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Weekly Roundup
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20th December 2021
Sensing and connectivity: the keys to intelligent building design
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Join our panel of experts from TE Connectivity for a look behind the scenes into the technology enabling smarter buildings and the controls within them. You’ll learn how efficient management of energy consumption and security, optimisation and user convenience are just a few benefits component technology provides.   
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24th December 2021
Compact 24V DC UPS buffer module with Supercaps
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Blackout? Brownout? Flicker? The powerful BICKER UPSI-2412DP2 with maintenance-free and fast charging Supercaps (up to 500,000 cycles) ensures the uninterruptible 24VDC power supply. Equipped with numerous additional functions und interfaces, the compact DC UPS modules in a robust DIN rail housing convince in control cabinet applications and decentralized solutions. Safe protection for embedded industrial PCs, controls, motor drives, sensors, measurement devices, safety technology and many more.
Automotive
24th December 2021
The Future of Automotive Connectivity
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The automotive industry is experiencing an unprecedented transformation as it takes on the transition to electric, increasingly autonomous, and connected vehicles. Among these automotive megatrends, automotive connectivity stands at the forefront of vehicle design decisions, thanks to its central role in enabling a wide range of innovative user experiences, value-added services, safety and security enhancements, and new features that are changing the way drivers interact with their vehicles.  This white paper will highlight the future of the connected car and discuss how key wireless connectivity technologies will help to enable new innovative use cases within and around the vehicle. 
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22nd December 2021
A history of industrial Ethernet protocols and their benefits
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Every industrial Ethernet protocol has a unique history and differing benefits for industrial applications. In this article, I’ll provide a brief overview and key benefits for three key protocols: EtherCAT, Profinet and multiprotocols.
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24th December 2021
The Demise of the DC-DC Converter?
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A new flyback control technology with multiple independently-regulated outputs is eliminating DC-DC converters in certain applications. The power architectures of modern industrial and consumer products are liberally sprinkled with DC-DC converters, offering point-of-load regulation for various circuit subsystems. Even in products with a front-end AC-DC converter, the power system requires multiple DC-DC converters to post-regulate and provide the correct voltage and current to the output circuits. That is, until now... Learn more by downloading this whitepaper.
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20th December 2021
Industrial communications portfolio frim Texas Instruments
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Many modern systems now come with communication interfaces to enhance the overall connectivity of a system design but can also result in new challenges for design engineers. We support a wide range of industrial communication standards – from serial interfaces (IO-Link, CAN, RS-485) to industrial Ethernet and new technologies such as time-sensitive networks (TSN) and single-pair Ethernet (SPE). This support enables designers to have advanced connectivity and scalability to meet the needs of current industry trends.
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21st December 2021
Multi-Protocol Industrial Communications
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Industrial Ethernet for industrial automation exists in more than 30 industrial standards. Some of the well-established real-time Ethernet protocols like EtherCAT, EtherNet/IP, PROFINET, Sercos III and PowerLink require dedicated MAC hardware support in terms of FPGA or ASICs. The programmable real-time unit inside the Industrial Communication Subsystem (PRU-ICSS), which exists as a hardware block inside the Sitara processors family, replaces FPGA or ASICs by a single chip design. Firmware in the PRU-ICSS allows detecting the type of Industrial Ethernet protocol and loading the appropriate industrial application during run-time into the Sitara processor. This reference design describes the multi-protocol Industrial Ethernet protocol detection firmware for PRU-ICSS. This design contains TMDSICE3359, but can also support TMDXICE110.
News & Analysis
24th December 2021
IAEA reviews Uganda’s Nuclear Power Infrastructure Development
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An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has concluded an eight-day mission to Uganda to review the country’s infrastructure development for a nuclear power programme. The Integrated Nuclear Infrastructure Review (INIR) was carried out at the request of the Government of Uganda.
3D Printing
21st December 2021
Stratasys adds origin one dental 3D printer to its portfolio
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Stratasys has introduced the Stratasys Origin One Dental to its portfolio of 3D printing solutions for dental.
Robotics
23rd December 2021
Hexagon NovAtel delivers ROSTM 2 compatible drivers
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Hexagon, NovAtel showcase the release of its second purpose-built driver, powered by the latest series of the Robot Operating System, ROS 2.
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