Mouser adds Gecko Series for secure energy efficiency

Wireless Gecko SoC families from Silicon Labs available from Mouser Electronics now include the EFR32BG22 (BG22), EFR32MG22 (MG22) and EFR32FG22 (FG22) SoCs. The new SoCs are highly energy efficient, delivering exceptional battery life for a range of Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The Silicon Labs EFR32BG22 single-chips SoCs support Bluetooth 5.2 connectivity, including Bluetooth Mesh, Bluetooth ...

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Control combines display, touch buttons and swipes in 64mm cylinder

Schurter has created a small user interface that combines a graphics and video interface with touch and swipe-style gesture controls. The 64mm diameter font panel has a central circular OLED display, described at 128 x 128 by the company, then tough buttons around the edge (at north, south east and west) plus a central touch ...

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Farnell shipping Raspberry Pi hi-def camera

Farnell is shipping the new Raspberry Pi High Quality Camera with a 12-megapixel ultra-definition-resolution camera and interchangeable lenses. The camera is the first-of-its-kind to hit the market and is ideal for professional and consumer applications which require the highest levels of visual fidelity and integration with specialist optics. The camera can effectively capture still images and ...

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Coloured and white mid-powers from Osram

SyniosS2222 is a family of low and mid-power leds that Osram Opto Semiconductors is aiming at applications from lighting in electronic devices to ambient lighting in trains, planes and architecture. Ratings range across 10mA to 200mA, and there are six colour options as well as whites: white (3,000 – 6,500K, CRI >80) blue (445 – ...

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Ericsson gets virus boost

Ericsson has upped its forecast for global 5G subscriptions from 2.6 billion to 2.8 billion by 2025. “More than ever, connectivity is key,” says CEO Borje Ekholm. “With the spread of Covid-19, fixed and mobile telecommunications networks have become an even bigger part of the critical infrastructure, showing the importance of quality in the connectivity. ...

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What you need to know about 5G

The element14 Community has published a new eBook: “What You Need To Know about 5G.” The eBook seeks to support anyone who wants to know more about 5G. The eBook covers the basic concepts, the 1G to 5G evolution, a comparison between different generations of cellular technology, and potential 5G applications.  “The element14 Community aims ...

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ST adds rad-hard rectifiers

ST has extended its portfolio of radiation-hardened power devices qualified for space applications by introducing new ESCC (European Space Components Coordination) qualified 200V and 400V power rectifiers and SEB-immune Schottky rectifiers at 45V and 150V. The rad-hard Schottky diodes include 45V and 150V devices, SEB immune up to 61MeV/cm2/mg linear energy transfer (LET). These are ...

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WiFi + BLE networking SoC

A module combining Dialog’s Wi-Fi and BLE capabilities puts together  the DA16200 WiFi IC and the SmartBond TINY DA14531 BLE chip. The DA16200 was  built for battery-powered IoT applications, including connected door locks, thermostats, security cameras and other devices that require an “always on” Wi-Fi connection, but may be only used sporadically. This combo Wi-Fi ...

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Quantum radar uses entangled microwave photons

A quantum radar using entangled microwave photons has been created at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Also known as ‘microwave quantum illumination’, the demonstration detected objects in a noisy thermal environment – and there are potential applications for it in low-power biomedical imaging and security scanners, according to the Institute. “What we have ...

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