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Low-Power Accelerometer Moving IoT Forward

Low-Power Accelerometer Moving IoT Forward

mCube's new accelerometer offers impressive power conservation.


News Jun 18, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Renesas Electronics Diminishes Obstacles in IoT and Industrial Markets

Renesas Electronics Diminishes Obstacles in IoT and Industrial Markets

The new Renesas Synergy Platform is designed to aid engineers in the race to market.


News Jun 17, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Report Finds IoT Catalyst for “Living Services”

Report Finds IoT Catalyst for “Living Services”

Accenture's newest report finds that the Internet of Things is enabling advances in "Living Services."


News Jun 15, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Arduino Zero Arrives June 15th

Arduino Zero Arrives June 15th

The beloved platform announces a new model set to arrive on June 15th.


News Jun 13, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Google I/O: Why You Need to Know About Project Ara

Google I/O: Why You Need to Know About Project Ara

If you've been pinned under a particularly massive boulder for the past month and haven't heard about Google's latest reveals at its annual I/O conference, you missed out on the biggest gamechangers in tech. But, while much of the focus has been turned to Android M and Google Glass and other software releases, there hasn't been nearly as much press on Project Ara, and that's just ridiculous. Here's what you should know about Google's underrated project and why it's set to change the future.


News Jun 08, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Intel Introduces Fifth-generation Core Processors

Intel Introduces Fifth-generation Core Processors

Intel is packing a punch with the promise of better performance in its new range of fifth-generation Intel Core Processors.


News Jun 03, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
ARM’s New Chip Design Extends Battery Life of IoT Devices

ARM’s New Chip Design Extends Battery Life of IoT Devices

ARM is trying to resolve the thorny problem of battery life in Internet of Things devices with a new chip design that will significantly reduce the power consumed by processors, sensors and wireless chips. The company has overhauled the way it designs low-power Cortex-M chips that go into IoT devices such as health monitors, smart home devices and sensors. The restructured design could almost double battery life, ARM executives said at Computex in Taipei on Monday.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Qualcomm and Google Power Project Tango Smartphone Platform

Qualcomm and Google Power Project Tango Smartphone Platform

Qualcomm announced at Google I/O that its premium tier Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor will power Google's next generation Project Tango smartphone development platform. Project Tango devices combine the camera, gyroscope, and accelerometer to estimate six degrees of freedom motion tracking, providing developers the ability to track 3D motion of a device while simultaneously creating a map of the environment.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Kate Smith
Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Infineon and Google Joining Forces for New Radar Technology

Google and Infineon's partnership is working to develop a sensing solution for radar-based technology. Potential applications for the solution include wearables, internet of things and automotive applications. The companies have demonstrated its first implementations – which provide gesture recognition and presence detection capability – at the Google I/O Developers Conference in San Francisco.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Jennifer A. Diffley
Latest Automotive Video Decoder Supports Next-Generation SoCs

Latest Automotive Video Decoder Supports Next-Generation SoCs

Intersil announced the TW9992 analog video decoder, which features an integrated MIPI-CSI2 output interface that provides compatibility with the newest SoC processors. The decoder's MIPI-CSI2 interface simplifies design by making it easier to interface with SoCs, while also lowering the system's EMI profile.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Rockchip Launches Lowest Power WiFi Technology

Rockchip Launches Lowest Power WiFi Technology

Rockchip has announced at COMPUTEX Taipei that it has launched the world lowest power WiFi technology RKi6000 jointly developed with a third party. This technology makes WiFi power consumption equal to that of BT4.0 LE (Low Energy). The receiving power consumption is around 20mA during use, which is 85% lower than state-of-the-art WiFi devices for the Internet of Things (IoT), setting a benchmark power consumption level that should renew the standard for WiFi power consumption in IoT smart hardware globally.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress’ Bluetooth Smart Remote Control and Touch Mouse Reference Design Kits

Cypress announced the availability of two reference design kits (RDKs) based on its PRoC™ BLE Programmable Radio-on-Chip solution for Bluetooth Smart applications. The new CY5672 PRoC BLE Remote Control RDK and CY5682 PRoC BLE Touch Mouse RDK provide feature-rich, production-ready implementations with prolonged battery life.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Intel to Acquire Altera for $17 Billion

Intel to Acquire Altera for $17 Billion

The acquisition will couple Intel’s leading-edge products and manufacturing process with Altera’s leading field-programmable gate array (FPGA) technology. The combination is expected to enable new classes of products that meet customer needs in the data center and Internet of Things (IoT) market segments. Intel plans to offer Altera’s FPGA products with Intel Xeon® processors as highly customized, integrated products. The companies also expect to enhance Altera’s products through design and manufacturing improvements resulting from Intel’s integrated device manufacturing model.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Microchip’s New High-Speed SQI Interface Superflash Memory

Microchip’s New High-Speed SQI Interface Superflash Memory

The Microchip Technology Inc. introduced today their 3V 16-Mbit, 32-Mbit, and 64-Mbit Serial Quad I/OTM (SQITM interface) Interface SuperFlash® Memory Family.


News Jun 01, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
Industry’s First NFC Sensor Transponder

Industry’s First NFC Sensor Transponder

Texas Instruments (TI) released today the industry’s first Near Field Communication (NFC) sensor transponder family. The RF430RL25xH system-on-chip (SoC) device is equipped with a fully programmable low power microcontroller (MCU), non-volatile FRAM, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and supports an ISO 15693-compliant NFC interface as well as Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) and Inter Integrated Circuit (I2C). The high frequency13.56-MHz sensor transponder can operate on full passive (battery-less) or semi-active modes for optimal battery life in portable and wireless sensing applications.


News Apr 06, 2015 by Tim Youngblood
The Sitara AM437x Industrial Development Kit (IDK)

The Sitara AM437x Industrial Development Kit (IDK)

The SitaraAM437x Industrial Single-Chip Drive Solution for Multi-Protocol Industrial Communication and Motor Feedback is Now Available.


News Apr 06, 2015 by Tim Youngblood