Industrial Electronics

Atmel has formed a partnership with French embedded systems design house and manufacturer Lacroix Electronics. The aim seems to be to design its microcontrollers and other ICs into embedded systems products for industrial applications and radio communications. As a result the semiconductor company will be able to offer complete system products and not only ICs. Many semiconductor suppliers are looking ...

Internet connectivity is changing the way manufacturers manage their factories and supply chains. The concept of the smart factory is becoming known as Industry 4.0. Manufacturing processes now rely on internet connectivity and embedded sensor and control systems. It also needs the software tools to manage the production process from supply chain to finished product. An important aspect of Industry ...

A computer module is bringing an ARM quad-core processor, usually found in high-end tablets, to the industrial market for as little as £50. Developed by Austrian design house Theobroma Systems, the module is based on the 230-pin Qseven pin-out standard, comes with a Linux board support package (BSP) and with a full implementation of Debian 8. The module’s Allwinner A31 ...

A tiny radio module for connecting smart meters to a local hub or gateway has been designed by Cambridge-based Amiho Technology in partnership with Rohm subsidiary Lapis semiconductor. The AM060 radio module, which measures just 17.8 x 20.2mm, operates at the Wireless Meter-Bus standard of 868MHz. It has built in data flash specifically for smart metering and other IoT applications. For ...

In August Infineon will sample ARM-based microcontrollers with on-chip EtherCAT (Ethernet for control automation technology). Called the XMC4800 series the 32-bit controllers will address networked industrial automation and Industry 4.0 applications.

The industrial semiconductor market will grow 9.7 CAGR during 2015-2018 says IHS.

At the start, there was no generic name. The simple glass of the car windshield started to incorporate printed antennas and heaters. It was what we now know as “structural electronics” – one structure performing mechanical, electrical and other functions. The dumb material is no longer needed. Fast forward to 2015 and the world’s first car with the load-bearing structure ...

Analog Devices has secured a design-in for its smart metering ZigBee transceiver as part of a nationwide energy efficiency initiative sponsored by the British government. Under the UK’s smart metering implementation programme, more than 50 million smart gas and electric meters will be installed in all homes and small businesses across the UK by 2020. ADI’s ADF7241 smart meter chip ...

Over the past year, we continued our focus on the automotive, industrial and communications markets. We addressed each with analogue and power solutions to help our customers get to market faster and more reliably. In the automotive market, fuel efficiency, comfort, navigation/entertainment, and safety drive the need for new analogue solutions. Many of the mechanical functions in an automobile are ...

The industrial semiconductor market is expected to rise by 12.9% in 2014, reaching $38.5 billion, up from $34 billion in 2013, compared to an 11.4% rise  in 2013, says IHS Technology