Communications
Wirelessly control machines with tablets and smartphones
A major problem with many machines is that the HMI is often a small basic control box with a small display and a few buttons that is hard to read and adjust. However, there is usually a USB port that engineers can plug into and link to a laptop for diagnostics and controlling settings. This can create a short-range WiFi link to a tablet or smartphone that runs a custom app to control the machine by using a USB stick.
Fanless mini PC is the same size as a book
Suitable for applications including digital signage, kiosk, industrial automation and home automation, Acrosser's AES-HM76Z1FL is an ultra-thin embedded system. Providing excellent computing performance within its small form factor, the book-sized mini PC offers a variety of I/O ports including HDMI, USB, LAN, COMBO, GPIO and COM on both sides of the product.
Easily add wireless M2M capabilities to portable devices
Designed to make it easier than ever to add wireless capabilities to portable devices, Digi International has claimed that ConnectCore 6 is the world’s first surface mount multi-chip module with built-in wireless connectivity. Suitable for M2M applications, it provides access to all of the features of the Freescale i.MX 6 Quad, i.MX 6 Dual and i.MX 6 Solo processors.
COM Express offers high scalability in a single-chip design
Based the Intel Atom E3800 series of processors, the conga-MA3 is congatec's first COM Express Mini Type 10 module with a size of 55 x 84mm. Features of the latest Intel Atom generation include its single-chip design, an L2 cache able to be shared by multiple cores, and a much faster Intel HD graphics engine than the previous generation. The highlights of the module include its ultra-dense design, onboard soldered m...
GNSS antenna offers precise positioning up to 1cm
Suitable for integration in multi-frequency handheld GNSS devices for high precision location applications up to 1cm, imec and Septentrio have collaborated on the design of a compact antenna-RF integrated element of a multi-frequency GNSS antenna for GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and GALILEO.
Rotate Brushless AC motors in under a minute
Designed to drive any 3-phase permanent magnet synchronous motors (PMSM), also called Brushless AC motors, Renesas has released two motor control reference platforms. They enable engineers to reduce or even eliminate the time they would normally take to calculate motor parameters and evaluate the best tuning algorithm coefficients.
IC supports BLE communications in wearable devices
A low power consumption Bluetooth IC, which supports BLE communications, has been launched by Toshiba Electronics Europe. The TC35667FTG has been designed for use in wearable and healthcare-orientated smart devices, sensors, as well as smartphone accessories, remote controllers and toys.
SoCs suit smart energy and home automation designs
Expanding the company's ARM-based Ember ZigBee SoC portfolio for the IoT, Silicon Labs’ EM358x SoC family provides additional flash and RAM memory options. Meeting the needs of more complex smart energy and home automation designs, the SoCs also offer USB connectivity and a local storage bootloader to help reduce BOM costs and system complexity.
Antenna module supports concurrent GNSS operation
Supplied in a tiny 9.6x14.0x1.95mm package, a GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/QZSS antenna module has been introduced by u-blox. The surface-mount CAM-M8Q supports concurrent GNSS operation (GPS & GLONASS, GPS & BeiDou or GLONASS & BeiDou) to enable reliable and accurate satellite positioning anywhere in the world.
COM delivers ultra-low power consumption & high performance
Taking advantage of the Mobile 4th Generation Intel Core Processor (formerly known as “Haswell-ULT”), Adlink has introduced the cExpress-HL COM Express Type 6 Compact COM.