Design

Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) is a powerful way of encoding analogue signal levels and is commonly used for controlling DC power to an electrical device. PWM can also be used for data transmission by varying the output pulse width proportionally with the data to be transferred, but a powerful decoding unit is required at the receiver. 

STMicroelectronics has announced that it is facilitating smarter city and industry infrastructures through the combination of powerline and wireless communication in its smart-meter chipset. The ST8500 powerline communication (PLC) chipset now enables smart meters to communicate through existing power cables or radio frequency (RF) waves, combining the strengths of both types of connection. 

Lanner has released the NCA-1513, a desktop network appliance powered by Intel Atom C3000 (codenamed Denverton) CPU. The NCA-1513 features robust performance and Intel’s QuickAssist Technology, offering cryptographic acceleration and commercial-grade LAN functions in a 231x200x44mm form factor.

The mangOH Yellow from Sierra Wireless is the newest and smallest mangOH platform for sending edge data to the cloud. It enables designers to build low-power IoT applications that can run for 10 years on a battery. It is available with full design support at Richardson RFPD.

The ME910G1 enriches the Telit xE910 product family with a high-performance LTE-M and NB-IoT combo module. With optimised power consumption and enhanced quality of coverage it is specifically tailored for low-data throughput IoT applications and enables new low-cost IoT device deployments

Integrating a high-performance application processor, network processor, and crypto engine in a single chip with a rich set of peripherals, the CC, ISED/IC, ETSI/CE, and MIC-certified CC3235MODx modules from Texas Instruments (TI) are ideal for a wide range of Internet of Things (IoT), building automation, security, and health care applications.

Two $99 ready-to-use development packs from ST Microelectronics enable all types of users from large corporations to smaller companies, independent designers, hobbyists, and schools to utilise LoRa’s long-range, low-power wireless IoT connectivity for tracking, positioning, metering, and many other applications.

Senceive has announced the improved interface to the Trimble 4D control software. Trimble is one of the world’s leading providers of software and hardware solutions helping connect the physical and digital worlds of geospatial and construction industries.

During European Microwave Week 2019 in Paris, Ampleon will participate in the exhibition, present several technical papers and sponsor the European Microwave Student Design Competition Thrust 2 “Wideband Power Amplifier Biasing Network Design” element.

Murata has announced new surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices for RF filtering and duplexer duties. The devices address the ongoing and ever increasing need to reduce the size of components in mobile phones, especially with the coming of 5G. Murata’s SAYAV/SAYAR series for duplexing come in the 1612 size, and the SAFFW series in 0907 size for Rx filtering.