Toshiba has introduced a photo-relay capable of operating with 1.5kV across its output switch – the company’s first with such an output withstand voltage – “ensuring that it is compatible with the vast majority of traction batteries”, it said. AEC-Q101 qualified and aimed at battery management systems, TLX9160T consists of an infra-red emitting diode optically coupled ...
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Silicon Labs has introduced a wireless microcontroller with a hardware AI accelerator that can work with Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth Low Energy and Bluetooth mesh. It comes along with a software tool kit for machine learning. Called EFR32MG24, “this new hardware and software platform will help bring AI and ML applications and wireless to battery-powered edge ...
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Osram has revealed a prototype laser emitter module for projection within augmented reality glasses. The lasers are 640nm red, 520nm green and 450nm blue, in a 7 x 4.6 x 1.2mm (39mm3) surface-mount package. Branded Vegalas, the “prototype design for the module demonstrates that a light engine for smart glasses can be compact enough to fit ...
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Smartcar, a connected car software integration development site, has raised $24 million in a Series B financing round delivered by Energize Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz and New Enterprise Associates. The site enables developers to integrate software applications and services in connected cars. Founded by two brothers, Sahas and Sanketh Katta, Smartcar aims to provide the software ...
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The UK government’s DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) is making £1.3 million available for “telexistence” innovations as part of a competition for commercial proposals. Such telexistence technology enables organisations to undertake tasks – in hazardous environments – without physically being present. Telexistence For example, it combines elements of telepresence, enabling an operator to see and ...
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Toray Industries has developed a negative photosensitive polyimide material (pictured) which maintains the characteristic thermal resistance, mechanical properties, and adhesiveness of polyimides while increasing resolutions and enabling high-definition pattern formation on 100-micrometer and other thick films. The number of electronic components in smartphones and other mobile devices will increase to accommodate the greater speeds and ...
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OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite comms company partly owned by the UK government, is signing southern hemisphere broadband distribution deals. It is now more than half-way to completing its planned constellation. India In India, for example, OneWeb has announced a six-year Distribution Partner agreement to provide LEO connectivity services across the Sub-Continent. The ...
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ROHM has developed compact wireless charger modules with an integrated antenna board: the BP3621 (transmitter) and the BP3622 (receiver). The modules add wireless power supply functionality to smaller devices such as smart tags/cards or PC peripherals. (Fig. 1) Wireless power supplies are increasingly being adopted in smartphones, smart watches, and other compact devices. By utilizing ...
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