Testing and certification for vehicle and infrastructure devices ensure software and systems will perform as advertised. Ralph Buckingham, Wayne Stewart, Intertek As consumers look to connect their cars, the technology behind these vehicles and their various connected components is evolving far more quickly than standards governing them can change. Consequently, manufacturers and developers sometimes lack […]
Connectivity
Delivering advanced face recognition capabilities at the edge
By Rick Bye, Senior Product Marketing Manager, NXP Using face recognition for access control The COVID-19 pandemic highlights concerns over how many different surfaces we often touch during a typical day. For example, everyone entering a secured building, such as a workplace or after-hours hotel entrance, touches access control keypads that present an ideal surface […]
Tester doubles as programmable USB-C hub, power delivery analyzer
USB Type-C, commonly called USB-C, promised standardized power and data delivery. Unfortunately, poorly tested devices in the market make USB-C systems unpredictable, expensive, and frustrating to consumers. Improving USB-C testing is critical to delivering on the “one connector to rule them all” promise of USB-C. Acroname announces the USBHub3c: the world’s first and only programmable […]
Docker containers connect Modbus TCP controllers to IIoT apps
Softing adds to its Docker technology-based edgeConnector product family. The new edgeConnector Modbus is a flexible Docker container application for Modbus TCP controllers. After edgeConnector Siemens for connecting SIMATIC S7 controllers and edgeConnector 840D for accessing data from SINUMERIK 840D controllers, Softing introduces edgeConnector Modbus. This Docker Container is suitable for connecting Modbus TCP controllers […]
UWB sensors compete with RFID, BLE apps
KINEXON makes industrial connectivity and ultra-precise indoor-localization available for the mass market at a price point comparable to RFID and BLE solutions: With the X-Tag, the company now offers the world’s most cost-efficient UWB-sensor for the industrial Internet of Things. Companies can deploy the X-Tag for previously unfeasible IoT applications and increase their productivity in […]
Embedded optical modules handle 100 Gbps
I-PEX is shipping sample quantities of a new Embedded Optical Module (EOM) for Active Optical Modules for internal optical cable connections. The EOM uses the silicon-photonics IC optical I/O core from AIO Core Co., Ltd. The I-PEX EOM is related to our I-PEX Embedded Optical Blade (EOB), an ultra-thin active optical module, which is still […]
Linux SoM dev kit includes LTE Cat M1 / NB-IoT
TT Electronics announced the launch of its S-2CONNECT Creo Development Kit with LTE Cat M1 / NB-IoT to accelerate digital programmes. The kit is designed for software developers who are charged with reducing R&D risk and fast-tracking their IoT application development. The Kit includes the S-2CONNECT Creo system-on-module (SOM), an evaluation board, and accessories, and […]
Arm-based platform incorporates machine learning engine for IoT edge device designs
Designed to be the solution for an AI computing device right at the Edge, Sondrel’s new SFA 100 IP reference platform makes creating high-performance, battery-powered IoT devices easy and fast. The design has an onboard Arm CPU to locally process data gathered from its associated sensors for onward transmission via wired or wireless connection for […]
Mini PCs/motherboards carry Intel Atom x6000E, Pentium, Celeron N and J Processors
ASRock Industrial Computer brings the new Mini PCs and motherboards powered by Intel Atom x6000E Series, Intel Pentium, and Celeron N and J Series Processors (Elkhart Lake), with available selections- NUC 6000 BOX Series, iBOX 6000 Series, and NUC 6000 Motherboard Series. Featuring advanced CPU and graphics performance with integrated IoT features and longevity support, […]
CAN communication via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth
Since its launch five years ago, the Anybus Wireless Bolt has provided thousands of industrial applications with wireless Ethernet access. With a rugged and unique form factor for bolt-on-machine mounting, it is today proven and trusted in the most demanding industrial applications. Use cases vary from warehouse installations and AGVs to the manufacturing of food, […]
