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Murata CO2 sensor for professional applications
Feb
Inside, an IR beam is focussed to pass through any gases present, including CO2.
After passing through an optical band pass filter, an IR sensor then measures the level of IR present, which indicates the CO2 levels in the optical path.…
Integrated inertial sensors improve pedestrian tracking
Feb
When used with a GPS or GNSS module, the BHI160BP enables users to take full advantage of pedestrian position tracking with up to 80% saving in system power consumption compared with a typical GNSS-only solution, without compromising on accuracy.
This new position tracking approach is set to enable a new class of compact devices with smaller batteries.…
Electronica: Rigol announces signal generators, and talks scopes
Feb
Intended to be ‘low-cost’ DG800 and DG900 are the multi-functional generators – combing: function generator, arbitrary signal generator, pulse generator, harmonic generator, modulator (analog/digital) and counter.
In addition using direct digital synthesis to provide stable, precise, and minimally distorted signals, they include something branded ‘SiFi II…
Electronica: Automotive power modules from On Semi
Feb
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FAM65xxx is a family of APM16-packaged devices, with one device outline covering H-Bridge, power factor correction and bridge rectifier configurations.…
Gemalto goes for secure IIoT
Feb
The majority of the IoT connections are emerging in the industrial IoT (IIoT) sector where LPWAN technologies such as NB-IoT are driving expansion.
Gemalto’s platform calked Cinterion will offer an integrated eSIM which authenticates IoT devices, encrypts data and securely manage connections to cellular networks.…
Industrial chip serialises eight current inputs to SPI
Feb
A current setting resistor allows it to be configured for Type 1, Type 2, or Type 3 inputs.
“Designed to reduce power, system cost, and size for programmable logic controller digital-input sub-systems, MAX22190 is a highly integrated IEC61131-2-compliant digital input device for industrial, process, and building automation applications,” said component distri…
Harry, the UK’s crop planting robot
Feb
Harry is a prototype of what Small Robot claims will be the world’s first digital drilling robot for combinable crops, one of three smart robots called Tom, Dick and Harry robots that are being designed to feed, seed and weed arable crops autonomously – and whose light weight will cause less soil disturbance.
Harry is spider-shaped and 1.8 x 1.8m, which unfur…
TI launches 60GHz mmWave sensors
Feb
IWR6x mmWave sensors enable industrial automation through on-chip processing capabilities, providing real-time decision-making and signal processing.
The newest 60-GHz mmWave sensors will be the first to include antenna-on-package offerings, which remove traditional challenges associated with radio-frequency (RF) design while shrinking size up to 75% and reducing…
Electronica: Osram reveals vehicle interior lighting, and more
Feb
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Part of the Osire product family, E4633i, includes three LED die – red, green and blue – as well as a serial control driver “thus enables completely new design options for automotive interior,” said the firm.…
Eval board for DOSA buck and buck-boost power modules
Feb
“These boards provide customers with an effortless way to evaluate these DOSA modules,” said the firm – DOSA is the Distributed-power Open Standards Alliance.
RPM‐1.0, RPM‐2.0, RPM‐3.0, and RPM‐6.0 buck regulators generate a constant output voltage at up to 6A and include functions such as: trimming, sequencing, soft‐start, enable, and sensing. In…
TI adds gigabit time-sensitive networking to industrial MCUs
Feb
Called Sitara AM6x, the industrial-grade family has quad and dual Arm Cortex-A53 core variants aimed at industry 4.0 factory automation, motor drives and grid infrastructure. Gbit TSN, EtherCAT, Ethernet/IP and PROFINET are supported by a specific subsystem called PRU-ICSS-Gb. Different capability types are pin-compatible.
“AM6x processors are built for the con…
Neural network IP aimed at SoCs processing complex speech
Feb
Resources are sufficient for far-field voice recognition, where the user is metres away from the microphone. Voice-controlled digital home assistants and automotive infotainment are intended applications.
Why process speech on the local PCB?…
Self-clinching nuts and studs for automotive thin high-strength steel
Feb
Called SH self-clincing nuts and HFLH self-clinching studs are manufactured from hardened alloy.
“Due to a lightweight design and reduced need for loose hardware such as washers, these fasteners can contribute to overall weight reductions in vehicle assemblies,” claimed the firm. “Lower installed cost can be gained from the elimination of embossing operatio…
Surrey firm uses Honeywell sensors for Formula 1 and UAVs
Feb
“We needed small and accurate board mount pressure sensors. Competitor products we examined couldn’t come close,” said Dr David Birch, research director at SSL, which is a joint venture between the University of Surrey and a unnamed private company.
The sensors, for example, are used in SSL’s Digital Seven-Hole Probe, that uses pressure as a proxy to meas…
Smart air con could stabilise power grid
Feb
The lab has devised a method to control the heating and cooling systems of a large network of buildings for power grid stability, “which could allow utilities to harness the demand from a city’s worth of buildings to help balance the power grid”, said the Lab.
“We developed control schemes that don’t require a large number of calculations and can be imp…