Boréas Technologies unveiled the Boréas Piezo Haptic Engine (Boréas PHE), the first module to harness the high performance of piezo actuators to solve wearable devices’ most significant challenge—achieving true high-definition (HD) haptic feedback in a broad range of low-power space-constrained devices. The Boréas PHE is a major advancement over the two legacy technologies that have dominated haptics in […]
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ePaper displays sized to 42 in, come in varioius colors
DATA MODUL announces its cooperation with E Ink, the world’s largest manufacturer of ePaper products and technologies. DATA MODUL is thus expanding its own display portfolio with the tried-and-tested E Ink products and is adding both segment and active-matrix displays to its range for individual customer solutions. Available in sizes from 1.10” to 42.0”, the […]
Waterproof MEMS barometric pressure sensors target smartwatch apps
TDK Corporation announces worldwide availability of the InvenSense ICP-10125, part of the SmartPressureTM family of the MEMS barometric pressure sensor platform. The ICP-10125 achieves the industry’s lowest pressure noise of 0.4 Pa RMS, attains the industry’s lowest power consumption of 1.3 µA, and ensures excellent temperature stability with a temperature coefficient of ±0.5 Pa/°C. The […]
NAND flash controllers support latest SD card spec
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation announced that its flagship SM2708 SD Express controller solution now supports the latest SD 8.0 specification and backward compatibility to SD 7.1 specification. With PCIe Gen 3 x2 interface and NVMe 1.3, the SM2708 SD Express controller solution is targeted at the advancement of applications with demanding performance levels across a […]
Integrated development environment now handles RE MCUs
Embedded developers can now use SEGGER Embedded Studio IDE with the Renesas RE Family of microcontrollers (MCUs). Embedded Studio is SEGGER’s cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for embedded systems development. The editor is quick to start up and the build process is blazingly fast, saving precious working hours. Embedded Studio contains SEGGER’s own runtime and […]
BLE MCUs incorporate baluns feature new power-saving operation mode
STMicroelectronics has extended its STM32WB* Bluetooth LE microcontroller (MCU) offering with new devices that combine entry-level features with extra power savings for longer-lasting performance. The dual-core STM32WB15 and STM32WB10 Value Line pair an Arm Cortex-M4 processor to run the main application and a Cortex-M0+ to handle Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, ensuring real-time performance from each. The radio stage has a 102dBm link […]
Development platform delivers smartphone-like UX on low-power hardware
Crank Software continues to innovate with the launch of Storyboard 7.0, a development platform built to deliver smartphone-like user experiences (UX) on low-power, tightly-resourced hardware. With increasing consumer expectations and the number of IoT-connected devices projected to increase to 43 billion worldwide by 2023, Storyboard’s new Rapid Design Import and Iteration Technology meet the needs […]
Super-low-power arm cortex-M33 core MCUs feature advanced cybersecurity, graphics, peripherals
STMicroelectronics has announced a new generation of extreme power-saving microcontrollers (MCUs), the STM32U5* series, to meet the most demanding power/performance requirements for smart applications including wearables, personal medical devices, home automation, and industrial sensors. The industry-leading STM32 MCUs, built upon the highly energy-efficient Arm Cortex-M processors, are already in billions of domestic appliances, industrial controls, […]
Software platform helps secure SoC handle contactless transactions
STMicroelectronics has launched STPay-Mobile, a platform that simplifies the virtualization of security-critical public transit ticketing and payment cards on smartphones and wearables. STPay-Mobile helps mobile-device manufacturers leverage the features of ST’s ST54 secure System-on-Chip (SoC) to handle contactless transactions and protect sensitive information, such as data and authentication credentials. Highlighting the value STPay-Mobile adds to card […]
Image sensor features superior autofocus for high end smartphones
OmniVision Technologies, Inc. announced in advance of Mobile World Congress Shanghai the OV50A image sensor, combining 50MP resolution, 1.0-micron pixel size, selective conversion gain, and a 1/1.5” optical format with quad phase detection (QPD) autofocus technology and on-chip remosaic. QPD enables 2×2 phase detection autofocus (PDAF) across the sensor’s entire image array, for 100% coverage. Unlike […]
