Smaller FPGAs mean less power

Microchip has introduced a pair of programmable ICs with fewer resources to reduce power consumption. From its PolarFire brand, the parts are the MPF050T FPGA and MPFS025T SoC, both available in 11 x 11mm packaging. “We have reduced power consumption by up to 50% or more with the introduction of lower density offerings, while maintaining ...

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Active clamp fly-back controller for adapters up to 100W

Silanna Semiconductor has designed an active clamp fly-back controller to reduce the operational, no-load and stand-by power consumption chargers and adapters. Called SZ1131, it has an integrated clamp mosfet and a driver for an external fly-back mosfet. Efficiencies up to 95% across 90 – 265Vac input voltages and varying loads are possible, according to the ...

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ADC for electricity metering with resistive mains interface

For electricity metering, ADE9322B is a two-channel Σ-Δ ADC from Analog Devices. It current channel is designed to interface with a shunt resistor and its voltage channel interfaces with potential divider, both connected to the power rails, SPI and UART ports allow access to its internal registers. ‘mSure’ branding abounds. “mSure converts two analogue input ...

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Sondrel modelling flow cuts ASIC modelling time from months to days

It is important to model an SoC well in advance to avoid costly over design or insufficient performance and to create a hardware emulation on which representative end user applications can be run. Detailed architectural modelling provides reasonableestimates of the performance, power, memory resources, andthe NoC (Network on Chip) configuration that will be required along ...

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Improved flow sensors for ventilators

Sensirion has introduced three flow sensors for ventilators. All based on its SFM3xxx platform, they are intended for inspiratory applications at ambient pressure. SFM3119 (pictured) is a digital flow meter, the successor to its SFM3100. Flows of air, oxygen and air-oxygen mixtures between -10 and 240 slm are measured, and output in 16bit format updated at ...

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Infineon plans automotive laser head-up display for cars

Infineon is aiming at augmented reality glasses and automotive head-up displays with a MEMs-based optical scanner. The company is giving very little away beyond this, except to say that the “MEMS scanner chipset features a tilting mirror which lays the foundation for a new generation of laser beam scanner projectors”, and that the chipset is ...

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THine introduces streaming image camera kit

THine Solutions has introduced its second THEIA-CAM family kit, the THSCM101, a 13MP (megapixel) Phase-Detection Auto-Focus (PDAF) Linux Camera Reference Design Kit. The THSCM101 Kit interfaces to NXP’s i.MX 8M family EVKs and is based on THine’s THP7312-P image signal processor (ISP) and Sony’s IMX258 13MP CMOS PDAF image sensor. The Kit includes a Camera ...

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New Zealand turns to LeoLabs for stewardship of space

LeoLabs and New Zealand’s Space Agency, have signed a multi-year agreement to develop a “Space Regulatory and Sustainability Platform”, the country’s government has announced. The Californian-based company is a provider of low Earth orbit (LEO) mapping and Space Situational Awareness (SSA) services. The space monitoring, cloud-based system will enable New Zealand to better meet the ...

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