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Improving Battery Life in IoT Smart Camera Designs

The wireless connectivity side eats up a huge portion of the power budget in an IoT smart home security camera design. Learn how to keep power low as smart cameras add more processing intelligence.

October 26, 2023 by Deepal Mehta, InnoPhase IoT

New Automotive Sensors Improve Cameras, Tire Pressure, and EV Batteries

From automotive vision to energy management, these sensors rolled out last month help make vehicles smarter and safer.

October 25, 2023 by Aaron Carman

New Event-Based Vision Sensor Deemed ‘Smallest and Most Power-Efficient’

The event-based sensor mimics how the eyes and brain process images to overcome the barriers of conventional frame-based machine vision.

October 20, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Nvidia Targets Generative AI for Robotics with New Frameworks

At ROSCon 2023 this week, the release of the Metropolis and Isaac ROS 2.0 frameworks makes AI-powered robotics more practical and easier to develop.

October 19, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Onsemi Unveils Image Sensors That Boost Battery Life by 40 Percent

Aimed at Smart Homes and Offices, this new image sensor family promises to blend high performance with ultra-low power draw while moving key functionality from the image processor on to the sensor.

October 10, 2023 by Duane Benson

Lumotive Releases First Commercial Optical Beam-Steering Chip for LiDAR

All About Circuits received exclusive details about Lumotive’s new LM10 chip, the first commercial optical beam-steering chip designed to make optical 3D sensing as mainstream as cameras.

August 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Autonomous Robot Takes to the Soccer Field to Aim, Pass, and Score

To play a complex sport, this competitive robot uses multiple processors and local computer vision.

August 22, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Vishay Shrinks Down VCSEL-based Reflective Optical Sensor

Vishay's new optical sensor packs a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) and a silicon phototransistor in a 1.85 mm x 1.2 mm x 0.6 mm package.

August 17, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Teledyne FLIR’s New Radiometric Thermal Camera Offers Widest FOV Yet

With a wider FOV and radiometric abilities, the newest thermal camera module allows designers to see more in the same package size as previous Lepton cameras.

August 15, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Omnivision Tacks on Two Global Shutter Sensors to Near-infrared Family

The two new global shutter image sensors from Omnivision aim to expand the availability of in-cabin monitoring solutions.

June 28, 2023 by Jake Hertz

Particle Launches Resources To Take IoT from Prototype to Production

At its annual Spectra conference, today Particle is rolling out hardware and software products aimed at making IoT more accessible for all.

June 21, 2023 by Jake Hertz

New LiDAR Improves Testing, Satellite Vision, and Autonomous Trucking

Innovative LiDAR solutions with enhanced accuracy and extended range may transform the testing, mapping, and trucking landscape—and beyond.

June 17, 2023 by Darshil Patel

Getting Out of the Weeds with John Deere’s Revolutionary AI Technology

Chris Padwick learned to code on a Commodore 64 as a farm kid in Saskatchewan. He now leads development of 300 teraflop AI/ML and computer vision solutions that are revolutionizing precision agriculture for Blue River Technology, a John Deere subsidiary.

June 13, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff

RadarConf 2023 Panel—Innovating Radar in the Face of Physical Limits

In the face of fundamental limits, radar industry leaders are poised to tackle the coming challenges in radar in their own unique ways.

June 06, 2023 by Aaron Carman

What is an Image Processor? Turns Out the Answer is Hazy

Real-time image processing is a resource-intensive task that often requires specialized hardware. With that in mind, let's explore processors that are designed specifically for photo and video applications.

June 02, 2023 by Robert Keim

Radar Applied to Missions Large and Small—Part 2

Radars have a place amongst the stars and inside the home, with cutting-edge research highlighting uses that benefit from this century-old technology.

June 01, 2023 by Aaron Carman

Essential Antenna on the ‘Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer’ (Finally) Deploys

When critical radar gear aboard JUICE (Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer) fails because of a stuck pin, engineers try various tricks to fix the problem.

May 29, 2023 by Arjun Nijhawan

Onsemi Introduces Hyperlux Image Sensor Family for Next-gen ADAS

With a keen focus on high dynamic range, the new image sensor family is designed to make ADAS even more equipped for any lighting condition.

May 10, 2023 by Jake Hertz

GaN HEMT Circuit Topologies for High-resolution LiDAR

Learn about gallium-nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) and how they can be used in LiDAR (light detection and ranging) applications.

April 27, 2023 by Kengo Ohmori, ROHM Semiconductor

From Apple to OpenLight: Silicon Photonics and Integrated Lasers with Dr. Tom Mader

Dr. Tom Mader is the COO of OpenLight where they are developing an open-foundry ecosystem for silicon photonics with integrated lasers to enable advances in datacom, LiDAR, high-performance computing, AI, and even optical computing.

April 18, 2023 by Daniel Bogdanoff