Teledyne e2v develops detector for improved weather forecasting

The European Space Agency (ESA) has contracted Teledyne e2v to design an ultraviolet detector that could help improve the quality of space-based weather forecasting. Specifically, the company will develop the performance and sensitivity of the previously supplied CCD69 detector (pictured above). It will use data available from the ESA Aeolus mission, which hosted the first ...

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Siemens certifies Aprisa for TSMC 6nm

Siemens has certified its Aprisa place-and-route solution for TSMC’s  N6 process. The Aprisa tools offer gate-level-to-GDSII hierarchical and block level physical implementation. Siemens acquired the Aprisa tools from Avatar Integrated Systems in August 2020 to extend its portfolio of world-class IC EDA software. To achieve this latest certification, the Aprisa tools passed a suite of ...

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ADI chip to steer satellite communications beams

ADI and Canadian space specialist MDA are working on a beam forming IC to be used in MDA’s phased array antenna for the Telesat Lightspeed low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation. Telesat Lightspeed, initially comprised of 298 next-generation satellites, is planned to launch in the second half of 2023 and will provide broadband connectivity for commercial, government and ...

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Partnership creates a fast track for IoT design

A partnership between Solid State Supplies and TT Electronics offers a framework to accelerate IoT deployments via TT Electronics‘ Speed to Connect system. Speed to Connect is a framework, covering proof of concept to scalable products. It has been created to enable customers to collaborate to deploy IoT devices faster. It is described as an end-to-end ...

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Ultrasonic proximity and fibre optic sensors extend RS factory automation

Over 340 new products have been added to the PRO factory automation sensors range by RS Components. The range now includes ultrasonic proximity sensors and fibre optical sensors which join the photoelectric proximity sensors (through-beam, retro-reflective and diffuse), inductive proximity sensors and capacitive proximity sensors. The sensors are used to detect a range of materials ...

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Touch control for very wide automotive displays

Microchip is aiming at ultra-wide automotive display screens screens with a touch screen controller. Called MXT2912TD-UW, it works with display up to 45in with a very wide aspect ratio, and supports LCDs and OLEDs. “Driven by the ISO 26262 specification for functional safety in road vehicles, MXT2912TD-UW contains a variety of safety related features, simplifying ...

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SOMs based on Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC put AI vision at the edge

Adaptive system on modules (SOMs) make up the Kria family, developed by Xilinx for AI applications at the edge. The range consists of production-ready embedded boards and developer kit. The small form factor embedded boards are available with a software stack for adaptive computing. The first product released is the Kria K26 SOM, which has ...

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DAC opens nominations for Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design Award 2021

The organisers of DAC have opened nominations for the 2021 Marie R. Pistilli Women in Electronic Design award. This award recognises people who have advanced women in electronic design and is named after the DAC organiser. Last year’s recipient, Cadence’s engineering group director, automotive, Alessandra Nardi, was profiled in the 12 August issue of Electronics ...

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