Wireless
Plextek spins out Telensa street lighting venture
Plextek, the Cambridge-based electronics and communications design consultancy today announced a new spin out venture - Telensa Ltd. - focused on the commercialisation of a new cost effective wireless system for actively controlling, monitoring and metering large populations of outdoor street lights, so they can be managed with maximum energy and operational efficiency.
TI introduces single-chip battery fuel gauge with protection
Texas Instruments introduced the industry’s smallest, full-featured battery fuel gauge integrated circuit for portable consumer, commercial and industrial applications. The bq3060 turns a battery into a “smart battery” that measures and maintains an accurate record of available capacity, voltage, current, temperature and other critical parameters for lithium-based batteries. The single chip also provides robust battery safety, i...
2.45GHz Active RFID Reader with high performance of inventory control
DAILY RFID has announced the 2.45GHz Long Range Active RFID Reader DL3800 with a long read range of up to 100m, specially designed for inventory management. This Active RFID Reader eliminates the need to make an inventory by individual scanning.
TI to demonstrate uncompressed CD-quality wireless audio technology at CES
At the 2010 International Consumer Electronics Show Texas Instruments will demonstrate its new PurePath Wireless audio technology, delivering the industry’s highest performance CD-quality wireless audio solution. The CC85xx family takes advantage of TI’s design expertise in both audio and low-power RF products to provide a 2.4-GHz system-on-chip that transmits uncompressed audio over a state-of-the-art RF link with no unwanted noise or dropou...
OmniVision Rolls Out First OmniBSI Sensor for 720P HD Video in Portable Devices
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. today unveiled its first native high-definition video sensor built on OmniBSITM pixel technology. The compact 1/6-inch OV9726 delivers 720p HD video at 30 frames per second (fps), making it ideal for high-performance HD cameras in notebooks, netbooks, webcams, mobile phones, portable media players (PMPs) and other mobile entertainment devices. OmniVision has already secured design wins from top tier customers for the...
OmniVision Launches New VGA CameraCube Device for Mobile and Notebook Markets
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. today added the new, feature-rich OVM7692 VGA CameraCubeM solution to its portfolio of ultra-compact reflowable camera modules. The OVM7692 is a complete VGA camera solution including DVP parallel and MIPI serial output interface support, automatic luminance detection and an integrated EMI solution. It is designed to meet the performance and manufacturing requirements of tier-one handset manufacturers. OmniVision has...
OmniVision Launches 14.6-Megapixel, 1080p/60 HD CMOS Imaging Solution
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. recently launched a 14.6-megapixel image sensor capable of delivering high-resolution still photography and full 1080p high-definition video at 60 frames per second. The new OV14810 for digital still/video cameras and OV14825 for mobile applications are among the very first sensors to achieve the highest quality in both video and photography for mainstream consumer electronics.
CSR’s Bluetooth low energy qualification supports leadership position in Bluetooth technology
CSR today announced that, immediately following the Bluetooth SIG’s adoption of the Bluetooth low energy specification, it has qualified its BlueCore7 multifunction wireless Bluetooth solution for Bluetooth low energy products.
Digital Predistortion µModule Receiver Simplifies Basestation Design
Linear Technology has introduced the LTM9003, a wideband RF-to-digital receiver subsystem that includes a high performance 12-bit, 250Msps analog-to-digital converter, a bandpass filter, intermediate frequency amplifier and a high linearity RF downconverting mixer. The integrated µModule receiver significantly reduces board space and development time for wireless basestations implementing PA linearization with digital predistortion (DPD). The LT...
2.4GHz Long Range Active RFID Reader for Industrial Application
DAILY RFID has announced the newest 2.4GHz Long Range Active RFID Reader DL3800. The long-distance identification function and ease of use feature make it ideal for Industrial Application.