Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a design kit for its PSoC programmable system-on-chip devices incorporating Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) slave communications. The CY8CKIT-026 CAN and LIN Shield Kit features two CAN transceivers for high-accuracy, high-speed transmissions, two LIN transceivers and Arduino compatible headers. Additionally, the kit includes five example projects that …
Backplane connector carries 56Gbit/s in basestations
TE Connectivity says that its Strada Whisper direct plug orthogonal (DPO) connectors are designed to eliminate mid-plane connectivity to improve airflow in basestations and other types of communications equipment. The backplane connector supports 25Gbit/s data rates and is scalability up to 56Gbit/s (PAM4 and NRZ). The DPO connectors are designed to offer alignment and installation …
Huawei enjoys bumper 2015
Huawei grew revenue 37% to $62 billion for a profit of $5.7 billion. It expects revenues of $75 billion this year. Sales of consumer goods, including 108 million smartphones, rose 73% to $19.9 billion. Sales of networking equipment rose 21% to $35.8 billion propelled by investment in 4G. Huawei spent $9 billion on R&D. In …
BlackBerry still struggling
Q1 sales (to the end of February) at BlackBerry fell by almost $200m to $464 million. The company made a loss of $238 million in the quarter compared to a profit of $28 million for the same quarter last year. The company blamed delays caused by negotiations with the network operators about its Priv handset. …
Lighting industry gets “world-class” test lab
The Lighting Industry Association’s new testing laboratory has been opened in Telford, the LIA Laboratory. The 12,500 sq ft purpose built facility is one of the largest of its type in Europe and will create a national testing asset for the UK’s lighting industry. This is an ISO 17025 test laboratory dedicated to lighting and …
UK firm develops wireless system to monitor tyres
A London-based firm called Silent Sensors has developed a new approach to tyre pressure and temperature measurement which it says will allow transport firms to track, manage and monitor tyres on vehicles. The system uses passive RFID sensor technology and can monitor tyres using drive-over mats, hand held readers or whilst on the road. It …
Arduino writes IoT manifesto
Arduino Day took place in California at the weekend and founder Massimo Banzi unveiled the embedded development board community’s most powerful IoT platform to date. The launch of the MKR1000 joined a new Project Hub and Iot website as the Arduino community looks to embrace IoT in a big way. According to Banzi, the release …
Bristol University researchers claims record spectrum efficiency for 5G
A wireless antenna technology developed at the Universities of Bristol and Lund, could give 5G mobile basestations a 12-fold increase in spectrum efficiency compared with current 4G cellular technology. Multiple antenna technology, referred to as MIMO, is already used in many Wi-Fi routers and 4G cellular phone systems. Normally this involves up to four antennas …
Bristol University researchers claims record spectrum efficiency for 5G
Only Connect: The isse of sub-standard USB-C cables
Welcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has more than 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly. For those of us in the cable assembly business, we are faced with low-cost imports being sold in the UK market place enticing unsuspecting consumers to buy …
Practical Use For Lasers Found
The first-known practical application of lasers has now been announced by Hughes Aircraft in Culver City, US. So, 55 years ago, starts a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 22nd 1961. The story continues: An experimental radar system weighing about 25 to 30lbs and named Colidar (coherent light detection and ranging) has been built. …