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Reaktor Space Lab and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland are participating in an ESA project, which involves investigating a new frequency band for next-generation telecommunication satellites. A nanosatellite to be constructed as part of the project will feature a Finnish platform and radio transmitter. As the number of satellites and the speed required for data communications increase, transition...

 Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced two wide-VIN synchronous SIMPLE SWITCHER DC/DC buck regulators in ultra-small HotRod quad flat no-lead (QFN) packaging. The highly integrated 3-A LMR33630 and 2-A LMR33620 step-down voltage converters feature the industry's best full load efficiency – 92 percent – for rugged and reliable industrial power supplies with switching frequencies up to 2.1 MHz. Used in conjunction with TI's WEBENCH Power Designer, the converters simplify...

Ericsson, Intel, China Mobile Research Institute and China Mobile Jiangsu Company successfully conduct the first live 3GPP-compliant Standalone (SA) 5G New Radio (NR) interoperability tests at Ericsson Lab in Beijing Successful Interoperability Development Testing (IoDT) operating on 3.5GHz, using Ericsson’s 5G NR base stations and the Intel® 5G Mobile Trial Platform (5G NR UE platform) This first multi-vendor...

 Renesas Electronics Corporation , today announced an update to its “Embedded Target for RH850 Multicore” model-based development environment for multicore microcontrollers (MCUs) for automotive control applications. The update supports development of systems with multirate control (multiple control periods), which is now common in systems such as engine and body control systems. This model-based development environment has become practical even in software development scenarios...

A new destructive VPNFilter malware has compromised 500, 000 networking devices worldwide Recently, a malware known as “VPNFilter” was discovered infecting various types of routers. VPNFilter is a modular, multi-stage malware that works mainly on home or small office routers. Since 2016, when the malware was initially introduced, it has compromised more than 500,000 home and small office routers and...

 3.5 billion IoT cellular connections predicted for 2023; 72 million estimated in India 5G commercial launches this year; 20 percent of global mobile data traffic will be on 5G networks in 2023 India to have 780 million VoLTE subscriptions by 2023. Commercial rollouts of 5G and larger than previously forecasted deployments of cellular IoT are focal points in the latest edition of...

 Anritsu Company introduces the industry’s first solution capable of conducting extensive characterization of the differential noise figure of differential devices used in high-speed wireless communication systems. The solution, which integrates a new differential noise figure option into the Anritsu VectorStar™ vector network analyzers (VNAs), allows R&D engineers to verify the receiver performance of low noise amplifiers (LNAs) and other...

 Silicon Labs has released new software options for its Wireless Gecko portfolio, enabling simultaneous sub-GHz and 2.4 GHz Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) connectivity on a single chip. This Silicon Labs solution enables commercial and industrial IoT applications to combine long-range sub-GHz communications with Bluetooth connectivity, simplifying device setup, data gathering and maintenance. By avoiding the complexity of two-chip wireless architectures, developers can...

Helping engineers leverage the latest USB Power Delivery capabilities and versatile USB Type-C connections in new or legacy product designs, STMicroelectronics has introduced new software for implementing a Type-C Port Manager (TCPM) on any general-purpose STM32* microcontroller. Compliant with the USB Type-C Port Controller Interface (TCPCi) specification, and designed to manage a separate single- or multi-port Type-C Port Controller (TCPC)...

Continental presents innovative solutions for safety, efficiency, and vehicle networking at CES Asia Pedestrians, distracted “smartphone zombies”, and gestures recognized in a live demonstration Universal AllCharge System for electric mobility has its premiere in China  At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Asia from June 13 to 15, the technology company Continental is presenting intelligent products for safety, efficiency, and...