Arduino Portenta Machine Control eyes Industry 4.0

Arduino has announced the Portenta Machine Control, a low-power industrial control unit to drive equipment and machinery, aimed at Industry 4.0 applications. For example, it could enable the collection of real-time data from the factory floor and remotely control equipment, maybe from the cloud, if necessary. Arduino also says that enables a range of predictive ...

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SMA connectors for flexible automotive cable

Amphenol has created a range of SMA connectors for automotive use, optimised for a particular flexible cable type. “These SMA connectors are designed to terminate to TFC-302LL cable, manufactured by Times Fiber,” according to Amphenol. “This cable offers reliable electrical and mechanical performance with a stranded centre conductor and the same low loss capabilities as ...

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Samsung ups logic investment to $151bn

Earlier today Samsung  said  it would invest $151 billion in non-memory chips between now and 2030, raising a previous investment target of $115 million set in 2019. Samsung says it will use the investment to accelerate R&D for foundry processes and fab lines. In April, TSMC said it would invest $100 billion in the next ...

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Nvidia Jetson TX2 NX Embedded SBC is AI-ready

The Nvidia Jetson TX2 NX single board computer (SBC) is available from Impulse Embedded. At 1.33Tflops it more than doubles the AI processing performance of the earlier Jetson Nano (487Gflops). It is pin-compatible with and has the same form factor as Nvidia’s Jetson Nano. The Jetson TX2 NX SBC combines a dual-core Nvidia Denver 2 ...

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Siemens Digital buys Fractal Technologies

Siemens Digital Industries Software today announced that it has acquired Fractal Technologies, a provider of production signoff-quality IP validation solutions, based in the U.S. and the Netherlands. With this acquisition, Siemens’ EDA customers can more quickly and easily validate internal and external IP and libraries used in their IC designs to improve overall quality and ...

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Network operators set out O-RAN priorities

Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Telecom Italia and Vodafone have published a list of priority technical requirements for O-RAN systems titled Open RAN Technical Priorities. The group is calling for large scale O-RAN deployments from next year. “Macro deployment is the primary target”, says the group, adding that O-RAN small cells are also a target for indoors. ...

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Oxford Instruments shows extended capabilities of Paragraf graphene sensors

Paragraf continues to push performance boundaries with its graphene Hall Effect sensors with Oxford Instruments employing  a modified version of the Paragraf GHS09CC sensor device to carry out measurements at temperatures and magnetic field strengths claimed to be beyond the scope of any other sensing method. The test set-up saw the modified Paragraf GHS09CC device ...

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TT Electronics adds product families

TT Electronics has added three new product families and three series expansions to its variable resistor portfolio. Portfolio additions include one new encoder series and two new single turn potentiometer families, along with the broadening of three existing potentiometer families. These new products are suitable for rugged industrial applications such as welding equipment and machine ...

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Digi-Key teams with Molex on power connectivity

Digi-Key has introduced a power focus campaign with Molex with a focus on smaller interconnects and power connectivity. Molex power connectivity solutions have grown to meet new challenges, highlights the distributor. These include increased connectivity in tighter spaces and thermal-constraints, next-generation automotive and industrial solutions, or increasingly diverse medical applications. The Molex range includes the ...

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