MARCH 2020 CONTENTS
OPEN-SOURCE LIDAR PROTOTYPING PLATFORM FROM ADI
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AUTOMOTIVE COMMUNICATIONS
NXP elaborates on its V2X solutions in response to the growing interest in the automotive sector
10 PROTECTING YOUR POWER
UPS’ offer an alternative source of power should the original source trip - how effective of a solution are they?
24 A CLEAR VISION
Smartglasses struggled to enter the echelon of trends - Bosch believes its product could prove otherwise, enhancing our everyday goings-on
36 EMBEDDED WORLD Analog Devices
The semiconductor specialist presents its LIDAR prototyping platform, as LIDAR sets itself apart from competitive solutions
4. Magical management - Segger’s AppWizard unveiled
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