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Sony’s coding workshops for schoolchildren see increased uptake

Sony UK TEC’s Learn 2 Code workshops have hosted over 1,200 students so far this year. The manufacturer launched its specialist coding workshops in 2017, following the success of its Digital Competency programme. The one-day workshops, led by a qualified coding instructor, encourage children to “use their creativity across a variety of digital platforms” in ...

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Anglia expands buzzer and sounder range with Cre-sound agreement

Anglia has increased its range of magnetic and piezo buzzer products following the signing of a distribution agreement with Cre-sound. Commenting, David Pearson, technical director, explained that the move was in response to growing demand for smaller SMD sounders, driven especially by IoT applications. He says “Sound components are widely used where a product needs ...

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DSP Group and Chirp produce design for ultrasonic data transmission

Chirp and DSP Group have announced the Chirp SDK reference design for sound-based data transmission. The design kit combines Chirp’s ultrasonic signaling protocol for smart-enabled devices with DSP Group’s Smartvoice technology to allow connectivity between nearby devices without set up, pairing, or configuration. Chirp’s ultrasonic machine-to-machine communications software enables any device with a loudspeaker or ...

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Mipi Phy switch from Diodes Incorporated offers switching across five lanes

Diodes Incorporated has announced the PI3WVR648GEAEX five-lane mipi 2:1 switch, capable of switching physical layers that comply with either C-Phy or D-Phy serial interfaces, as defined by the industry standard specification for image sensors and cameras in smartphones and displays in mobile applications. As smartphone and portable device manufacturers integrate to camera modules with higher ...

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Molex and U-Blox collaborate on modular automotive connectivity platform

Molex will showcase the modular automotive connectivity platform, Max, in booth 151 at ELIV 2019 October 16-17 in Bonn, Germany. Max offers vehicle networking for both traditional and new mobility providers, using two modules from U-Blox, the Toby-L4 and the Neo-M8L. It’s suited for small series, such as vans or targeted EV projects. Attendees at ...

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Analog Devices launches hardware and software platform MeasureWare

At a press event on 8 October in Limerick, Ireland, Analog Devices announced the release of MeasureWare, which the company describes as “a plug and play suite of hardware measurement kits and software studio tools.” Lorna Keane, director of MeasureWare at ADI, said the product is designed for an “evolving world”, where electronic engineering skills ...

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RS Components introduces IIoT development box from Toi

RS Components has introduced the 4ZeroBox IIoT unit from Italian manufacturer Toi (Things on Internet). 4ZeroBox is the hardware component of Toi’s 4Zero platform, a plug-and-play data gathering, processing and reporting system designed for smart manufacturing and factory-maintenance applications. 4ZeroBox is a modular IIoT unit that can be installed into both legacy and modern industrial ...

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UK-wide Big Assembly to promote engineering careers to students

On Wednesday 6 November at 10:30am, as part of Tomorrow’s Engineers Week, hundreds of engineers will star in the Big Assembly, a live-streamed event to promote engineering careers to young people. Over 850 schools are hoped to sign up to the event, which will take place at The Chase School in Malvern and be broadcast ...

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Adesto and Cadence collaborate on xSPI ecosystem for IoT devices

Adesto Technologies Corporation and Cadence Design Systems have announced a collaboration to expand the ecosystem around the expanded serial peripheral interface (xSPI) communication protocol to enable higher transfer rates and lower latency for flash memory in IoT devices. The Cadence memory model for xSPI enables use of the octal NOR flash with the host processor ...

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RS Components’ DesignSpark PCB Pro aimed at SME engineers

RS Components has launched DesignSpark PCB Pro, an upgraded version of its  PCB design suite with new productivity features. DesignSpark PCB Pro is aimed at professional electronic design engineers, especially those working in SMEs. The free version of RS’s PCB software, now at Version 8.1, is a set of ECAD rapid prototyping tools offering: unlimited ...

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