CES: Bluetooth mesh software stacks extend network use cases

With the release of Bluetooth mesh software stacks for the BlueNRG family of Bluetooth Low Energy chips and modules, ST will demonstrate the capabilities of Bluetooth mesh networks during CES, The demonstrations will show how ST’s BlueNRG mesh software and BLE-enabled Wireless Sensor Platforms, together, enable to form pervasive and scalable networks of sensors and actuators ...

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CES: $2k LiDAR

RoboSense, the LiDAR specialist, says its solid-stateLiDAR RS-LiDAR-M1Simple (Simple Sensor Version) is ready for customer delivery, priced at $1,898. The RS-LiDAR-M1Simple measures  4.3” x 1.9” x 4.7” (110mm x 50mm x 120mm), and is equipped with enhanced hardware performance virtually equal to the serial production version provided to OEMs. The main body design of this automotive-grade solid-state LiDAR ...

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More on: Maxim 300kV/µs isolated SiC and GaN gate driver

Just before Christmas, Maxim introduced the MAX22701 isolated gate driver intended to drive the gates of fast-switching silicon carbide and gallium nitride transistors. Noise immunity is high, offering a typical common-mode transient immunity (CMTI) of 300kV/µs (fully functioning), plus an isolation withstand voltage of 1.2kVpeak (continuous, 3kVrms for 60s). Devices are available in an 8pin, narrow-body SOIC ...

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Apple and Imagination sign new licence deal

Imagination has licensed Apple to use “a wider range of Imagination’s intellectual property”. This might well include Imagination’s latest GPU technology, announced last month, which, says Imagination, delivers the fastest GPU ever made. The deal replaces the 2014 licensing deal between the two companies. Two years ago Apple said it would stop using Imagination’s GPUs ...

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November IC sales slip 0.3% sequentially

November sales of ICs were $36.7 billion down 0.3% on October sales of $41.1 billion, reports the SIA. “As 2019 winds down, global semiconductor sales continue to lag behind last year’s total, but we’ve begun seeing indications of the modest rebound projected for next year,” said John Neuffer, president and CEO, Semiconductor Industry Association. “Regionally, the ...

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Video processor supports HEVC with low power

OmniVision has brought out a video processor that supports video coding (HEVC) compression with, it claims,  the lowest power consumption in the industry. The interest in HEVC (also known as H.265) for IoT-enabled home security devices is growing rapidly. This advanced video compression standard reduces storage requirements and enables the streaming of 4K videos over wireless ...

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Minute-long blackout at Samsung semi plant could cost millions

Samsung Electronics partly halted some semiconductor production at its Hwaseong chip complex in South Korea after about a minute-long blackout on Tuesday afternoon, the company announced on Wednesday. Some DRAM and NAND flash chip production lines were stopped after electricity was cut due to a problem with a regional power transmission cable, and a full ...

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