Texas Instruments announced its DLP Pico 0.33-inch full-HD chipset. Consisting of the DLP3310 digital micromirror device (DMD) and DLPC3437 controller, this is the industry’s smallest 1080p display chip solution with the highest brightness capabilities in the 0.3-inch imager class. This latest DLP offering continues TI’s commitment to enabling smaller form factors, superior image quality and […]
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Integrated wireless VR video chipset delivers low latency, high bandwidth
Lattice Semiconductor, the leading provider of customizable smart connectivity solutions, and TPCAST announced an exclusive partnership to deliver wireless solutions for head mount display (HMD)-based VR systems. Lattice’s WirelessHD® solution, along with a suite of FPGA and ASSP products, are offered exclusively in TPCAST’s VR applications which require low latency, high bandwidth wireless video transmission. […]
Wireless MCUs help connect industrial, consumer and automotive applications
Delivering more available memory, Bluetooth® 5-ready hardware, automotive qualification and a new ultra-small wafer-chip-scale package (WCSP) option, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today announced two new devices in its scalable SimpleLink™ Bluetooth low energy wireless microcontroller (MCU) family. The new devices continue to feature advanced integration including a complete single-chip hardware and unified software solution […]
Raspberry Pi modules fit into DDR2 SODIMM connectors
Newark element14, the leading distributor and world’s largest manufacturer of the Raspberry Pi family of products and accessories, has announced the launch of 3 new products – Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, Raspberry Pi Compute Module Lite and Raspberry Pi Compute Module Development kit. The Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3 (CM3) and Compute Module 3 […]
Bluetooth module includes antenna connections, SPI, Xtal for consumer/medical apps
Murata Americas today announced the release of its Nordic-based BLE module. The latest WSM device consists of Nordic Semiconductor’s nRF52832 IC, a 32 MHz crystal for timing, and an on-board antenna. Additionally, it contains two pins for an off-board omni-directional antenna and a NFC antenna. The module provides a Serial Port Interface (SPI) and UART interface to Nordic’s nRF52832 M4 Cortex processor. The WSM-BL241-ADA-008 module provides BLE connectivity between […]
End-to-end USB Type-C devices combine for fast charging
NXP Semiconductors N.V. introduced the industry’s best-in-class USB Type-C solution for rapid charging. The end-to-end solution is the smallest in the market, highly efficient, and includes unique rapid charging coupled with USB PD PHY for a fully compliant Type-C Port Controller (TCPC) implementation. NXP’s new offering makes it easier for manufacturers to integrate USB Type-C […]
New motherboards optimized for gaming, business apps
Super Micro Computer, Inc. , a global leader in compute, storage, and networking technologies and green computing is introducing an extensive range of next-generation desktop and gaming motherboards and solutions during CES 2017 in the Bellagio Hotel, Penthouse Suite 31063. Fueled by the latest 7th generation Intel® Core™ processor (formerly Kaby Lake) innovations, the new range of […]
Camera module & IC platform handle 3D real-time depth maps for VR, AR apps
Technology innovations spark an explosion of applications. Many emerging applications have recently have been built upon 3D depth detection technologies, such as Virtual Reality (VR) / Augmented Reality (AR), Drones, People / Object Counting, etc. The ability to detect objects and surrounding environments, 3D images, depth-map, gesture movements, obstacle avoidance, etc., are essential to the future […]
High-precision oscillators boost base station, high-end router performance
NDK NH20M20LB and NH37M28LK High-Precision oscillators are designed to raise the bar for frequency accuracy in base stations for mobile communications systems, high-end routers, test and measurement equipment and other synthesizer applications. The NH25M22TA is available for SMT applications. The NH37M28LK and NH20M20LB each have through-hole PC mounting pins. The use of proprietary DSP technology […]
Image processing IC targets drones, action cameras
Socionext Inc. today introduced the new “SC2000”, a new image processing IC designed for drones and action cameras. The SC2000 is a new product from the “M10V” series, an eighth-generation version of Socionext’s Milbeaut Image Processors. It features the latest improvement in Socionext’s proprietary Milbeaut image processing algorithm and achieves the optimum combination of high […]