XJTAG is previewing its latest hardware product, the XJLink-PF40 JTAG controller, at Electronica 2024. The electronic testing specialist is also showing version 4.0 of its XJTAG software suite in action. Aimed at PCB engineers working from prototype debugs to manufacturing tests, XJLink-PF40 targets complex, high-density circuit boards. Note that the product is due for release in 2025. Read our full ...
Electronica
A landmark year for electronica
In this, its 60th anniversary year, the international electronics exhibition in Munich looks very different from the 1964 incarnation. Caroline Hayes looks at some of the highlights of this year’s electronica. Among the changes over the past six decades is the focus of some of the keynote and forum topics. In 1964 one of the exhibit highlights was a model ...
Electronica: Thermal gap pad with low oil-bleed and low oil migration
Chomerics has formulated a thermal gap pad with low oil bleed, low oil migration “ideal for use where the appearance or production issues of silicone oils are undesirable, according to the company. ‘Pad 80LO’ (LO = low oil) has a typical thermal conductivity of 8W/mK and Shore 00 hardness of 60. Stress relaxation over time is nearly 90% reduction in ...
Electronica: Gbit/s TSN deterministic industrial Ethernet switches with security
ADI is aiming at Industrial Ethernet with ADIN6310, a deterministic six-port switch that implements TSN (time sensitive networking) and security. “TSN facilitates a single converged network where both mission-critical real-time and non-real time data co-exist,” according to the company. “Redundancy features allow for fail-over and increased network up-time, while the packet assist engine off-loads the host processor.” The IC has ...
Electronica: Digi brings edge-to-cloud connectivity products
Digi International has been demonstrating new products – for edge-to-cloud systems – from its Digi ConnectCore and Digi XBee portfolios at Electronica. The IoT connectivity specialist highlights its Digi ConnectCore 91/93 system-on-module and Digi XBee 3 Global LTE Cat 4 smart modem. ConnectCore 91/93 The Digi ConnectCore 91/93 system-on-module (pictured above) is based in the NXP i.MX 91/93 processor. This ...
Electronica: 20ps time-to-digital converter for industrial lidar
ScioSense has launched a two-channel time-to-digital converter for lidar distance measurement. LTDC-X3, as it will be known, offers single-shot resolution of up to 20ps(rms). The chip has one ‘start’ input and two ‘stop’ inputs, and calculates the time differences between the start channel and the stop channels. “In typical lidar designs, the start will be triggered by the laser trigger, ...
Electronica: ‘Entry-level’ scope from Rohde & Schwarz
Rohde & Schwarz revealed a second-generation if its entry level oscilloscope with two or four channels, and bandwidth options of 70, 100, 200 or 300MHz. Guide price for the 70MHz two channel model is €1,690. RTB 2 is an an evolution of the 2017 RTB2000, keeping the touchscreen and 10bit vertical resolution, and adding an arbitrary waveform generator and 160Mpoint ...
Electronica: Arduino makes single-pair Ethernet accessible, and RS485 too
Arduino announced a single-pair Ethernet adapter board for its Uno R4 single-board microcontroller at Electronica this morning. Microchip participated in the development – its LAN8651B1T-E/LMX single pair Ethernet MAC-PHY – an automotive-qualified part – is used, it said. Single-pair Ethernet is a communication standard that combines data and power on one unshielded twisted pair, for industrial installations over exiting and ...
Electronica Forum: CEOs warn of the cost of fragmented supply chains
At the Electronica Forum yesterday the CEOs of Europe’s Top Three chip companies gave their take on the difficulties of doing business in China under the US restrictions. ST CEO Jean-Marc Chery said China “is about 30 per cent of our total revenue, and this is the market we do not want to escape, we want to continue to support. ...
Electronica: Renesas shows 8-in-1 EV power axle
Renesas is to reveal the ‘8-in-1’ electric vehicle power axle prototype that it has developed with Nidec. X-in-1 axles are an attempt to put more and more of an electronic vehicle’s power systems in a single integrated unit. Last year, the two companies showed their 6-in-1 axle proof-of-concept, combining; motor, inverter, gearbox, dc-dc converter, on-board charger and power distribution unit. ...