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Products - Communications

- Keysight & MediaTek join forces to establish 5G connectivity based on 3GPP release 16 (01/04/2021)
  
  Chipset maker uses Keysight’s 5G test platform to deliver modem solutions for smartphones, PCs & mobile hotspots.
- Performance Mark for electrical & electronic (EE) manufacturers, suppliers & retailers launched (30/03/2021)
  
  Inspection, verification, testing & certification company, SGS has launched the ‘SGS Performance Mark’, a third-party, independent product testing, evaluation & verification programme developed specifically for the electrical & electronic (EE) industry to help the EE production & supply chain – manufacturers, suppliers & retailers – build consumer trust & gain market share.
- New RF DTC to open up higher 5G mobile phone bands from Nanusens (26/03/2021)
  
  Nanoscale sensors pioneer, Nanusens will soon be shipping evaluation samples of its RF DTCs (digital tunable capacitors), which open up power efficient use of higher 5G bands. Its work on the DTCs has also been recognised with a recent electronics industry award, winning 'Design Team of the Year' at the Elektra Awards.
- Commercial EV charging points the way to green driving (23/03/2021)
  
  Solid State Group estimates that it can accelerate customers’ time-to-market by as much as 70% through, among other technologies, use of its pre-certified modular, boxed & off-the-shelf 'system-on-module' (SoM) products for processing & connectivity.
- World-first solution for evaluating 5G video quality from Anritsu & Spirent (23/03/2021)
  
  Communications T&M provider, Anritsu has announced availability of a new solution for evaluating video quality of 5G devices. This lab-based solution was developed in partnership with provider of automated test & assurance solutions for networks, cybersecurity & positioning, Spirent Communications & leverages the strengths of Anritsu’s SmartStudio NR Network Simulator & Spirent’s Umetrix Video software, providing the world’s first integrated 5G video quality system.
- Microchip’s SyncServer S600 Series time server now defends against GPS jamming & spoofing (22/03/2021)
  
  BlueSky™ technology now integrated into the SyncServer® instrument to protect integrity of its time & frequency outputs.
- Party time for really outside-the-box thinking: Sondrel designs its first rad-hard chip (18/03/2021)
  
  IC design & delivery consultancy, Sondrel is designing its first radiation-hardened (rad-hard) chip for a customer, which is due to tape out shortly. The satellite modem will be used in communication satellites & therefore has to be able to withstand the challenges of the high levels of ionising radiation found in orbit, which can cause glitches.
- Microchip’s TimeProvider 4100 Release 2.2 grandmaster provides new level of redundancy, resilience & security (17/03/2021)
  
  IEEE® 1588 precise timing grandmaster with gateway clock is the industry’s first to offer software-based redundancy.
- EMC considerations for aerospace & defence (17/03/2021)
  
  The need to protect equipment in harsh environments and battlefield conditions has been responsible for driving forward advances in shielding technology, says David Wall, Chairman of EMI shielding & environmental sealing specialist, Kemtron.
- Tech video: How to connect I/O devices to the Cloud (12/03/2021)
  
  In this short but informative video, Sarim Shehzad discusses the benefits of using I/O hardware to connect electrical equipment into a cloud-based network. He will also demonstrate how to do it using the Moxa ioThinx I/O module.
- embedded world 2021 DIGITAL offers international embedded community 5 days of intensive dialogue (08/03/2021)
  
  In reaction to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, this year's embedded world, NürnbergMesse's exhibition & conference for the global embedded community, moved to a completely digital event. The embedded community met from 1-5 March, 2021 to enjoy professional dialogue, this time not at the usual venue in Nuremberg, but online at embedded world 2021 DIGITAL.
- QPF4288A 2.4GHz Wi-Fi® 6 Front End Modules (05/03/2021)
  
  Includes an integrated die level filtering for 2nd and 3rd harmonics plus 5GHz rejection for DBDC operation. Feedback is enabled through an RF power detector with an RF output from a directional coupler. Uses a 2.4GHz power amplifier (PA), regulator, single pole two throw switch (SP2T), bypassable low noise amplifier (LNA), and coupler in a single device.
- EPDT March 2021 issue (inc. Displays & Communications features + EMS Outsourcing supplement) now available online (02/03/2021)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Displays technologies & Communications applications, plus the latest edition of EPDT's twice-yearly Electronics Distribution supplement.
- Family of reference designs from Sondrel can reduce design costs & time by up to 30% (01/03/2021)
  
  Sondrel’s Architecting the future™ reference design platform for ASIC design turns custom into semi-custom chip design.
- T&M case study: Advancing 5G telecommunications research using software-defined radio techniques (01/03/2021)
  
  The Wireless Communications Research Laboratory at Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ) conducts research projects on many different signal processing topics, including fading channels, multicarrier communications systems, modulation techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), and advanced wireless communications security issues.
- Tutorial: How to prepare for 2G & 3G network shutdowns – and the transition to 4G LTE & 5G (01/03/2021)
  
  With some cellular networks sunsetting & 5G networks growing, the entire landscape of cellular connectivity is changing. For businesses that have deployed devices based on older networks, there are questions today around the life expectancy of those networks, how long 4G LTE networks will be viable, and if 5G will mature soon enough for their needs.
- How LoRa opens up new opportunities in industrial IoT (01/03/2021)
  
  Over the past 5 years, wireless technology has grown in importance in the industrial sector. So why all this interest in wireless? Well, there are several key reasons – and in this tutorial, Yuan Lee, Product Sales Manager & Tim Taberner, Technical Sales Director at industrial IoT specialist, Advantech introduce us to wireless technologies & their applications in industrial automation, explaining why both interest & adoption have grown…
- Anritsu launches new modules to make production-line testing more efficient (01/03/2021)
  
  Anritsu has announced the simultaneous launch of its TRX Test Module MU887002A, designed to improve the efficiency of production-line inspection of wireless communications (including 5G) devices & its space-saving Universal Wireless Test Set MT8872A.
- 5G solution providers sign up to SONIC, a new joint programme between Ofcom & Digital Catapult (25/02/2021)
  
  Eight 5G solution providers have joined the SmartRAN Open Network Interoperability Centre (SONIC), a joint programme between Digital Catapult & Ofcom to test interoperability & integration of open networking solutions. SONIC begins with OpenRAN & focuses on open software-centric networking. SONIC will be operational from May 2021, coupling laboratory capabilities with real world indoor & outdoor deployments.
- New alliance for technology-driven green innovation in rail operations (24/02/2021)
  
  Railways globally are challenged to meet constant growing pressure to provide greater capacity & improved service performance, while also reducing investment & costs. Such pressure is driven by increasingly ambitious sustainability targets. A new alliance offers technology-driven solutions to address these challenges.

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