Semi content in electronic systems tops 33%

The value of semiconductor content in electronic systems reached 33.2% last year, surpassing the previous record high set in 2018, says IC Insights. Historically, the driving force behind the higher average annual growth rate of the semiconductor industry as compared to the electronic systems market is the increasing value or content of semiconductors used in ...

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Semtech Lora upgrade expands capacity

Semtech has released a software upgrade for LoRa ICs  that increases network capacity, robustness to interference and enables a low power and reliable direct data links from sensors to satellites. The software enhancement can be leveraged by second generation LoRa ICs to enable the LoRaWAN standard new data rate, Long Range Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum (LR-FHSS), recently ratified ...

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Hawkeye 360 wins $15.5m AFRL contract for space-based RF analytics

HawkEye 360, the space-based RF data specialists, has been awarded a three year, $15.5 million Experimental Purpose Agreement (EPA) contract with the United States Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) Space Vehicles Directorate. Following the agreement with the Department of Defense, HawkEye 360 will provide radio frequency analytics research, development, and experiments to help the U.S. ...

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EMA merges with FlowCAD

EMA Design Automation, the US EDA specialist, has merged with  FlowCAD,. This is EMA’s fourth expansion in 18 months bringing EMA closer to their aim of being a global EDA provider. “As our customers continue to globalize, we must be able to meet them where they are across the world,” says EMA CEO Nanny Marcano. ...

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Siemens extends mechanical prediction capabilities

Siemens Digital has extended its mechanical performance prediction capabilities with Simcenter 3D 2022.1 Time varying thermal fatigue helps you understand durability over real operational cycles and reduce modeling time by reading temperatures and stresses/strains from FE results. Simcenter 3D software, part of Siemens’ Xcelerator portfolio of software and services, enables engineers to tackle the complexity ...

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Tektronix upgrades 5 Series mixed-signal oscilloscopes

Tektronix has announced Version B of its 5 Series mixed-signal oscilloscopes. Changes include a new auxiliary trigger input that lets users synchronise the scope to an external signal without consuming any of the 8 (or 6 or 4) main input channels, and an upgrade to 100MHz for the built-in waveform generator (doubled from 50MHz) “enabling higher ...

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Sondrel looking for Systems Architects

Sondrel, the ASIC design house, is looking to hire more Systems Architects. ‘There is a growing need for Systems Architects who coordinate every aspect of a design project, hence the company is actively recruiting for specialists with the skill sets that can do this,’ says the company. Thanks Paul Martin, Sondrel’s Head of Design Architecture, ...

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Infineon MCUs for automotive include functional safety AI

First samples of Infineon’s 28nm Aurix TC4x family of automotive MCUs are available. “The family provides an upward migration path for the Aurix TC3x family,” according to the company. “It features the next-generation TriCore 1.8 and the new parallel processing unit, a SIMD vector DSP which addresses the demands of various AI topologies – this ...

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Infineon MCUs for automotive include functional safety AI

First samples of Infineon’s 28nm Aurix TC4x family of automotive MCUs are available. “The family provides an upward migration path for the Aurix TC3x family,” according to the company. “It features the next-generation TriCore 1.8 and the new parallel processing unit, a SIMD vector DSP which addresses the demands of various AI topologies – this ...

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Farnell IoT survey

Product designers and system engineers are invited to participate in Farnell’s global IoT survey until 18 March 2022 and can enter a competition for the chance to win an iPad Pro and Amazon gift cards. The survey provides an opportunity for IoT and Industrial IoT product designers and system engineers to share insights about the ...

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