In an effort to move autonomous driving and vehicle safety forward, Texas Instruments announced an expansion of its automotive offerings that can help automakers improve how advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) sense objects. TI’s new AWR2944 radar sensor adds to the company’s extensive portfolio of analog and embedded processing products and technologies, giving automotive engineers more […]
Sensor modules
INS, GNSS/RTK modules target ADAS, AV applications requiring ASIL-B
ACEINNA Inc. announced the INS401 INS and GNSS/RTK solution for autonomous vehicle precise positioning. The INS401 is part of ACEINNA’s new product portfolio that provides high accuracy and high integrity localization for developers and manufacturers of ADAS and Autonomy solutions for autonomous vehicles of all types. The INS401 is a state-of-the-art, high-performance Inertial Navigation System […]
Two-wire MIPI I3C PHY I/O chips consolidate I2C, SPI features
Arasan Chip Systems announces the immediate availability of Arasan’s MIPI I3C PHY I/O IP, in compliance with MIPI I3C specifications v1.1. Arasan’s MIPI I3C PHY IP is part of Arasan’s Total IPTM Solution for MIPI I3C v1.1. Arasan’s 2-wire MIPI I3C PHY I/O consolidates the features of I2C and SPI leading to an overall low […]
Positioning module uses inertial sensors to delivery meter-level GNSS accuracy
u-blox has announced the NEO-M9V global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receiver. The first u-blox positioning receiver to offer both untethered dead reckoning (UDR) and automotive dead reckoning (ADR), NEO-M9V is a perfect fit for fleet management and micro mobility applications that require reliable meter-level positioning accuracy even in challenging GNSS signal environments such as urban […]
Platform targets edge sensing applications such as industrial process control and monitoring
SensiML Corporation announced that it has teamed with onsemi to deliver a complete machine learning solution for autonomous sensor data processing and predictive modeling. The collaboration combines SensiML’s Analytics Toolkit development software with the RSL10 Sensor Development Kit from onsemi to create a platform ideal for edge sensing applications such as industrial process control and […]
AI-enabled platform is based on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier industrial module
ADLINK Technology Inc. introduces a new addition to its AI-enabled Video Analytics (AVA) platform portfolio. Built on the latest industrial version of NVIDIA’s Jetson AGX Xavier module, the AVA-RAGX provides a compact, rugged AI-enabled solution for both onboard and wayside railway applications that delivers uncompromised reliability and performance in harsh operating environments. Along with other AVA platforms […]
Infineon’s OktoberTech 2021 goes virtual October 21
Infineon Technologies’ annual half-day business and technology briefing, OktoberTech2021, goes virtual this year and with a first-ever look into the combined technologies of Infineon and Cypress, a strong portfolio of product and system solutions for the world’s next innovations. In addition to keynote and technical presentation, the on-demand, virtual, half-day event will highlight advanced technologies. […]
Nuances of low power MCUs for wireless sensors and wearables
The optimization of microcontrollers (MCUs) in power-sensitive applications such as wireless sensor nodes and wearables is all about maximizing power management effectiveness. To minimize power consumption, low-power MCUs typically operate at frequencies below 50 MHz, compared with hundreds of MHz or even 1+ GHz for conventional MCUs. These power-optimized MCUs also use low-power peripherals; they […]
Industrial I/O module based on Raspberry Pi RP2040
Just a few months after the initial release of the Raspberry Pi RP2040 microcontroller, Sfera Labs has introduced the first industrial product based on this new chip. The Iono RP is a compact programmable I/O module that combines the ease of use of the Raspberry Pi with a wide choice of digital and analog input […]
TinyML dev board includes neural processor
Syntiant Corp unveiled its TinyML Development Board, an easy-to-use developer kit aimed at both technical and non-technical users for building machine learning-powered applications in smart products, such as speech commands, wake word detection, acoustic event detection, and other sensor use cases. Equipped with the ultra-low-power Syntiant NDP101 Neural Decision Processor, the TinyML board can enable speech and sensor […]
