Waterproofing protects all smartphone components Andy Pratt February 20, 2019 Components & Hardware, Wearable A waterproof coating, developed by P2i protects all smartphone components, even when water enters the handset. The Dunkable system-level waterproofing enables a smartphone to operate normally even when it has ...
CUI includes digital and analogue MEMS microphones for portable devices Andy Pratt January 9, 2019 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware MEMS microphones from CUI are designed for portable devices. The CMM series has been added to CUI’s Audio Product group. They are compact, with a low profile and measure just 2.75 x 1.85 x 0.95mm. The reflow s...
Plessey selects microLED technology for world’s first AR/VR glasses Andy Pratt December 17, 2018 Components & Hardware, Industry News At CES 2019 (Las Vegas, 8 to 11 January 2019), Plessey will offer visitors to its booth the chance to experience what it believes is the world’s first augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) glasses pow...
Wearable SoC has dedicated camera interface Andy Pratt December 3, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware, Design Sources / Software A wearable SoC from Sony brings advanced sound and vision to IoT devices, says RS Components, which stocks the SPresense range. The SoC has an Arm Cortex-M4F and combines digital and analogue audio, a dedicate...
Microcontroller is built for algorithm-intense hearable devices Andy Pratt December 3, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware, Design Sources / Software The Ambiq Micro Apollo3 Blue wireless SoC has been added to the low power microcontroller portfolio available from Fujitsu Electronics Europe (FEEU). It has a core frequency of up to 96MHz and active power dow...
Bosch claims to offer the first position tracking smart sensor Andy Pratt November 8, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware Believed to be the first position tracking smart sensor, the BHI160BP is designed for wearables and uses integrated inertial sensors to improve GPS location tracking. When used with a GPS or GNSS module, the B...
Satellite navigation module saves bill of materials Andy Pratt November 5, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware, ICs & Semiconductors No external components, except an antenna, are required with the MSB1054 multi-receiver global navigation satellite system (GNSS) module from Fujitsu Electronics Europe. GNSS encompasses a variety...
IMUs have self-calibrating gyroscope Andy Pratt November 1, 2018 Components & Hardware, Sensors Three inertial measurement units (IMUs) in the BMI260 family are optimised for smartphone applications. The family comprises three sensors, BMI260, BMI261 and BMI263. Features include Android compliance, an I3C...
Proximity sensor has range of 200mm for VR/AR headsets Andy Pratt October 30, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware, ICs & Semiconductors Combining a high power vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL), a photodiode, a signal processing IC, and a 12bit ADC in a single package, Vishay Intertechnology has developed the VCNL36687S to be used i...
Miniaturised PCBs have designs on wearable medical devices Andy Pratt October 26, 2018 Components & Hardware As systems and components for therapy, diagnosis and patient monitoring are getting smaller, but more powerful, safety and reliability are a priority in electronic design. AT&S believes it is one of the few...
