The vending machine is a relatively unrecognised, but fast growing market opportunity for the electronics industry.
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How to keep your cool with high-rel thermal management
Efficient thermal management is the key to successful, ‘bullet-proof’ high-reliability design, writes Tom Gregory of 6SigmaET.
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Interview: Sondrel IC design group keeps an eye on opportunity
After buying Imagination’s IMGworks, Sondrel CEO Graham Curren talks about the group’s great leap forward.
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Leti and Fraunhofer team-up to boost CMOS in France and Germany
Two important European research institutes have signed a deal to develop next-generation electronics. French semiconductor research lab Leti and Berlin-based Fraunhofer Group for Microelectronics will initially focus on extending CMOS and ‘more-than-Moore’ technologies. The intention is to create components for IoT, augmented reality, automotive, health and aeronautics, as well as to support French and German industry. …
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Ubuntu Core opens IoT possibilities for Raspberry Pi (CM3)
The Raspberry Pi Compute Module will now run the Ubuntu Core. Ubuntu Core running on the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 3, which is a micro-version of the Raspberry Pi 3 that slots into a standard DDR2 SODIMM connector, means developers have a route to the production and can upgrade functionality through the addition of snaps- the …
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How Repairable is Your Mobile Device?
In combination with Greenpeace, iFixit compilea a repairability report covering a range of brands – How Repairable is Your Mobile Device? – with some surprising findings.
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French and German researchers collaborate on future chip technologies
Leti, the French semiconductor research institute, teams with Fraunhofer’s microelectronics group to extend next generation CMOS technologies for the IoT
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Packaged LED news: Osram targets camera flashes, Lumileds ramps COB output
The Osram Oslux S2.1 multi-chip packaged LED mixes color temperature to match ambient lighting and optimize photos and video, while new Lumileds COB LEDs extend flux output to 30,000 lm for street-light and high-bay lighting.
Announcing New AWS Direct Connect Locations in Kuala Lumpur and Seoul
AWS Direct Connect now has two new locations in LG U+ Pyeong-Chon Mega Center, Seoul, South Korea, and Menara AIMS, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia supporting the Asia Pacific (Seoul) and Asia Pacific (Singapore) AWS Regions respectively. Customers in these cities can now establish a dedicated network connection from their premise to AWS.
AWS Greengrass Available in EU (Frankfurt) and Asia Pacific (Sydney) Regions
AWS Greengrass is software that lets you run local compute, messaging, data and state synchronization for connected devices in a secure way. With AWS Greengrass, connected devices can run AWS Lambda functions, keep device data in sync, and communicate with other devices securely – even when not connected to the Internet. Using AWS Lambda, Greengrass ensures your IoT devices can respond quickly to local events, operate with intermittent connections, and minimize the cost of transmitting IoT data to the cloud.