OmniPreSense Corporation, a supplier of Short-Range Radar (SRR) sensors, announces the first radar sensor shield board that plugs directly into Arduino boards. A new upgrade to the OPS241 radar sensor allows a direct Arduino connection, bringing new capabilities to the popular DIY solution. The OPS241 plus an Arduino can enable unique electronic systems for motion detection, reporting […]
Sifox-verified RF SiP now CE-certified, expanding long-range wireless applications
ON Semiconductor has achieved CE certification for its AX-SIP-SFEU System in Package (SiP) solution. This means that the device conforms to health, safety and environmental protection standards for products sold within the European Economic Area. The AX-SIP-SFEU provides ready-to-use Sigfox connectivity (uplink and downlink) for industrial IoT applications including building and home automation as well as sensor and asset […]
Vision controller drives demanding multi-camera applications on factory floor
Matrox Imaging today announces the new Matrox 4Sight EV6, the latest installment to the vision controller lineup. An enhancement of its immediate predecessor, the Matrox 4Sight GPm, the Matrox 4Sight EV6 integrates a seventh-generation Intel Core processor to power ever-more demanding multi-camera applications. Matrox 4Sight EV6 possesses the ingrained power to handle multi-camera inspections with […]
New core targets a wide range of embedded applications in Industrial IoT
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced the development of its third-generation 32-bit RX CPU core, the RXv3. The RXv3 CPU core will be employed in Renesas’ new RX microcontroller (MCU) families that begin rolling out at the end of 2018. The new MCUs are designed to address the real-time performance and enhanced stability required by motor control […]
Live MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec delivers broadcast quality video on public & private cloud
Integrated Device Technology, Inc. announced the release of its latest live broadcast quality MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 IDT video encoder running on Xilinx VU9P FPGAs for cloud video transcoding and OTT streaming. The new codec solution, R11F MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec, enables live transcoding of video in the widely-deployed AVC codec format at IDT’s proven broadcast quality. The […]
ARM development environment gets new linker and Link-Time Optimization facilities
After a successful beta period, SEGGER has added the new Linker and Link-Time Optimization (LTO) to the latest release build of their powerful cross-platform integrated development environments, Embedded Studio for ARM and Embedded Studio for Cortex-M. The new product version delivers on the promise of program size reduction, achieving a significant 5-12% reduction over the […]
Low-power single-chip temperature sensor performs like RTDs
Texas =Instruments has introduced a new temperature sensor family that offers ±0.1°C accuracy across a wide temperature range and helps simplify system design for industrial and medical applications. The TMP117 is the first single-chip temperature sensor to offer similar performance to platinum resistance temperature detectors (RTDs) while significantly reducing design complexity and power consumption, and […]
DPU flow processor SoC targets next-gen G.fast broadband services
Ethernity Networks announced the introduction of the ENET 4820ZXP/99 distribution point unit (DPU) flow processor, the latest addition to its FPGA-based G.fast System-on-Chip (SoC) family for the broadband market. The flexible new flow processor is unique in offering a 10G G.999.1 interface and integrated XGS-PON ONU MAC on a single low-cost FPGA SoC. The ENET […]
IC design software gets better Spice circuit simulation for analog/mixed-signal work
Synopsys announced that its Custom Design Platform has been enhanced with innovative new FineSim SPICE circuit simulation and Custom Compiler custom layout technologies to address the growing needs of accelerating robust analog/mixed-signal (AMS) designs at advanced process nodes and high-reliability applications. The new analog simulation technologies in the latest FineSim SPICE release provide 3X faster […]
SoC hosts enhanced AI engine, CPU/GPU upgrades for better AI processing
MediaTek today announced the launch of the Helio P70 system-on-chip (SoC), with an enhanced AI engine combined with CPU and GPU upgrades for more powerful AI processing. Helio P70 also comes with upgraded imaging and camera support, a gaming performance boost and advanced connectivity features. The Helio P70 packs all these upgrades into an ultra power-efficient chipset to meet the most demanding […]