Rohm has created a battery charge IC for small low-powered products such as wireless ear buds and smart displays – its package is only 400μm tall. Called BD71631QWZ, it is a general purpose linear chip that can be powered from 2.9 to 5.5V and be resistor-programmed to deliver from 2 to 4.7V. “In recent years the need ...
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Anritsu has introduced a signal generator family with a rubidium local oscillator option that works across 9kHz to 43.5GHz. Branded ‘Rubidium’, internal time base aging is <±2×10-8/year with option 0003 (low phase noise kit) or <±1×10-9/year with option 0056 (rubidium local oscillator). “This frequency stability is achieved either by an optional internal rubidium reference or by ...
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Raspberry Pi OS, the custom operating system for Raspberry Pis, has had a major upgrade. It is now based on Debian Bullseye, Linux which has replaced two year old Debian Buster. “Debian Bullseye has relatively few major changes which are visible to users,” according to Raspberry Pi. “There are some under-the-hood changes to file systems ...
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Airbus and NTT Docomo have shown that the UK-built solar-powered Zephyr High Altitude Pseudo-Satellite (HAPS) can deliver wireless broadband connectivity direct to smart phones. Zephyr was conceived, designed and built by Qinetiq in the UK. In 18-day stratospheric flights Zephyr’s radio transmitter provided a datalink to simulate future direct-to-device connectivity. Tests included various bandwidths ...
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IT service providers could be required to follow new cyber security rules such as the National Cyber Security Centre’s Cyber Assessment Framework as part of new proposals to help British businesses manage the growing cyber threat. Other plans to protect the country’s digital supply chains include new procurement rules to ensure the public sector buys ...
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Lattice has bought Mirametrix, a computer vision software specialist. Combining Mirametrix’s expertise with Lattice FPGA aims to deliver an end-to-end computer vision product offering. “Providing easy-to-use application-specific software solution stacks continues to be a key part of our strategy to make it easy for customers to adopt Lattice and get to market quickly. Adding Mirametrix’s proven ...
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The UK’s Space Agency (UKSA) is beginning to collect data for its annual report on the size and health of the UK space industry. The 2021 the survey – which is now open for entries – will be carried out by BryceTech and it is is open to responses from space sector organisations across the ...
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Xilinx has introduced the Alveo U55C data centre accelerator card and an API-driven clustering solution for deploying FPGAs at scale. Purpose-built for HPC and big data workloads, the card offers the highest compute density and HBM capacity in the Alveo accelerator portfolio. Together with the Xilinx RoCE v2-based clustering solution, a broad spectrum of customers ...
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