NanoEdge artificial intelligence software for STM32 MCUs

Cartesiam has optimised its NanoEdge artificial intelligence software for ST’s Arm-based STM32 microcontroller development boards. NanoEdge AI Studio is designed for companies that do not have expert resources in machine learning, according to Cartesiam. “Among many improvements, it also brings live data logging in NanoEdge AI Studio directly through the STM32 serial-USB port and an enhanced ...

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Bridgelux proposes a(nother) colour metric

Bridgelux has developed a metric for comparing light sources to natural light: average spectral difference (ASD). “With the growing market interest in human-centric lighting, the question of ‘naturalness’ of light source spectra is becoming a frequently asked question,” according to the company. “Standard lighting quality metrics such as CRI and TM- 30 do not fully address ...

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Aspinity adds analogue analytics capability to Infineon sensors

Aspinity, the Pittsburgh analogue machine learning IC specialist, is joining up with Infineon to bring together Aspinity’s  Reconfigurable Analogue Modular Processing (RAMP) technology with Infineon’s XENSIVTM sensor family. Aspinity’s RAMP chip is an analogue machine learning chip that can analyse raw, unstructured analogue sensor data to determine which data are important at the start of ...

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IR leds for automotive interiors

Osram is aiming at automotive interiors with a pair of infra-red leds called Oslon Piccolo – intended to sense occupier hand gestures to allow touch-free control of in-car displays. “Automotive interior design is currently undergoing a fundamental change,” according to the company. “Displays are getting larger, the number of manual controls is decreasing and customisable ...

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Sony to add AI processing to image sensors

Sony is about to launch intelligent vision sensors – image sensors equipped with AI processing. Including AI processing on the image sensor enables high-speed edge AI processing and extraction of only the necessary data, which, when using cloud services, reduces data transmission latency, minimizes any privacy concerns, and reduces power consumption and communication costs. AI-enhanced ...

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Automotive high-side power switch has fast emergency shut-down

Toshiba has launched two driver chips for high-side power rail mosfets. Aimed at automotive applications, they are AEC-Q100 qualified and have robustness-increasing features not normally seen in high-side switches. “TPD7106F and TPD7107F have functions that support the high reliability required by automotive ECUs,” according to the company. “These include a self-protection function and various built-in diagnostic ...

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element 14 Fighting Germs project aims to slow coronavirus

element14 has launched the “Fighting Germs” Project14 design challenge. “Everyone has the opportunity to do their part to help slow the spread of this disease, and that is especially true of our amazing community of engineers, makers and hobbyists,” says element14’s Dianne Kibbey, “our members came to us just as the lock-downs started and asked ...

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Toshiba launches gate driver switch IPDs

Toshiba has launched two new gate driver switch intelligent power devices (IPDs). Fully AEC-Q100 compliant, the TPD7106F and TPD7107F can be used to control the conduction and shut-off of currents being supplied to automotive electronic control units (ECUs), including junction boxes and body control modules. They are also suited to use in power distribution modules ...

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Imec spin-off develops wearable social distancing tool

Imec spin-off Lopos and Ghent University have developed the Lopos SafeDistance wearable that supports companies in remaining active or safely restarting in-person activities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The wearable warns employees through an audible or haptic alarm, when they are violating the social distancing guidelines while approaching each other. The solution guarantees absolute privacy of ...

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Fingerprint on Display sensor shipments booming

Shipments of fingerprint-on-display (FoD) sensors grew 674% last year as FoDs replace silicon-based capacitive chips in smartphones, reports Omdia. A total of 228.3 million FoD sensors were shipped in 2019, compared to 29.5 million in 2018, said Omdia. FoD shipments are expected to top 400 million units this year. Besides Apple, most smartphone brands have ...

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