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Better security, and machine learning, for Renesas RA MCU support software

Renesas has updated the ‘flexible software package’ (FSP) for its RA family of Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers. FSP version 1.0 adds security, connectivity, neural network, machine learning and motor control capabilities, as well as improving compiler, debugger, and development environments. “The security and connectivity enhancements permit developers to quickly create secure IoT endpoint and edge solutions for ...

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Analogue and digital signal acquisition on 19 synchronous channels

Spectrum Instrumentation has added digital inputs to a series of analogue LXI/Ethernet-digitisers, to increase synchronous acquisition to eight analogue channels plus eight digital channels plus three multi-purpose I/O lines – 19 channels in total. Four models are available in the digitizerNetbox family: 5Msample/s DN2.591-08 20Msample/s DN2.592-08 40Msample/s DN2.593-08 125Msample/s DN2.596-08 The option to add eight digital channels changes the name ...

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Power Integration rolls-out GaN to PSUs for displays up to 75W

Power Integrations has added GaN parts to its InnoSwitch3-MX range of ac-dc mains power supply chips, intended for use in TVs, monitors and appliances up to 75W without a heatsink. This is part of a programme for the company, which is gradually rolling out GaN transistor higher-power versions of its various InnoSwitch3 ICs – see ...

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A route to practical silicon battery anodes?

Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have combined mesoporous silicon microparticles, made from plant waste, with carbon nanotubes to improve the performance of silicon anodes in Li-ion batteries. “In the future, silicon will gradually replace carbon as the anode material in Li-ion batteries,” according to the university. “The capacity of silicon is ten times ...

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2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise

This is a list of the 2020 Queen’s Awards for Enterprise winners in and related to the electronics industry. They appear in two categories: Innovation Assessed for: invention, design or production of goods; performance of services; marketing and distribution; or, after-sale support of goods or services, that have realised outstanding commercial success over two years ...

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PLS Universal Debug Engine supports SafeRTOS for safety critical applications

PLS Programmierbare Logik & Systeme has expanded its Universal Debug Engine (UDE) to cover the SafeRTOS real-time operating system. UDE is intended for debugging, testing and analysing microcontroller applications, and this addition gives it functions software development of real-time and safety-critical applications. SafeRTOS is a pre-emptive, safety critical RTOS from Wittenstein High Integrity Systems, available ...

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Queen’s Award: Brompton Technology

Brompton Technology has won a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category. Based in West London, the company designs and manufactures LED video processing products – which have been used the global tours of Metallica, Massive Attack and U2, as well as for ‘green screen’ replacement in film and TV. “It is really gratifying ...

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Fraunhofer IIS seeks to join-up Industry 4.0

The German government has kicked-off a project intended to use artificial intelligence (AI) at various levels of the manufacturing process to enable condition-based, predictive maintenance for factory equipment and to monitor product quality on the fly during production. Called ‘KI-Predict’ it has come out of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and ...

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Harwin offers quick-printing anti-covid-19 face shield design

Harwin, the Hampshire-based connector company, has modified an existing 3d printable anti-covid-19 face shield design to make it print quicker, and has put the print file on its website here for others to use. The company is using its printers and staff to make and assemble these shields for health workers – the photo shows a doctor at ...

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AI reveals likely hydride superconductors

Russian scientist have a found a natural link between an element’s position in the periodic table and its potential to form a high-temperature hydride superconductors, and created a neural network to predict their performance. Hydrides are thought to offer the potential for ‘high-pressure’ superconductors, as opposed to the usual ‘low-temperature’ superconductors – although they still require ...

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