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Multi-Sensor Modules Ease Indoor Agriculture Design Challenges

On outubro 5, 2018 in All, IoT, RF, Sensors, Wireless by Steven Keeping

Multi-sensor modules, such as TE Connectivity’s AmbiMate, are simplifying the engineering involved in the global enterprise of controlled-environment agriculture (popularly known as vertical farming).

Tagged With: Agribusiness, AmbiMate, Arable land, CEA, Cloud connectivity, Controlled-environment agriculture, Crops, Farm, Harvest, IIoT, Industrial Internet of Things, Land, Mesh network, MS4 series, Multi-sensor modules, Plants, Sensors, TE Connectivity, Technology, Traditional farming, Vertical farming, Wireless

Bluetooth Mesh Networks and Home Automation

On outubro 5, 2018 in All, Wireless by Traci Browne

Bluetooth Mesh, launched in 2017, addresses many of the shortcomings in existing home automation protocols already on the market. Find out how Bluetooth Mesh is poised to advance the home automation market.

Tagged With: BLE, Bluetooth, Bluetooth low energy, Front end, HA, Home automation, IC, Integrated circuit, Mesh, Network, Nordic , Radio frequency, RF, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, Z-Wave

Securing Embedded Systems in Industrial Environments

On outubro 5, 2018 in All, Automation, Industrial, Robotics, Security by Jeremy Cook

As industrial machinery becomes more and more automated, engineers and IT personnel must take security into account. Engineers must also design hardware with security in mind, a task made easier with Maxim’s DeepCover Security Reference Design.

Tagged With: Authenticator, Automation, Botnet, Computer, Coprocessor, Corrupt, Cryptographic protection, DeepCover, Design engineer, Embedded system, Factory, Hacker, Hardware, Industrial, Information Technology, Internet of Things, IoT, IT, Machinery, Malicious programs, Malware, Manufacturing, Maxim, Meltdown, Mirai, Reference design, Retrofitted equipment, Robotics, Security, Spectre, Spoof, Stuxnet, Virtual attack, Virus, Warren G. Bennis

Emerging Applications Put Microwave Technology to the Test

On outubro 3, 2018 in All, RF by Barry Manz

Emerging applications, such as IoT, 5G, and autonomous vehicles, pose immense communications challenges. Engineers will be put to the test to solve the current microwave technology gaps and in turn support these emerging applications in meeting their fantastic potential.

Tagged With: 5G, Autonomous vehicle, Bluetooth 5, Cellular network, IoT, IoT networks, Low Power Wide Area Network, LPWAN, Mesh network, Microwave technology, Millimeter wave signal, MIMO, Phased array antenna, RF, RF and microwave technology, RF CMOS, RF technology, SiGe, Signal propagation, Silicon germanium, Zigbee

SiC Devices Usurp Si MOSFETs and Diodes in Servers, Motors, EVs

On outubro 1, 2018 in All, Power, Wide Bandgap by Bill Schweber

Switching devices—both transistors and diodes—based on silicon-on-carbide (SiC) are redefining capabilities of power-related circuits. These offer far better efficiency and range than today’s best silicon-only MOSFETs, IGBTs, and diodes, and are already in widespread use in top-tier data centers and server farms.

Tagged With: Electric motors, Electric vehicles, EV, HEV, Hybrid electric vehicles, Power, Power-related circuits, SiC devices, SiC power, SiC technologies, SiC-based Diodes, SiC-based MOSFETs, Silicon-on-carbide devices, WBG, Wide Bandgap

Achieving Security Requires Much More Than Just Robust Technology

On setembro 28, 2018 in All, IoT, Security by Stephen Evanczuk

Although systems developers can draw on robust security technologies, effective security requires a combination of technologies, practices, and policies—and acceptance by each stakeholder of their own role in maintaining security.

Tagged With: ARM, Authentication, Cloud-based IoT security, Data encryption, Device Identifier Composition Engine specification, DICE, Diffie–Hellman, Elliptic curve cryptography, Enterprise IT security, Root of trust, Secure boot, Secure over-the-air updates, Secure storage, Security, Security threats, Transport layer security, Trusted devices

Understanding the Chemistry of Semiconductor Junctions

On setembro 21, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, Industrial, Power by Liam Critchley

Chemistry plays a major part in why semiconductor materials behave the way they do, and why current can flow through a p-n semiconducting junction. Here, we discuss what effect chemistry has on these junctions, including some of the mechanistic variations that exist in electronics today.

Tagged With: Chemistry, Diodes, Electrons, Holes, Junctions, N-type, Photovoltaics, P-type, Semiconductors, Silicon, Solar cells, Valence and conduction bands

3D Flash Lidar Mapping and Gesture Recognition

On setembro 19, 2018 in All, Empowering Innovation, Robotics, Sensors by Traci Browne

Using TOF camera technology, engineers are creating intelligent solutions for a broad spectrum of problems—from landing spaceships on Mars to monitoring the health of centuries-old vineyards. As revolutionary as flash lidar is, it’s extraordinary when used in tandem with other sensor technology.

Tagged With: 3D flash lidar, 3D mapping, Gesture recognition, Time-of-flight camera, Time-of-flight sensors

Wireless Tech Helps Protect Healthcare Budgets

On setembro 17, 2018 in All, IoT, Low Power, Medical, RF, Wireless by Steven Keeping

An aging population is increasingly suffering from chronic diseases, and frequent hospitalization puts an additional load on stressed healthcare budgets. However, wireless technology is enabling good symptom management, keeping seniors safe at home and protecting budget concerns.

Tagged With: BLE, Blood pressure, Bluetooth low energy, Bluetooth SIG, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Diabetes monitoring, Disease management, Healthcare, Heart rate monitoring, Internet of Things, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Thread, Vital signs, Wearables, Wi-Fi, Wireless technology, ZigBee

A Breakthrough for Increasing Organic Solar Cell Conductivity

On setembro 14, 2018 in All, Energy Harvesting, Lighting, Power by Mouser Staff

An accidental discovery at the University of Michigan has turned the sleepy world of organic solar cells upside down. It turns out that electrons can go farther in organic materials, making these materials a far more efficient conduit of electrical current.

Tagged With: Coaxed electrons, Fullerene, Net-Zero Energy Buildings, NZEB, Organic electronics, Organic solar cells, Photovoltaic systems, PV, Solar power

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