New Motion Module for Easy Motion Monitoring

From circuitcellar.com 7 years ago in News

Microchip Technology announced at the Embedded World conference in Germany the MM7150 Motion Module, which combines Microchip’s SSC7150 motion co-processor combined with nine-axis sensors. Included in compact form factor are an accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope. With a simple I2C connection … Continue reading →

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GaN AC-DC Supplies Deliver Continuous 300W

From circuitcellar.com 7 days ago in News

CUI has announced the expansion of two GaN desktop AC-DC power supply series to its SDI product family, broadening their product range for the GaN adapter line. The SDI300G-U and SDI300G-UR offer 300W of continuous power from a compact desktop...

Add GPS to Your Embedded System

From circuitcellar.com 1 week ago in News

MCU-Based Design We depend on GPS technology a lot these days, and technology advances have brought fairly powerful GPS functionally into our pockets. Today’s miniaturization of GPS receivers makes it practical to embed a GPS module into your system design....

Tiger Lake Thin Mini-ITX SBC and COMe Module Roll

From circuitcellar.com 1 week ago in News

DFI announced a “TGU” line of embedded boards and systems built around Intel’s 11th Gen Tiger Lake UP3 processors with 15-28W TDPs, starting with a thin mini-ITX board and COM Express Compact Type 6 and Mini Type 10 modules. The...

AirTag Teardown and Security Analysis

From circuitcellar.com 1 week ago in News

Hacker vs. Tracker In this article, Colin takes a look at a recently demonstrated fault injection attack on the AirTag device. While the AirTag alone has a limited attack surface, it opens the door for a variety of additional analysis....

Embedded Controllers Enable Cellular IoT and AI

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Alif Semiconductor has announced the launch of its Ensemble and Crescendo (shown) product families. Alif says the devices fill the market need for scalable, power efficient devices that integrate AI/ML acceleration, multi-layered security, LTE Cat-M1 and NB-IoT connectivity, GNSS positioning...

A Guide to Using Transistors

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

As a Switch and More There’s a lot you can do with electronics these days without any EE-level of knowledge. But certain concepts can be tricky—like selecting a transistor for a high-current or high-voltage design. In this article, Jeff steps...

MCUs Provide HMI Functions for Contactless Systems

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Renesas Electronics has introduced the RX671 group of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). They provide high-performance, high-functionality single-chip solution with touch sensing and voice recognition capabilities for contactless operation. Part of Renesas’ mainstream RX600 Series, the RX671 MCUs are built around an...

Embedded PCs

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Complete Compute Solutions Box-level embedded computers, also known as Embedded PCs, have emerged as a key technology for a variety of embedded systems markets. By using a complete, turn-key system-level solution, system developers no longer have to spend time on...

COM-HPC Module Sports up to 80-Core Arm SoC

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Adlink unveiled a “COM-HPC Ampere Altra” module that runs Linux on a 32- or 80-core, Arm v8.2 based Ampere Altra. There is also an automotive focused “AVA Developer Platform” that supports Arm’s new SOAFEE initiative. Adlink announced a COM-HPC/Server module...

Displacement and Position Sensors (Part 2)

From circuitcellar.com 2 months ago in News

Contactless Methods You’re now familiar with contact methods for displacement measurement. In this article, George covers contactless options, including ultrasonic, radio and laser ranging. Last month in Part 1 we reviewed major techniques of displacement measurement by contact methods. This...