RF specialist announces a portfolio of 802.11ax products for Wi-Fi gateways, set-top boxes and routers.

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Macom has announced a 500W (peak) GaN-on-Si power transistor for pulsed L-Band airport surveillance radar at 1.2-1.4GHz. Called MAGX-101214-500, greater than 70% power efficiency is claimed during 50V pulsed operation. “Supplied in a small-footprint ceramic flanged package and supporting matching structures that minimise circuit size, MAGX-101214-500 transistors help to enable rugged, compact radar systems underpinned with …

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SiFive has released an open-source RISC-V architecture 64bit, quad-core application processor aimed at full-featured operating systems such as Linux. “RISC-V is a free and open instruction set architecture [ISA] designed to enable chips across the full spectrum of computing devices, from embedded devices to the data centre,” said the firm. “The release of the U54-MC Coreplex …

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Panasonic is claiming a record low power for its latest Bluetooth module, which has a peak consumption of 3.3mA in receive or transmit mode. Supporting mandatory and optional Bluetooth 4.2 features, PAN1760A is intended to add wireless function to IoT, medical and industrial applications. The 15.6 x 8.7 x 1.9mm surface-mount device is based on Toshiba’s …

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Rohde & Schwarz is developing a range of automotive radar testing equipment. According to the firm, soon-to-be-available is something for analysing radomes, and a multi-dimensional automotive radar echo generator. The AREG100A automotive radar echo generator, previewed at European Microwave Week in Nuremberg, is aimed at end-of-production-line testing for all automotive radar bands  – 24, 76 …

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Allegro has introduced a three-phase, sensor-less, brush-less DC motor controller for automotive use with engine cooling fans, and oil and water pumps. Called A4964, it works with external n-channel mosfets and is designed to work in systems where a small microcontroller provides communication to a central  electronic control unit (ECU), plus intelligent fault and status handling. It provides …

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BAe is to lose 2,000 jobs. Over the next three years, 1,400 jobs are to go at its military aerospace business, 375 at maritime services and 150 at its cyber-intelligence business. BAE aims to achieve the cuts through voluntary redundancies where possible. The company employs 83,100 people worldwide, including 34,600 in the UK. Warton and …

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A 9KHz-7GHz directional bridge and dual RMS RF power detector that measures forward and reverse power levels in a signal path along with return loss.

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At last the retailer and Acuity will roll out the world’s largest lighting-based indoor positioning system, using Bluetooth but not VLC.

The US Department of Energy expects warm white LEDs to reach near efficacy parity with cool-white LEDs by 2025, but OLED performance improvement is trailing expectations.