Silicon Labs announced new Security Services, supporting IoT companies with the implementation of Zero Trust security architectures to meet emerging cybersecurity standards and combat the rising tide of threats. The new security offerings complement Silicon Labs’ industry-leading Secure Vault technologies with a first-of-its-kind Custom Part Manufacturing Service (CPMS) for wireless SoCs and modules. CPMS is a secure […]
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Industrial CMOS vision sensors carry 2 MP, 1.5 MP resolution
Teledyne e2v has introduced its Topaz series of industrial CMOS sensors with new 2MP and 1.5MP resolution devices. These new 1920 x 1080 and 1920 x 800-pixel format sensors use state-of-the-art low noise, global-shutter pixel technology to offer powerful solutions and enable compact mobile designs for many applications. Housed in a tiny 4.45 mm wide Chip […]
Chipset for tablets, portable notebooks integrates octa-core CPU architecture
MediaTek announced its new Kompanio 900T chipset, expanding MediaTek’s portfolio of mobile computing solutions for tablets, portable notebooks, and other devices. The introduction of Kompanio 900T follows MediaTek’s recent launch of Kompanio 1300T, which is designed for premium tablets. MediaTek’s Kompanio platform combines powerful computing capabilities and ultra-low power consumption with the company’s advanced technologies […]
GPS/GNSS module receiver now sports BLE/WiFi capabilities
Septentrio announces an important addition to the open-source resources for their GPS/GNSS module receivers: mosaicTM wireless or simply mowi. It combines the Septentrio mosaic-X5 or mosaic-H module receiver with a dual-mode Bluetooth and integrated Wi-Fi from the well-known ESP32- WRover programmable module by Espressif Systems. It is an addition to the already existing mosaicHAT board, designed on the Raspberry Pi platform. The mowi project facilitates accurate and reliable GNSS positioning for robotic and autonomous devices, on a hardware level. Numerous engineers […]
AWS IoT core provides ultra-low power Wi-Fi cloud connectivity
InnoPhase announces the availability of a qualified Amazon Web Services (AWS) Internet of Things (IoT) Core solution for ultra-low power Wi-Fi cloud connectivity. In addition, it unveils a demonstration Smart Home Skill for Amazon Alexa targeted at home automation product designs. The solutions utilize the award-winning Talaria TWO multiprotocol wireless modules, offering the industry’s lowest power Wi-Fi solution and BLE5 for provisioning and diagnostics. […]
micro-ROS development framework works on RA MCUs
Renesas Electronics Corporation announced that the Renesas EK-RA6M5 Evaluation Kit for RA MCUs is the official supported hardware platform of the micro-ROS development framework. micro-ROS is the industry’s robotics operating system for MCUs. Renesas teamed with eProsima, the main developer of the micro-ROS framework, to port micro-ROS into the RA MCUs, easing the development of […]
Teardown: D7 robot vacuum from Neato Robotics
The D7 robot vacuum from Neato Robotics in California boasts a lot of navigational features such as zone cleaning, no-go lines, and floor plan mapping. We tore down a D7 to see how these features are implemented and to get a close look at the lidar unit that helps the bot find its way around. […]
Cellular IoT and AI-enabled processors and MCUS incorporate power-saving technology
Alif Semiconductor announced the launch of its Ensemble™ and Crescendo™ product families. Built to power the exponential expansion of next-generation, always-connected IoT products, the Ensemble and Crescendo families fill the market need for scalable, genuinely power-efficient devices that integrate AI/ML acceleration, multi-layered security, LTE Cat-M1, and NB-IoT connectivity, GNSS positioning, and plenty of integrated memory […]
BLE asset tracking platform features super-long battery life, improved location accuracy
Link Labs announced the release of its Xtreme Low Energy (XLETM) technology for IoT asset tracking. An innovative, patented wireless communication method, XLE extends the battery life of Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth LE) tags by more than 400%, or by up to three years longer, and improves accuracy in asset location to within one meter. […]
Software-based library handles encryption keys, confidential data
Sectigo announced the addition of the Sectigo Secure Key Storage SDK (SKS-SDK) to its collection of industry-leading offerings. Secure key storage is a software-based library that cost-effectively manages, seals, and stores encryption keys, passwords, and other confidential information. It removes the risk of exposing credentials of devices lacking a hardware-based secure key storage system such as […]