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Renesas, Nidec show first 8-in-1 e-axle proof of concept

Renesas, Nidec show first 8-in-1 e-axle proof of concept

Renesas Electronics has teamed up with Nidec for the industry’s first ‘8 in 1’ e-axle proof of concept (PoC). The e-axle combines eight functions with a single RH850/U2B microcontroller and power management IC (PMIC) rather than separate devices for each function to significantly...

Published on: November 11, 2024

3D-printed solutions for electronics protection

3D-printed solutions for electronics protection

With the help of 3D printing techniques, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) are “packaging” electronics with printable elastomeric silicone foams to provide both mechanical and electrical protection of sensitive componentsElectrostatic discharge (ESD) protection is a significant concern in the chemical...

Published on: November 11, 2024

AI vision implemented on edge MCUs using Nvidia TAO demonstrated

AI vision implemented on edge MCUs using Nvidia TAO demonstrated

Alif Semiconductor® and Edge Impulse have announced a significant breakthrough in implementing AI vision processing on edge microcontrollers (MCUs), through the introduction of full support for the Nvidia TAO model training toolkit on the Ensemble® and Balletto™ MCU families and the Edge...

Published on: November 11, 2024

Digital special edition covers electronics 2024

Digital special edition covers electronics 2024

As the world’s leading electronics innovators and companies gather for electronica 2024 in Munich this week, Elektor and eeNews Europe have published a special digital edition to  showcase of the strengths of both publications. Both eeNews and Elektor are at the show...

Published on: November 10, 2024

ADI buys Flex Logix embedded FPGA assets

ADI buys Flex Logix embedded FPGA assets

Flex Logix has sold its embedded FPGA assets to Analog Devices (ADI), which has also hired the technical team.Flex Logix had been selling its low power EFLX and InferX embedded FPGA IP for artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) designs, having also...

Published on: November 10, 2024

Magnetic octupoles overcome problems with antiferromagnets

Magnetic octupoles overcome problems with antiferromagnets

Physicists at RIKEN have demonstrated how ultrafast, low-power-consumption memory devices could be realized by replacing conventional magnetic materials with novel onesIn conventional hard disk drives, the magnetic disk has to be physically moved to read to and write from the disk. This...

Published on: November 10, 2024

ModusToolbox to simplify motor control development

ModusToolbox to simplify motor control development

Infineon Technologies has launched a suite of software, tools and resources for developing, configuring and monitoring motor control applications using the triple core XMC7000 controller with PSoC support coming.The Infineon ModusToolbox Motor Suite supports industrial, robotics, and consumer applications such as home...

Published on: November 09, 2024

Innoscience comes out fighting after US trade judgement

Innoscience comes out fighting after US trade judgement

The US ITC trade regulator has ruled against Innoscience of China in an ongoing patent dispute with EPC over gallium nitride (GaN) chips.The ITC ruling will see certain GaN power chips from Innoscience banned from the US. However the company is set...

Published on: November 09, 2024

UK chip designer FTDI forced to sell China stake

UK chip designer FTDI forced to sell China stake

Future Technology Devices International (FTDI) in Glasgow is being forced to sell an 80% stake in the company owned by a Chinese company.The UK government has ordered the sale of the 80.2% stake held by Feite Holdings, a division of Beijing Jianguang...

Published on: November 09, 2024

IO-Link transceiver has integrated oscillator

IO-Link transceiver has integrated oscillator

Orca Semiconductor has announced its second product an IO-Link communications transceiver for industrial applications. The part is numbered OS2000.The OS2000 can be used in either IO-Link master or device applications and features two control interface options: I2C or GPIO (general input output)....

Published on: November 08, 2024