DC Water CEO and General Manager George Hawkins and American Water President and CEO Susan Story join the national organization.

Rohm has turned to Arduino to demonstrate part of its sensor portfolio. The evaluation kit, called SensorShield-EVK-001 is an Arduino ‘shield’ which has no sensors but allows separate sensing daughter boards to be interfaced with Arduino Uno, for example. Multiple daughter boards (see below) cover acceleration, barometric pressure and magnetic field sensing, for example. “Simply …

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Renesas and TTTech Computertechnik have developed a prototype electronic control unit (ECU) for self-driving vehicles. Aimed at mass production vehicles, the platform includes TTIntegration software and tools. It is the first outcome of the collaboration between TTTech and Renesas announced in January 2016, and is an extended version of kit released in October 2016. The …

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Harwin has added connector orientation, pin counts and soldering choices to Archer M50 (1.27mm pitch), M22 (2mm) and M20 (2.54mm ) industry standard connector ranges. All of the new surface mount connectors are available supplied in tape-and-reel packaging for use with automated pick and place assembly. Archer M50 connectors now include single-row pin headers and …

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Socionext, the Fujitsu-Panasonic SoC design jv, has started sampling a new Milbeaut 4K image processor. The SC2000, designed for drones and action cameras, is a new product from the “M10V” series, an eighth-generation version of Socionext’s Milbeaut Image Processors. It features the latest improvement in Socionext’s Milbeaut image processing algorithm and achieves the optimum combination …

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Panasonic has adopted Android 7.0 for the user interface of a in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system it is developing with Qualcomm – a co-operation that was announced at CES in Las Vegas. “State-of-the art Android 7.0 features give drivers a unified experience across an automaker’s entire vehicle line-up, adjusting for different applications, screen sizes, and resolutions,” …

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Carried out on behalf of the UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, the Lutz Pathfinder project was started 18 months ago to build and trial three automated pods within Milton Keynes, and assess their feasibility from both a technological and societal point of view. Designed and manufactured by Coventry-based firm RDM, the electric-powered two-seater pods …

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Semtech has announced at CES in Las Vegas a family of wireless charging transmitters and receivers that support applications requiring up to 40W of power. But the charging power transmitter is also backwards compatible, supporting Qi-enabled phones. The firm says it has used a firmware-based approach and proprietary communication protocol between the transmitter and receiver at 40W in its LinkCharge …

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In the 1970s the French discovered an unusual (for them) love of the Yanks. In fact, it was more a love of Yankee IC technology. The French industrial combine St Gobain joined up with a US company to found a French-based semiconductor company. The French defence and car manufacturer Matra joined up with another US …

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Ultrahaptics’ touchless haptic control has been incorporated into a demonstration car by Bosch. Ultrahaptics’ technology enhances gesture control, providing a human–machine interface (HMI) to Bosch’s infotainment system. The Ultrahaptics solution offers drivers the reassurance that their hands are in the right area for a gesture to be recognised and an immediate haptic response to an …

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