Communications

Wireless mesh network module maker NeoCortec, is to offering licenses for its NeoMesh wireless mesh networking protocol and software stack. “Our primary focus remains the manufacturing and sale of our low-power wireless sensor modules,” said NeoCortec CEO Thomas Steen Halkier. “However, by introducing a licensing model for our software stack, customers can implement our software in their designs to gain ...

Taoglas, the antenna and IoT component specialist, has brought out AntennaXpert, a suite of digital tools to streamline, simplify, and customise antenna design and integration. Available on the Taoglas website, the toolset includes Taoglas Antenna Integrator, Antenna Builder, and Cable Builder. The Taoglas Antenna Integrator—enables users to preview their embedded antennas, including multiple or MIMO antenna systems’ performance in the ...

Cambridge fabless semiconductor company, Forefront RF, has secured £16m series A funding. Octopus Ventures and Cambridge Innovation Capital have joined existing backers BGF and Foresight Group to provide investment to prepare for the launch of its first product, the FFM51010, for the cellular enabled smartwatch market. Established in 2020, the startup’s patented Foretune technology is based on founder Dr Leo ...

PhotonDelta, the European hub for photonics, will launch a worldwide competition for new applications for photonics chips at PIC Summit 2024 (Eindhoven 15 October). Partners include imec, LioniX International, Smart Photonics, Phix Photonics Assembly, Ephiphan and Bright Photonics and engineering community platform Werolver. Engineers are invited to use photonics ICs in designs to tackle challenges in, for example, healthcare, AI, ...

Alphawave Semi has unveiled 3nm UCIe (universal chiplet interconnect express) die-to-die communication intellectual property, which has been demonstrated with TSMC’s chip-on-wafer-on-substrate (CoWoS) packaging. “This complete PHY and controller subsystem, developed with TSMC [using] TSMC’s CoWoS 2.5D silicon-interposer-based packaging, delivers a bandwidth density of 8Tbit/s/mm,” said Alphawave. It supports “PCIe, CXL, AXI-4, AXI-S, CXS, and CHI, features live per-lane health monitoring, ...

The MIPI Alliance has released version 2.0 of its A-PHY asymmetric SerDes (serialiser-deserialiser physical-layer interface, doubling its down-link speed to 32Gbit/s, and increasing its top up-link speed eight-fold to 1.6Gbit/s. “These enhancements are designed to support the higher bandwidth requirements for zonal and other emerging architectures in next-generation vehicles,” according to the MIPI Alliance. “To aid implementation, no changes were ...

Part its ‘IoT Evolve’ programme, CENSIS teamed up with consultancy FarrPoint to monitor humidity, temperature and visitor numbers in the Ravenspoint Centre Museum (right) using a LoRaWAN network – adding to an existing network which covers the museum’s storage facility. Visitor tracking sensors are now mooted for the on-site café. “The system will automate data collection, a task previously performed ...

Nanusens has demonstrated a mems digitally-tuneable capacitor for 5G and 6G RF front-ends, that is compatible with CMOS IC processing and can be integrated with circuitry. The Q-factor is above 100 at 1GHz, and the four-bit capacitor has a minimum capacitance of 450fF (30fF/capacitor) with them all off and tunes up to ~1pF – a capacitance ratio of 2.2 which ...

OMC has launched a fibre optic transceiver shield for Arduino Uno, designed to work with PMMA (polymer) optical cables up to 25m long, plus demonstration software. Operation is possible at 300, 600, 1,200, 2,400, 4,800, 9,600, 14,400, 19,200, 28,800, 38,400, 57,600 or 115,200bit/s. “The actual fibre optic emitter and receiver pair can operate up to 5M baud – the shield ...

Arrow Electronics has developed an ISO 15118 vehicle-to-grid data communication evaluation module. “The software, developed at Arrow’s engineering centre in Gdansk, contains protocol stacks for ISO 15118 V2G. There is also sample application code, as well as support for OCCP [Open Charge-Point Protocol] and Control Pilot interfaces as defined in IEC 61851 and SAE J1772,” said the company. ” V2G ...