Automotive gateway design from Renesas

Renesas has revealed an automotive gateway design. Based around its R-Car S4 SoCs and power management chips, it is aimed at vehicle computers, communication gateways, domain servers and application servers. “As the vehicle architectures evolve, safe connection to cloud services and secure management with in-vehicle control systems are major challenges,” said Renesas automotive general manager ...

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Royal Mail delivered by drone in the Scottish Islands

Royal Mail is trying scheduled autonomous drone flights between Kirkwall and North Ronaldsay for two weeks. The trial, with drone operating company Windracers, is part of the UK Research and Innovation-funded ‘SATE’ project – a bid to better connect remote island communities. The drone is a UK-built fuel-powered twin-engine Ultra, and will operated from Kirkwall Airport ...

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Elektra Awards 2021 shortlists announced

Electronics Weekly is proud to reveal the shortlists for this year’s Elektra Awards, the industry’s largest technology and business awards. The judges have deliberated, debated and discussed, and this year’s extremely high calibre of entries has yielded a phenomenally strong list of finalists. You can view the full shortlist below. The 2021 Elektra Awards will ...

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Guerrilla RF and X-Microwave join forces for module development

Guerrilla RF (GRF) is collaborating with X-Microwave to offer products which cut development time spent in component evaluation and signal chain prototyping. X-Microwave provides RF and microwave modular blocks, and test and prototyping accessories and, for the first phase of this joint effort, will feature 34 of GRF’s products as drop-in X-MWblocks. The initial offering of GRF-specific ...

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Lockheed Martin completes SBIRS GEO-6 missile warning satellite

Lockheed Martin is highlighting it has completed the U.S. Space Force’s latest missile warning satellite ahead of schedule – the SBIRS GEO-6 is ready for launch, after finishing production nearly a month ahead of schedule. The satellite – Lockheed Martin’s sixth Space Based Infrared System Geosynchronous Earth Orbit missile warning vehicle – is now in ...

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Three emerging end markets to top $500bn by 2025

AR/VR headsets, smart home devices and wearables will have collective sales of $370 billion this year riding to $525 billion by the end of 2025, says IDC. Product Value 2021 & 2025, and 2021-2025 CAGR for Smart Home, Wearables, and ARVR Product 2021 Value ($M) 2025 Value ($M) Five-Year CAGR Smart Home $289,933 $400,364 10.1% ...

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Schneider Electric completes smart factory

Schneider Electric and AVEVA have digitally upgraded their factory in Flint, Wales. The project, commenced in late 2018 and costing £300,000, will see the site become the UK’s first Schneider Electric smart factory. The SMART transformation project primarily involved retrofitting the existing factory to maximise efficiency and minimise downtime. The hardware solutions deployed were complimented by the ...

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Short range 60GHz mmWave link replaces industrial connectors

RoProxCon is a electrically-isolated non-contact information link that can transfer duplex data at up to 6Gbit/s over 40mm. Created by German company Rosenberger, it uses 60GHz transceivers built around STMicroelectronics’ ST60A2 wireless chip. “Due to increasing automation, more and more electromechanical systems used in industrial plants are being connected to one another,” according to Rosenberger. “The ...

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Three-phase DIN rail PSUs handle 120W or 240W, with 20% boost

TDK-Lambda has introduced 120W and 240W power supplies that run from three-phase across 350 to 575Vac. Called the DRB series, they can deliver a peak of 144W or 288W for two seconds, respectively. Versions are available with outputs of 12V, 24V or 48V. Outputs can be trimmed across 11.4 to 15, 22.5 to 29 or 45 to 56V ...

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