Lack of engineering uptake linked to lack of knowledge, research indicates

Research from EngineeringUK has revealed some 76% of 11-19 year-olds lack knowledge of what a career in engineering actually entails. The Royal Academy of Engineering warns of “far-reaching implications”. 52% of the same group, when surveyed, suggested they would “probably or definitely” not want to become an engineer. This trend is thought to contribute to ...

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Rohm’s automotive-grade backlight LED driver optimized for LCD panels

Rohm has announced the BD81A76EFV-M, an LED driver IC optimized for LCD backlight in instrument cluster, center information displays and car navigation. The IC provides 6 channels of output (with 120mA per channel) that can support LCD panels of up to 10-12” class.  Buck-boost control ensures compatibility with both small and large LCDs using a ...

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TI claims lowest ever Iq for LDO

Texas Instruments has announced a low-dropout (LDO) linear voltage regulator, with what it claims it “industry’s lowest quiescent current of sub-25nA. The regulator features low Iq control at light loads even in dropout conditions”. Called TPS7A02, it can accept inputs across 1.5 – 6.0V and is available with fixed outputs between 0.8 and 5.0V (50mV steps) ...

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Organic solar cells tuned for indoor light

Swedish and Chinese scientists are aiming indoor photovoltaics with organic materials for flexible solar cells. A 1cm2 cell made from them converted 1000 lux light at 26.1% efficiency, and delivered above 1V for more than 1,000 hours under ambients between 200 and 1,000 lux. A 4cm2 version, created by blade coating, maintained 23% efficiency. Chemically, the researchers ...

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Chip delivers both auto rear view and surround view

OmniVision is sampling a 1.3MP OX01F10 SoC in a  1/4” optical format package, which integrates a 3 micron image sensor and an image signal processor (ISP), providing the automotive rear view camera (RVC) and surround view system (SVS) on one PCB. OmniVision’s dual conversion gain (DCG) technology is employed in this SoC to achieve a high dynamic ...

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CEVA adds system awareness to AI inference processor

The company introduced the second-generation NeuPro architecture for edge devices. NeuPro-S processors address the need to scale up its NeuPro architecture to work in heterogeneous systems, explained Yair Siegel, director of segment marketing. There are three processors available, targeting the mobile, home and automotive markets, all have safety standards enabled, added Siegel. Launched at this ...

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Minus 15% semi forecast by Future Horizons

This year’s semiconductor market will “probably be minus 15%”, said Malcolm Penn CEO of Future Horizons at the company’s Annual Semiconductor Industry Update in London this morning. The scale of probability is minus 14% to minus 16%. “The first quarter is what killed it,” said Penn, “a very bad first quarter pulled the rug from ...

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Buck-boost LED driver qualified for automotive

AL8871Q is an LED driver qualified to AEC-Q100 Grade 1 and supporting the automotive PPAP (production part approval process). Its buck-boost topology allows it to operate from supplies across 8 – 60V while driving strings up to 60V – 15 LEDs in series. Start-up is actually at 5.4V, and it will operate down to 5V with ...

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Brainy MCUs for cars

Infineon and Synopsys are collaborating on integrating into Infineon’s AURIX MCUs an AI accelerator called Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) that will employ Synopsys’ DesignWare ARC EV Processor IP. AI and neural networks are useful for future automated driving applications such as object classification, target tracking and route planning, and they optimise engine auto-calibration and reduce the ...

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IR LEDs for smartwatch face recognition

Osram is aiming two infra-red LEDs at smartwatch face recognition. SFH 4170S (850nm) and SFH 4180S (940nm) are the the smallest biometric products by the Munich firm. The specially-developed package, dubbed Oslon P1616, is 1.6 x 1.6 x 0.85mm. Despite this small size, power is 1150mW at 1A and a radiation intensity of 280mW/sr. The ...

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