Rohde & Schwarz joins FiRa Consortium for UWB precision ranging

Test equipment maker Rohde & Schwarz has joined the ultra-wide-band industry body FiRa Consortium as an associate member. The organisation is dedicated to ensuring interoperability between multiple devices UWB devices through compliance and certification programs, focussing on three core UWB services: hands-free access control, location based services and device-to-device services that rely on UWB-based secure ranging ...

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Intel stung for $2bn in Waco judgment

VLSI Technology, which was bought by Philips Semiconductors (now NXP) in 1999 for $1 billion, has successfully sued Intel for patent infringement in a court in Waco, Texas and been awarded $2.18 billion damages. The penalty for the infringement of one patent was assessed at $1.5 billion and the other was assessed at $675 million. ...

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Lockheed Martin, NEC put more AI into space development and testing

Lockheed Martin and NEC have signed an agreement to extend their use of NEC’s System Invariant Analysis Technology (SIAT) for spacecraft development. With a focus on the speed and efficiency of system diagnostics, the partnership will involve using artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) across product lifecycles. This positively impacts design and production phases ...

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GeneSiC delivers 3rd Gen MOSFETs

GeneSiC has brought out its 3rd generation SiC MOSFETs offered in  low-inductance discrete packages (SMD and through hole), and optimised for power system designs requiring elevated efficiency levels and fast switching speeds. They feature: Superior QG x RDS(ON) figure-of-merit Low conduction losses at all temperatures 100 % avalanche tested – Robust UIL capability is a ...

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Bourns adds to AEC current sense resistors

Bourns has added nine models to its AEC-Q200 compliant Model CSM2F High Power Current Sense Resistor Series. Bourns designed the series as measurement solutions for battery management system (BMS), industrial control and other high current applications. Current sense resistors are growing in popularity due to their high measurement accuracy and relatively low cost compared to other ...

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So many options with 7x7mm rotary dip switches from CUI

CUI has introduced micro rotary actuator DIP switches in 7.2 x 7.2 x 2.9mm packages with IP67 ingress rating. Called the RDS-7229 series, they have 4, 10 or 16 positions, 5.08mm pin pitch and come in surface-mount or through-hole styles. Termination types include gull wing, angled gull wing, J-hook gull wing, pin and crimped, then ...

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Smarc 2.1 modules use NXP i.MX 8M for industrial edge applications

Enhanced NXP i.MX8 processors, the i.MX 8M Plus processor is used for the conga-SMX8-Plus modules released by congatec at Embedded World digital 2021. The low power SMARC 2.1 modules have interfaces for camera support and 1GBit for industrial vision systems and AI applications. The  modules feature four quad-core Arm Cortex-A53 based NXP i.MX 8M Plus ...

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Class-D Hi-Fi amplifier for automotive audio

HFDA801A is a 2MHz PWM Class-D audio amplifier with four bridge outputs from STMicroelectronics. High quality sound is claimed by the company: “With a signal-to-noise ratio of 121dB, 120dB dynamic range and only 10μV output noise, the HFDA801A delivers an extraordinary level of audio performance.” Distortion is typically 0.02% at 1W 1kHz into 4Ω or 2Ω, ...

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Lattice updates embedded vision and security tools for programmable logic

Lattice has updated its mVision embedded vision and Sentry security tool suits. mVision 2.0 has expanded support for automotive, industrial and medical embedded vision, with new development boards supporting popular image sensors for industrial and medical applications including Sony’s IMX464 and IMX568, and the AR0344CS from ON Semiconductor. Support for Lattice Propel Design Environment has ...

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Farnell adds Rohde & Schwarz’s source measurement units for semiconductor and wireless comms testing

Source measurement units from Rohde & Schwarz for semiconductor and wireless communications testing in the NGU series are now available from Farnell. They are designed for semiconductor and wireless communications testing for battery power devices (mobile phones, tablets and IoT devices). Farnell now offers the R&S NGU201 and R&S NGU401 for testing wireless communications and semiconductor testing, respectively. The ...

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