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Licensing agreement between X-FAB & IHP Leibniz Institute leads to innovative 130nm SiGe BiCMOS platform

Farnell looks to bright future as global HQ re-opens after multi-million pound redevelopment

Editor’s comment: Here comes the sun…

EPDT September 2022 issue (inc. Embedded & Energy features + EMS Outsourcing supplement) now available online

- Supply chain intelligence: Allocation is back on the table (01/09/2022)
  
  There may be electronics design engineers reading this tutorial that haven’t ever experienced allocation during their time working with their purchasing departments or electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. Here, Matt Carefoot, Purchasing Manager at electronics manufacturing service provider, SMS Electronics starts off by explaining exactly what allocation is…
- Can energy harvesting be used to power edge IoT devices? (01/09/2022)
  
  Sensors, actuators, hubs & routers are common categories of IoT devices, sometimes installed where it’s easy to make wired connections to the internet. But many networks use a combination of wired & wireless technologies – and sensors are often installed where wired connections may be totally impractical...
- Tutorial: How to improve the battery life of your embedded system (01/09/2022)
  
  As consumers, when we consider buying a battery-powered device, a key metric we typically check first is how long it lasts on a single charge. Battery life is a critical selling point for many wearable devices, but is also a significant consideration for the growing number of industrial IoT sensors & other similar applications. And prolonging battery life is not simply a case of using a bigger battery; physical form factors & dimensions impose practical & stylistic limitations.
- Scalable platforms for embedded AI (01/09/2022)
  
  Since its emergence little more than a decade ago, artificial intelligence (AI) based on deep learning has moved from academia into mainstream commercial applications. As Markus Levy, VP, Marketing & Business Development at edge AI solutions developer, Kinara tells us here, it is now reshaping embedded computing, as users demand increased AI compute capabilities on edge devices – for applications across security, medical, retail, robotics & more...
- Why energy prices are rising - and how design engineers should respond (01/09/2022)
  
  How are world events increasing energy prices, Lee O’Toole, Marketing Manager at display, embedded computing & touch control specialist, Anders asks here – and how can design engineers respond?...
- 8-bit microcontrollers still anchor the majority of today’s embedded designs (01/09/2022)
  
  They are tiny, but vitally important: the market for 8-bit microcontrollers continues to grow healthily as a key part of the drive to digitalisation, highlighted by the current chip shortages...
- Strategic partnership to drive satellite IoT market announced between Wyld Networks & Miromico (31/08/2022)
  
  Satellite IoT specialist, Wyld Networks has signed a strategic partnership with Swiss-based IoT technology firm, Miromico AG. As part of the agreement, Miromico will help Wyld with design, engineering & manufacture of its next generation of low-power, sensor-to-satellite LoRaWAN® terminals & modules for IoT (internet of things) applications across areas where there is little or no alternative connectivity.
- Massive Raspberry Pi wall art unveiled as contest prize by element14 (31/08/2022)
  
  One winner will be chosen to receive PiMassive, a 20x32 inch Raspberry Pi 3 B+.
- u-blox offers first official mass-market GNSS augmentation service to South Korea (30/08/2022)
  
  PointPerfect, u-blox’s GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) augmentation service, provides real-time, verified & scalable high precision positioning solutions to automotive, industrial & consumer applications.

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