Supermicro was showing several new products amongst its existing range of servers and edge PCs at Embedded World in Nuremberg. Based on Intel’s Xeon D-2146NT 8 core 16 thread processor is the SYS-5019D-FN8TP rackmount server that, into a 1U high chassis, squeezes two 2.5in or four 2.5in drivesand up to 512Gbyte of ECC LRDIMM memory ...
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Cypress Semiconductor has implemented Arm’s Platform Security Architecture (PSA) Trusted Firmware-M reference example on Cypress’ PSoC 6 MCUs. “PSA is a set of threat models, security analyses, hardware and firmware architecture specifications, and an open source firmware reference implementation,” said Arm. “It provides a recipe, based on industry best practice, that allows security to be ...
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DD14 is an IEC C14 appliance inlet with two-pole filtering, two-pole switching and two-pole fusing, from Schurter. “Shielding is optimised by screwing the metal casing of the filter to the panel, using its horizontal or vertical flange, or a snap-in filter version eliminates the flange, consuming less panel space,” said the firm. Standard and low-leakage ...
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Korean researches have used a novel 80Mbit/s communication technique to stream live 360° video from a smart pill as it passes through the digestive tract. Location tracking within 1cm3 is also provided. The pill is a dome-ended cylinder 32mm long and 12mm in diameter. From its central section, four VGA cameras, each with four illumination ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced two 4-36V buck power modules that measure 3.0 x 3.8mm (1.6mm high), requiring two external capacitors to complete the dc-dc converter in each case: 0.5A LMZM23600 and 1A LMZM23601. Final footprint of non-adjustable versions is around 27mm2 Packaged the firm’s 10pin MicroSiP, they are up to 92% efficient, and 85% efficient ...
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Macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema can be diagnosed by artificial intelligence viewing non-invasive light-based optical coherence tomography (OCT) scans. The AI can also make referral and treatment recommendations. “Macular degeneration and diabetic macular edema are the two most common causes of irreversible blindness but are both very treatable if they are caught early,” dais ...
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IBM Zurich has demonstrated a novel optical receiver that can achieve an aggregate bandwidth of 160Gbit/s through four optical fibres. “This is not only the fastest data transmission speed to date, but the optical receiver also features power-on/off functionality and can wake-up and achieve phase-lock in 8ns, the shortest switch time in record,” said the ...
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An ultra-stretchy sticky-backed sensor has come out of research at the University of British Columbia. Made from a rubber infused with graphene nano-flakes, it has been tested with elongation up to 350% and over 10,000 cycles of stretching and relaxing while maintaining electrical stability. “We tested this sensor vigorously,” said Professor Homayoun Najjaran. “Not only ...
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North East-based automotive firm Avid Technology has shipping Evo Electric Motors, which it took over the design, manufacture and distribution of from GKN Hybrid Power last year, now making them in Cramlington, Northumberland. “Since the start of the year, Avid has experienced a sharp increase in demand for the Evo, securing over £50m in new ...
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This is the product from Turbo Technics, the Northampton maker of turbochargers and turbocharging test equipment. ATP-100 is a turbocharger actuator tester designed for use by service personnel in turbocharger repairs. It is operated via a 5in colour capacitive touch screen interface. “With a single touch auto-detect feature, the tool allows simple connection to almost any ...
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