Electronica: Automotive power modules from On Semi

At Electronica next week, On Semi will be aiming at on-board electric vehicle charging with power modules. FAM65xxx is a family of APM16-packaged devices, with one device outline covering H-Bridge, power factor correction and bridge rectifier configurations. Internally, the devices have a direct-bonded copper (DBC) structure that is isolated to 5kVac “making them easier to ...

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Harry, the UK’s crop planting robot

British agri-tech start up Small Robot Company officially unveiled ‘Harry’, its digital planting robot, at Agri-Tech East’s REAP 2018 Conference in Cambridge. Harry is a prototype of what Small Robot claims will be the world’s first digital drilling robot for combinable crops, one of three smart robots called Tom, Dick and Harry robots that are ...

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Industrial chip serialises eight current inputs to SPI

MAX22190 is an IEC 61131-2 compliant industrial digital input device, which translates eight 24V current-sinking inputs to an SPI-compatible serial output that interfaces with 3V to 5.5V logic. A current setting resistor allows it to be configured for Type 1, Type 2, or Type 3 inputs. “Designed to reduce power, system cost, and size for ...

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Flexible OLED array detects blood oxygen

A flexible sensor developed by University of California Berkeley can map blood-oxygen levels over large areas of skin, tissue and organs. It is an array of alternating red and near-infrared organic LEDs and organic photodiodes printed on a flexible material. “When you hear the word oximeter, finger-clip sensors come into your mind,” said Berkely engineer ...

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Renesas tool eases compliance for safety-critical automotive systems

Renesas has introduced a safety analysis tool intended to ease the integration of the firm’s products into safety-critical automotive systems “while increasing user confidence in system compliance to the latest safety standard”, it said. The failure mode effects and diagnostics analysis (FMEDA) software is optimized for ISO 26262, which addresses safety of electrical and electronic systems ...

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Gemalto goes for secure IIoT

Gemalto, the security specialist, has launched a wireless NB-IoT platform. The majority of the IoT connections are emerging in the industrial IoT (IIoT) sector where LPWAN technologies such as NB-IoT are driving expansion. Gemalto’s platform calked Cinterion will offer an integrated eSIM which authenticates IoT devices, encrypts data and securely manage connections to cellular networks. Soldered to the ...

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TI launches 60GHz mmWave sensors

TI has announced a 60-GHz sensor portfolio for mmWave sensing. IWR6x mmWave sensors enable industrial automation through on-chip processing capabilities, providing real-time decision-making and signal processing. The newest 60-GHz mmWave sensors will be the first to include antenna-on-package offerings, which remove traditional challenges associated with radio-frequency (RF) design while shrinking size up to 75% and ...

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