Embedded World: Wi-Fi chip runs from a battery for months

Silicon Labs revealed a Wi-Fi transceiver which consumes so little that it can be used in battery powered IoT sensor nodes, for example. Revealed at Embedded World, the WFM200 system-in-package (SiP, 6.5 x 6.5mm LGA52) consumes 200µA (average, delivery traffic indication message (DTIM)= 3). “We’ve delivered the first low-power Wi-Fi portfolio designed specifically for the ...

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Embedded World: NXP tackles edge processing with Arm-based processors

NXP was aiming at edge computing – data processing before transmission to the cloud – when it introduced the i.MX 8M family CPUS at Embedded World. Made on a 14LPC finfet process, versions with single, dual, and quad Arm Cortex-A53 running up to 2GHz were announced. The chips also include Cortex-M4 real-time processing at 400MHz. ...

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Jumping January reports afdec

Component sales through distribution in the UK and Ireland increased by 21% in January compared to December and by 14.5% y-o-y, says afdec, part of ecsn.  “Compared to the same period 2017, semiconductors sales increased by 16% in January”, and sales of “Passives” also showed a 16% increase”, says ecsn chairman Adam Fletcher, “Electro-mechs increased ...

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European test service for CMOS image sensors up to 12in in diameter

Creating uniform illumination over a large area makes testing wafer-scale CMOS image sensors tricky, according to San Jose-based Presto Engineering, which has just revealed its computer-controlled solution that illuminates sections of the wafer in turn – working for arrays of large sensors, or even single sensors filling a 12in wafer. “An entire wafer can be ...

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Leti writes ‘unbreakable’ security code on to the chip

Leti, the French microelectronics research centre, says it has developed a way to encrypt individual chips with a security code. Working with lithography equipment supplier Mapper Lithography, Leti says it has perfected a way to generate a non-falsifiable code using a new chip design that leverages direct multi-beam writing in a process that fits in ...

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Farnell element14 signs RF connector deal with Amphenol

Farnell element14 is to sell Amphenol SV Microwave connectors in Europe. This agreement, which is part of a global deal, will extend the distributor’s RF connector, adapter and cable assembly product ranges to include higher frequency microwave bands up to 100GHz. Application areas are likely to include 5G as well as military/aerospace. Doug Snader, international ...

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Harting designs low profile 250A connector for railways

Offering a high-current connector for tight spaces on rail vehicles, Harting has added a low profile high-current connector for up to four 250A contacts to its Han HPR connector series. Design for high current motor connections in rail vehicles the connector was originally developed for a tram project in Vienna. In this project the design brief required ...

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Embedded World: Pico’s data logger software gets complete re-design

UK test equipment maker Pico Technology revealed a ground-up redesign of its data logging software at Embedded World. Designed to work with all of the firm’s PC-based data acquisition hardware, the PicoLog 6 is functionally-identical running on Windows, Linux or MacOS. Record limits are up from the 1Mpoints of PicoLog 5, and are now only ...

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Cobham Wireless delivers massive MIMO to China Mobile

Cobham Wireless has delivered its massive MIMO  test solution to China Mobile Research Institute, to enable the operator to benefit from the capacity and performance gains of digital Massive MIMO technology. The concept of digital Massive MIMO has been introduced in 4.5G technology, vastly improving network capacity and energy efficiency by increasing the number of ...

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DRAM will grow 30%+ this yesr, says DRAMeXchange

The DRAM industry will grow 30%+ this year to $96 billion, says DRAMeXchange. H1 prices are expected to rise 5-10%  driven by datacentre demand. Thev average unit spot price for DDR4 chips betweenJanuary and February rose 1.1% to $5, with the average price hike estimated at 3-5% for Q1. In the traditionally slow Q1 for handset sales, ...

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