It's time for me to do one of our periodic roundups of recent “Gadget Book” previews, covering a range of technologies, products, gadgets or general stuff of interest…

At Electronica 2024 we caught up with Sam Presley, Nordic Semiconductor’s Technical Product Manager, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses the global launch of Nordic’s nRF54L Series of wireless SoCs at Electronica, including the previously announced nRF54L15™, and the new nRF54L10™ and nRF54L05™. He explains the key features of the nRF54L series, why it was ...

Every semiconductor company will have to move into MEMS, but process standardisation permitting foundry manufacturing is a long way off, a panel on the first day of the 2009 Globalpress Summit Conference in San Francisco concluded yesterday. “The evolution of MEMS started 200 years ago with the Industrial Revolution, the next major step was the invention of the transistor, and ...

Tria Technologies, Avnet’s embedded computer boards brand, has partnered with Finnish software company, Qt Group to develop new products for OEMs building human machine interface/graphic user interface (HMI/GUI) designs. Design, prototyping, system assembly and product integration by Tria will be combined with software development by Qt to build user interfaces for different platforms (i.e., embedded, mobile and desktop). The Qt ...

Toshiba is aiming vehicle body automation with it its latest three-phase motor diver. TB9084FTG, as it will be known “supports replacing brushed dc motors with quieter, longer-lasting BLDC motors to drive body system applications like powered sliding passenger doors, power tailgates, adjustable seats, electric pumps and fans”, it said. The IC is designed to control the gates of seven external ...

Sondrel working on a HPC chip project, Intel's Chips Act funding being reduced, the Raspberry Pi's new Compute Module 5 and Pi Pico 2 W, and a mixed outlook for semiconductor revenues in 2025...

Viasat, the satellite communications specialist, is joining the automotive-focused 5GAA (5G Automotive Association). This brings together automotive and tech companies looking to develop ‘cellular Vehicle-to-Everything’, or C-V2X. The idea is to allow vehicles to interact with their surroundings. For example, with other vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, road infrastructure, or mobile networks, all in real-time. D2D Viasat is eyeing the strategic advantage ...

Humanoid robots will command a $32 billion market in 2027 as major manufacturers  move into mass production next year, according to the latest findings of TrendForce. The market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 154% between 2024 and 2027, with robots benefiting significantly from advances in generative AI. Key players are Agility Robotics’ “Digit”, Apptronik’s “Apollo”, and Tesla’s “Optimus” ...

Siemens Digital Industries Software says its Solido SPICE simulation tool is now certified across Samsung Foundry’s FinFET and GAA fabrication processes, including the foundry’s 14LPU, 14LPP, 8LPP, 5LPE, SF4P/4LPP, SF4/4LPE, SF3(3GAP), SF3P and SF2 technologies. Solido SPICE is also qualified for Samsung Foundry’s FD-SOI 18FDS process technology. “Samsung Foundry has certified Siemens’ newly released Solido SPICE across a broad range ...

A consortium forming the North East Space Communications Accelerator (NESCA) is receiving a £2.5 million investment from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Specifically, NESCA is a collaboration between Northumbria, Durham, and Newcastle universities, the North East Combined Authority, Space North East England, and the North East Space Leadership Group. There are also 14 industry partners as well, ...