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Aaeon embraces Intel Elkhart Lake and Tiger Lake for embedded PCs

Aaeon has announced embedded PCs with Intel Tiger Lake (11th generation Core) and Elkhart Lake (Atom x6000E, Pentium, Celeron N and Celeron J) processors for edge computing. “11th Generation Core processors, now the third generation of Intel’s 10nm microarchitecture, provide performance above the current industry standard 8th and 9th Generation processors,” according to Aaeon. “These ...

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Congatec picks Intel Elkhart Lake for embedded PCs

Congatec has adopted Intel 10nm Elkhart Lake processor for its latest range of embedded PC boards. It has picked up Atom x6000E, Celeron, Pentium N and Pentium J devices for single board computer firm-factors including SMARC, Qseven, COM Express Compact Computer-on-Module, Mini Computer-on-Module and Pico-ITX “The new boards and modules impress with doubled graphics performance for up to ...

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AR VR powerhouse is 29 x 50mm

Lantronix has crammed a 15 Top/s augmented and virtual reality processor into a 29 x 50mm system-on-module. Called Open-Q 865XR SOM, it is built around a octa-core Qualcomm chip with: 1x 2.84GHz Kryo Gold prime core 3x 2.42GHz Kryo Gold cores 4x 1.81GHz Kryo Silver cores Hexagon DSP with quad Hexagon Vector eXtensions – vision processing, ...

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Smallest thermoelectric cooler, by 10,000 times

This is the smallest thermolectric cooler ever made, according to the scientists at UCLA that built it. Total active volume is ~1μm3. “We beat the record for the world’s smallest thermoelectric cooler by a factor of more than ten thousand,” according to UCLA physicist Xin Yi Ling It consists of two 100nm thick single-crystal flakes, ...

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OS-CON capacitors keep low ESR at low temperature

Panasonic has expanded its range of OS-CON conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors with a series that maintains low equivalent series resistance (ESR) even at low temperatures, according to the company. Called SVT, the surface-mount parts span 2.5V to 50V, 18µF to 2,700µF and 12mΩ to 35mΩ. Operation is over -50°C up to +125°C for up to 2.000 ...

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Inseto supplies probe station for Warwick’s SiC power semi programme

Andover distributor Inseto has supplied the University of Warwick with a SemiProbe PS4L probe system for developing next-generation silicon carbide (SiC) power semiconductors. “The PS4L provides an accurate and repeatable means of mechanically interfacing fabricated prototype devices – as die or on the wafer – with an analyser that can inject thousands of volts and measure hundreds ...

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Novel UK Si transistor switches 1.2kV and 75A through a TO247 package

Nottingham-based Search For The Next (SFN) has released data on a power transistor made using its ‘quantum junction’ transistor (QJT) technology – branded ‘Bizen’. It has a TO-247 transistor switching 1.2kV and 75A. “To get this level of performance from traditional silicon-based mosfets, the device size must be much bigger,” said SFN CEO and founder David ...

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60 pixel IR sensor array recognises gestures for automotive

Maxim is offering what is claims is a lower-cost alternative to time-of-flight cameras for gesture control in vehicles: a 6 x 10 array of infra-red photodiodes. “Optical-based MAX25205 enables most hand gestures,” according to the comany. “The gesture and proximity-sensing sensor features a high level of integration and comes in a 4 x 4mm chip. ...

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switching regs drop into LMxx footprints

RS Components has added the Traco Power’s TSR-WI series of non-isolated point-of-load dc-dc converters to its product portfolio. There are two families within the series, and efficiency can be as high as 94% (15V 0.6A part). TSR-0.6WI 0.6A maximum output (0.4A 24V version) -40° to +85°C no de-rating TSR-1WI 1A  maximum output (0.7A 24V version) ...

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Low-jitter crystal oscillators and VCXOs are small for optical modules

Silicon Labs has introduced a family of small crystal oscillators (2.5 x 3.2mm option) and voltage-controlled crystal oscillators (VCXOs) for applications that require low jitter and frequency-flexible clock synthesis. Si54x/6x ‘Ultra’ oscillators can have jitter as low as 80fs “providing jitter margin for applications including data centre interconnect, optical transport, broadcast video, test and measurement”, ...

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