MI:power powers the BBC micro:bit via a 3V coin cell battery and is intended to make it easier for the BBC micro:bit to be used within wearable tech projects
Cree boosts street lamp efficacy by 25%
Cree has introduced the next generation of its XSP series of street lamps, increasing output as well as boosting lm/W by up to 25% over the standard XSP Series. Called XSP HO Series, up to 18,523 lm and 116 lm/W is available. The the lamps are intended to replace high-pressure sodium fixtures from 70W to …
Imagination speeds Debian development for 64-bit MIPS
Imagination Technologies has announced it’s working with the Debian Project to help the development of the Debian operating system for the 64-bit MIPS architecture.
Networking giant Huawei teams with China’s leading LED lighting company Opple
Cisco is not the only IT behemoth moving into smart lighting.
Second down year for semis, says IDC
The chip market will fall 2.3% in 2016, says IDC For the second year running IC revenues will see a decline, falling to $324 billion, says IDC. Revenues are forecast to log a CAGR of 1.9% from 2015-2020, reaching $364 billion in 2020. An economic pause in China and emerging markets, and a softening of …
What Innovation Can Kick-Start iPhone Sales?
Is Apple really slipping? Things don’t look so rosy for the world’s most valuable company: Shares down 20% in 6 months. 10 million less iPhones sold in Q1 2016 than in Q1 2015 and a further decline expected in Q2 ahead of Q3’s expected iPhone 7 launch. TSMC and Dialog slashing H2 revenue projections suggesting …
DevBoard Watch: Whisper Node builds on a single AA battery
The Whisper Node is based on the AVR ATMega328p, the same chip used on the Arduino.
Lattice bridge IC brings mobile display interfaces to industrial apps
Lattice Semiconductor has addressed the issue of multiple image sensor and display interface protocols with an FPGA-based bridge chip. Essentially, the device, called CrossLink, is a video interface bridge with a fast MIPI D-PHY capability that delivers up to 4K ultra-HD resolution at 12Gbit/s bandwidth. Protocols supported include MIPI D-PHY, MIPI CSI-2, MIPI DSI, MIPI …
Lattice bridge IC brings mobile display interfaces to industrial apps
Tsinghua Adds Marvell Stake To Lattice and Imagination
While Tsinghua was buying it’s 3% stake in Imagination earlier this month, it had already bagged up a stake in Marvell, a May 2nd SEC filing reveals. The size of the Marvell stake is not stated but It must be at least 5% which is the level required for disclosure under SEC rules. Last month …
Survey: Electronics and the European Union Referendum
Here on Electronics Weekly we would like to get a more nuanced view, oriented around the electronics industry, so we are running a survey to capture our readers’ views.