Matchbox-sized atomic clock for commercial space

Microsemi has launched a radiation-resistant matchbox-sized atomic clock for commercial applications such as low Earth orbit (LEO) satellites. applications, the device provides the accuracy and stability of atomic clock technology while achieving significant breakthroughs in reduced size, weight and power (SWaP) consumption. Called SA.45s, it draws less than 120mW and fits in 17cm3 (41 x 35 x ...

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Farnell provides coding kits for youngsters

Farnell element 14 is helping to create the next generation of digital engineers by providing kits and support to help youngsters to learn the fundamental skills of coding. The company offers educational aids targeted at tomorrow’s coders and application developers including products such as Codebug, BBC micro:bit, Raspberry PI and the newly launched Arduino CTC101 ...

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Socionext prototypes AV1 implementation

Socionext, the Matsushita-Fujitsu SoC jv, has developed a prototype implementation of video encoder functionalities of the latest video compression format AV1 onto Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2)F1 Instance. Utilizing F1, Socionext was able to complete the development and achieved high performance in just one and a half months. Based on this result, Socionext will ...

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TI tops industrial semi rankings

Industrial semiconductor revenues grew by 11.8% last year reaching $49.1 billion, according to IHS Markit. The industrial electronics equipment market is expected to have a CAGR of 7.1% through to 2022. Texas Instruments (TI) maintained its position as the largest industrial semiconductor supplier in 2017. The acquisition of Linear Technology catapulted Analog Devices into second ...

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Imec starts pushing metallisation to 3nm node

Imec has taken its  first steps towards extending conventional metallization into to the 3nm technology node. For almost two decades, Cu-based dual damascene has been the workhorse industrial process flow for building reliable interconnects. But, when downscaling logic device technology towards the 5nm and 3nm technology nodes, meeting resistance and reliability requirements for the tightly ...

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MathWorks launches Predictive Maintenance Toolbox

MathWorks has announced Predictive Maintenance Toolbox, a new MATLAB product that helps engineers design and test condition monitoring and predictive maintenance algorithms. Predictive Maintenance Toolbox offers capabilities and reference examples for engineers who are designing algorithms to organize data, design condition indicators, monitor machine health and estimate remaining useful life (RUL) to prevent equipment failures. ...

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TI adds integrated signal-chain elements to value MCUs.

TI has added two MCUs with integrated signal-chain elements and an extended operating temperature range to its MSP430 value line portfolio. New MSP430FR2355 ferroelectric random access memory (FRAM) MCUs allow developers to reduce PCB size and BOM cost while meeting temperature requirements for sensing and measurement in applications such as smoke detectors, sensor transmitters and ...

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