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W-Fi and cellular modules are pre-programmed for Amazon IoT network

U-blox has announced two modules designed to enable AWS (Amazon web services) cloud services for device and fleet management. “For many businesses, connecting devices to the cloud remains challenging,” according to the company, claiming: “Existing solutions involve installing and maintaining dedicated software to manage connectivity on the devices. In addition, many legacy devices are too ...

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Low-noise one-axis accelerometers for industrial and inertial use

Silicon Designs has launched a series of low-g mems dc accelerometer chips. Model 1525 accelerometers come in ±2, 5, 10, 25 and 50g versions, and are aimed at low-frequency (including seismic) vibration and acceleration measurements in inertial and industrial applications: “particularly so where high-repeatability, low noise and maximum stability are required”, according to the company. ...

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PCB Ethernet connector for rail and industrial use

Smiths Interconnect has created the Intercompact series, a signal + Ethernet PCB connector qualified for demanding rail and industrial applications. The series has PCB-to-PCB and floating mount rack and panel parts, with bodies made from liquid crystal polymer. There are 60 and 41 way signal configurations with ‘Hypertac’ hyperboloid contacts. Described as compact, face-on the connectors ...

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Touch control ICs for harsh electrical environments get automotive approval

TouchNetix has got automotive AEC-Q100-6 qualification for its AX112 touch controller IC, which also includes hover sensing, force sensing and the control of haptic response. “Touchscreens based on the AX112 can support features such as pre-select, zoom-on-approach, dial-on-display and integrated haptic feedback without the need for additional hardware,” said the company. It “also supports the operation ...

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Complete camera-to-cloud people counting eval kit

Analog Devices has introduced a evaluation kit for people-counting using one of its DSPs. In a case and designed to be attached to a ceiling looking straight down, the kit includes a camera and everything needed to get the counted data to the cloud. Its main ingredients are a particular DSP from its Blackfin range, ...

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On Semi’s Bluetooth MCU scores high on low power

On Semi has introduced a Bluetooth wireless microcontroller, which has topped the charts on two of EEMBC’s benchmarks. Dubbed RSL15, it has Arm’s secured Cortex-M33 processor running at 48MHz, plus Bluetooth Low Energy 5.2 wireless. “RSL15 was certified by the Embedded Microprocessor Benchmark Consortium,” said On Semi. “The ULPMark CoreMark measures the energy efficiency of microcontrollers ...

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IoT eval kit has cellular, LoRa, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth, linked to cloud services

Murata and Pycom have created an IoT node evaluation kit to go along with Pycom’s cloud-based device management platform and a software development kit for managing devices, LPWAN networks and data feed “from commissioning through to deployment stages”, according to Murata. “Our collaboration with Murata offers a hardware and cloud platform that’s flexible through development, manufacture, integration, testing ...

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Super-squidgy gel is super-tough for soft robotics

The University of Cambridge has developed a squishy jelly with 80% water content that is unfazed by being run over with a car. “At 80% water content, you’d think it would burst apart like a water balloon, but it doesn’t: it stays intact and withstands huge compressive forces,” said Professor Oren Scherman who led the ...

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Small Nvidia Jetson industrial PCs for AI

Advantech has based a series of small AI inferencing computers around the Nvidia Jetson family. The AIR-020 series is 139 x 110 x 44.5mm, and the company sees them being used in automated guided vehicles (AGV), autonomous mobile robots (AMR), medical imaging, traffic monitoring, defect inspection and people counting. AIR-020X – Nvidia Jetson Xavier NX SoM embedded, up to ...

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