Industrial Electronics

Raytheon UK has collaborated with Newcastle University to produce silicon carbide (SiC) based amplifier circuitry with operational amplifier like characteristics. The research has used the thermal characteristics of SiC not in a high power device, but in small-signal circuitry that can operate in high temperatures. “To date, the focus on Silicon Carbide semiconductors has been power electronics and exploiting the ...

Congatec has added a COM Express Basic Server-on-Module which is optimised for graphics, the conga-TS170. The GPU of the new SoC module provides 128Mbyte eDRAM and according to the embedded board supplier, with 72 execution units it has three times more parallel execution power than the Skylake architecture without Iris graphics. Congatec expects one application will be as an industrial-grade ...

Displays can define electronic design in many industrial as well as consumer products, so making the right choice is important, writes Mike Logan Electronic systems are now being defined by the display. When designing wearable devices, for example, designers start with the desired form-factor (often a wrist watch style device) and create the system around that. If they can’t source ...

Harting Integrated Solutions has extended its design and manufacturing capabilities in the UK for PCBs capable of transmitting high-power using a range of solutions designed to connect high currents directly onto the PCB. In addition to their normal use for carrying data and signals, backplanes and passive PCBs are used to link the power supply to connected devices. The Harting ...

Arrow Electronics has created a development kit based on a group of Microsemi ICs. It is designed for sensor-based system design. The SF2+ development kit incorporates Microsemi’s SmartFusion 2 system-on-a-chip FPGA, a Timberwolf audio processor and a number of LX series power devices. The FPGA is used for the PCIe Gen2 control plane, image processing, I/O expansion and bridging and its security features are increasingly ...

Atmel has formed a partnership with French embedded systems design house and manufacturer Lacroix Electronics. The aim seems to be to design its microcontrollers and other ICs into embedded systems products for industrial applications and radio communications. As a result the semiconductor company will be able to offer complete system products and not only ICs. Many semiconductor suppliers are looking ...

Internet connectivity is changing the way manufacturers manage their factories and supply chains. The concept of the smart factory is becoming known as Industry 4.0. Manufacturing processes now rely on internet connectivity and embedded sensor and control systems. It also needs the software tools to manage the production process from supply chain to finished product. An important aspect of Industry ...

A computer module is bringing an ARM quad-core processor, usually found in high-end tablets, to the industrial market for as little as £50. Developed by Austrian design house Theobroma Systems, the module is based on the 230-pin Qseven pin-out standard, comes with a Linux board support package (BSP) and with a full implementation of Debian 8. The module’s Allwinner A31 ...

A tiny radio module for connecting smart meters to a local hub or gateway has been designed by Cambridge-based Amiho Technology in partnership with Rohm subsidiary Lapis semiconductor. The AM060 radio module, which measures just 17.8 x 20.2mm, operates at the Wireless Meter-Bus standard of 868MHz. It has built in data flash specifically for smart metering and other IoT applications. For ...

In August Infineon will sample ARM-based microcontrollers with on-chip EtherCAT (Ethernet for control automation technology). Called the XMC4800 series the 32-bit controllers will address networked industrial automation and Industry 4.0 applications.