ST strips down low-power MCUs for budget-conscious

STMicroelectronics is offering a pair of stripped-down microcontroller for budget-conscious consumer, industrial, and medical applications. STM32L412 and STM32L422 have 64 or 128kbyte flash and a 80MHz Arm Cortex-M4 core, plus the firm’s FlexPowerControl. EEMBC benchmarking includes, said STM, 273 CoreMark, 167 ULPMark-PP (Peripheral Profile) and 447 ULPMark-CP (Core Profile). Analogue peripherals including two ADCs to perform ...

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Bluetooth LE 5 transceiver gets AEC-Q100 for automotive

Toshiba has announced am automotive Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) core specification 5.0 chip for automotive applications such as including remote key-less entry, on-board diagnostics and tire pressure monitoring systems. TC35681IFTG is based around an Arm Cortex-M0 CPU, and is designed for compliance with AEC-Q100. The mixed-signal device contains both analog RF and base-band digital parts ...

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TI adds gigabit time-sensitive networking to industrial MCUs

Texas Instruments has announced a multi-protocol gigabit time-sensitive networking (TSN)-enabled processor family, claiming it to be the first anywhere. 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 ...

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Invisible car envisaged by photonic tiles

A team of European scientists have exploited photonics technology to develop digital, ceramic tiles that can change colour, pattern, or play videos with a connected smartphone or tablet, turning a bedroom wall or ceiling into a giant cinema screen. The ‘Luminous Electronic Tile’, or LUMENTILE, project mixes the simplicity of a plain ceramic tile with sophisticated ...

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Essex firm to build portable atomic clocks

Essex-based Teledyne E2v is to build a new generation of atomic clocks, with partners in the Europe’s Quantum Flagship consortium. The project is called iqClock, and involves the creation of an ‘optical’ atomic clock. “Optical atomic clocks are the most precise time-telling tools known to man,” said Teledyne quantum technology scientist Dr Ole Kock. “The challenge ...

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Eval board for DOSA buck and buck-boost power modules

Recom has released evaluation boards to go with its RPM buck and RBB10 buck-boost dc-dc converters. “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 ...

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US moves to scupper China DRAM plan

The US has thrown a spanner in the works of China’s would-be DRAM champion.  The US Department of Commerce has put Fujian Jin Hua Integrated Circuit (JHICC) on a list of companies  that cannot purchase components, software and technology goods from U.S. firms without a licence.  ”When a foreign company engages in activity contrary to ...

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DIN rail power supplies for railway applications

Puls Power has introduced DIN-rail power supplies for railway applications, suitable for both track-side and on-board train equipment. The firm claims 100% greater mains failure bridging time than required by the railway standard EN 50155 (S2). All PCBs are conformally coated to increase weather resistance, and all PSUs are completely convection cooled for increasing reliability, ...

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Multi-constellation GNSS receiver reduces TTFF.

Fujitsu is shipping a multi-receiver GNSS module for GPS,  GLONASS, QZSS, SBAS, Galileo and BeiDou. The ability to receive signals from several satellite systems significantly reduces the TTFF (Time to First Fix), meaning a faster and more accurate positioning. Beside the GNSS device itself the MSB1054 provides a built-in RF-front end (SAW filter, LNA) as ...

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Farnell shipping 3D printers

Farnell element 14 is distributing  the MakerGear family of 3D printers. Farnell  will stock the single-head MakerGear M3-SE and the independent dual-head MakerGear M3-ID. Both printers provide industrial-grade precision and reliability for the prototyping and production of finished components. Simplify3D software included as standard on the M3-ID and is available as an optional upgrade on the ...

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