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MIPI makes market push for I3C sensor interface

The MIPI mobile interface organisation is opening access to its sensor interface specification, called MIPI I3C. This is an important interface upgrade to the long-established I2C technology. MIPI I3C, initially released to the MIPI Alliance member community in January 2017, is the next generation interface for sensor networks currently using I2C and SPI. Companies, including those not ...

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Digi-Key recognised for connector sales by Harwin

Online distributor Digi-Key has achieved sales growth of 40% for Harwin product lines over the last 12 months, and as a result has received the connector firm’s global distributor award for 2017. Doug Steele, v-p of sales at Harwin, writes: “This year Digi-Key have really stood out as a powerful force in progressing Harwin’s market ...

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Cruden simplifies hardware driving simulator design 

Dutch firm Cruden has developed a simulation tool for automotive R&D that combines hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) set-ups and driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulators. As an example, Cruden installed a driver simulator merged with a dSPACE HIL set-up at the Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences in Germany, where students can integrate hardware into the driving simulator. HIL set-ups, for ...

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Airbus helps PMR networks meet new EU security directive

A European directive on network and information security (NIS) comes into force next year. The aim of the NIS directive is to improve the member states’ cooperation and protection against attacks. The European Union’s directive on network and information security (NIS), was adopted in summer 2016, and national governments will have to implement the legislation ...

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Teledyne e2v expands business ties with China

Teledyne e2v has opened a new healthcare and security facility to support its growing business in China. The facility in Chaoyang District, Beijing will be customer facing for radiotherapy, security and other high-power RF applications. Ewan Livingstone, President RF Power: Commercial, officially opened the site on 4 December 2017, and Teledyne e2v is looking forward ...

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Panasonic offers single-side stable 16A LZ-N relay

Panasonic’s latest electromechanical switch is a single side stable 16A relay. The normally open contact as well as the change-over contact can switch loads up to 16A/250V at ambient temperatures of up to 105°C. The clearance and creepage distance between contact and coil is min. 10mm despite the relay’s very compact dimensions of 12.5 x 28.8 ...

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Comment: Post-Brexit UK will depend on engineering

Never has the future of the technology sector been so important to the whole country’s success. The government’s industrial strategy for a post-Brexit economy seems to depend on UK companies making a success of emerging technology markets such as artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous vehicles and big data. It also puts a new urgency into pressure ...

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Microwave kit for in-car 24GHz radar design

An evaluation kit with a fully operational 24GHz radar movement detector is being sold by Aspen Electronics. The K-LD2 evaluation kit has been developed by RFbeam Microwave, a German supplier of planar radar sensors, K-band measuring equipment and engineering. The kit’s digital signal processing capability allows for evaluation of radar motion sensing. The K-LD2 sensor ...

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NI adds MAC layer support to LabVIEW for 5G

NI has announced MAC layer support for its LabVIEW Communications 802.11 Application Framework. The multiuser MAC layer enhancements to the 802.11 Application Framework to go beyond the PHY layer to address complex network-level problems that will arise for 5G system development. One example of this is 5G network slicing across different radio access technologies. Wireless ...

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Industrial connector supports 10Gbit/s Ethernet

TE Connectivity has added a Cat6A cable connector to its Mini I/O family of industrial connectors supporting serial, bus and Ethernet communication up to 10Gbit/s (Cat6A) data speeds. Design of the Mini I/O connector offers a stable connection due to a stable mechanical interface and double spring/double contact point layout. It is also designed to ...

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