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Self-powered switch module is Bluetooth Low Energy or Zigbee Green Power

EnOcean has created a dual-standard radio module that operates with Bluetooth Low Energy or Zigbee Green Power radio standards. Called PTM 535BZ, the 2.4GHz device is designed to be combined with the company’s ECO 200 finger-press energy harvester to create battery-free wireless switches. An integrated NFC (near field communication) receiver is included to ease switching between ...

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Kyocera gets a prize for its tiny crystals

Kyocera has be rewarded for the ultra-precise plasma processing technology it created to produce miniaturised crystal resonators – developed with Professor Kazuya Yamamura of Osaka University. The process, known as chemical vaporisation machining (CVM), involves a chemical reaction between neutral radicals in the plasma and the surface of the workpiece. It produces crystal wafers with ...

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650V and 1.2kV SiC FETs in D2PAK-7L

UnitedSiC has introduced silicon carbide FETs in D2PAK-7L surface mount packages. They cover 650V and 1,200V operation, and have on-resistances from 30 to 80mΩ (650V) or 40 to 150mΩ (1.2kV). “The D2PAK-7L SiC FETs [have] a Kelvin source connection improving gate drive return performance,” according to the company. “Through the utilisation of silver sintering, die ...

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30, 65 and 125W mains PSUs support 130% overload for 10 seconds

Luso is stocking ac-dc mains power supplies that can deliver 130% of their rated power for 10 seconds. TAD30-P, TAD65-P and TAD125 are nominally rated at 30, 65 and 125W respectively, and “can provide high peak power to meet needs of temporary high load situations in industrial and communication applications, such as electric tools, electric ...

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Verkotan offers 5G test services

Verkotan of Finland has turned to Anritsu for equipment to support its test services for manufacturers of 5G mobile devices. “With the roll-out of 5G networks, there is a need for performance tests for 5G devices,” according to Anritsu. “Verkotan is meeting this need using Anritsu`s MT8000A 5G communication tester, offering SAR [specific absorption rate] tests, ...

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Microchip puts its courses on-line

Microchip is offering on-line courses for engineers. Built around company products and under the umbrella of ‘Microchip University’, the courses and webcasts cover a range “diverse embedded design topics ranging from C programming to cryptography”, said the company. “Courses offer best practices for implementing a wide variety of systems such as the IoT, communication protocols ...

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MCU for entry-level vision AI

Entry-level AI-based vision is the target for a microcontroller from Renesas. As part of the RZ/V Series, the new RZ/V2L has the company’s ‘DRP-AI’ artificial intelligence accelerator, with operating frequency and memory interface scaled for entry-level applications. The DRP-AI provides real-time inference and image processing with camera support such as colour correction and noise reduction. In this ...

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Machine learning assistance for Infineon PSoCs

Infineon has announced machine learning extensions to its ModusToolbox for deep learning workloads on its PSoC microcontrollers. “Enabled by TinyML, ‘artificial intelligence of things’ is a natural evolution, where acting on data locally helps manage data privacy, latency and overall system reliability,” said Infineon v-p IoT Steve Tateosian. “ModusToolbox bridges a gap between machine learning ...

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Secure Thingz adds hacking protection through NXP MCU PUF

Secure Thingz has tied up with NXP to secure the storage on LPC55S6x microcontrollers equipped with a physical unclonable function (PUF) – secure development tools C-Trust and Embedded Trust, as well as the secure prototyping and production platform Secure Deploy, now cover the MCU family. Embedded Trust and C-Trust are integrated with the IAR Embedded Workbench ...

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