C&K is aiming at vehicle interiors with a tactile switch optimised for low sound, long travel and positive-but-soft tactile feedback, according to the company. Called the TLS (tact low sound) series, they have J-leads to reduce pcb footprint – which is ~8 x 8mm and 4mm tall. “The IP54 sealed switch offers protection against dust, ...
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Cartesiam has optimised its NanoEdge artificial intelligence software for ST’s Arm-based STM32 microcontroller development boards. NanoEdge AI Studio is designed for companies that do not have expert resources in machine learning, according to Cartesiam. “Among many improvements, it also brings live data logging in NanoEdge AI Studio directly through the STM32 serial-USB port and an enhanced ...
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Bridgelux has developed a metric for comparing light sources to natural light: average spectral difference (ASD). “With the growing market interest in human-centric lighting, the question of ‘naturalness’ of light source spectra is becoming a frequently asked question,” according to the company. “Standard lighting quality metrics such as CRI and TM- 30 do not fully address ...
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Osram is aiming at automotive interiors with a pair of infra-red leds called Oslon Piccolo – intended to sense occupier hand gestures to allow touch-free control of in-car displays. “Automotive interior design is currently undergoing a fundamental change,” according to the company. “Displays are getting larger, the number of manual controls is decreasing and customisable ...
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Toshiba has launched two driver chips for high-side power rail mosfets. Aimed at automotive applications, they are AEC-Q100 qualified and have robustness-increasing features not normally seen in high-side switches. “TPD7106F and TPD7107F have functions that support the high reliability required by automotive ECUs,” according to the company. “These include a self-protection function and various built-in diagnostic ...
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CUI has announced a range of open-frame ac-dc PSUs with a power-boost feature for motors. “Since bodies in rest tend to stay in rest and require more force to get them moving, a large on-set of power is needed to get motors and pumps started,” according to CUI, whose power boost “provides twice the rated ...
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Green Hills Software to offer Excelfore’s in-vehicle network (IVN) stacks, integrated and optimised with Green Hills’ Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS) and its embedded TCP/IP v4/v6 networking stack. The combined software will support: Ethernet AVB/TSN Talker/Listener DoIP SOME/IP RTP/RTCP (including IEEE 1733) gPTP Slave/Bridging “Together, these solutions provide the security, safety, performance and protocol support required in ...
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Schurter has created a small user interface that combines a graphics and video interface with touch and swipe-style gesture controls. The 64mm diameter font panel has a central circular OLED display, described at 128 x 128 by the company, then tough buttons around the edge (at north, south east and west) plus a central touch ...
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SyniosS2222 is a family of low and mid-power leds that Osram Opto Semiconductors is aiming at applications from lighting in electronic devices to ambient lighting in trains, planes and architecture. Ratings range across 10mA to 200mA, and there are six colour options as well as whites: white (3,000 – 6,500K, CRI >80) blue (445 – ...
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A quantum radar using entangled microwave photons has been created at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria. Also known as ‘microwave quantum illumination’, the demonstration detected objects in a noisy thermal environment – and there are potential applications for it in low-power biomedical imaging and security scanners, according to the Institute. “What we have ...
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