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Microchip: LoRa technology wireless
module enables IoT
Microchip announces the rst in a series of
modules for the LoRa technology low-da-
ta-rate wireless networking standard, which
enables Internet of ings and M2M wireless
communication with a range of more than 10
miles (suburban), a battery life of greater than
10 years, and the ability to connect millions
of wireless sensor nodes to LoRa technology
gateways.
e 433/868 MHz RN2483 is a
European R&TTE Directive Assessed Radio
Module, accelerating development time while
reducing development costs.
Innodisk: iData Guard technology
prevents data loss in power failures
Innodisk announce the development of
a new patented technology, iData Guard.
iData Guard is Innodisk’s advanced hard-
ware and firmware-based power failure
protection system, which helps ensure SSD
data integrity after sudden power outages.
An informative Innodisk white paper, “Data
Integrity In the Event of Abnormal Power
Failure in SSDs”, explains the technology
behind iData Guard.
Mouser launches robotics technology site
Mouser Electronics announced their new
Robotics Technology site, providing develop-
ers with the resources they need to learn about
the latest advances in robotics technologies,
and the newest components from Mouser
Electronics for building robotics systems.
Atmel launches Xplained extension
board with Bosch intelligent sensor
Atmel launched a new extension board for
the company’s popular Xplained platform at
Embedded World Nuremberg. Featuring a
Bosch Sensortec BNO055 intelligent 9-axis
absolute orientation sensor, the new extension
board connects directly to Atmel’s Xplained
board making it ideal for prototyping projects
for the Internet of ings, wearables and gam-
ing markets, for applications such as personal
health and tness, indoor navigation and
other applications requiring context aware-
ness and augmented reality for a more immer-
sive experience.
Toshiba: SDHC cards with built-in
NFC functionality
e latest additions to the Toshiba Electronics
Europe SD memory card family include the
world’s rst SDHC memory card with built-in
NFC functionality and an improved version
of the company’s popular FlashAir Wireless
SD card.
TI: multi-standard wireless
microcontroller platform
Texas Instruments announced the new Sim-
pleLink ultra-low power wireless micro-
controller platform that helps customers go
battery-less with energy harvesting or enjoy
always-on, coin cell-powered operation for
multiple years. With this industry- rst tech-
nology, customers have the exibility to
develop products that support multiple wire-
less connectivity standards using a single-chip
and identical RF design.
Renesas and IS2T to offer a faster
go-to-market IoT strategy
Renesas Electronics is expanding its collabo-
ration with IS2T, a leading provider of state-
of-the-art so ware technology for embedded
systems, to simplify so ware complexities for
emerging Internet of
ings markets. With
their latest collaboration, Renesas Electron-
ics and new Alliance Partner member IS2T
extend the support of the MicroEJ so ware
platform from the RX microcontrollers to the
latest Renesas RZ/A group of microprocessors.
Mouser signs global agreement
with Microsemi
Mouser Electronics has entered into a global
distribution agreement and partnership
with Microsemi. Microsemi’s comprehen-
sive portfolio features many of the compa-
ny’s industry-leading solutions including the
SmartFusion2 and IGLOO2 product families,
timing and synchronization products, and
Power over Ethernet products targeting a
broad range of applications in defense, secu-
rity, communications, aerospace and indus-
trial markets.
Silicon Labs: 8-bit MCU portfolio designed
for small-footprint IoT applications
Silicon Labs introduced the compa-
ny’s next-generation 8-bit MCU portfo-
lio designed for today’s ultra-low-power,
small-footprint IoT applications. Silicon Labs’
new EFM8 MCU family includes three lines
of highly integrated, peripheral-rich MCUs
optimized for exceptional price/performance
value, ultra-low-power capacitive touch con-
trol and streamlined USB connectivity.
Renesas: out of the box RL78/I1D
kit for detector applications
Renesas announced the availability of its
new Detect it! solution kit.
e Detect it! is
designed for detector applications and pro-
vides ready to use demonstrators for the most
typical detectors used in security and re pro-
tection systems. Detect it! has four hardware
boards, a motion detector demonstrator, a
smoke detector demonstrator, a carbon mon-
oxide demonstrator, and a glass-break detec-
tor demonstrator.
TI: easy Wi-Fi development with
Internet-on-a-chip Wi-Fi modules
Texas Instruments announced the availability
of its SimpleLink Wi-Fi CC3100 and CC3200
modules for Internet of
ings applications.
e new SimpleLink family was introduced
earlier this year as a low-power platform to
simplify the ability to connect IoT solutions.
Developers gain additional design exibility
with a certi ed Internet-on-a-chip module
option, allowing easy integration of embed-
ded Wi-Fi and Internet connectivity into a
wide-range of home, industrial and consumer
electronics.
Conrad is now authorised
distributor for MikroElektronika
Conrad Business Supplies is now an autho-
rised distributor of hardware and so ware
development solutions from MikroElektron-
ika for six di erent MCU architectures.
e
agreement means that Conrad customers will
now have access to a wide range of develop-
ment boards, accessory boards, program-
mers/debuggers, compilers and books for PIC,
dsPIC30/33, PIC24, PIC32, AVR, 8051, PSoC,
TIVA and STM32 ARM Cortex-M microcon-
trollers.
Hyperstone: new flash management
technology reduces NAND-Flash wear-out
Hyperstone’s new hyMap technology sig-
ni cantly improves endurance and random
write performance for ash memory systems,
thus for the rst time enabling MLC for reli-
able industrial embedded storage systems.
hyMap reduces Write Ampli cation (WAF)
by a factor of more than 100 in fragmented
usage pattern and for small le random
writes.
ereby, the reduction in e ectively
used write-erase-cycles results in higher per-
formance, longer life and shorter random
access response times.
Microchip: MCU family provides multiple
independent, closed-loop power channels
Microchip announces from the Embedded
World conference a new family of 8-bit PIC
Microcontrollers with the PIC16(L)F1769
family.
is is the rst PIC MCU family to
o er up to two independent closed-loop
channels.
is is achieved with the addition
of the Programmable Ramp Generator (PRG),
which automates slope and ramp compensa-
tion, and increases stability and e ciencies in
hybrid power conversion applications.
