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RSL10 Smart Shot Camera brings snappy automatic image recognition to IoT

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

The RSL10 Smart Shot Camera from ON Semiconductor combines cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) with ultra-low-power image capture and recognition, to enable a new generation of Internet of Things (IoT) endpoints such as surveillance cameras, restricted areas, factory automation, smart agriculture and smart homes. A companion smartphone application provides a user interface for the platform and acts as the gateway to cloud-based, AI-enabled object recognition services.

The platform brings together ON Semiconductor’s RSL10 SIP, which provides ultra-low-power Bluetooth low energy technology, and the ARX3A0 Mono 65 degree DFOV IAS module. The module is a compact prototype used for developing compact cameras with 360 fps mono imaging based on the ARX3A0 CMOS image sensor. Complemented by motion and environment sensors and power and battery management, these technologies are aimed at providing a complete solution that can be used to capture images autonomously and identify objects within them.

Using ON Semiconductor’s RSL10 Smart Shot Camera, developers can create an endpoint that automatically sends an image to the cloud for analysis when triggered by various elements including time or an environmental change, such as light or temperature. Equally, the camera platform can operate in low power mode while monitoring a specific part of its field of view, automatically taking an image when the scene’s contents change. The image is then sent to the cloud for processing, using AI to determine the contents of the image before taking the appropriate action.

The image data is transferred to the cloud through a gateway, connected over Bluetooth low energy, using the RSL10 SIP. The low power credentials of the components used in the platform mean it can operate for extended periods of time from a single primary or secondary cell. The triggers are configured using the companion app, also over Bluetooth low energy.

Typical applications may include adding smart cameras to wearable safety equipment such as hard hats, monitoring the contents of a shopping cart to support automated checkout, monitoring occupants in vehicles to provide early warning of any safety issues, and at home scanning the contents of cupboards to build shopping lists.

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Rohde & Schwarz drives trigger and decode solution for 1000BASE-T1 automotive ethernet

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

With the new K58 option for its oscilloscopes R&S RTO and R&S RTP, Rohde & Schwarz now offers a triggering and decoding solution for 1000BASE-T1 automotive ethernet.

Similar to the existing 100BASE-T1 or CAN bus analysis and decode capability, OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers can now analyse and decode the latest bus speeds in automotive digital design.

The flexibility of automotive ethernet suits the simple twisted-pair network technology to a range of in-vehicle networks. To verify, commission and troubleshoot designs based on an automotive ethernet communication link, it is important to have an instrument that can measure and verify compliance to the standards, as well as decode the messages and reliably triggering on them.

The new K58 option for the R&S RTO and R&S RTP oscilloscopes allows users to debug and verify their in-vehicle networks and engine control unit implementations.
The decoded data can be displayed in a table as well as in the usual honeycomb diagram. Parameters such as Idle, MAC or error frames are defined by colour codes.

With the R&S RT-ZF7 probing fixtures, both the forward and reverse data streams can be decoded simultaneously. In addition, the oscilloscopes support simultaneous decoding of up to four serial buses.

The search functions are intended to simplify analysis of long signal sequences while specific message types, content and errors can be isolated quickly. All detected events are shown in a table with timestamps and the user can then examine the individual events in a zoom window, with the proper timing correlation, and navigate between the events.

The combination of the new trigger and decode functionality with the K35 bus measurements option, in-depth measurements, such as the error frame rate and number of consecutive frame errors, help to quickly determine link stability. Rohde & Schwarz states that this “unique combination” allows for more extensive analysis of bus timing, such as the delay between frames or between trigger event and the subsequent bus frame.

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Photorelay targets industrial use with 40 to 100V control range

Tue, Feb 09, 2021

Toshiba Electronics Europe has added the TLP241B high-current photorelay to its optoelectronics portfolio. The 100V rated device comes in a compact DIP4 package and covers a wide control range. It is intended for use in industrial equipment, such as programmable logic controllers and I/O interfaces, as well as building automation systems such as heating, ventilation and air conditioning.

Toshiba says the TLP241B, which incorporates Toshiba’s U-MOS mosfets, is the first photorelay device to have an off-state output terminal voltage spanning from 40V to 100V which means it can replace larger scale electro-mechanical relays. A non-contact optical arrangement, rather than moving parts, helps to extend operational lifespan, reduce system complexity and provide a more rapid response.

The device has an on-state current rating of 2A (continuous) and 6A (pulsed). It also offers 5kV isolation capabilities, making them suitable for applications that require reinforced insulation, with an operating temperature range between -40 degrees C and 110 degrees C. Housed in a DIP4 package, gull wing options are available to aid surface mounting.

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (TEE) is the European electronic components business of Toshiba Electronic Devices and Storage Corporation (Toshiba). TEE offers European consumers and businesses a variety of hard disk drive products plus semiconductor solutions for automotive, industrial, Internet of Things, motion control, telecoms, networking, consumer and white goods applications.

Along with hard disk drive products, the company provides power semiconductors and other discrete devices ranging from diodes to logic ICs, optical semiconductors, as well as microcontrollers and application specific standard products.

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Renesas RF microcontrollers are supported by Segger

Mon, Feb 08, 2021

Development tools, embedded software and production tools for the entire Renesas RE microcontroller family are available from Segger Microcontroller.

According to the company, the support makes firmware development for the Arm-based Renesas RE microcontrollers fast and easy.

Segger’s Embedded Studio integrated development environment (IDE) includes an optimised run-time library and the company’s own compiler and linker to generate small and efficient application code.

The J-Link debug probe offers the fastest flash download, including an unlimited number of breakpoints in flash memory, claims the company.

Application software includes an RTOS and communication, security, GUI and IoT software designed in-house, specifically for embedded systems. Segger’s system verification tool, SystemView, reveals the true runtime behaviour of the application. On completion of development, Segger’s Flasher series of production programmers can be used for mass production.

Trial versions of the software are available. Segger’s technical team and ecosystem offer support throughout the development process.

The power efficient Renesas RE family microcontrollers, combined with the low resource usage of Segger software, minimises – and sometimes even removes  – the need to recharge or replace batteries. This efficiency is particularly useful for home and building automation, smart farming and factory applications as well as for a range of medical devices and wearable applications.

Segger Microcontroller has over 25 years’ experience in embedded computer systems, and produces software libraries, and offers software tools and hardware tools for development and production.

Its software libraries include communication, security, data compression and storage and user interface software.

The company’s range of software libraries and tools for embedded system development are optimised for the requirements imposed by resource-constrained embedded systems.

The company was founded by Rolf Segger in 1992. It is privately held and has a US office in the Boston area, branch operations in Silicon Valley and the UK, and distributors on most continents.

Segger software is not covered by an open-source or required-attribution license and can be integrated in any commercial or proprietary product, without the obligation to disclose the combined source.

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