Renesas RE family adopted as main controller of Casio G-Shock watch

Renesas has announced its RE family controller is the main controller of the Casio G-Shock watch GBD-H1000 with heart rate monitor and GPS functionality. The watch is equipped with an optical sensor that measures heart rate by detecting changes in the blood flow under the skin; a triple sensor that measures compass bearing, barometric pressure/altitude, ...

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Trace and debug for RISC-V IP

SiFive has announced hardware trace and debug for RISC-V processor IP. Called SiFive Insight, it is “industry’s first combined trace and debug solution for the freely-available, open-specification RISC-V ISA”, said SiFive. it is intended to “meet customer demand and expectations for the capability to access, observe, and control products deploying SiFive’s RISC-V Core IP portfolio”. ...

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Cotonavirus pushing up DRAM and SSD ASPs

Q2 server DRAM ASPs will rise 20% q-o-q and Q2 SSD prices will rise 10-15% q-o-q, says DRAMeXchange. Driving DRAM demand are the US JEDI contract and the demand for teleworking services. Supply of server DRAM is now tight and inventory levels at both suppliers and customers are low. The demand for teleworking and cloud ...

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Ray tracing acceleration standard settled

The Khronos Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards, announces the ratification and public release of the Vulkan Ray Tracing provisional extensions, creating the industry’s first open, cross-vendor, cross-platform standard for ray tracing acceleration. Primarily focused on meeting desktop market demand for both real-time and offline rendering, the release of Vulkan Ray ...

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V2X evaluation kit gets WiFi-5 pre-certification

Autotalks, the Israeli V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) specialist, has completed Wi-Fi 5 pre-certification for its evaluation kit based on its 2nd generation V2X chipset. Autotalks dual-mode (DSRC and C-V2X) chipset recently achieved this milestone for its dual-band Wi-Fi (2.4GHz and 5GHz) supporting standards 802.11a/b/g/n/ac. The testing was done by an authorized test laboratory of the Wi-Fi Alliance, using ...

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L-Band suite of coherent optical components

NeoPhotonics has brought in an L-Band suite of coherent optical components, including its 64 GBaud L-Band High Bandwidth Coherent Driver Modulator (HB-CDM), 64 GBaud L-Band Intradyne Coherent Receiver (ICR) and ultra-narrow linewidth L-Band tunable laser Micro-ITLA. Together with NeoPhotonics standard C-Band coherent components, these new products enable customers to double the capacity of optical fiber ...

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Eyeware and Melexis collaborate on driver monitoring systems

Eyeware and Melexis are collaborating on a driver monitoring system. The system uses Eyeware’s attention-monitoring technology, which is enabled by Melexis’ MLX75027 3D time-of-flight sensors with VGA resolution, for eye gaze and head tracking, even in sunlight. The 3D time-of-flight cameras are claimed to overcome the limitations of infrared-based tracking technology. The company has developed ...

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Power analyser add-ons stream data for motors and flicker testing

Yokogawa is increasing PC connectivity for its WT5000 power analyser with two new options and a firmware upgrade – aiming to improve performance when developing or evaluating electric vehicle-related equipment, and solar or wind power equipment. “The DS option centres on waveform data streaming, while the focus of G7 option is IEC harmonic, voltage fluctuation ...

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Strain gauges for humid environments

Micro-Measurements of North Carolina has introduced a series of strain gauges with enhanced encapsulation for humid environments compared with its regular CEA series. Called CHA, the improvement is scored under the ASTM-5229 ‘Standard test method absorption properties and equilibrium conditioning of polymer matrix composite materials’ because the parts are intended for application such as humidity-conditioned composite ...

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