Arm has added neural network processing instructions to its Cortex-M architecture, aiming at products at the outside edge of IoT networks, such as devices that can recognise a few spoken words without connecting to the cloud – vocal wake commands for example. The ‘M-Profile Vector Extensions’ (MVEs) have been announced under the brand ‘Helium’, and ...
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Lights are the most prevalent electrical components in any commercial building, and that makes them the most logical devices for smart building sensors, according to Russ Sharer, vice president of global marketing and business development at Fulham. “In new construction you can plan to use standalone smart building control sensors, but only 8% of commercial ...
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Yorkshire-based Contract Production Ltd (CPL) has acquired its current head office and production facilities in Pickering North Yorkshire, and expanded into a third adjoining unit almost doubling its work space. The firm produces a range of sub-contract electronic products and PCB assemblies. Its shareholders purchased 9,600 sq ft, spread across the three units on the ...
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Compact switching power supplies designed to reduce power consumption and cost for a range of markets, the PCR-WE/WE2 series by Kikusui are now available from its authorised UK and Southern Ireland distributor, Telonic Instruments. The multi-functional switching AC power supplies range from 1kVA to 36kVA AC/DC output with frequency conversion from Hz to 5kHz. They ...
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From Polytron Devices or New Jersey, OFQC40 and OFQC60 are 40 and 60Watt series of quarter-brick dc-dc converters with a 12:1 input range for railway equipment. Input options are 9-75Vdc or 14-160Vdc, according to EN50155, the the supplies meet that standard for railway applications, as well as being compliant to EN55032. Output options are: 5, ...
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Believed to be the only sensor available that can perform wireless infrared (IR) tyre temperature measurements, the IRN8WS4 transmits data to a generic master receiver in 868, 902 or 920-MHz frequencies. This, says the Texense Renvale Group, gives users the option to pick the best one frequency, depending on the location. It uses a reliable, ...
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Taiwan has more installed wafer capacity than any other country, reports IC Insights. IC Insights has taken the actual geographic location of the fabs irrespective of the nationality of their owner, so a Samsung fab in the US is counted as part of US capacity. ROW consists primarily of Singapore, Israel, and Malaysia, but also ...
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CML, the Essex fabless chip company, is celebrating 50 years in the semiconductor industry. The company was founded in December 1968 by George Gurry who was succeeded by his son, Mike who, with his brother Chris (pictured), remains part of today’s management team. CML was founded to pursue systems, or sub-systems, on-chip, rather than single ...
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InnoPhase, the six tear-old San Diego low a new fabless power wireless start-up, has brought out Talaria TWO – a complete wireless IoT solution on a single chip. It contains a full functionality multiprotocol transceiver, MAC/PHY, digital power amplifier and an embedded ARM processor for lightweight applications. The Talaria TWO chip is designed for battery-based IoT ...
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ON Semiconductor has introduced its RSL10 Sensor Development Kit, designed to provide engineering teams with a platform for developing IoT applications with smart sensor technology, and enabled by BLE. The RSL10 Sensor Development Kit brings together the RSL10 System-in-Package (RSL10 SIP) with a range of advanced low power sensors from Bosch Sensortec. The development platform provides ...
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