Intel’s internet of things (IoT) microcontroller, the Quark is now available from Mouser Electronics. The D2000 is aimed at applications that require long battery life, such as wearable sensors and RFID tags. The 32MHz, 32-bit microcontroller contains 32kbyte of flash and 8kbyte of SRAM and there are 25 general-purpose inputs and outputs (GPIOs). Designed to …
Sharp makes flexible OLED; investing $1.84bn
Sharp, now owned by Foxconn, is to invest $1.84 billion into OLED development and manufacturing over the next four years, reports the Nikkei. Sources have speculated that Apple encouraged, and possibly assisted, Foxconn in its takeover of Sharp because it sees OLED supply as vital to its iPhone and iPad product lines. Sharp has developed …
Sedna re-creates Picasso lighting experiment using LEDs
Sedna, the Cardiff LED lighting specialist, has recreated Picasso’s light experiment using an LED torch to mark the 43rd anniversary of the artist’s death. Mike Collins who was responsible for re-creating Picasso’s experiment, says: “Sedna have proved themselves to be innovative thinkers -using their resources to make a brighter world.” Collins explains his approach on …
NXP mulling sale of standard chip business to China
NXP is mulling a sale of its standard chip business reports Bloomberg. The division made an operating profit of $264 million last year on sales of $1.24 billion. It is thought to be worth about $2 billion. Chinese investor Jianguang Asset Management known as JAC Capital is thought to be interested. JAC bought NXP’s RF …
Being A Guinea Pig
Although Sony was the first Japanese company to license the transistor, other, bigger companies, like Toshiba, soon out-produced them. Sony co-founder Masaru Ibuka at first took umbrage when a magazine article described Sony as a ‘guinea pig’ in this respect, but soon appreciated that it was an unintended compliment. ”One of our most important jobs …
Industrial IoT nodes get fast route to
Moxa, a supplier of industrial networking equipment, is proposing that sensors and other industrial IoT devices can be connected over over 4G LTE wireless networks. The company has coupled a data logger with built-in 4G LTE communications with a gateway that connects to most commercially-available PLCs and RTUs, and an I/O module to collect analogue …
Cadence tie-up puts Oxford on the global verification stage
The University of Oxford has confirmed its place as a specialist in formal verification of IC designs with the naming of Dr. Ziyad Hanna, Cadence vice president of R&D, as a visiting professor in Oxford’s Department of Computer Science for the next three years. Oxford’s Automated Verification Group has an international reputation and the appointment …
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports PostgreSQL 9.5 with version 9.5.2, as well as minor versions 9.4.7 and 9.3.12
Amazon RDS for PostgreSQL now supports major version 9.5, which contains several new features including UPSERT capability, Row Level Security (RLS) and several Big Data capabilities. In addition to supporting the new major version of PostgreSQL, 9.5, RDS for PostgreSQL also supports new minor versions 9.4.7 and 9.3.12, which contain several enhancements and fixes. All three versions are available to use starting today.
CloudWatch Events Now Supports Lambda Function Versions and Aliases
Amazon CloudWatch Events now supports AWS Lambda function versions and aliases .
Desert water line project uses McElroy fusion machine
Materials are part of an effort to replace aged and leaking concrete water delivery structures were delivered in March near the Mexico border in San Luis, Ariz.