Integrated inertial sensors improve pedestrian tracking

Bosch Sensortec has launched a Position Tracking Smart Sensor that utilizes integrated inertial sensors to improve GPS location tracking. When used with a GPS or GNSS module, the BHI160BP enables users to take full advantage of pedestrian position tracking with up to 80% saving in system power consumption compared with a typical GNSS-only solution, without ...

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3-acis accelerometer changes modes on the fly

  ST’s IIS2DLPC 3-axis MEMS accelerometer can change operating mode on the fly, from ultra-low power to high resolution, enabling high-accuracy measurements within a limited energy budget. The sensor can provide continuous contextual awareness to wake the host system when action is required and take measurements before returning to ultra-low power operation. With this extra flexibility, ...

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SOI 650V half-bridge matches MOSFET and IGBT switches

Infineon has introduced a half-bridge, 650 V rated, SOI-based EiceDRIVER. The 2ED2304S06F  supports typical source and sink currents of 360 mA and 700 mA, respectively, with 310 ns and 300 ns propagation delays. It is a match for IGBT and MOSFET switches rated up to 650 V. The integrated bootstrap diode offers ultra-fast reverse recovery with ...

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Hall chip can run without a magnetic ring

Belgian fabless chip firm Melexis has announced two current sense ICs that share a CMOS core, but implement sensing in widely different ways. MLX91217 is for a conventional Hall set-up – it comes in a slim pin-thru package for integration into conventional Hall-effect measuring rings (see diagram) . Various lead shapes make it compatible with different ...

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Will supercapacitors supersede batteries?

Following Elon Musk’s speech at Cleantech Forum 2011, there has been a lot of interest in supercapacitors and for sure the potential offered by nanotechnologies is keeping high hopes that at some point in the future, supercapacitors might reach a point where they equal the performance of batteries. As can be seen in the chart ...

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Neat packaging for RS232 to IO-Link converter for industrial networks

Balluff has added this neatly-packaged bi-directional interface for connecting RS232 cables to IO-Link (IEC 61131-9) cables. “The converter lets you connect devices like barcode scanners, printers or RS232 controllers directly to an IO-Link terminal,” said the firm, claiming: “The expensive alternative using additional special components such as RS232 cards for integration into the respective controller ...

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pureLiFi presents to Xi Jinping

pureLiFi, the Scottish LiFi pioneer, presented LiFi technology to China’s President Xi Jinping at China’s International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai this week.   The presentation took place as part of a UK innovation-themed pavilion with the Duke of York and Liam Fox. LiFi was presented as a symbol of UK innovation which enables more ...

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Imec builds UV-sensitive CCD-in-CMOS TDI imager

Imec has built a high-speed UV-sensitive time-delay-integration (TDI) imager that is based on CCD-in-CMOS technology. The TDI imager has a quantum efficiency of more than 70% in the near-UV region, making it an appropriate tool for industrial machine vision, in particular inspection in semiconductor manufacturing processes. The specialty imager broadens imec’s CCD-in-CMOS-based TDI imager portfolio, that ...

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sureCore appoints sales vp

 sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM IP specialist, has appointed Roger Bailey (pictured) to be Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Bailey will focus sureCore’s business development initiatives for wearable, IoT and communications infrastructure markets in North America, Europe and China. “We are seeing significant demand for our low-voltage SRAM IP that operates at near-threshold voltage and Roger will ...

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Boston driverless car start-up adopts Nvidia DRIVE technology

Optimus Ride of Boston, the MIT driverless car spin-out which has raised $23 million, is integrating the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier computing platform into its autonomous vehicle fleet. NVIDIA is an investor in Optimus Ride and supports its goal of deploying self-driving vehicles in geofenced areas such as planned communities, campuses and self-driving zones in cities ...

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