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Lloyd's Register (LR), one of the world's leading providers of professional services for engineering and technology, today announced plans for the Lloyd's Register Safety Accelerator, a new initiative aiming to remove barriers preventing industry uptake of cutting-edge safety and risk solutions. Lloyd's Register Foundation, a charitable foundation helping to protect life and property by supporting engineering-related education, public engagement...

Constant Current Mode The drivers are equipped with a current limiting circuit set to the maximum rated current for the specific driver model. As a result, when a load is installed at the output of the driver that would normally result in a high current above the maximum, the current limit circuit forces the driver to operate in constant current...

 DENSO, one of the world’s largest automotive technology, systems and components suppliers, has acquired Holland, Mich.-based InfiniteKey, Inc., along with several key patents and R&D resources. The acquisition provides foundational pieces to developing  phone-as-a-key technology and increases DENSO’s lead in developing and  deploying smartphone-based automotive access, a critical component of the  company’s strategy to create a future with frictionless mobility. This  type...

Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, today announced a new generation of in-vehicle network (IVN) protection diodes that offer a higher surge current, greater ESD robustness and a significant improvement in ESD clamping performance. The new AEC-Q101 qualified PESDxIVN series of surface mount devices is optimized for the latest generation of CAN, LIN, and FlexRay transceivers. The new...

Panasonic Industry Europe is introducing a highly-integrated, embedded dual-mode Bluetooth 4.2 RF module delivering high-speed operation at ultra-low power consumption. The PAN1026A is based on Toshiba ́s single-chip TC35661 Bluetooth semiconductor device with an embedded Toshiba Bluetooth SIG certified stack. An embedded SPP (Serial Port Profile of Bluetooth Classic) and a GATT (Generic Attribute Profile of Bluetooth LE) stack...

STMicroelectronics a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, today announced its acquisition of software-development tools specialist Atollic. Atollic is the supplier of TrueSTUDIO, a professionally-recognized and highly regarded Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the embedded development community focusing on Arm Cortex-M microcontrollers, like ST's market-leading STM32 family of 32-bit microcontrollers (MCUs). A top supplier of...

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the industry's leading New Product Introduction (NPI) distributor with the widest selection of semiconductors and electronic components, is now stocking the RSL10 multi-protocol system-on-chip (SoC) from ON Semiconductor. Offering ultra-low-power wireless connectivity for a broad range of applications, the versatile Bluetooth 5-certified SoC supports Bluetooth low energy technology as well as 2.4 GHz proprietary or custom...

Renesas Electronics Corporation a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, and Dibotics, a pioneer and leader in real-time 3D LiDAR processing, today announced their collaboration to develop an automotive-grade embedded solution for LiDAR processing used in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving applications. The jointly-developed solution will enable system manufacturers to develop real-time 3D mapping systems with...

Accelerometers and gyroscopes are fueling the robotic revolution, especially the drones' market segment. However these MEMS devices are not the only ones on the market place anymore, with environmental sensors penetrating this industry too. InvenSense, on Dec 13, TDK, combined it: the US-based company, IMU leader and formerly Apple's supplier during many years, released last month the world's 1st 7-axis motion tracking...

A new global study released by Pegasystems Inc. , the software company empowering customer engagement at the world’s leading enterprises, revealed 82 percent of European consumers plan to exercise their new rights to view, limit, or erase the information businesses collect about them. With game-changing EU regulations taking effect in May 2018, businesses must be prepared to comply with...