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Farnell ships DFRobot’s LattePanda 3 Delta SBC

Thu, Aug 11, 2022

Claimed to be the world’s smallest x86 single board computer (SBC), the LattePanda 3 Delta is available from Farnell.

The SBC is the latest addition to the LattePanda family. The pocket-sized hackable computer, measuring 125 x 78 x 16mm. It supports Linux, Windows 10 and Windows 11.

Compared to other SBCs at the same price, the LattePanda 3 Delta offers the highest performance, said Farnell. It features Intel’s 11th generation mobile four-core processor, the N5105. With up to 8Gbyte RAM and 64Gbyte storage, LattePanda 3 Delta is the most cost-effective product yet from DFRobot. It is suitable for artificial intelligence (AI) and IoT applications, smart city, edge computing, smart home, face detection and recognition, artificial intelligence server, intelligent monitoring, voice recognition and cloud machine learning.

It offers developers new levels of creativity, said Romain Soreau, head of single board computing at Farnell. “Designed as the world’s most compact SBC, LattePanda 3 Delta is an exceptional board for space constrained applications which require high performance such as AI localisation, robotics, smart factory, home automation, gaming and handheld devices,” he said.

The LattePanda 3 Delta board supports 4K IPS touch displays. It has a high resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, two USB Type C and one mini-HDMI port.

The CPU is up to two times faster than the previous version and the GPU is up to three tunes faster to support 4K HDR video and processor intensive games.

It also supports Wi-Fi 6 and with a transfer speed up to 2.4Gbits per second is 2.7 times faster than Wi-Fi 5. The SBC is also equipped with a USB 3.2 gen2 port that has an high bandwidth, delivering up to 10Gbits per second of throughput which is twice as fast as USB3.2 gen1 (USB3.0). Bluetooth 5.2 is included as standard.

Other features are support for Gigabit Ethernet, 42 expandable interfaces and 2933MHz high-frequency LPDDR4 RAM up to 8Gbyte. Storage has been doubled, up to 64Gbyte and the board also has a watchdog time and automatic power on and a cooling fan.

The LattePanda 3 Delta is available with a Windows 10 license.

Developers can achieve a significant performance boost by upgrading from the Celeron N4100 of the LattePanda Delta to the Intel 11th-generation Celeron N5105 processor with up to 2.9GHz burst frequency, advised Farnell. The processor maintains almost the same pinout and layout as the previous version to allow for effortless system migration or upgrading by replacement.

DFRobot creates hardware and software products that become the building blocks in electronic projects, fostering a strong community of learners around it. DFRobot has expanded from open source hardware to STEM education, manufacturing and other industries. The company’s production lines range from gadgets for Arduino, LattePanda, Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, to comprehensive learning kits for K12 students such as Boson kit, micro:Maqueen series and Mind Plus.

Distributor Farnell can provide customers with fast access to easy-to-use products for project design. Customers can also benefit from 24/5 technical support alongside free access to valuable online resources on the Farnell website, and element14 community.

DFRobot’s LattePanda 3 Delta is now in stock and available for fast delivery from Farnell in Europe, element14 in APAC and Newark in North America.

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Solid State Supplies adds Silicon Labs’ BG24 and MG25 SoCs

Wed, Jun 01, 2022

Distributor Solid State Supplies can now supply Silicon Labs’ BG24 and MG24 series of 2.4GHz wireless SoCs for Bluetooth and multiple-protocol operations, respectively.

The low power BG24 and MG24 series support multiple wireless protocols and incorporate PSA Level 3 Secure Vault protection, making the SoCs suitable for smart home, medical and industrial applications.

The 2.4GHz wireless SoCs are claimed to have the industry’s first integrated AI/ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) accelerators, support for Matter, Zigbee, OpenThread, Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth mesh, proprietary and multi-protocol operation. In addition they have the highest level of industry security certification, said Solid State Supplies, together with low power capabilities and the largest memory and flash capacity in the Silicon Labs portfolio.

There is a new software toolkit designed to allow developers to quickly build and deploy AI and ML algorithms using some of the most popular tool suites like TensorFlow.

Equipped with built-in dedicated AI/ML accelerators (specialised hardware designed to handle calculations in AI/ML implementations), the BG24 and MG24 “represent a huge step forward in the quest to bring the potential of AI and ML to life in real world applications. Their impressive battery life will help to bring AI/ML applications and wireless high performance to battery-powered edge devices,” commented Matt Cook, product group manager at Solid State Supplies.

The single-die BG24 and MG24 SoCs combine a 78MHz Arm Cortex-M33 processor, 2.4GHz radio, 20bit ADC, an optimised combination of flash (up to 1536kB) and RAM (up to 256kB), and an AI/ML hardware accelerator for processing ML algorithms while offloading the Arm Cortex-M33, so applications have more cycles to do other work. They support a range of 2.4GHz wireless IoT protocols. System on Module (SoM) versions will also be available to support lower volume applications.

PSA Level 3-Certified Secure Vault, the highest level of security certification for IoT devices, provides the security needed in products like door locks, medical equipment, and other sensitive deployments at risk from external threats.

The SoCs and development kits are available now. SoM versions are due for release later in 2022.

In addition to natively supporting TensorFlow, Silicon Labs has partnered with AI and ML tools providers, SensiML and Edge Impulse, to ensure that developers have an end-to-end toolchain that simplifies the development of ML models optimised for embedded deployments of wireless applications. Using this AI/ML toolchain with Silicon Labs’s Simplicity Studio and the BG24 and MG24 SoCs, developers can create applications that draw information from various connected devices, all communicating with each other using Matter to then make intelligent machine learning-driven decisions.

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EBV Elektronik signs agreement with AI chip maker, Hailo

Wed, Apr 27, 2022

EBV Elektronik has signed a distribution franchise agreement for the EMEA region with Hailo, the Israeli AI chip maker, which has a range of AI accelerator and AI acceleration modules.

Hailo’s AI accelerators include the Hailo-8 AI processor which features up to 26T operations per second (TOPS) at a typical power consumption of 2.5W. It enables edge devices to run sophisticated, deep learning applications at scale, said EBV.

The company also offers M.2 and Mini PCIe high-performance AI acceleration modules.

Hailo’s products connect to board-level platforms via the PCIe interface. This allows for high-performance and power-efficient AI when used with the Intel / AMD x86 or the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, or Arm-based processors, from NXP Semiconductors, STMicroelectronics and Renesas, said the distributor.

The MicroSys Electronics miriac AIP-S32G274A embedded system on module (SoM), which is based on NXP processors is another example of a product which supports Hailo-8 AI acceleration modules.

“This agreement with EBV is a major opportunity for our AI technology to gain greater penetration across Europe and beyond, in a range of markets including industry 4.0, automotive, smart retail, smart cities, and smart home applications,” said Orr Danon, CEO of Hailo.

“Hailo’s technology is at the cutting edge of AI and deep learning applications,” said Susanne Betting, senior director Supplier Marketing at EBV Elektronik. It will complement EBV’s existing AI portfolio.

EBV Elektronik is an Avnet company. It was founded in 1969 and specialises in European semiconductor distribution. EBV maintains a personal commitment to customers and services with 240 Technical Sales Specialists which provide a strong focus on a selected group of long-term manufacturing partners. There are also 120 continuously trained Application Specialists which offer extensive application and design expertise.

The company also operates the EBVchips Program, to define and develop new semiconductor products.

Warehouse operations, logistics and value-added services such as programming, taping and reeling and laser marking are fulfilled by Avnet Logistics.

EBV operates from 65 offices in 29 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

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Tri-band Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 PCIe modules are available at Rutronik

Fri, Feb 04, 2022

Tri-Band Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 PCIe modules developed by Silex for faster, reliable WLAN used in mission-critical applications are now available from Rutronik. The Silex SX-PCEAX tri-band Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 PCIe module has the 6GHz band in addition to 2.4 and 5GHz bands. The module is based on the Qualcomm SoC QCA2066 Wi-Fi 6E module.

In addition to the tri-band IEEE 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/ax WLAN, the Silex SX-PCEAX supports the Bluetooth 5.2 BR / EDR / LE standards. It can be used in medical applications, especially in the field of diagnostic imaging, warehouse / logistics applications such as self-propelled industrial trucks or intelligent production lines, as well as for use in industrial environments (industrial PCs) and industrial automation.

Silex offers the modules in several sizes and form factors. The PCI Express card form factor, for example, is suitable for the migration of 802.11ax into existing legacy PCIe designs. The surface mount M.2 LGA type 1418 requires minimal space, says the company while an M.2 plug-in card in M.2 2230 format is also available.

The SX-PCEAX module is certified for use in Europe, North America, Japan and Canada. Silex also offers additional certification services for previously non-certified regions.

Operating temperature range is -20 to +65 degrees C. The SX-PCEAX-SMT measures 14.0 x 18.0 x 1.9mm, the SX-PCEAX-HMC measures 29.85 x 26.65 x 2.9mm and the SX-PCEAX-M2 measures 22.0 x 30.0 x 2.7mm.

Distributor Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente was founded in 1973 and is an independent, family-owned company. It is represented worldwide with more than 80 offices and offers customer support including Europe, Asia, and the USA.

The broad product portfolio includes semiconductors, passive and electromechanical components as well as embedded boards, storage and displays, and wireless products. Divisions are tailored to automotive, embedded, power and smart markets, with both specific products and services tailored to the respective applications.

There is technical support for product development and design-in right to the research area, individual logistics and supply chain management.

Customers also have access to the Rutronik24 e-commerce platform.

http://www.rutronik.com

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Farnell ships DFRobot’s LattePanda 3 Delta SBC

Solid State Supplies adds Silicon Labs’ BG24 and MG25 SoCs

EBV Elektronik signs agreement with AI chip maker, Hailo

Tri-band Wi-Fi 6E 2×2 PCIe modules are available at Rutronik

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