Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning were popular themes at the 55 th DAC, held at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco (24 to 28 June 2018). Flex Logix Technologies was one of the companies that announced a product suitable for AI, machine learning and deep learning applications. by Caroline Hayes at DAC The ...
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Ac-dc PSU stand-by power can be as low as 10mW with STMicroelectronics’ STCH03 off-line power controller, aimed at mobile chargers, power adapters and auxiliary supplies. Energy-saving features include ‘zero-power’ high-voltage start-up circuitry, as well as burst-mode switching when the load is very low or disconnected (see below), are intended to help chargers meet legislation such ...
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Daimler has tied up with Xilinx to create automotive artificial intelligence hardware. “When Daimler started working on this programme, it had issues finding solutions that were technically capable of implementing artificial intelligence or a neural network on a device that combined price, power and availability, and was automotive qualified,” Xilinx marketing manager Stephan Janouch told ...
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Roboticists at Queensland University of Technology are using neural networks to help robots quickly and accurately grasp objects in cluttered and changing environments. “We have been able to program robots, in very controlled environments, to pick up very specific items. However, one of the key shortcomings of current robotic grasping systems is the inability to ...
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Seeking to create the most waft-able air movement sensor ever, that can detect sound as well as air movement, a US researcher has turned to spider silk and a 400V field. “The goal was to create a sensor that only resists gravity,” said Professor Ron Miles of Binghamton University. “The sensor needed to stay connected ...
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Silicon Labs is aiming at 56Gbit/s PAM-4 serdes and 112Gbit/s serial applications with a set of clock generators, jitter attenuating clocks and voltage-controlled crystal oscillators. Si5391 is an ‘any-frequency’ clock generator with up to 12 outputs and sub-100fs RMS phase jitter. A precision calibrated version (‘P-grade’) typically achieves 69fs RMS phase jitter and can create the ...
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Microchip has announced a dual-core 16bit dsPIC for high-end embedded control applications. Intended to speed code development by removing dependence between user-interface and real-time code, the cores are largely independent, each with its own set of peripherals, and communicating with each other only via FIFOs and mail-boxes – data and address busses are not shared. ...
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A fast charging station for electric cars, capable of delivering 350kW to each of several vehicles
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Roki is a wireless multi-sensor node, designed for the evaluation of Bluetooth 5 communication in IoT applications. On-board are: 3-axis accelerometer Combination 3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis magnetometer Combination 3-axis accelerometer + 3-axis gyroscope 3-axis magnetometer Barometer And the following can be added: Optical heart rate sensor Ambient light sensor RGB colour sensor Magnetic hall effect ...
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The University of Nottingham has 3D printed materials that contain molecules that reversibly change state in response to stimuli – demonstrating the concept by developing a photo-active molecule that changes from colourless to blue when irradiated with light, then back by exposure to oxygen from the air, and a tailor-made polymer to support it. “We ...
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