2MW Orkney tidal turbine hooks into the grid

Orbital Marine Power’s O2 has begun feeding power into the national grid from the European Marine Energy Centre in Orkney. The floating turbine, claimed by Orbital to be the worlds largest, has been fabricated using ship-building technology in Dundee, and is anchored in the Fall of Warness. 74m long O2 is Orbital’s first commercial turbine, ...

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Made-up BNC cables from Amphenol

Amphenol RF is aiming at test, measurement and industrial applications with a line of BNC cable assemblies using low-loss Times LMR‐UF cable. LMR cable is designed with improved shielding compared to standard RF coaxial cables and is intended to achieve low attenuation at high frequencies – bandwidth is up to 3GHz. The 50Ω ohm assemblies are ...

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Voice-control of embedded vision AI for IoT and the edge

Renesas is developing voice-controlled AI for contactless image processing in IoT and edge systems, giving self-checkout machines, security cameras, video conference systems and smart appliances such as robotic cleaners as example applications. To do this, it has teamed up with Californian deep learning chip company Syntiant, and is combining Renesas’ RZ/V vision AI MCUs with ...

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Test paper for disaggregated O-RAN components

Small Cell Forum (SCF) has released a paper outlining the key test configurations for 3GPP TS38.141 compliance testing of split 6 products using the SCF nFAPI 2.0 interface. Led by Forum members Keysight Technologies and Picocom, the paper aims to inform operators and integrators on how split 6 products can be tested, with specifications derived ...

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PsiQuantum raises $450m Series D to build million qubit quantum computer

PsiQuantum has raised $450 million in Series D funding to build a quantum computer with one million qubits – the level at which quantum computers become commercially viable. The funding round was led by BlackRock with participation from  Baillie Gifford and M12 (Microsoft’s venture fund), Blackbird Ventures and Temasek. PsiQuantum has now raised a total of ...

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Blaize raises $71m Series D

Blaize, the AI processor specialist, has raised a $71m Series D funding round. Franklin Templeton, a new investor, and Temasek, an existing investor, led the round, along with participation from DENSO and other new and existing investors. “With substantial power advantages making EVs more efficient and economical,Blaize SoCs offer best in class performance with lowerpower ...

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Ofcom consults on licensing changes for NGSO constellations such as OneWeb

Ofcom is proposing rule changes around its regulation of satellite constellations operating in non-geostationary orbits (NGSO), such as those of Amazon, SpaceX, Telesat and the UK government-owned OneWeb. It has announced a consultation period ahead of new proposals for its licensing of the NGSO systems. In order to ensure the quality of such satellite broadband ...

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Element 14 eBook covers IoT security trends

Element14 has released a new eBook for its members providing an overview of IoT Security trends, relevant algorithms and cryptography for security use, along with a rundown of the latest in communication, edge device, gateway server, and cloud level security. The IoT allows millions of servers, devices, and people across the world to communicate, share ...

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Arrow signs ERNI

ERNI, the connector specialist, has signed a distribution agreement with Arrow. Arrow will offer ERNI’s full range of  electronic connectors. With the agreement, ERNI aims at new customers who turn to Arrow for connectors. ERNI’s product portfolio ranges from SMCs (small multiple connectors) with more than 300 million units in use world-wide to the most ...

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16Mpixel image sensor for factory automation

XGS 16000 is a 16Mpixel global shutter image sensor for factory automation by On Semiconductor. Consuming 1W at 65frame/s, it fits into standard 29 x 29mm industrial cameras with C-Mount lenses  – it has a 1:1 square aspect ratio. It also shares a common architecture and footprint with other XGS CMOS image sensors, enabling users to ...

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