Powering Communications

March 2023

Cisco's LoRaWAN Module for the IR1110 Industrial Router is Now Fully Integrated with ThingPark LoRaWAN Network Platform

Actility announces the integration of Cisco’s LoRaWAN module for the IR1110 industrial router into its ThingPark® platform to simplify and accelerate the ability to extend LPWAN connectivity to remote sites and meet the connectivity requirements of businesses wherever they operate.

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Date:

03/31/2023

Advanced Energy Extends High-Efficiency AC-DC Brick Converter Family to 48 V

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. has extended its Artesyn AIF family of intelligent, integrated and configurable full-brick AC-DC converters with the addition of a 48 V module. The AIF11WAC operates with best-in-class efficiencies up to 93% and delivers a small form factor solution for the latest 48 V power ar

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Date:

03/30/2023

Frederik Dostal, Subject Matter Expert, Power Management, analog Devices

LDOs – What are they and when should they be used??

Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD

Low dropout (LDO) regulators have been around for some time, but today’s electronic designs have seen lower-noise LDOs become more commonly used for a greater range of applications. This is because there is currently a growing requirement for stable, low-noise power supplies as more electronic systems incorp

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Date:

03/29/2023

Infineon AIROC CYW20829 Bluetooth LE SoC Ready with Latest Bluetooth 5.4 Specification

Infineon Technologies AG announced its AIROC™ CYW20829 Bluetooth® LE system on chip (SoC) is ready with the newly released Bluetooth 5.4 specification. With the right combination of low power and high performance, AIROC CYW20829 is designed to support the entire spectrum of Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) use ca

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Date:

03/28/2023

Antaira WiFi Access Point Extends Industrial Networks

Antaira Technologies has launched an industrial dual-radio wireless LAN access point optimized with added router capabilities that securely extends connectivity to the ever-growing number of WiFi devices deployed on high-density plant floors. Empowered by 802.11a/b/g/n/ac Wi-Fi and boasting ultra-reliable stabil

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Date:

03/28/2023

The First Application-Specific MOSFETs for Hotswap in SMD Copper-Clip LFPAK88 Packaging for 60% Reduced Footprint

Nexperia announced the release of its first 80 V and 100 V application-specific MOSFETs (ASFETs) for hotswap with enhanced safe operating area (SOA) in a compact 8x8 mm LFPAK88 package. These new ASFETs are fully optimized for demanding hotswap and soft-start applications and are qualified to 175°C for us

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Date:

03/22/2023

STMicroelectronics Simplifies and Accelerates Wireless Product Development with Certified STM32WB1MMC Bluetooth LE Module

The new STM32 Bluetooth wireless module from STMicroelectronics lets designers access the advantages of ST’s dual core STM32WB microcontrollers (MCUs), especially in projects intended for low-to-medium production volumes. The module simplifies development and accelerates time to market, combining

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Date:

03/13/2023

The Astronode S+, a certified, ready-to-install industrial satellite communication device based on the Astronode S and an Astronode Patch antenna.

Mouser Electronics Signs Distribution Agreement with Astrocast to Deliver Satellite IoT Components

Mouser Electronics, Inc., announces a new distribution agreement with Astrocast, a leading nanosatellite IoT network operator. Through the agreement, Mouser offers engineers Astrocast's Satellite IoT (SatIoT) technology to customers in Australia, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Spain, Sweden, Swi

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Date:

03/13/2023

The CoaXPress over Fiber protocol is an add-on to the CoaXPress 2.0 specification that enables camera data to be transmitted over fiber optic cable.

CoaXPress Express over Fiber Optic Cables Opens Up New Opportunities in High-Speed Imaging

Introduced last year, CoaXPress over Fiber (CXPoF) is an emerging machine vision technology that opens up an exciting new realm of high-speed imaging opportunities. An extension of the existing CoaXPress 2.1 specification, CXPoF supports data transport from a camera to the host PC over fiber optic cabling in

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Date:

03/03/2023

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Figure 1: Comparative wire-overhead analysis for key protocol messages

The Importance of Being Direct and Concise in Communication Protocols

Angelo Corsaro, PhD, CEO/CTO, ZettaScale Technology

When it comes to communication protocols, it is far more important to focus on conciseness and directness — as anything that is not strictly necessary to convey information is just a waste of time and energy. In other terms, if we think in terms of information theory when communicating, then we w

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Date:

03/01/2023