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...
Murata claims MEMS resonator is world’s smallest Andy Pratt October 18, 2018 Components & Hardware Claimed to be the world’s smallest 32.768kHz MEMS resonator, the WMRAG series, will contribute to reduced size and power consumption of IoT devices and wearable devices, says Murata. Compact electronic compone...
Mountable stations for wearable enclosures enable multiple units to be charged at once Andy Pratt October 12, 2018 Components & Hardware Body-Case is OKW’s first enclosure designed to fit a standard 18 watchstrap. Applications include data recording and transmission, tracking and monitoring, emergency call and notification, bio-feedback sensors ...
Sensor has 1.65mm profile for versatile integration Andy Pratt September 20, 2018 Components & Hardware, Sensors With a profile of only 1.65mm, the 3DC14EM-ULP is a 3DCoil electro-magnetic sensor and is ready to integrate in smartphones, key-fobs, smartcard-key-fob, and wearable devices, says Premo. According to Premo, t...
