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- Power-efficient Bluetooth module proves instrumental in COVID-19 track & trace wearables (03/09/2020)
  
  u-blox module ticks all the boxes in terms of size, power budget & functionality for medtech wearable devices to help combat coronavirus pandemic.
- EPDT September 2020 issue (inc. Displays & Energy features + Outsourcing supplement) now available online (03/09/2020)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Displays technologies and Energy applications, plus EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Outsourcing supplement.
- Editor's comment: Can the electronics industry break the cycle?... (02/09/2020)
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic rumbles on, its impact is being felt across every facet of our lives – and that includes the electronics industry. Despite the success & growth of smart technologies & ubiquitous connectivity, as well as emergent mega-trends from IoT, 5G & AI to autonomous & electric vehicles, the electronics industry can still expect to feel the hit to the economy from COVID-19 – with a consensus of industry studies & data backing that up…
- From concept to curb: delivering durability & precision for bus stop digital displays (01/09/2020)
  
  Making something look effortless often takes a lot of effort. Italian engineering company, DataINFOMOBILITY develops innovative digital signage systems for the real-time display of travel information at bus stops.
- Electronic components market review: how COVID-19 is impacting electronics manufacturing supply chains (01/09/2020)
  
  Over the last six months – during the unprecedented spread of COVID-19, the subsequent global lockdown and all the challenges that followed – the world has had to quickly adapt to a ‘new normal’.
- Millbrook digital twin delivers Vehicle-in-the-Loop simulation for connected vehicle test (01/09/2020)
  
  Millbrook Proving Ground has officially opened its unique simulation suite: its full Vehicle-in-the-Loop (VIL) simulator can put real vehicles into the virtual world, enabling applications including connected vehicle testing & advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) development.
- Semtech & Helium expand LoRaWAN network deployments (25/08/2020)
  
  Peer-to-peer wireless network grows to more than 1,000 cities across North America & Europe, offering connectivity for up to hundreds of millions of LoRa®-based devices.
- Limbitless Solutions turns children into superheroes with the aid of Insight SIP RF technology (18/08/2020)
  
  Limbitless Solutions develops life-changing prosthetic limbs for children using 3D printing & sophisticated electronics, which include Insight SiP’s RF modules for wireless communication, enabling children to adjust their prosthetics through an app. Wearing these bionic arms can make the children feel like superheroes.
- Samsung deploys NXP tech in its Galaxy Note20 Ultra, bringing first UWB-enabled Android device to market (11/08/2020)
  
  Samsung’s new Galaxy Note20 Ultra smartphone features NXP’s industry-first solution to combine UWB fine-ranging, NFC, Secure Element & eSIM. UWB technology delivers unprecedented accuracy for ‘relative-location’ in crowded, multipath signal environments with numerous walls, people & other obstacles, enabling first-of-its-kind spatially-aware applications.

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