banner.jpg
Weekly Roundup
Sponsored
14th July 2021
Murata Pycom collaboration to slash IoT projects time-to-market
Read more
Time-to-market for IoT projects will be reduced by around 70% due to a new collaboration between Murata and Pycom. From September 2021, customers implementing IoT projects can take advantage of the new kit that delivers full-stack IoT. The F01 H7 EVK makes possible to save time and money by moving rapidly and seamlessly through all IoT project stages from conception to completion.
Sponsored
12th July 2021
Hello PolarFire® FPGA: Innovation Unleashed
Read more
Make low-power innovation possible with increased thermal headroom by leveraging our PolarFire FPGAs. Build your next product with increased compute capability, while solving key power design challenges. Data processing is moving to the edge in industrial automation, communications, smart embedded vision and automotive electronics. PolarFire FPGA’s lower power enables more compute capability in these thermally constrained environments than competitive products.
Power
15th July 2021
Tutorial series – How to design modular DC-DC systems – Part 2
Read more
While powerful, a modular design strategy requires support circuitry in the power delivery network (PDN) to form a complete power system. Accordingly, this second part of the tutorial series shows how to filter electrical noise on the input and output sides of a switching DC-DC module.
Sponsored
12th July 2021
Broadcom AFBR-S50MV85I Time-of-Flight Sensors
Read more
Multi-pixel optical distance and motion measurement sensor, optimized for industrial sensing applications for short to medium distances of typical up to 5m. Now available at Mouser Electronics.
Communications
13th July 2021
PointPerfect GNSS correction brings precise positioning
Read more
u-blox has announced the launch of its new PointPerfect location service. PointPerfect delivers an advanced GNSS augmentation data service designed from the ground up to be ultra-accurate, ultra-reliable, and immediately available.
Power
12th July 2021
Power disconnect solution enables safer DC fast charging
Read more
Sensata Technologies has announced its new power disconnect solution has been chosen by several leading charging infrastructure OEMs to enable faster and safer DC fast charging. Sensata’s solution combines contactors and GigaFuses from its Gigavac product brand to provide customers with a value-added contactor module, simplifying their installations while delivering safer and more effective system protection compared to traditional contactor and thermal fuse pairings.
Displays
12th July 2021
GTK expands it range of integrated display solutions
Read more
GTK has added two new display screen sizes to its Integrated Display Solutions range. The 5” and 10.1” complement the 7” display that is already available. These Integrated Display Solutions come with their own HDMI boards, making them ready to go out of the box, with no additional set up requirements. These displays use IPS technology with high contrast and 85° viewing angles in all directions, and feature a 16.7 million colour depth.
Industrial
15th July 2021
How will food be made in the future?
Read more
From free-range chicken to food miles on alfalfa, eating ethically is becoming more and more of a head-scratcher. Even for vegans, there are the questions of how sustainably agave was sourced, or whether environment-damaging pesticides were used to grow kale - and all that is without even considering how the food tastes.
Alternative Energy
12th July 2021
How are homes driving the green transition?
Read more
Electric vehicles are driving the UK’s green transition, helping the nation on its journey towards sustainability and net zero emissions by 2050. To achieve this goal, the sale of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned after 2030, meaning that the future roads are guaranteed to look more electric. By Ella Pumford, Content Manager at St. Modwen Homes.
Wearables
13th July 2021
Biometrics enables comms and contactless payment
Read more
Today, practically any everyday object can be enriched with smart functions to make life easier. Using system solutions from Infineon, Deed, a deep tech startup from Turin, Italy, has been able to create a screenless yet feature-rich wearable. The get bracelet interprets human gestures and uses biometric data to pick up a call or to make payments.
Read more articles
Update my preferences
facebook.png Twitter instagram.png instagram.png instagram.png