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A distributed Wi-Fi indoor infrastructure — the next generation of Wi-Fi mesh — could change our vision of how we consider the smart home and its connections to the Internet of Things (IoT). This blog post, explain distributed Wi-Fi, some of its design challenges and how a Pod in Every Room architecture can bring the connected smart home to life. Design for IEEE 802.11ax...

AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer and supplier of advanced electronic components and interconnect, sensor, control, and antenna solutions, released the new SpiCAT online simulation tool. Designed with users in mind, new SpiCAT simulation software offers access to two separate portals — SpiMLCC and SpiTAN, which supersede SpiCap III and SpiTan IV — that provide electrical and performance characteristics by frequency and...

RS Components (RS) has added SylSmart lighting, a comprehensive and uncomplicated range from Sylvania designed to be easy to specify, install and commission to its smart-building solutions portfolio. Smart lighting gives end users greater control over the lit environment, as well as helping enterprises reduce energy costs. Venues can appear more welcoming, showrooms more enticing, and offices more productive. RS’ new SylSmart range...

A Vulnerability recently surfaced in Cisco ASA, affecting Cisco Firepower and other Cisco devices. Exploiting the vulnerability (CVE-2018-0296) could cause an affected device to reload unexpectedly, allowing remote denial-of-service or information disclosure due to a path transversal issue. The vulnerability exists at the web interface and applies to IPv4 and IPv6 traffic. It does not require user interaction — the...

Hawkeye Express monitors and tests cloud applications on any third-party public cloud Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers, and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has expanded the Ixia visibility portfolio with Hawkeye Express, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) extension to the Hawkeye network assessment and monitoring platform. Hawkeye Express enables customers to monitor...

Microchip Technology has announced a new three-dimensional (3D) gesture recognition controller that offers the lowest system cost in the automotive industry, providing a durable single-chip solution for advanced automotive HMI designs. The gesture recognition solution are first choice for Human Machine Interface (HMI) designers as it improves driver and vehicle safety without compromising on interior design, adding features that allow drivers to...

Mouser Electronics along with Grant Imahara released the third video episode in the Generation Robot series. In the newest video, Imahara visits the world-famous Henn na Hotel in Nagasaki, Japan, which is staffed almost exclusively by robots.  The hotel employs very few human staff members, Imahara investigates how the hotel’s chief technology officer continually changes how the robots work based...

AEON Credit Service, subsidiary of AEON Financial Service Co., Ltd and Fujitsu will begin a field trial of a cardless payment system using Fujitsu's palm vein biometric authentication technology. Starting in September 2018, the trial will take place in selected Ministop convenience stores. This initiative will be Japan's first example of palm vein authentication-type cardless payments at actual retail stores. As a...

Maxim Integrated has designed Industry's first secure authentication solution for gamma sterilization exposure, it enhances patient safety and includes both elliptic curve digital signature algorithm (ECDSA) and Secure Hash Algorithm-256 (SHA-256)-based cryptographic features. The 1-Wire interface allows for simple integration into designs. Maxim's DS28E83 DeepCover IC  helps medical device designer by enabling protection of surgical tool data from memory-disruptive, high-energy gamma radiation used in sterilization, while...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking LPC540xx microcontrollers from NXP Semiconductors. Designed for applications that require data aggregation from multiple inputs, the power-efficient LPC540xx microcontrollers balance rich feature integration with impressive power efficiency, delivering an active mode current of 100 µA/MHz. The devices include 11 FlexComm interfaces...