I had cause to have a closer look at some Arduino inputs – it is that fascinating weather station again. It transpires that some Arduino inputs are better at tolerating slowly-changing inputs than others. For example, ATmega328P (Figure 13-2, Arduino Uno and Nano) and ATmega32U4 (Figure 10-2, Arduino Leonardo, Micro or Pro Micro) Arduinos have hysteresis built into the input side ...

TAmazon went on an unprecedented hiring spree during the pandemic. In 2020 it created 500,000 new jobs, with another 170,000 added in the first nine months of 2021. With almost 1.5 million employees across the globe, Amazon is only the second U.S. company to employ more than a million people (not counting McDonald’s franchise employees). And because there’s no end ...

Smiths Interconnect has created the Intercompact series, a signal + Ethernet PCB connector qualified for demanding rail and industrial applications. The series has PCB-to-PCB and floating mount rack and panel parts, with bodies made from liquid crystal polymer. There are 60 and 41 way signal configurations with ‘Hypertac’ hyperboloid contacts. Described as compact, face-on the connectors are approximately 107 x 15.3mm ...

TouchNetix has got automotive AEC-Q100-6 qualification for its AX112 touch controller IC, which also includes hover sensing, force sensing and the control of haptic response. “Touchscreens based on the AX112 can support features such as pre-select, zoom-on-approach, dial-on-display and integrated haptic feedback without the need for additional hardware,” said the company. It “also supports the operation of touchscreens with variable thickness, ...

Analog Devices has introduced a evaluation kit for people-counting using one of its DSPs. In a case and designed to be attached to a ceiling looking straight down, the kit includes a camera and everything needed to get the counted data to the cloud. Its main ingredients are a particular DSP from its Blackfin range, the ADSPBF707BBCZ4-EGE, and a people counting ...

Digi-Key Electronics and Truphone, a connectivity and SIM software specialist, are hosting a webinar to showcase eSIM technology and how it can help IoT devices connect more quickly and efficiently. The free virtual webinar, entitled ‘Why is Cellular connectivity so important to IoT?‘, will be held on Wednesday 8 December at 5pm GMT (11 am CST). Areas covered in the ...

The Space to Connect 2022 event, which is hosted by the UK Space Agency (UKSA), has opened for registrations. Aimed at the UK space sector, it’s a free to attend event on Tuesday 1 February 2022. The location is the QEII Centre in central London, opposite Westminster Abbey. Exhibition stands will provide the opportunity for companies to showcase the work ...

ST has come up with an MCU which integrates circuitry for energy harvesting and thenadditional connectivity used by biometric and dynamic card verification (dCVV) applications, enabling battery-free smartcards to provide enhanced user authentication in contactless and online transactions. Based on the latest-generation Arm SecurCore architecture for secure MCU, the ST31N600 meets EMV ISO 7816, ISO 14443, and ISO 18092 standards ...

Yamaichi Electronics has developed a connector to cope with the increasing amounts of data being transmitted inside vehicles. Continuous loads of up to 20A and peaks >40A are not uncommon and clearly show the growing user profile. The “hot-plug” and “always-on” requirements have also been part of OEMs’ specifications for some time. Yamaichi  has developed an interface for this called ...

Sony has become the ninth Strategic Partner of Silicon Catalyst. The others are: TI, ON Semi, Soitec, Bosch, Cirrus Logic, Arm, ST Micro and Matrix Capital. The partnership will expand Sony’s access to new innovations in sensing solutions development and facilitate Sony’s ability to create strategic relationships with pioneering young companies that are developing technologies complementary to Sony’s internal innovation. ...