Arm’s safety-boosted CPU and GPU for automated driving

Arm is aiming at autonomous decision-making in automotive and industrial applications with three increased-safety cores: Cortex-A78AE CPU Mali-G78AE GPU Mali-C71AE ISP vision processor They are “engineered to work together in combination with supporting software, tools and system IP to enable silicon providers and OEMs to design for autonomous workloads,” according to Arm. “These products will ...

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Arm Cortex-M7 at 550MHz from ST

STMicroelectronics has revealed microcontrollers built around Arm’s Cortex-M7 core and operate at 550MHz, “the fastest core speed in the market among MCUs that integrate flash storage on-chip to run deeply embedded applications”, claimed ST. “At the same time, the devices can interact with off-chip storage while ensuring full execution performance and security.” The single-core devices are ...

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Congatec Tiger Lake SBCs from Kent

Kent-based distributor Recab is stocking single-board computers from Congatec based on the Intel Tiger Lake processors, as well as the Intel Elkhart boards announced by Congatec last week. Tiger Lake is the 11th generation of its Intel’s Core product range, and offers more computing power and graphics power than Elkhart processors. “One of the most ...

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Foreign Secretary talking to Vietnam about trade deal

The Foreign Secretary (pictured) is in Vietnam today discussing a post-Brexit trade deal. As the biggest beneficiary of the flight from China following the China-US Trade War, Vietnam is becoming an electronic powerhouse hosting foreign companies’ manufacturing operations. Dominic Raab will be negotiating with his Vietnamese counterpart Deputy PM and Foreign Secretary Pham Binh Minh ...

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Glasgow-built ‘supercomputer’ nanosatellites launch into orbit

Four Spire nanosatellites, backed by the UK Space Agency (UKSA), have successfully launched via a Soyuz rocket yesterday. The Glasgow-built nanosatellites have joined a fleet in low Earth orbit that monitor shipping movements, helping predict global trade movements. “While nanosatellites are just the size of a shoe box, they have the power and intelligence of ...

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Bluetooth 5.2 module with accessible Arm Cortex-M33 for secured applications

U-blox has announced a module combining Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 and dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores – M33 is Arm’s security-enabled small embedded core. Called Nora-B1, at 10.4 x 14.3 x 1.8mm the modules are tiny, and they operate at up to 105°C for industrial and outdoor lighting use. Bluetooth and MCU cores are supplied by a Nordic ...

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CO2 sensor has on-board power management

Gas Sensing Solutions of Cumbernauld has launched a  CO2 sensor which includes on-board power management, allowing the user to control sensor power consumption during measurements and when the sensor is inactive. The user can reduce active current consumption to <1μA without switching off the sensor. The CozIR-LP3 is based on GSS proprietary solid-state non-dispersive infra-red ...

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Nokia to be largest UK 5G Infrastructure supplier

Nokia is to become the UK’s largest supplier of 5G switchgear after a deal announced today with BT. Nokia will provide equipment and services at BT radio sites across the UK, helping to evolve BT’s radio access network to 5G. BT’s Nokia-powered network, which currently includes Greater London, the Midlands and rural locations, will be ...

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PMBus DC/DC converters for RFPA applications

Flex Power Modules has announced a series of digital PMBus DC/DC converters primarily aimed at radio frequency power amplifier (RFPA) applications and infrastructure for the 5G telecom market. The family provides monitoring functionality and control of the feedback loop to help stabilization. The BMR683 converter is introduced in the industry-standard quarter-brick format, saving valuable board ...

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Functional Safety over EtherCAT kit

Renesas has extended the RX Functional Safety solution, with the release of its Functional Safety over EtherCAT (FSoE) Application Software Kit, the first software offering that supports functional safety on EtherCAT from a semiconductor manufacturer. Renesas’ RX Functional Safety solution is a solution for industrial automation applications that reduces the complexity of IEC 61508 SIL3 ...

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