Internet of Things

Power Integrations has upped the output power if its LinkSwitch-TN2 ac-dc converter family with a device that can output 575mA – previously the top end was 360mA. “These new LinkSwitch-TN2 ICs are pin-to-pin compatible with previous generations, making it simple for customers to upgrade to higher-power designs,” according to the company. “A buck converter can be created using a minimal ...

Novocomms has launched a multi-channel mobile comms antenna for IoT use. Called FPCB LTE 4G it can transmit and receive across 4G, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and satellite frequencies: 698 – 960MHz  peak gain 0.37dBi,  >25% efficiency 1.5 – 1.65GHz  peak gain 1.21dBi,  >46% efficiency 1.71 – 2.69GHz  peak gain 3.64dBi,  >38% efficiency The antenna is a flexible (150μm thick) 100 x 16mm with ...

Advantech, a specialist in industrial IoT, has launched Advantech Connect, with AIoT Vision as its theme. An online partner conference, the forum will centre around five main topics: Industrial IoT, Embedded IoT, IoT Cloud Platform – WISE-PaaS, Smart City Solutions and Services, and Cloud IoT. It is being held from 24 February to 6 May. In total, more than 20 ...

There's a new whitepaper available for download detailing energy harvesting for remote switches using Zigbee, for example for use in Smart Homes and Buildings.

NXP has announced i.MX 9, a processor series for intelligent multi-sensor applications, and i.MX 8ULP-CS (cloud secured), a family of Microsoft Azure Sphere-certified processors. According to the company: “Scalable i.MX 9 families bring together higher performance applications cores, an independent MCU-like real-time domain, state-of-the art security and dedicated multi-sensory data processing engines for graphics, image, display, audio and voice. i.MX 9 ...

NXP has announced its integrated Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) solutions for industrial automation that now support the CC-Link IE TSN protocol, combining gigabit Ethernet bandwidth with TSN to strengthen time sharing communication, performance, security and functionality for industrial Ethernet. With CC-Link IE TSN certified support on NXP’s LS1028A industrial applications processor as well as i.MX RT1170 crossover MCU under certification, NXP ...

On Semiconductor has released a pcb-level low-frame-rate low-power IoT smart camera for cloud-based AI image capture and recognition. Called the RSL10 Smart Shot Camera, it is intended to add “the power of [cloud] AI-based image recognition to low-power IoT endpoints, such as surveillance cameras, restricted areas, factory automation, smart agriculture and smart homes”, according to the company. “A companion smartphone application ...

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the IoT, is supplying its universal IoT security platform, QuarkLink, to the Renesas secure MCU ecosystem. QuarkLink supports devices that use Renesas’ Secure Cryptographic Engine (SCE) and Trusted Secure IP (TSIP) blocks across the RA, RX and RZ microcontroller families. Using Crypto Quantique’s proven cryptographic APIs, the QuarkLink platform will enable Renesas ...

An upcoming Japanese bonding technology will enable the 5G Smart City revolution, believes Alex Spatzig, Business Development Manager for Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Europe. Nearly a hundred years on from the first commercial mobile telephony service – which, curiously enough, was offered on trains between Hamburg and Berlin in Germany – we are ushering in the fifth generation of mobile network ...

STMicroelectronics has joined the Zeta Alliance, which promotes the Zeta low-power wide area network (LPWAN). Zeta is a competitor to LoRa, Sigfox and NB-IoT, and came out of Shanghai-based ZiFiSense. “ST is actively engaged with the industry bodies for all leading LPWAN standards for IoT connectivity and offers a portfolio of solutions,” according to ST. “Zeta has a strong value proposition ...