20nm space-grade FPGA

Xilinx has announced a 20nm space-grade FPGA, delivering full radiation tolerance and ultra-high throughput and bandwidth performance for satellite and space applications. The Kintex UltraScale XQRKU060 FPGA provides on-orbit reconfiguration with radiation tolerance across all orbits. A portfolio of ML development tools supporting industry standard frameworks, including TensorFlow and PyTorch, enable neural network inference acceleration ...

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Board for enhanced reliability applications

Sundance Multiprocessor has launched  an Intel-based 3U OpenVPX single board computer (SBC) for enhanced reliability industrial control, automotive, mil/aero and UltraHD video and graphics processing applications. Available in standard air-cooled and rugged conduction-cooled versions, the VF370 utilizes the Intel Atom E3900 Series of embedded processors combined with Intel’s Cyclone FPGA technology. The VF370 features a ...

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Compact linear LED driver

ROHM has brought out a  compact linear LED Driver suitable for automotive socket type LED lamp applications such as rear lamps, turn, fog and position lamps or DRLs (Daylight Running Lamps). In response to the growing demand for higher levels of reliability, safety, and increased flexibility for the LED’s thermal management in combination with an ...

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Linear LED driver for automotive lighting includes PWM

Rohm has introduced a linear LED driver for automotive use, following close on the heels of its LED driver for motorcycles. BD18336NUF-M is a 3 x 3 x 1mm constant current driver IC that can deliver 400mA continuously (600mA at 50% duty cycle) into a string of three white LEDs or parallel strings of LEDs. ...

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Liquid crystal meta-surface steers automotive lidar

Liquid crystal meta-surfaces can steer lasers to create solid-state lidars for automotive and industrial applications, according to Lumotive of Seattle. It claims a larger aperture for greater range compared to MEMS-based systems, and a technology that can be scaled for automotive, industrial and consumer use – with the surfaces manufactured in CMOS semiconductor processes. “The huge ...

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News – Electronics Weekly 2020-05-19 13:01:09

There are estimated to be 366bn commercial satellites and SpaceX, a private company is currently planning to launch the Falcon 9 rocket and NASA’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on 27 May.  One of the major challenges in the space industry is the architecture of components used in various projects, whether they are global satellites or rockets ...

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Re-driver for DisplayPort via USB Type-C is automotive-compliant

Diodes has announced what is says is industry’s first AEC-Q100 grade 3 qualified 10Gbit/s USB-C DisplayPort Alternate (DP-Alt) mode linear re-driver IC. DP-Alt mode allows the transfer of DisplayPort signals through a USB Type-C connector. Called PI3DPX1207Q, the Diodes’ chip supports 8.1Gbit/s DP1.4 and 10Gbit/s USB 3.2 specifications. It is a “transparent, protocol-agnostic re-driver capability ...

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Design and demand partnership fills the void in ventilators

Digi-Key and a team at the University of Minnesota have collaborated to ensure the open source Conventor ventilator is delivered to hospitals. Physicians at the University of Minnesota, partnered with companies to develop the Conventor ventilator, which can be used to monitor more than one patient at at time. It was created in response to ...

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Huawei responds

Huawei made its first official response to the US action banning it from buying ICs made using US technology at its analyst day yesterday. “We expect that our business will inevitably be affected. We will try all we can to seek a solution,” said Huawei Chairman Guo Ping, “survival is the key word for us ...

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