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Partnership aims for 5G-ready universal wired/wireless device
Freescale and Bell Labs, Alcatel-Lucent's industrial research arm, have announced the expansion of a long-term partnership in both commercial and research endeavours. As part of the expansion, the companies are collaborating on a range of initiatives intended to drive further innovation for the world’s increasingly virtualised networks.
Embedded modules support worldwide LTE-A networks
Sierra Wireless has introduced four AirPrime embedded modules, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon X7 LTE Modem and the first to support LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks worldwide. LTE-A is the latest generation of 4G LTE network standards, aimed at improving network capacity, throughput, data speed and operational cost-efficiency.
Laser bar eases coupling of light into fibres
Rutronik is selling the SPL BF98-40-5 laser bar from Osram Opto Semiconductors, that thanks to its high brilliance considerably reduces the complexity of coupling light into fibres. Osram has optimised the chip design in terms of beam quality, resulting in a wavelength of 976nm and high brilliance of 3W/mm*mrad at an optical output of 44W. The laser bar is 5mm wide and consists of five emitters, each 100µm wide and each with cavity length o...
Protective housings target motorsport applications
Protective housings, manufactured by HellermannTyton, are now available from the Motorsport Division of Lane Electronics. For maximum protection, the housings can be supplied in a straight or right-angle format and in a range of materials specially formulated to combine high electric strength, mechanical toughness and superior chemical and environmental resistance.
Wireless charging charges ahead
Will removing division in the industry help promote wireless charging to greater heights? Philip Ling takes a look at the latest developments.
RCS accreditation allows versatile file sharing across all networks & devices
Imagination Technologies has announced that its HelloSoft Rich Communication Suite (RCS) client, an integrated multimedia communication solution, has been accredited by the GSMA. Mobile operators looking to provide a commercial RCS solution can now enjoy the benefits of the carrier-grade HelloSoft RCS client software, including superior voice and video quality, along with the joyn certification mark denoting the RCS consumer-f...
Drone & smartphone photos to help model reality
Bentley Systems has acquired French company Acute3D, provider of Smart3DCapture software for reality modeling. Through reality modeling, observations of existing conditions are processed into representations for contextual alignment within design and construction modeling environments. Advancements in scanning and photography, especially the use of drones for these purposes, are making the capture of such observations broadly and continuousl...
Cellular module targets CDMA450 networks
Designed specifically for applications in areas where CDMA450 coverage exists as a commercial mobile network operation or where it can be licensed to be developed as a private network, the CE910-SL cellular module has been introduced by Telit Wireless Solutions.
Dual band wireless outperforms fibre-optics
Dual band wireless technology outperforms fibre-optic communication links with single-antenna capability for reduced footprint and greater security. By David Rizzo, Renaissance Electronics.
Crystals enable ECUs to operate at higher frequencies
Suitable for next-gen automotive LANs, such as Ethernet or image processing ECUs, ADAS ECUs and gateway ECUs, the XRCGB-F-A series crystal units have been announced by Murata. The crystals are compact, 2016-size (2.0x1.6mm), and highly precise while supporting high frequencies from 24 to 48MHz.