations to show Koh Young’s AI products.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020ESA signals progress in hunting for water on the Moon
The European Space Agency is highlighting progress in identifying possible sources of water beneath the surface of the Moon’s South Pole.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Image sensors have global shutters for automated vision, and are small
STMicroelectronics is aiming at 2D and 3D smart computer-vision with backside-illuminated global shutter high-speed image sensors – global shutter is the preferred mode for capturing distortion-free images when the scene is moving or when near-infrared illumination is needed, according to the company.
This article was posted on Apr 3, 2020Q1 foundry revenues up 30% y-o-y
Q1 foundry revenues are expected to be 2% down q-o-q but 30% up y-o-y, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020Raspberry Pi AR/VR headset
Dungeon Master Dan has built a Raspberry Pi VR/AR Headset.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020Starter Kit for RX23E MCU
The kit ybrings together hardware, software, and tools optimized for evaluating the MCU’s high-precision 24-bit delta-sigma (ΔΣ) A/D converter with industry-leading accuracy (0.1% is possible through the AFE).
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020MOFs could be next-gen chips
A team of researchers from Clemson University’s College of Science recently demonstrated that a novel double-helical Metal-Organic Frameworks MOF architecture, in a partially oxidized form, can conduct electricity that potentially makes it a next-generation semiconductor.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020Neural net accelerates IC design placement
Google has come up with a neural net that can do IC design placement in record quick time.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020Aaeon Boxer-8110AI powers service robots aiming to limit disease spread
Aaeon, Taiwanese IoT and AI edge computing firm, has worked with customers to deploy the Boxer-8110AI to power automated service robots in hotels and other service industries.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020New CEO at Nexperia
Frans Scheper (pictured), CEO of Nexperia, the former standard products division of NXP is to hand over to Xuezheng Zhang, Nexperia’s chairman.
This article was posted on Apr 2, 2020