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Osram narrow beam IR LED for security cameras
Feb
“With the addition of the SFH 4718A, the Oslon Black portfolio now comprises three wavelengths – 810 nm, 850 nm and 940 nm – and three beam angles – ±25°, ±45° and ±75°,” said Osram product marketeer Jörg Heerlein.
“These are flanked by four different power levels, with optical outputs ranging from 0.3W to 2W. Since all the products are based o…
Harting mounts current sensors directly onto busbars
Feb
Harting has introduced a range of current sensors which can be directly mounted on busbars.
With dimensions of 6cm in height and 14cm wide, the HCME range of current sensors measure high currents up to 5500A. …
Simple constant current LED drivers for automotive
Feb
Called the the BCR4xxUW6Q series, they come in SOT26 (SC70) packages and are expected to find use with LEDs displacing conventional bulbs throughout the car: from external lighting such as side markers, puddle lighting and sill plates, to internal lighting including dome, ambient lights, instrument clusters and button back-lighting.
For low-profile applications,…
BridgeTek puts colour touch screen on Arduino
Feb
Designed by Cowfish Studios, it will render 24bit colour content in either landscape or portrait orientations, plus support smooth 60frame/s animations as well as capacitive five-point multi-touch touchscreen.
Also on there is a Class-D (digital, PWM) audio amplifier with a 1W speaker, a thermocouple input (comes with a probe), solid state relay outputs and a mic…
NASA to try strained-layer super lattice imagers in space
Feb
They are based on earlier ‘quantum well infrared photodetectors’ (QWIPs) that are flying on Landsat 8, and will be flying Landsat 9, which monitor vegetation from space.
SLS imaging arrays are fabricated on a semiconductor wafer, using hundreds of alternating epitaxially layers tuned to absorb infrared photons and convert them into electrons, according to NAS…
Apple to launch AMOLED phones
Feb
TrendForce expects the initial production volume of the three phones to be 83-88 million units.
The AMOLED versions are expected to be 5.8-inch and 6.5-inch and the cheaper, LCD version is expected to be 6.1 inch.…
Kyocera ceramic UHF RFID tag works for aerospace
Feb
Kyocera has developed tiny ceramic UHF RFID tag that can be attached to metal tools in the aerospace industry for identification and tracking.
RFID tags will be attached to workshop tools of maintenance and repair service providers. The attached tag will withstand harsh environments which are typical for workshops, including impacts and dirt (e.g. oil, fuel, lubr…
GaN IFF avionics transistor with 120W peak output power
Feb
Designed for IFF avionic applications, IGN1011L120 is a high power GaN transistor, specified for use under Class AB operation.
This transistor operates at 1.03 – 1.09 GHz, and supplies a minimum of 120W of peak pulse power, at 50V bias voltage and 6.4% duty factor.…
Updated: Fully printed flexible display offers low power for simple IoT devices
Feb
Mass-production of flexible displays is possible on plastic substrates without needing metal or ITO layers – by either sheet-to-sheet or roll-to-roll printing.
The underlying technology involves organic materials that change colour under the influence of electricity.…
Imagination brings complex games to mid-range phones
Feb
The processors combine computational performance (‘flops’) with pixel processing performance (pixels/clock).
In general, the flops pre-process image – in rich gaming environments, automotive object detection, augmented reality and virtual reality, for example – then the pixel processor creates polygons for the display.…
ARM reveals automotive image processing
Feb
Called ARM Mali-C71, it is the first product resulting from ARM’s purchase of Loughborough-based Apical last year.
It is a software-controlled hardware block offering 1.2Gpixel/s of processing.
The hardware interfaces with up to four cameras, producing processed image bit streams that can then be used to drive a display – an electronic rear view mirror for …
Farnell element14 waves 3D tracking HAT into play
Feb
Dubbed the Flick HAT, it supports 3D gesture detection – swipes and flicks – at distances of up to 10cm.
It allows engineers to expand the control options for Raspberry Pi and I2C-enabled projects, potentially providing a more flexible user experience.
Farnell says:…
Farnell sells ten millionth Raspberry Pi
Feb
Less than six years after it first began producing Raspberry Pi computers, Premier Farnell now sells over 50,000 Raspberry Pi computers each week to makers, industry and education across the globe. Over 4 million Raspberry Pi have been sold in Europe with 1.5 million Raspberry Pis sold in the UK alone.
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Conrad Business Supplies adds voice control module for Raspberry Pi
Feb
The module, now available from Conrad Business Supplies, serves as an extension to Raspberry Pi, allows the control of lights, individual sockets or devices by voice command. A bracket holds 433MHz radio modules which, together with the integrated motor control, can extend range “significantly” says the company.
It is possible to address devices and circuits …
Farnell adds Cloudio to Raspberry Pi
Feb
Among other features, it incorporates Voice Assistant Capabilities, IFTTT (“If This Then That”) Integration, IoT Cloud Service, Sensor Monitor and Dashboard, Custom Notifications with Image and Video and One Tap Multi-Board Upload.
“The versatility of GraspIO Cloudio along with its ease of use will make it popular with makers and innovators in a wide range …