National Instruments has introduced a remote control module for laptop control of PXI systems using Thunderbolt 3. The PXIe-8301 offers PCI Express Gen 3 connectivity through two Thunderbolt 3 ports this will support up to 2.3 Gbyte/s of data throughput. The second port can be used to daisy chain additional Thunderbolt 3 or USB-C devices. ...
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Researchers at Imperial College London have applied optical measurement technology used in solar panels to evaluate the materials used in a gauntlet from a 16th-century suit of armour. The gauntlet is part of the the Wallace Collection in London and conservators wanted to investigate a surface effect applied to the metalwork in swords and armour. ...
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The government must stand ready to seize the semiconductor opportunity that 5G presents and not repeat the mistakes of the past. In 1989, mobile phones were not much smaller than house‑bricks. And few people used them. But the UK government, convinced by its advisers that something very important was about to happen in personal communications, ...
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Scottish miniature satellite maker Clyde Space is proposing to use quantum technology to create very high accuracy space sensors for monitoring the Earth. The Glasgow-based firm, which pioneered the CubeSat, is working with Teledyne e2v and researchers at the University of Birmingham on the project which is funded by Innovate UK, the government’s innovation agency. ...
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UK is proposing to enter the venture capital arena with the creation of a National Investment Fund which will target British start-ups. The hope is to create more UK-based unicorns, these are new firms valued over $1bn. But it is also a way of replacing European investment in UK start-ups. British businesses still rely heavily ...
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The Multicore Association, the processor standards body with a focus on multicore processor implementations, has announced the availability of an enhanced implementation of its Multicore Task Management API (MTAPI) integrated into an open source framework called Embedded Multicore Building Blocks (EMB2). The MTAPI takes care of task scheduling and execution on embedded parallel systems. While ...
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Mentor has teamed up with online components library SnapEDA, which now supports its PADS and DX Designer PCB design tools. Users can access to SnapEDA’s component library containing millions of symbols, footprints, and 3D models. All parts are auto-verified with SnapEDA’s proprietary verification technology. “We’re seeing a shift in the industry where it’s no longer ...
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Omron Electronic Components has introduced a multi-function environmental sensor for use as part of autonomous IoT systems. Designated 2JCIE-BL01, the sensor measures temperature, humidity, light, UVI, barometric pressure, noise and acceleration. The device also has embedded memory for data logging to keep track of the surroundings. Data from the module can be downloaded over Bluetooth ...
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Renesas Electronics says the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts has ruled in its favour in a patent infringement lawsuit brought against it in 2013 by a Massachusetts-based firm named Zond. In July 2013, Zond brought suit against a number of semiconductor companies, including Renesas, alleging that the companies infringed eight of its US ...
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Vodafone is moving into mobile network hardware development. The mobile operator will work with Guildford-based chipset firm Lime Microsystems to develop software-defined cellular radio platforms that support the radio access network (RAN) for 4G and NB and IoT. Vodafone and Lime demonstrated a low cost radio at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona earlier this year. ...
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