Government launches connected and driverless car technology accelerator

 Meridian, an accelerator for connected and driverless car technology, has been launched by the government. Meridian will bring together established UK-leading start-ups, OEMs and SMEs from a number of industries to encourage cross-sector collaboration – including, Artificial Intelligence, Insurance, Legal, Telecommunications, Gaming, Mobility and the Financial Services Sectors – to pitch their CAV innovations and ...

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Toshiba in production of high current photorelays

Toshiba is in volume production of  two mid-voltage, high current photorelays, the 100V TLP3823 with a 3A drive current, and the 200V TLP3825 with a 1.5A drive current. The new products will extend the range of large current photorelays to replace mechanical relays, alongside Toshiba’s current 60V, 5A TLP3547. Toshiba is supporting and promoting the ...

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Murata RFID tag works on metal

Murata is sampling a RAIN RFID tag designed for use on metal components and surfaces. Placing such tags on to metal has been challenging because metal surfaces reflect the signal emitted from the reader and interfere with communication between the tag and reader. To overcome this, Murata has patented various technologies that allow RFID tags ...

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Versatile PWM controller from LTC

The LT8711 is a multitopology current mode PWM controller that can easily be configured as a synchronous buck, boost, SEPIC and ZETA DC/DC converter, or as a nonsynchronous buck-boost converter. This device replaces the output diode with a high efficiency P-channel MOSFET, thereby increasing efficiency and maximum output current up to 10A, making the LT8711 ...

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Microchip MPLAB Harmony 2.0 available as free download

Microchip’s  MPLAB Harmony 2.0, the firmware development framework for PIC32 microcontrollers, is available as a free download at www.microchip.com/mplab/mplab-harmony. The significant update to the software platform enables customers to create smaller and more efficient code for faster and more cost-effective devices. In addition to better quality code, the update has added numerous new tools that work ...

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