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IoT connectivity box provides remote access in industrial areas

Thu, Aug 02, 2018

Finnish company, Tosibox, offers the Lock 500, a connectivity and remote access device designed particularly for demanding industrial environments. The Lock 500 can also be used in the security and office networking sectors.

“The importance and amount of data is constantly growing in application areas such as machine builders collecting high data volumes, CCTV in security and infrastructure, and ICT applications and office remote work, says Tero Lepistö, Tosibox CEO. “Dual-SIM slots for operator redundancy allows for even more reliable connectivity,” he adds.

Tosibox Lock 500 meets the needs of industrial customers, with features such as industrial power connector, integrated DIN rail mounting bracket and industrial housing.

It has a robust, fanless enclosure made of aluminum with IP 20 rating. The back of the Lock 500 has an integrated DIN rail bracket for easy mounting. There is also an industrial screw-on DC power connector and the power source is provided with suitable connectors as an accessory.

For IT and security services, the Lock 500’s VPN throughput is suitable for remote video streaming of security cameras. Tosibox Lock 500 can also be used for connecting demanding IT network infrastructures and for building more affordable remote business solutions.

The Lock 500 boasts impressive cyber security features such as the secure storage of encryption and authentication keys in a hardware-based secure storage, which makes copying or faking the device identity impossible, claims Tosibox. The integrity and confidentiality of the software is always verified at boot-up. All software updates are cryptographically signed and verified before installing, ensuring only Tosibox product updates are allowed.

The device holds the CE certificate, with remaining approvals, FCC and UL to be added later.

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MIPI DSI displays offer projected capacitive touch

Thu, Aug 02, 2018

Display, monitor and embedded computing specialist, Densitron, has launched a set of MIPI display serial interface (MIPI DSI) displays for a variety of applications, ranging from security, broadcasting, telecom and process control systems to smart meters. The move reflects the growing demands for the same premium quality, high-resolution graphical display technology used for personal mobile devices to be tailored for use in industrial applications, says Densitron.

The MIPI DSI displays are available in three sizes, four, 4.3 and five inches (101, 109 and 127mm). In addition to high colour saturation, they are claimed to have outstanding readability at all viewing angles and projected capacitive touch (PCT) and optical bonding options. There is also the possibility of adding haptic feedback technology to provide the sensation of touch when a user makes contact, as well as lens customisation for all of these options.

The displays enable low power, low electromagnetic interference (EMI) yet allow for the interconnection of other components such as cameras for high performance applications.

“Densitron believes MIPI DSI will become the next generation standard for display technology,” says Luo Luo, Densitron global product manager, TFT.

“Traditional interfaces won’t support the advanced display technologies now demanded by consumers,” he continues. “Using extra data channels and increasing transmission speed to host the higher resolution is already increasing EMI susceptibility and radiation. MIPI addresses these shortcomings, enabling content-rich display technology without the huge strain on interface connections.”

Using a reduced number of wires and operating at a lower power consumption to conserve battery life, the MIPI DSI interface handles very fast speed signals for driving high resolution, premium performance displays, from HD to FHD and beyond, says Densitron. Using a simplified pin count for a reduction in electrical noise and, therefore, limited EMI susceptibility.

The MIPI DSI range is supported by Densitron’s new Aurora SBX which provides a development platform to create modern graphics user interface (GUI) applications to develop and power functionality in a fully-operational human machine interface (HMI) for a range of industrial applications.

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RDS offers Fujitsu’s latest Mini-ITX for secure industrial operation

Thu, Aug 02, 2018

Designed for the harsh, demanding industrial environments across a range of markets, the Fujitsu Mainboard D3633-S Mini-ITX is now available from embedded hardware and display specialist, Review Display Systems (RDS).

This latest addition to Fujitsu’s Industrial series is powered by the Intel Q370 Express chipset which supports Intel’s 8th generation Core i7/i5/i3 processors or the Intel Pentium/Intel Celeron processors, for high-performance computing performance in demanding applications.

Security features include hardware watchdog support, recovery BIOS, boot sequence control, serial/USB port access protection and Trusted Platform Module (TPM) protection with Infineon’s SLB9670 SPI (serial peripheral interface) for encryption protection to TPM V2.0.

The impressive array of capabilities includes extensive memory capabilities: DDR4 2666 dual channel SDRAM and two SO DIMM sockets, providing up to 32Gbyte memory capacity.

For graphics performance, the 170 x 170mm Mini-ITX incorporates an Intel UHD graphics processor, two DisplayPort V1.2 and a DVI-D port, support for two lanes of Embedded DisplayPort (eDP) V1.4 and dual channel 24-bit LVDS. A Realtek ALC671 high-definition audio codec is also integrated.

Furthermore, there is support for Intel AMT 12.0/vPro for remote management and for PCI Express x 16 (Gen 3). For networking options, there are two Intel GbE LAN, Wake-on-LAN (WoL) functionality and Magic Packet technology for power management.

Expansion options include one Mini-PCIe supporting PCIe Gen 3 and USB 2.0, USB 3.1 (Gen 1 and Gen 2) sockets, four SATA ports and one M.2 socket, together with GPIO ports, and legacy ports, such as COM, mouse and keyboard.

Specifically designed for industrial applications, the D3633-S Mini-ITX will be available for more than five years and has an extended lifecycle of up to six years, says RDS.

The mainboard has industrial-grade EMI immunity and can operate at the enhanced temperature range of 0 to +60 degree C. It is also designed and approved for 24/7 continuous operation.

Operating systems supported are Windows 10 and Linux.

The D3633-S Mini-ITX will be released in September 2018.

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SiTime and Intel collaborate on MEMS timing for 5G

Mon, Jul 30, 2018

MEMS timing specialist, SiTime is collaborating with Intel, working together on integrating timing solutions for Intel’s 5G multi-mode radio modems. The collaboration will also apply to Intel LTE, millimeter-wave wireless, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and GNSS solutions.

5G is expected to transform communications, with new levels of connectivity. Areas from smart cities and intelligent wind farms, to agriculture and hospitals, the Internet of Things and connected infrastructures will generate zettabytes of data from an estimated 50 billion devices, says SiTime.

To realise this transformation, networks must become faster, more agile, and much denser, utilising more equipment. Systems will be deployed closer to connected devices and in uncontrolled locations such as on streetlight, traffic lights, rooftops, stadiums, and parking garages. In these settings, 5G devices will be subject to environmental stressors such as vibration, high temperature, and rapid temperature changes.

SiTime’s MEMS timing solutions enhance system performance in the presence of stressors such as vibration, high temperature, and rapid thermal transients, which can disrupt the timing signal and result in network reliability issues, lower data throughput, and connectivity drops. SiTime is to provide its MEMS solutions, with patented MEMS timing technology, to Intel’s 5G modem business, to meet the performance requirements of emerging 5G radio modem platforms.

SiTime’s transformative MEMS timing solutions have proven to offer up to 20 times better robustness, reliability, and performance in the presence of such stressors, and are crucial to the successful deployment of 5G, reports SiTime.

“Our collaboration with SiTime on MEMS-based silicon timing solutions will help our customers build leading 5G platforms to best take advantage of the increased performance and capacity that the 5G NR standard brings,” said Dr. Cormac Conroy, corporate vice president and general manager of the Communication and Devices Group at Intel. The project will address all areas, he contines: “Intel’s modem technology and our collaboration with SiTime is helping to enable new mobile and consumer experiences, and enterprise and industrial use cases.”

“Intel is already building 5G’s future and has the scale to meet 5G’s scope,” said Rajesh Vashist, CEO at SiTime. “Our collaboration enables SiTime to align our MEMS timing solutions roadmap with Intel’s 5G platforms,” he added, described the partnership as “potent” for future growth and one that enables successful deployment of 5G.

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