MESSE MÜNCHEN TO HOST ELECTRONICA 2020 AS GLOBAL DIGITAL EVENT M
esse München is to hold electronica 2020 digitally as
electronica virtual. The current travel restrictions in Europe, which are becoming more stringent, have prompted the organiser to “re-think planning.” Falk Senger, managing director
of Messe München said: “We are adapting plans to this dynamic situation and are now focusing solely on our virtual format. “International exhibitors and
visitors are the heart of electronica. In light of current Covid-19 conditions, we would not have been able to meet our expectations with an in-person trade fair. “In order to enable exhibitors and
visitors to exchange ideas in November, we are developing a virtual format that brings exhibitors and visitors together. Its opportunities will include virtual trade fair booths, which will enable exhibitors to continue to
communicate with their international customers and sell them their products and solutions. “The virtual event will be
complemented by a digital conference and supporting program. Talks and panel discussions on trend topics will be available online. “We will keep you up to date and
more information will follow shortly,” said Senger.
www.electronica.de
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VIMOS TECHNOLOGIES GMBH AND E-PEAS DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
ViMOS Technologies, Taufkirchen, and e-peas, Belgium, a provider of energy harvesting ICs have signed a distribution agreement for the sale of its Ambient Energy Managers (AEMs). e-peas develops AEMs which manage the energy from the
harvester cells, store and optimise the use of this energy. This can extend the battery lifetime or eliminate the need for battery changes and the environmental impact associated with battery manufacture and disposal. Equally important is the cost saving associated with the elimination of battery changes when using many battery-powered smart devices, for example in large supermarkets that use electronic price tags. The foundation of e-peas by CEO Geoffroy Gosset and CTO
Julien De Vos in 2014 was preceded by ten years of intensive research at the renowned Université Catholique de Louvain. The
energy harvesting AEMs developed during this research show the best performance values compared to competitors, including the best in class cold-start properties, the point at which the ICs start to absorb ambient energy in a usable way. The areas of application are almost countless, including
equipment for e-health services, such as monitors, automatic disinfection sprays, medication dispensers and thermometers, as well as security systems in the form of motion sensors, security cameras, location control, people recognition and monitoring of gas discharges and air quality. A wide range of applications are also conceivable in the consumer sector, in the location of people and animals, in smart watches and intelligent clothing and in toys.
www.vimos-technologies.com
TINY BLUETOOTH SIPS FOR IOT DEVICES SoCs are ideal for IoT device makers L
ife may still feel pretty surreal at the moment but
the show must go on as they say. But for many this is taking form as virtual events such as the organisers of electronica being the latest to announce the show as a digital format with more details to follow. In this issue we bring you
the latest in automotive with a focus on radar from ADI. We also put a spotlight on the supply chain and distribution in the electronics industry. Don’t miss our exclusive cover story special with Rochester Electronics. Also we focus on test and compliance, industrial electronics and much more. Michelle Winny Editor
4 SEPTEMBER 2020 | ELECTRONICS
Silicon Labs has launched its BGM220S. At just 6x6mm, it is one of the world’s smallest Bluetooth SiPs. It provides an ultra-compact, low-cost, long battery life SiP module that adds turnkey Bluetooth connectivity to extremely small products. Also launching is the BGM220P, a slightly larger PCB variant optimised for wireless performance along with a better link budget for greater range. BGM220S and BGM220P are among the first Bluetooth modules to support Bluetooth Direction Finding, all while delivering up to ten-year battery life from a single coin cell.” According to Bluetooth SIG’s 2020
Bluetooth Market Update, Bluetooth Low Energy continues to be the fastest growing Bluetooth radio with a 26% CAGR.
needing ultimate flexibility in their IoT device development, with highly customisable software and RF design options. SiP modules are ideal for device makers needing the smallest form factor pre-certified Bluetooth Low Energy with little to no RF design or engineering required, while PCB modules offer many of the benefits of SiP modules, but at a lower cost. Silicon Labs’ silicon and module
solutions also support multiprotocol connectivity for the most demanding applications including gateways, hubs and smart lighting. Silicon Labs has been a leader in wireless mesh networking for decades, and the company is infusing its high- performance Bluetooth Low Energy line with a new suite of state-of-the-art security features dubbed Secure Vault. Secure Vault is an advanced suite of hardware and software security protections available for IoT devices.
www.silabs.com/security
Evonetix, a synthetic biology company developing a desktop platform for scalable, high-fidelity and rapid gene synthesis, is collaboration with, Analog Devices, Inc. The companies will work together on the advancement and commercial scale-up of Evonetix’s microelectromechanical systems (MEMS)-based silicon chips and accelerate the development of Evonetix’s first product, a DNA desktop writer.
www.evonetix
Lattice Semiconductor Corporation has released a Single Wire Aggregation (SWA) IP solution for industrial, consumer, and computing applications. It offers an innovative way to use low power, small form factor FPGAs to reduce the number of board-to-board and component-to- component connectors in embedded designs to increase reliability and reduce overall system footprint and cost. The connectors used to link circuit boards and modules in electronic systems are costly, take up valuable space in devices with tight form factors, and over time can degrade and negatively impact system reliability. Routing signals between multiple connectors on space- constrained circuit boards can create design challenges that increase overall time-to-market.
www.latticesemi.com
Cambridge Pixel has introduced the HPx-410 radar input card with a x4 PCI Express interface to support the new generation of high-resolution, high-throughput multi-channel radars. With the wider x4 PCIe interface, the HPx-410 has enhanced data rates to permit one or two radars with high-resolution videos to be sampled at up to 125MHz with sustained transfer rates of up to 500MB/sec. The HPx-410 PCIe card is designed for use with new generation primary and IFF radars.
www.cambridgepixel.com / ELECTRONICS
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