Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a way for drones to co-operate when carrying heavy parcels. According to the university, controlling a group of robots connected together to lift a package is in many ways more complex than controlling a swarm of robots that fly independently. “For us, the challenge is that the vehicles are being ...
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STMicroelectronics has created isolated second-order sigma-delta modulators for industrial applications. They convert an analogue input signal up to ±320mV full-scale into a 1bit digital data stream at up to 25Msample/s. Resolution is 16bit (ENOB typically 13bit) and signal-to-noise ratio is 86dB. “The embedded galvanic-isolation technology of these devices eliminates the degradation associated with converters, as well ...
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FlexLogix, the eFPGA and inference acceleration specialist, has closed a $55 million oversubscribed Series D funding round. Mithril Capital Management led the financing with significant participation by existing investors Lux Capital, Eclipse Ventures and the Tate Family Trust. Flex Logix’s inference architecture is optimised for low latency operation required by edge megapixel vision applications. It combines numerous ...
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Cliff has added versions to its ‘Slims’ range of connectors that can be either front or rear mount. Slims (photo right) fit into a standard hole pattern, and are a variant of the company’s FeedThrough range where dozens of different connector types are built into housings for the standard ‘XLR connector’ hole pattern (below left). ...
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Digi-Key has launched Part Tracing for printing information to appear directly on cut tape products. It will also enable engineers to better organise their components and make it easier to visually verify them, says the company. The following information is available to be printed on 8 mm-wide paper carrier tape products: sales order, invoice, line ...
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A 3D-printed battery which uses electrodes made from vegetable starch and carbon nanotubes could provide mobile devices with a more environmentally-friendly, higher-capacity source of power. A team of engineers led from the University of Glasgow have developed the battery in a bid to make more sustainable lithium-ion batteries capable of storing and delivering power more ...
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Imec has made an optomechanical ultrasound sensor on a silicon photonic chip that has an unprecedented sensitivity due to an innovative optomechanical waveguide. Because of this high-sensitivity waveguide, the 20-µm small sensor has a detection limit two orders of magnitudes better than piezoelectric elements of identical size. The low detection limit of the sensor enables ...
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Intel had a 92% market share of the x86 server processor market at the end of 2020, says TrendForce, with AMD’s share rising to nearly 8% in 4Q20 which represents a 3% growth compared to 4Q19. Other server solutions, based on non-x86 architectures, comprised an insignificant portion of the market. TrendForce projects total server shipment ...
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Tower, the Israeli foundry, has developed a galvanic capacitor technology integrated with its 0.18um power management and mixed signal platforms, enabling up to 12kV isolated gate driver and digital isolator ICs. The technology offers a cost and size advantage thanks to the integration of the galvanic isolator, saving the need for an additional device. Lead ...
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The ultrasound sensing module market is expected to grow at 5.1% CAGR 2019-25 to reach $6.2 billion in 2025, says Yole Développement (Yole). Bulk sensors (PZT, quartz) are still the conventional technologies and remain the standard in several applications with PMUT3 technologies taking a dominant position in consumer applications. TDK Chirp has proposed their MEMS ultrasonic ...
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