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Evaluate NFC technology with NFC Tag kit

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

Smart packaging and connected products company, Tapwow has partnered with materials science specialist, Avery Dennison Smartrac and introduced the Getting Started with NFC Tag kit, based on NXP chip technology. It allows customers to evaluate NFC technology with customised content and use cases.

The kit features a variety of the most popular NFC tags from Avery Dennison Smartrac based on NXP NFC ICs combined with the DIRX2 tag management software platform from Tapwow. The NFC use NXP’s NTAG and ICODE chip technology to offer a mix of functionalities and security levels, to meet customers’ specific needs.

The kit has been introduced to allow customers to get started with NFC projects quickly and easily. As more customers are pursuing the opportunities in smart packaging and connected products featuring NFC technology, the kit is designed to be easy to use and to allow customers to use NFC tags in their own environment and assign meaningful content.

With a few clicks within the DIRX2 platform from Tapwow, a customer could create a working demo or proof of concept including tap analytics that could be accessed from any smartphone.

“It is an exciting time for touchless connectivity throughout the world,” said Michael Sher, CEO of Tapwow. “We worked with Avery Dennison Smartrac . . . to get NFC tags in the hands of the end user to see what was possible and how easy the technology is to use,” he explained.

“With recent surges in touchless connectivity and payments, more brands have been looking at how to take advantage of NFC technology to create a Hand to Brand connection with their customers. This kit gives them the tags and the software to get started,” he continued.

Avery Dennison has experience in the design, development, production and implementation of NFC tags across many industries. “Based on our NFC Forum Certifications around both quality and performance, our NFC Tags are reliable and positioned to globally scale to enterprise volumes at a moment’s notice,” added Amir Khoshniyati, head of NFC business at Avery Dennison Smartrac.

The tag kit is designed to showcase NFC products, featuring NXP ICs in a format that makes the technology accessible and easy to configure with the Tapwow software, he explained.

The kit is suitable for a wide variety of industries, from pharmaceuticals, consumer goods to healthcare, wine andspirits. According to Avery Dennison, the capabilities of NFC can provide exciting opportunities in customer engagement, brand protection, traceability, and reuse and recycle.

The Getting Started with NFC Tag kit is available today.

http://www.tapwow.net

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Low power TCXO accelerates development through customisation

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

MEMS timing specialist, SiTime, announces the SiT5008 temperature-compensated silicon MEMS oscillator (TCXO). It is intended for connected consumer and IoT devices such as internet-connected audio-video, over-the-top streaming devices, industrial smart meters, and other devices that use low power wireless connectivity.

The SiT5008 offers programmable features, high reliability, and environmental resilience in a small package.

It is also an example of SiTime’s rapid release strategy, where the company develops up to 15 product derivatives from a single base platform.

“Each derivative has customised features and solves unique timing problems for customers,” explained Piyush Sevalia, executive vice president of marketing of SiTime.

The small, low power SiT5008 MEMS TCXO delivers any frequency between 10 and 60MHz accurate to six decimals and exhibits ±2 ppm to ±10 ppm frequency stability.

The TCXO has an LVCMOS output and an operating temperature range of -40 to +85 degrees C. It has a low power consumption of 3.5mA typical at 1.8V and features a standby mode for longer battery life.

The SiT5008 MEMS TCXO is supplied in an industry-standard 2.5 x 2.0mm package and is 100 per cent pin-compatible with quartz devices.

It is also RoHS and REACH-compliant, Pb-free, halogen-free, and antimony-free.

The SiT5008 TCXO is available in production now.

SiTime is a market leader in silicon MEMS timing. Its programmable solutions offer a rich feature set that enables customers to differentiate their products with higher performance, smaller size, lower power, and better reliability. The company has shipped over two billion devices.

http://www.sitime.com

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2.3Mpixel HDR automotive video camera is ready for prototyping

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

Intended for prototyping and small series production of video and computer vision ADAS or autonomous driving systems, the logiCAM-FPD3-AR023 video camera is equipped with the HDR ISP video pipeline. It is also compatible with the latest automotive high-speed serial interfaces, says Xylon.

Xylon, is a Croatian company providing intellectual property (IP) cores, services and solutions based on programmable FPGA, SoC and ACAP devices. It also manufacturers flexible automotive HIL data logging. The logiCAM-FPD3-AR023 video camera has support for TI’s FPD-Link III serial interface.

The video camera features a 2.3Mpixel AR0231 RCCB video sensor from ON Semiconductor, a Xilinx Artix FPGA with an integrated Xylon logicBricks HDR ISP video pipeline, and TI’s FPD-Link III compatible serial interface. All this is integrated into a small, cubic inch big housing.

The camera outputs a quality colour image, and can be used for prototyping, as a reference camera for other camera systems in development, and as a sensor in different production systems.

Davor Kovacec, founder and CEO of Xylon, explained that the video cameras can be purchased in quantities ranging from a single piece to several thousand pieces, suitable for e.g. special vehicles video and vision applications.

Xylon also offers an equivalent video camera with the next generation GMSL serialiser from Maxim Integrated.

Both cameras join Xylon’s embedded hardware, reference designs and IP for video and vision developments based on Xilinx’ programmable devices. The collection includes development platforms, such as the logiVID-ZU vision development kit, based on Xilinx’ Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC device, or the logiVID-ACAP kit, based on Xilinx’ Versal ACAP device. All development platforms come with a standard set of four automotive video cameras, and enable an immediate development of multi-camera applications.

Xylon focuses on design of flexible automotive data logging, IP cores and design services based on programmable FPGA and SoC/MPSoC devices. The company was founded in 1995, and provides embedded graphics, video and vision products.

Xylon is a Premier Member of the Xilinx Alliance Program.

http://www.xylon-lab.com

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Multi-Gbit Ethernet compliance test meets IEEE 802.3ch

Thu, Feb 04, 2021

Believed to be the first multi automotive Gbit Ethernet compliance tester, the TekExpress has been released by Tektronix.

It confirms the integrity of faster signals to achieve higher data transfer rates and enable advanced technologies to meet the requirements of complex automotive designs. Newer automotive technologies, such as autonomous driving, 5G and connected cars, require a vast amount of data necessary and must be tested to ensure reliable transfers between a vehicle’s electronic sub-systems.

The automated compliance test application allows for quick, accurate and reliable validation and debugging for multi-Gbit Ethernet chipsets and electronic control units (ECUs) to meet physical media attachment (PMA) transmitter measurement requirements for up to 10Gbits per second.

The Tektronix TekExpress multi-Gbit automotive Ethernet compliance test solution is fully automated and meets the current version of the IEEE 802.3ch MultiGBASE-T1 specification.

“Multi-gigabit Ethernet uses PAM4 modulation to achieve high data rates and reliability, pushing the boundaries of signal integrity and requiring higher performance measurements for compliance, debugging and validation. Debug tools like DPOJET and PAM4 analysis also allow for quick identification of the root cause of a failure,” said Raajit Lall, general manager of Market Solutions at Tektronix.

The Tektronix TekExpress multi-Gbit automotive Ethernet compliance test solution is part of its family of automated compliance solutions for automotive Ethernet, and it works seamlessly with Tektronix oscilloscopes. It uses the TekExpress automation framework which means that engineers do not have to learn a new software interface.

This new application enhances Tektronix’s in-vehicle network offering of 10BASE-T1S, 100-BASE-T1 and 1000BASE-T1 compliance testing applications for automotive Ethernet standards.

The Tektronix IEEE 802.3ch Multi-Gigabit Ethernet automated compliance application is now available globally for 10G/5G/2.5GBASE-T1 automotive Ethernet PMA transmitter compliance testing on DPO70000 SX/DX series oscilloscopes.

Tektronix is an active participant in the Open Alliance, developing in-vehicle network test specifications and methodologies for reliable, cost-effective testing.

The company is headquartered in Beaverton, Oregon, USA. It specialises in test, measurement and monitoring solutions.

http://www.tek.com

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Evaluate NFC technology with NFC Tag kit

Low power TCXO accelerates development through customisation

2.3Mpixel HDR automotive video camera is ready for prototyping

Multi-Gbit Ethernet compliance test meets IEEE 802.3ch

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