Low-profile connectors are tough enough for industry

Panasonic has introduced tough narrow-pitch connectors for industrial and consumer use. 40 of them, available though RS, use Panasonic’s ‘tough-contact’ technology and include flat printed circuit (FPC) and flexible flat cable (FFC) connectors, as well as board-to-board and board-to-FPC types. “The ultra-slim-profile connectors are ideally suited to applications where space is at a premium, while also ...

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single-inductor, multiple-output dc-dc for wearables and hearables

It wasn’t long ago when single-inductor multiple-output dc-dc converters were the stuff of international design conferences, and now they are being offered for use in consumer items. Now Maxim has introduced six of them, aimed at wearables, hearables, sensors, smart-home automation hubs and IoT devices, according to the firm. MAX17270 for wearables and hearables Quiescent ...

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Microsemi adds to RISC-V based FPGAs

Microchip has added multi-core coherent RISC-V processors to its PolarFire FPGA family, with the intention of brings real-time deterministic asymmetric multiprocessing to Linux platforms. The architecture, developed in collaboration with RISC-V champions SiFive, has a 2Mbyte L2 memory that can be configured as a cache, scratchpad or a direct access memory. “This allows designers to ...

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Tough Hall sensors aim to replace reed and micro switches

Allegro MicroSystems has announced the release of a family of micro-power Hall-effect switching ICs in battery-powered automotive and industrial applications, as well as in less demanding environments. Called APS11700 and APS11760, the three pin (power, ground, output) devices have a simple (but protected) open-drain output and can consume as little as 6µA average from an ...

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Imagination re-works GPUs for latest Series9 offerings

Imagination Technologies has announced three PowerVR GPU series, with performance ranging form entry-level to high-end mobile processing, automotive infotainment products, set-top boxes and TVs. “These new GPUs are the best-ever mainstream PowerVR GPU cores and will enable us to continue to increase our Android device footprint and our overall volume across mobile, set-top boxes, digital ...

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u-blox and Arvento develop compact tracking device

u-blox and Arvento Mobile Systems of Turkey have developed a compact people and asset tracking device with a long battery life. The Arvento Treyki Mini has eight operating modes, including special settings for tracking kids (with Geofencing), senior citizens (with an integrated fall sensor), and for use in sports, racing, and asset management. It can ...

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Socionext shipping HUD controller

Socionext is shipping its latest display controller, the SC1711, developed for in-vehicle head-up displays (HUDs) alongside the software development kit. It features SEERIS 2D graphics engine, high-speed APIX2 interface, as well as comprehensive safety functions, making it suitable for highly safe and cost-competitive in-vehicle display systems. The SC1711 was designed to meet the specific needs of HUDs, ...

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Imagination launches neural net accelerator architecture

Imagination has launched its latest neural network accelerator (NNA) architecture. A single Series3NX core scales from 0.6 to 10 tera operations per second (TOPS), while multicore implementations can scale beyond 160 TOPS. Thanks to architectural enhancements, including lossless weight compression, the Series3NX architecture claims a 40% boost in performance in the same silicon area over ...

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DRAM ASP dropping

Contract prices for DRAM are now being negotiated on a monthly, rather than a quarterly basis, and fell twice in November, reports 4GB PC modules have dropped 3.2%  and 8GB PC modules have dropped 1.6%.  In Q4, DRAMeXchange expects the price to drop nearly 8% q-o-q with PC DRAM, server DRAM and specialty DRAM dropping ...

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