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...
Small GNSS active antenna module locates with LNA and SAW Andy Pratt September 10, 2018 Comms / Bluetooth / Wireless, Components & Hardware Tiny positioning devices can use the RadioNova M20047-1 active antenna module from Antenova for location identification. The antenna module is for GNSS applications in the 1559 to 1609MHz satellite bands using ...
Rapid IoT prototyping kit accelerates edge node development Andy Pratt September 3, 2018 Components & Hardware Developers can take internet of things (IoT) projects from initial idea to proof of concept quickly, with the NXP Rapid IoT prototyping kit, now available from Mouser Electronics. Rapid IoT has hardware, enhan...
Miniature logic package can be used without a step-down mask Andy Pratt August 29, 2018 Components & Hardware Offering reduced assembly costs and increased reliability, Nexperia has developed a four-pin X2SON4 package. It is claimed to be the smallest logic package that can be used without requiring an expensive and fr...
Plessey partners with Vuzix to develop next-generation AR smart glasses Andy Pratt June 5, 2018 Components & Hardware Plessey Semiconductors is linking with Vuzix to develop the necessary technologies for a new generation of AR smart glasses, based on the combination of Plessey’s microLED light source product family, Quanta-Br...
High speed PIN photodiode slim down sensor designs for wearables Andy Pratt May 22, 2018 Components & Hardware Broadening its optoelectronics portfolio, Vishay Intertechnology has the VEMD8080, a high speed silicon PIN photo diode with enhanced sensitivity for visible light. It has a rectangular 4.8 x 2.5mm top-view, s...
Package enhances mechanical flexibility for crystal oscillator Andy Pratt May 3, 2018 Components & Hardware Advanced package geometry enhances mechanical flexibility in the low power, low voltage quartz crystal available from Micro Crystal. The CM9V-T1A 0.3 is the next step in miniaturisation, says the company. The ...
3V prismatic supercapacitors support coin cells and saves BoM Andy Pratt April 13, 2018 Components & Hardware, Power Peak power support to 3V coin cell batteries is provided by the 3V thin prismatic supercapacitors announced by Cap-XX. They also save on bill of materials (BoM) costs as they eliminate the need for a 2.7V low d...
Micro OLED displays can be used in industrial equipment Andy Pratt April 11, 2018 Components & Hardware Micro and round OLED displays are now available from Midas Displays. According to the company, the new OLED displays have compact mechanical dimensions, exceptional brightness and contrast performance, and thre...
