From bulky vacuum tubes to compact high performance microprocessors the evolution of electronic components over the years has always been evident. This section covers all the recent technological advancement in the electronics industry and the new-age products that have hit the electronics market recently.
In a new approach to thermal protection in outdoor wearable electronics, scientists from Korea and the US have developed an innovative solution, the radiative cooler that keeps wearable devices cool even under direct sunlight. Led by Professor Young Min Song from Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST), Korea, the team produced a nano-/micro-voids polymer (…
Digi-Key Electronics is introducing Part Tracing on select cut tape products to further enhance traceability and product customization offerings, and make it easier for customers to visually verify cut tape products. This new Part Tracing feature will enable engineers to better organize their components and also improve traceability.
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Global Foundries and Bosch have collaborated to develop and manufacture next-generation mmWave automotive radar system-on-chip (SoC) for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) applications. The 22FDX-based radar SoCs will offer best-in-class performance, power consumption, and broad feature integration capability to make the vehicles smarter and roads safer.
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Renesas Electronics Corporation and LUPA-Electronics GmbH have collaboratively introduced the EagleCAM module, an open front camera solution that significantly shortens time to mass production of Euro NCAP, C-NCAP, and L2+ applications. Featuring Renesas’ R-Car V3H and R-Car V3M system-on-chip (SoC) devices, this all-in-one scalable camera platform enables OEMs and Tier 1s…
Maxim Integrated Products has announced that its dual IO-Link products have been adopted by OMRON Corporation for the company’s NXR-Series IO-Link Controller and IO-Link I/O hubs, expanding its IO-Link bi-directional controller and digital IO capabilities. NXR-Series give OMROM customers a new way to add IOs to factory automation systems and bring intelligence to the edge of…
Designed to write sensor readings to a secure blockchain, Pebble Tracker from IoTeX is a secure, battery-operated, multi-sensor, cellular-IoT prototyping platform that uses a tamper-proof secure element to convert real-world phenomenon into verifiable, blockchain-ready data. This new prototyping platform is built around Nordic Semiconductor’s latest low-power nRF9160 System-…
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in the US, killing one out of every three Americans. Every day 2200 people are killed by heart disease, and one-third of the cases showed zero symptoms. Addressing this problem, Cloudmed came up with a device named iCare, a small cardiovascular tester that identifies early abnormal symptoms of heart in just 60 seconds.
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The COVID-19 pandemic and worldwide lockdown hit us hard, many manufacturing units, suffered losses across the globe, with the automotive industry and consumer electronics being no exception. From mobile phones to computers, automobiles and other electronic items that require semiconductors for control and memory functions are facing problems owing to the…
The popular R-Car V3H SoC with integrated IP for Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN) from Renesas Electronics Corporation has lately been updated with improved deep learning performance to meet NCAP 2020 requirements. The updated SoC combines sensor fusion on the real-time domain with up to ASIL C metrics and architecture optimized for smart computer vision.
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Combining cloud-based AI with ultra-low-power triggered image capture, the new RSL10 Smart Shot Camera from On Semiconductor enables next-generation IoT imaging applications including surveillance cameras, restricted areas, factory automation, smart agriculture, and smart homes. The platform is based on the RSL10 SIP and ARX3A0 CMOS image sensor and features multiple trigger…
Boston-based Company, Onion Corporation has come up with a new easy-to-use LiDAR depth-sensing camera, Onion Tau that aims to be the new entry point to 3D mapping applications. This new LiDAR Time of Flight (ToF) camera can be used in various applications like augmented reality and computer vision for robotics, automation, self-driving cars, and object and people detection.…
Digi-Key Electronics announced that it has launched a new video series focused on smart agriculture, sponsored by Supplyframe and Amphenol RF. The video series, titled “Farm Different” is a three-part series focused on the people, technology, and challenges of modern agriculture.
“We’re excited to share these important perspectives and insights from…
