XMOS and Sensory will combine to deliver Sensory’s TrulyHandsfree voice control technology on the XMOS xCORE-VOICE far-field voice capture processing platform.

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Small Cell Forum (SCF) has published its latest guidelines for operators planning to deploy Network Function Virtualisation (NFV). Small cell virtualisation offers scalability and network slicing and so is likely to be used as a part of 5G networks, enterprise services and the internet of things (IoT). Virtualisation allows network functions to be separated from the radio, and run …

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Intersil announces high power digital multi-phase controllers equipped with AVSBus (adaptive voltage scaling bus), claiming them to be the first that communicate using the standard.

Read full article: First PWM controller with AVSBus, supplies up to 450A for FPGAs

I can’t resist mentioning that the main app behind our Build Your Own App series has now passed the milestone of one hundred current users. That’s 105 to be precise, at time of writing, for French Revolution – Day by Day.

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Q3 semiconductor sales hit an all-time record of $88.3 billion, which was 11.5% up on Q2, says SIA.

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Mannerisms is ten years old today. The very first one, on Nov 1 2006, was about lousy wireless networks in Europe and the USA. Funnily enough, or not so funnily, yesterday afternoon’s post was also about the lousy wireless networks. A decade on, and with an umpteen times increase in mobile traffic, the network operators …

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Spread the word: Electronics Weekly is launching EW BrightSparks, a programme to highlight the brightest and most talented young electronic engineers in the UK today. Help us to celebrate young engineers who are already making a difference in the first years of their working life.

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Allegro has developed a range of high-current automotive-grade current sensors in packages only 1.5mm thick. The Hall sensors are differential to reject common-mode fields  – from nearby current-carrying conductors, for example. The devices consist of a precision low-offset linear Hall circuit with a copper conduction path located near the die (see photo). Applied current generates …

Read full article: 100A ac/dc automotive sensor measures from 200μΩ

Infineon has developed an Arduino shield to demonstrate the potential of its 24V Profet protected power switches. Called the Protected Switch Shield, it is also compatible with the firm’s own XMC microcontroller kits which borrow the Arduino form factor. The shield runs from 8-36V and provides a driver circuit with logic level inputs, load diagnosis and …

Read full article: Infineon’s power switch eval board fits Arduino

Harvard Technology, which manufactures in the UK, will be exhibiting its latest range of products at LUX Live on stand K2. It will unveil programmable LED drivers, the latest addition to its CoolLED range, and be showing the recently launched Gen III Elite, Pro and Classic light engines. Also on display will be the newly updated …

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