Renesas and Altran Team to Deploy First Social Distancing Wristwatch that uses Ultra-Wideband Chipset with Low Rate Pulse

Renesas Electronics Corporation and Altran, part of the Capgemini Group, today announced that they have co-developed a wearable solution for social distancing based on Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology. Earlier this year, Renesas announced it had licensed UWB technology from 3db Access AG, a fabless semiconductor company specialising in secure UWB low power chips to augment Renesas microcontrollers (MCUs).

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Digi-Key adds biometric systems with Fingerprint Cards signing

Digi-Key Electronics has signed a global distribution partnership with Fingerprint Cards to offer the Swedish company’s standalone, compact biometric fingerprint sensors.

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Embedded Vision Alliance awards REAL3 image sensor as “Product of the Year”

Smartphone cameras increasingly require 3D vision capabilities as differentiating factor. Hence, Infineon Technologies developed the REAL3™ IRS2381C, a premier 3D imager sensor solution especially designed for the mobile device market.

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Maxim’s Heart-Rate Sensor Designed Into Fujitsu Connected Technologies’ New Raku Raku Smartphone F-01L for Seniors

MAX30101 enables users to measure stress levels and arterial ageing

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