Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. and Xailient Inc. announced that Maxim Integrated’s MAX78000 ultra-low-power neural-network microcontroller detects and localizes faces in video and images using Xailient’s proprietary Detectum neural network. Xailient’s neural network draws 250x lower power (at just 280 microJoules) than conventional embedded solutions, and at 12 milliseconds (ms) per inference, the network performs in […]
Consumer Electronics
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 […]
Serial bus exerciser, protocol analyzer handle interface development tasks
Prodigy Technovations Pvt. Ltd introduces PGY-QSPI-EX-PD, PGY-SMI-EX-PD, PGY-SMBus-EX-PD, and PGY-JTAG-EX-PD. These serial bus Exercisers and Protocol Analyzers are for the development of interfaces for consumer, automotive, and 5G applications. PGY-EX-PD is a family of leading instruments that enables the design and test engineers to test the QSPI, SMI (MDIO), SM Bus, and JTAG designs for its specifications by configuring […]
Qi 1.3 wireless charging reference design speeds development efforts
The Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) has recently released the Qi 1.3 specification that requires authentication for improved safety when transmitting up to 15W of power between a transmitter and a receiver. To meet the requirements of the specification, Microchip Technology Inc. announced a new Qi 1.3 wireless charging reference design providing developers of wireless charging systems for automotive and […]
Intel-based CoMs feature soldered RAM for high shock/vibration resistance
congatec introduces new 11th Gen Intel Core processor-based Computer-on-Modules with soldered RAM for the highest shock and vibration resistance. Designed to withstand even extreme temperature ranges of -40°C to +85°C, the new COM Express Type 6 Computer-on-Modules provide full compliance for shock and vibration resistant operation in challenging transportation and mobility applications. For more price-sensitive […]
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 […]
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, […]
Kits assists developers in evaluating potential of Bluetooth direction finding and high-precision indoor positioning
u-blox has announced the release of two “explorer kits” aimed at letting product developers evaluate the potential of Bluetooth direction finding and high precision indoor positioning. Designed for low power consumption, simple deployment, and low cost of ownership, the u-blox XPLR-AOA-1, and XPLR-AOA-2 explorer kits make it easy to test the technology’s capabilities to enable […]
infrared-based dynamic gesture sensor detects far-away hand gestures
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. introduced the next generation of its infrared-based dynamic optical sensor, able to sense a broader range of gestures at extended distances. The MAX25405 detects wider proximity of movement and doubles the sensing range to 40cm when compared to earlier generations, all in a quarter of the size and at 10x lower […]
General purpose FPGAs sport high logic density
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation launched the Lattice CertusPro-NX general-purpose FPGA family. As the fourth device family based on the Lattice Nexus platform to be launched in just 18 months, CertusPro-NX continues Lattice’s commitment to FPGA innovation with leadership power efficiency, the highest bandwidth in the smallest form factor in comparison to similar devices, and as the only FPGAs in their […]
