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Hong Kong partners with i2O to smarten up its drinking water supply
The Water Supplies Department of Hong Kong has approved a new data logging system from British company i2O to measure the performance of its water supply network…
Mystery box appears
One of these has just been put up in the local vineyard. Failing to measure it at the time, I am guessing it is on a 100mm wide pole, so it is about 300mm across. The pole is about 3m high. My best guess is bat roost? But the pole is awfully springy and the …
Thunderous Cavium ARM-based processors sample this quarter
Cavium is to start sampling OCTEON ThunderX (TX) this quarter – a line of 64-bit ARM-based SOCs for control plane and data plane applications in networking, security, and storage. OCTEON TX has 4 product families – CN80XX, CN81XX, CN82XX and CN83XX with 1 to 24 full custom, enhanced 64-bit ARM v8.1 cores. The 1 to …
STM32 tool has firmware to set breakpoints in flash
Segger has introduced J-Link firmware for the embedded ST-LINK on STM32 Nucleo, STM32 Discovery and other microcontroller unit (MCU) evaluation boards from STMicroelectronics. According to the supplier, the upgrade turns a board’s ST-LINK interface into a fully functional J-Link, which can then be employed to debug the board’s application processor. The J-Link firmware allows …
USB Type-C cable assembly test made simple
Keysight Technologies is offering a Method of Implementation (MOI) document for cable assembly compliance tests defined in Rev. 1.1 of the USB Type-C specification and Rev. 1.0 of the USB Type-C Compliance Test Specification (CTS). The USB Type-C MOI is intended to be used with the M937xA PXIe multiport vector network analyser to provide the …
GaN on show at PCIM
Gallium nitride is the power semiconductor industry’s fastest maturing technology and potential applications ranging from medical devices to electric vehicle charging systems will be demonstrated by companies at PCIM (Power Conversion Intelligent Motion) exhibition which takes place next week (May 10th -12th) in Nuremberg, Germany. As GaN (gallium nitride) moves to mainstream production of high …
Qualcomm says neural networks will transform mobile processing
Qualcomm is now making deep learning software development, for face recognition and text translation, possible on devices based on its Snapdragon 820 processors. The software development kit uses a neural processing methodology which is optimized to use the processor’s heterogeneous compute capabilities to support neural network processing functions. Qualcomm said it will now be possible …
Qualcomm says neural networks will transform mobile processing
CDNLive: Cadence intros fast neural network processor
Cadence Design Systems has used its European CDNLive event in Munich to announce its highest performance neural processing device, the Tensilica Vision P6 digital signal processor (DSP). Vision processing and deep learning are the fastest growing applications areas for neural network processing. According to Chris Rowen, CTO for the IP Group at Cadence, speaking in …
Gadget Watch: Wistiki launches Philippe Starck Bluetooth tracking devices
A new range of Bluetooth tracking devices are launching today, with Wistiki aiming to bring a social element to object tracking functionality. There’s also a style angle in that the French startup company has teamed up with French designer Philippe Starck to make the devices aesthetically pleasing. Wistiki is serving up three different shapes, each one …
Gadget Watch: Wistiki launches Philippe Starck Bluetooth tracking devices