University of Essex turns to Rohde & Schwarz for student lab test gear

Rohde & Schwarz has been chosen to supply test equipment for the newly refurbished electronic engineering teaching laboratory at the University of Essex. “We have made a considerable investment in our main teaching laboratory and created a facility that we are truly proud of, which fully meets the expectations of our new cohorts of students,” ...

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Hailo-8 tackles deep learning at the edge

Hailo is sampling a deep learning processor called Hailo-8 which, it claims, enables edge devices to run deep learning applications that could previously run only on the cloud. Hail sayscits rethinks the existing pillars of computer architecture – memory, control, and compute – and incorporates a key SDK co-developed with the hardware. The company claims that ...

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Plessey demonstrate GaN-on-Si HD monolithic micro-LED display

Plessey has revealed its first GaN-on-silicon HD monolithic micro-LED with an active silicon backplane. “This is a momentous milestone in the development of our monolithic micro-LED display technology,” said Plessey director of epitaxy Dr Wei Sin Tan. “To the best of our knowledge this is truly a world first, and we are extremely proud of ...

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BASpi – Raspberry Pi-based BAS controllers

Contemporary Controls  has come up with the BASPi series of building automation controllers powered by Raspberry Pi. The first design is a 6-universal input, 6-relay output, BACnet server, Sedona-programable board which mounts on top of the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO header as a HAT. With the installation of  the free BASpi firmware and the  HAT/daughterboard, you ...

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Trade War boosting US electronics production

US electronics production has been showing steady growth while China’s is decelerating, says Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence (SI). The three-month-average change in US electronics production versus a year ago (3/12) in March 2019 was 6.2%, the 12th consecutive month of growth above 5%.  China electronics production is decelerating, with March 2019 3/12 growth of 8.2%, ...

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Imec 140GHz MIMO radar enables gesture recognition

Imec has developed a compact highly-sensitive 140GHz MIMO  radar system.  The MIMO setup is demonstrated for gesture recognition, supporting intuitive man-machine interactions. The ultra-fine resolution of this radar allows the detection of micro-skin movements related to vital signs serving applications like non-contact driver monitoring or patient monitoring. Key differentiators of imec’s 140GHz radar-on-chip prototype system ...

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e-paper displays go yellow

Pervasive Displays (PDi),  the  e-paper display specialist, has a new line of compact black, white and yellow displays ranging in size from 1.54 to 4.37-inches. E-paper displays (EPDs), commonly found in e-readers, have been growing in popularity across a range of sectors, thanks to their extremely low power requirements and easy readability in challenging lighting ...

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