Now joining the Arduino MKR series of boards is the MKR IoT Carrier, a new carrier board with a colour display and embedded sensors.

Arm is working on a 65nm low-voltage low-power Cortex-M33 processor called Mono, and it needed a low-power voltage reference to detect when the battery is getting low – Mono is for battery-powered sensing nodes, it has been demonstrated keyword spotting from a single alkaline cell at 1classification/s. The spec is: Cortex M33 CPU with DSP and SIMD extensions 128kbyte ROM 16kbyte SRAM ...

Microchip has added lower output voltage variants to its family of 120V input dc-dc converters for space use. Called the SA50-120 family and delivering up to 56W, the parts now cover the following outputs: SA50-120S, single output types: 3.3V 5V 12V 15V 28V SA50-120T, triple output types 3.3V main ±12V aux 3.3V main ±15V aux 5V main ±12V aux 5V main ...

An interesting insight into the fine art of  strategic marketing is recounted in Inside Intel: In 1978 Intel’s 8086 was getting beaten in the market by Motorola’s 68000 which was a better part. Intel called a marketing meeting to come up with a response. “Are we doing this as an exercise to improve our position in the marketplace, and achieve ...

The winners of the recent ADI DC2629A evaluation board competition are...

C&K is claiming five million cycle life from miniature tactile switches with 2.8N and 4N actuation force – these follow a 10 million cycle 1.6N version. The part family is named KSC TE, with ‘TE’ standing for, well… “the Tireless Endurance name says it all”, said C&K product manger Regis Clement. “It is the combination of a soft actuator and a ...

The government has set up a £2.5 million fund to provide devices, data and digital support to people with learning disabilities who can’t afford to get online. The new Digital Lifeline scheme will fund 5,000 internet tablets preloaded with data and free tech support for those facing a combination of digital exclusion: cost as a barrier to internet access and ...

Revenue for the top ten foundries is expected to grow 20% y-o-y in Q1, says TrendForce. 5nm  wafer inputs are projected to account for 20% TSMC’s Q1 revenue. 7nm revenue, driven by demand from AMD, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and MediaTek, will account for 30% of TSMC’s Q1 revenue. Overall, TSMC’s revenue is expected to rise  25% increase YoY in 1Q21  on ...

The UK Space Agency has published its Space Sector Skills Survey for 2020. A key problem identified is the supply of relevant skills to support future growth in the industry. In this area, it was noted that while “the industry recruits easily across cultures, ethnicities, and nationalities”, the number of women employed in the industry is under-representative of the working ...

BrainChip ‘s AI processor is powering NaNose (Nano Artificial Nose) which tests exhaled breath samples  for COVID-19. NaNose Medical technology, based on the artificial nose developed at the Technion Israel Institute of Technology, has the same sensitivity to minute quantities of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) as a dog’s nose. It has been tested by the Technion since 2017 to identify ...