U-blox has got Global Certification Forum (GCF) certification for its UBX-R5 multi-band LTE-M/NB-IoT chipset. Launched in January this year, the program is designed to certify IoT chipsets covering NB-IoT and LTE-M to allow the IoT ecosystem to integrate and embed certified chipsets into modules and devices. “We’re extremely pleased to have u-blox achieve the first certification ...
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Engineers at Columbia University have created a force-sensitive finger for robots that senses in all directions. “There has long been a gap between stand-alone tactile sensors and fully integrated tactile fingers – tactile sensing is still far from ubiquitous in robotic manipulation,” said researcher Matei Ciocarlie. “We have demonstrated a multi-curved robotic finger with accurate ...
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A LoRaWan network has been installed on Mount Etna in Sicily to allow scientists to monitor radon gas from their base in Clermont-Ferrand, 1,200km away. “For many years, scientists have measured radon in the soil of the 3,300m-high Etna, which required on-site visits,” according to Kerlink, whose radio equipment has been deployed. “A new system ...
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Alps Alpine is aiming at automotive use with a tact switch push button with 5N operating force and 1.04mm travel, adding it to its existing SKSU series. “As an automobile safety consideration, input switches inside vehicles are increasingly integrated into the steering wheel area for drivers to operate without taking their eyes off the road,” ...
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Menta and Secure-IC are to add cryptographic features to FPGA intellectual property (IP). Under the agreement, announced at Embedded World in Nuremberg, the companies will deliver Menta eFPGAs incorporating cryptographic IP including AES and RSA from Secure-IC. “Security is fast becoming a defining feature of SoCs used in a variety of applications,” said Secure-IC CTO ...
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Panthronics is aiming at wireless chargers for earbuds, lifestyle-tracker wristbands with a sinewave power driver for inductive antennas. PTX100W can deliver over 2.5W to devices batteries smaller than 500mAh and small antennas, using NFC-like connections. “Qi wireless charging, popular in smartphones, is unsuitable for smaller devices because it requires a large antenna and costly circuitry,” according ...
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Allegro MicroSystems has announced “industry’s first fully-integrated, back-biased GMR [giant magneto-resistive] transmission speed and direction sensor”. “By monolithically integrating our GMR technology with digital processing we’ve set a new standard for transmission speed sensing,” claimed Allegro business unit director Peter Wells. “ATS19580’s ability to reach formerly unachievable air gaps with the best vibration performance on ...
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TDK-Lambda has introduced 600W 3 x 5in open-frame mains PSUs with efficiencies of up to 96%. Called CUS600M, the ac-dc supplies are certified to medical and ITE (information technology equipment) standards for Class I and II (no earth ground connection) operation and are aimed at professional applications such as healthcare, dental, test, measurement, broadcast, audio and ...
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Maxim has added a physically uncloneable function (PUF) to a 120MHz Arm Cortex-M4 microcontroller for financial and government-grade security, claiming it to be the first. “As IoT applications continue to proliferate, large numbers of devices are being deployed in uncontrolled and hostile areas that make them more vulnerable to physical attacks,” according to the firm. ...
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Power Integrations has added a 400W motor driver to its BridgeSwitch range of half-bridge power chips. Including high- and low-side fredfets (fast recovery diode field effect transistors) and ‘lossless’ current sensing, inverter efficiency of up to 99.2% is possible in brushless dc (BLDC) motor-drive applications, according to the firm. BRD1167 and BRD1267 deliver up to ...
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