Avnet announced the new Multi-Camera FMC Module, an UltraZed-compatible device designed to help engineers more quickly and efficiently develop custom video systems using Xilinx MPSoCs, and in turn, allows customers to immediately start development of their vision applications. “Avnet recognized early that modern vision applications require a mix of hardware and software to achieve an optimal […]
Aerospace and Defense
Drone kit aims to make innovation easy for amateurs
IIT Bombay-based nano-drone startup, Drona Aviation, has developed PlutoX, said to be ultimate aerial robotics kit for makers. “Being tinkerers ourselves, we’re well aware of the demotivating crashes, burdensome coding and other challenges that limit the scope of tinkering and innovating with drones. PlutoX was engineered particularly ensuring agility, durability and affordability for fellow tinkerers,” […]
FPGAs handle multiple monitors on a single DisplayPort connection thanks to new IP
Microsemi Corporation, today announced the availability of Bitec’s DisplayPort intellectual property (IP) core optimized for PolarFire field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). Compared to alternative solutions, the core gives designers the ability to take advantage of the PolarFire family’s smaller size and 50 percent lower power to enable stunning image quality in small formfactor embedded displays and monitors. “Bitec’s targeting […]
Six-axis inertial measurement unit sports low drift, +/- 16 g acceleration range
Thales announces at Sensors Expo 2018, the availability of its NavChip2, the latest in its family of high precision Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs). The NavChip2 provides the highest performance to price in the market of 6-axis IMU’s and is fully factory calibrated. Embedded temperature sensors enable excellent compensation over the entire -40 °C to +85 […]
Card cages handle open architecture bus-based systems
Verotec’s KM6 card cage family, which conforms to DIN41494 and IEC60297, has continually evolved over time to reflect the changing requirements of the electronics industry. The flagship KM6-II was first introduced 30 years ago; its design, unchanged to this day, has stood the test of time: more than one million units have been supplied to […]
Commercial space Chip Scale Atomic Clock module is radiation tolerant
Microsemi Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Microchip Technology Inc. announced the launch of its SA.45s Commercial Space Chip Scale Atomic Clock (CSAC), the industry’s first commercially available radiation-tolerant CSAC. Designed for low Earth orbit (LEO) applications, the device provides the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while achieving significant breakthroughs in reduced size, weight and power […]
High-speed FPGAs get QML Class Q qual from DLA
Microsemi Corporation announced its RTG4 high-speed signal processing radiation-tolerant field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) have achieved Qualified Manufacturers List (QML) Class Q qualification by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The qualification, which validates the quality and reliability of RTG4 FPGAs as well as the company’s qualification and manufacturing screening processes, enables easier design of Microsemi’s flash technology into space applications due to […]
Sensor options expand for extreme low-level light imaging
ON Semiconductor has announced the latest additions to its portfolio of Interline Transfer Electron Multiplying CCD (IT‑EMCCD) image sensors that target extreme low-light applications such as medical and scientific imaging, as well as commercial and military applications for high-end surveillance. The new KAE-08152 shares the same 8.8-megapixel resolution and 4/3 optical format as the existing KAE-08151, but incorporates an enhanced pixel […]
FPGA development board for PolarFire designs
Microsemi Corporation and Future Electronics announced the availability of the Avalanche board featuring a Microsemi PolarFire non-volatile field programmable gate array (FPGA). As the lowest cost entry development board available today for designing with Microsemi’s lowest power, cost-optimized mid-range PolarFire FPGAs, Future’s Avalanche board lowers the barrier to entry for PolarFire FPGAs and helps expand Microsemi’s market opportunities for the device. The […]
Rad hard performance at economical price from Microchip’s eight-bit MCU
Developing radiation-hardened systems for space applications has a history of long lead times and high costs to achieve the highest level of reliability for multi-year missions in a harsh environment. Today, NewSpace and other critical aerospace applications require faster development and reduced costs. To meet these needs, a new microcontroller (MCU) that combines specified radiation […]
