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TDK adds lower power option to EZA series with 2500W dc-dc converter

TDK has introduced the EZA2500W-32048 bi-directional dc-dc converter model to its EZA series, following the 11kW variant released last year. The high voltage range now covers 260-400Vdc and the lower voltage 36-65Vdc. The operating temperature is -10 to 50°C. Double sided protective board coating and long-life dust resistant fans have also been included. The output ...

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Renesas PLC IC chosen by Panasonic for railway lighting system

Panasonic has adopted Renesas’ R9A06G037 PLC IC for its railway platform lighting control system. Panasonic and East Japan Railway Company jointly developed the system using G3-PLC, a narrowband standard (10-450kHz) for outdoor use.  PLC makes it possible to transmit control signals over power lines, allowing operators to adjust the brightness and colour of lighting fixtures ...

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Mellanox launches SN4000 Ethernet switches for cloud applications

Mellanox has announced the launch of its SN4000 Ethernet switches, powered by the Spectrum-3 12.8 Tbps Ethernet switch ASIC. The devices are designed for cloud, ethernet storage fabric, and AI interconnect applications. There are multiple form-factors available supporting combinations of up to 32 ports of 400GbE, 64 ports of 200GbE and 128 ports of 100/50/25/10GbE. ...

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Koh Young AI systems demonstrated virtually at Altus Group

In light of the covid-19 pandemic, distributor Altus Group is using virtual demonstrations to show Koh Young’s AI products. The distributor says its seeing increased interest in Koh Young’s metrology based full 3D solder paste inspection and automated optical inspection systems which incorporate AI technology to improve production. The firm’s latest automated optical inspection system ...

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Anritsu conducts PIM analysis over fiber and present RF spectrum

Anritsu has introduced the IQ fiber master MT2780A RF and PIM analyser. The device performs passive intermodulation analysis over fiber and presents RF spectrum results derived from IQ data. The MT2780A is designed to provide field engineers, technicians, and third-party contractors a single tool for RF interference measurements and troubleshooting on LTE-based systems with CPRI front ...

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Samsung launches PMICs for TWS (true wireless stereo) earbuds

Samsung has announced two “all-in-one” PMICs, MUA01 and MUB01, specifically designed for today’s true wireless stereo (TWS) devices. Unlike wireless headphones, TWS earbuds have no wire that connects the two earpieces. The MUA01 and MUB01 PMICs have been designed for the charging case and the earbuds respectively. The devices reportedly integrate up to ten discrete ...

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Ceva DSP and voice AI support Tensorflow Lite integration

Ceva’s BX DSP cores and Whispro speech recognition software for conversational AI now also support Tensorflow Lite for microcontrollers, a framework for deploying tiny machine learning on  processors in edge devices. Tiny machine learning allows AI to operate in low power, battery operated IoT devices for sensor data analytics of audio, voice, image and motion. ...

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Aaeon Boxer-8110AI powers service robots aiming to limit disease spread

Aaeon, Taiwanese IoT and AI edge computing firm, has worked with customers to deploy the Boxer-8110AI to power automated service robots in hotels and other service industries. With the ongoing pandemic, many countries and communities have banned large assemblies and events, and advised citizens to avoid unnecessary meetings and reduce contact through practicing social isolation. ...

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RS Components adds Fluke thermal imaging cameras with asset tagging

RS Components has added Fluke’s Tis20+ and Tis60+ handheld infrared thermal imaging cameras to its portfolio. Designed for one-handed fixed-focus image capture, the infrared imagers are suitable for engineers and technicians with less experience in thermal imaging. The manufacturer claims they allow accurate non-contact temperature measurement from a safe distance to reveal invisible thermal issues ...

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U-Blox IoT chipset certified by AT&T for LTE-M IoT applications

U-Blox has completed AT&T’s chipset verification process for the UBX-R5 multi-band low power wide area (LPWA) chipset platform to operate on the carrier’s LTE-M network for the Internet of Things. The chipset features end-to-end device security, data security, and access control management. The cellular chipset platform, supporting LPWA LTE-M and NB-IoT technologies, is designed for ...

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