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GaN HEMT Circuit Topologies for High-resolution LiDAR

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.


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

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.


3 New Sensors Feed High-accuracy Information to Smart Devices

3 New Sensors Feed High-accuracy Information to Smart Devices

From emissions monitoring to waste management, these sensors connect designers with new information streams.


News Apr 13, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Ambarella Rolls 4K Edge AI SoC Boasting High AI Performance-per-Watt

Seeking to enable better on-camera AI for the security realm, Ambarella’s new edge AI SoC promises high performance per Watt, improved image quality, and sensor fusion capabilities


News Mar 21, 2023 by Jeff Child
Learn to Build a Photoelectric Sensor System Using an Arduino Uno and OpenPLC

Learn to Build a Photoelectric Sensor System Using an Arduino Uno and OpenPLC

Since photoelectric sensing can be achieved with electrical, electromechanical, and electronic components, learn to build, test, and implement a prototype photoelectric switch using off-the-shelf components with Arduino OpenPLC.


Projects Mar 12, 2023 by Don Wilcher
From Higher Resolution to Zero Motion Artifacts—Image Sensors Keep Evolving

From Higher Resolution to Zero Motion Artifacts—Image Sensors Keep Evolving

Leveraging CMOS and advanced pixel-binning technologies, the industry is offering image sensors that target use cases in ADAS, smartphone cameras, surveillance systems, and more


News Mar 09, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Hailo Spins Vision SoC Crafted for AI Analytics-capable Smart Cameras

Hailo Spins Vision SoC Crafted for AI Analytics-capable Smart Cameras

With its Hailo-15 chip, the company hopes to bring advanced AI analytics and processing into intelligent camera designs.


News Mar 08, 2023 by Jeff Child
Seeing Machines Snags Numerous Partnerships to Advance ADAS

Seeing Machines Snags Numerous Partnerships to Advance ADAS

Seeing Machines is partnering with Analog Devices, Ambarella, Autobrains, and Omnivision to build vehicle monitoring systems for drivers, occupants, and pedestrians.


News Jan 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz
From Flash LiDAR to Mergers, the Road to Advancing LiDAR Looks Smooth

From Flash LiDAR to Mergers, the Road to Advancing LiDAR Looks Smooth

Leading companies are unveiling new solid-state LiDAR sensors to meet the requirements of state-of-the-art autonomous cars.


News Jan 03, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Chip-scale Laser Isolator Paves New Ground in Integrated Photonics

Researchers at Stanford built an effective, passive ultra-thin laser isolator using silicon, a well-known material for chip manufacturing.


News Dec 19, 2022 by Darshil Patel
Ambarella Disrupts 4D Imaging Automotive Radar with Centralized Approach

Ambarella Disrupts 4D Imaging Automotive Radar with Centralized Approach

Pushing an alternative to edge-based radar processing, Ambarella is rolling out a centralized processed solution for 4D automotive imaging radar.


News Dec 06, 2022 by Jeff Child
Image Sensors Suit up For AR/VR, Face Recognition, and More

Image Sensors Suit up For AR/VR, Face Recognition, and More

To serve the demands of a fast growing image sensor market, technology suppliers have rolled out innovative image sensor solutions, targeting AR/VR, face recognition, and autonomous cars.


News Dec 05, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Our Electronica Interview with Infineon PSS Division President Adam White

Our Electronica Interview with Infineon PSS Division President Adam White

In Infineon’s booth in the vast Hall C3 at Electronica 2022, we caught up with Adam White to talk supply chain, sustainability, green energy, and more.


News Nov 23, 2022 by Jeff Child
Rotary Position Sensor from onsemi Puts a New Spin on Inductive Sensing

Rotary Position Sensor from onsemi Puts a New Spin on Inductive Sensing

Using its patented technology, onsemi has brought inductive position sensing into the high-speed, high-accuracy realm. The device enables easy-to-implement PCB sensor designs.


News Nov 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
NASA’s EMIT Mission Taps FPGA Processing to Measure Surface Minerals

NASA’s EMIT Mission Taps FPGA Processing to Measure Surface Minerals

Representing a joint effort to accurately characterize the minerals present on the Earth’s surface, NASA’s JPL leverages optical and FPGA-based advances to help in modeling the Earth’s climate.


News Nov 08, 2022 by Aaron Carman
From the Ground Up—Zoox Turns a Corner with New AV and Sensor System Designs

From the Ground Up—Zoox Turns a Corner with New AV and Sensor System Designs

What if you started designing an autonomous vehicle from the ground up? How different would it be from what is on the road today? Ryan McMichael of Zoox (an Amazon subsidiary) joins us to discuss how those questions impact the cars and the complex sensor systems that will enable an autonomous future.


Thin-film Sensor Offers New Ways to Analyze Wavelengths of Light

Thin-film Sensor Offers New Ways to Analyze Wavelengths of Light

TU Dresden has developed an ultra-thin sensor the size of a strand of human hair that may open new opportunities in spectroscopy.


News Sep 14, 2022 by Chantelle Dubois
Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

OmniVision keeps shrinking the pixel size of its complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors by introducing its latest sensor with the "world’s smallest" pixel size.


News Aug 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ToF Sensors Land Roles in PCs, Smart Door Locks, and More

ToF Sensors Land Roles in PCs, Smart Door Locks, and More

A new wave of time-of-flight (ToF) sensors are finding use in applications such as PCs, smart door lock facial recognition, 3D image sensing, and more.


Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

One new type of sensor and two novel automotive processing approaches might be the key to limiting traffic accidents.


News Aug 05, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski