Communications

NXP Semiconductors has unveiled what it says is an industry-first wireless battery management system (BMS) solution with Ultra-Wideband (UWB) capabilities.

Forefront RF, a fabless semiconductor company based in Cambridge, UK, has announced the closure of its £16 million Series A funding round, backed by existing investors BGF and Foresight Group, alongside new VC partners, Octopus Ventures, and Cambridge Innovation Capital.

Alphawave Semi has been awarded a research grant from the UK's Advanced Research + invention Agency (ARIA) to address networking bottlenecks that are limiting AI's growth.

Welcome to Halloween – the one night each year when the veil between the living and the dead is at its thinnest, and, as some would have it, spirits turn to electronics to make contact with the world of the living.

Northrop Grumman recently unveiled its Deep Sensing and Targeting (DSaT) technology, which transforms aircraft into flying data centres, enabling real-time intelligence gathering from satellites and drones to assist military operations.

In space exploration, long-distance optical links can now be used to transmit images, films, and data from space probes to Earth using light. But in order for the signals to reach all the way and not be disturbed along the way, hypersensitive receivers and noise-free amplifiers are required.

In stock at authorised distributor Mouser Electronics is the Type 2GF W-LAN+BLUETOOTH Combo Module from Murata.

Ready for use in forthcoming multi-protocol smart meters that enhance flexibility for handling energy data, STMicroelectronics’ ST85MM programmable powerline communication (PLC) modem natively supports field-proven Meters and More and PRIME 1.4 smart grid standards.

Renesas has introduced two semiconductor solutions for the rapidly growing IO-Link market: the CCE4511 four-channel IO-Link master IC and the ZSSC3286 - IO-Link ready, dual-channel resistive sensor signal conditioner IC.

With the advent of Industry 4.0, the rapid growth of AI, digital manufacturing, and the IoT, the need for reliable wireless connectivity in commercial and industrial settings is expanding at a remarkable rate.