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Get More From Tektronix with the Chance to Win a Trip to Shanghai or a New Next Generation Oscilloscope!

Mon, May 13, 2019

Tektronix is delighted to announce, with the kind support of Farnell/Newark/Element14, a chance to win one of two fantastic prizes to celebrate the launch of a new next generation oscilloscope; built for every engineer, for everyday use.

Two lucky engineers have the chance to 1. be a VIP guest at the Tektronix Technology Innovation Forum in Shanghai in June 2019, OR 2. win one of the brand new next generation oscilloscopes.

Who can enter?

Anyone who is an engineer, is currently employed or self-employed, is over the age of 18 and currently uses electronics test and measurement equipment of any brand.

What do you win?

PRIZE 1
A trip to attend Tektronix Technology Innovation Forum in Shanghai, including:

  • VIP trip to the TIF on June 11th in Shanghai with access to see the latest advances in technology. (Venue: Shanghai Jing’an Intercontinental Hotel, Hengfeng Road, No. 500)
  • Flights for one person from a designated airport, departing on June 8th and returning on June 13th 2019.
  • Transport costs in Shanghai (to and from airport, Innovation Forum and Tektronix manufacturing facility)
  • Accommodation for 5 nights
  • A visit to the Tektronix test and measurement manufacturing facility to see how the products you use are manufactured, and to meet the team who designed them
  • A VIP guided tour of Shanghai
  • Any personal expenses not covered in the itinerary are excluded

PRIZE 2
A brand new Tektronix oscilloscope worth $3,850
On June 4th Tektronix will be launching their brand new series of oscilloscopes and you can be one of the first to own one! And get even more; more display, more signals, more usability, more choice.

How do you win?

  • Submit the contest entry form
  • All entries will be put into a prize draw to win a trip to Shanghai or a brand new Tektronix oscilloscope
  • The winners will be notified within two days of the contest closing on May 30, 2019.
  • For the Shanghai trip prize, all flights, accommodations and your itinerary will be arranged. The winner will need to ensure they are free to travel during June 8-13, 2019, and have a valid passport and Visa to travel to China.

See Contest Terms and Conditions for full details ⟩

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Ray tracing technology uses light modelling for realism

Mon, May 13, 2019

PowerVR Ray Tracing technology is now available for licensing from Imagination Technologies. The intellectual property (IP) enables realistic 3D graphics for any market, says the company.

PowerVR Ray Tracing technology uses light modelling techniques for realistic image rendering that can be integrated into graphics processing units (GPUs) across mobile, automotive, server and other markets.

The PowerVR Ray Tracing architecture is an efficient method of processing billions of rays per second (Gigarays, or GRays). According to Imagination, it makes it realistic for SoC manufacturers to offer ray tracing capable hardware within a range of power and thermal envelopes. The technology is particularly suited to adding realistic ray traced light, shadow and transparency capabilities to traditional GPUs and can even be used to create full ray tracing solutions.

Ray tracing available today is used for PC and consoles but does not offer the efficiency required for mobile, augmented reality (AR) or automotive applications, explains Imagination. Its approach is to design the architecture from the ground up for power efficiency with the ability to scale from battery-powered embedded designs to large-scale server farms.

“We are confident that ray tracing is going to happen across many applications, and in a 5G world it is likely to be very disruptive. Our ray tracing architecture matches much larger and less power efficient solutions gigaray for gigaray,” said Nigel Leeder, executive vice president, PowerVR.

Imagination PowerVR Ray Tracing technology available for licensing today includes patents, architecture, GPU integration references and standards-based application program interface (API) support for easy application integration.

Imagination holds over 220 patents and applications based on its ray tracing technology.

Imagination’s PowerVR Ray Tracing IP technology is available now for licensing. It can be used in conjunction with a wide range of GPU architectures, including Imaginations’ PowerVR graphics cores.

Imagination offers a broad range of silicon IP which includes the key processing blocks needed to create the SoCs that power all mobile, consumer and embedded electronics. Its software IP, infrastructure technologies and system solutions enable its customers to get to market quickly with complete and highly differentiated SoC platforms. Imagination’s licensees include many of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, network operators and OEMs/ODMs who are creating some of the world’s most iconic products.

http://www.imgtec.com

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Infineon introduces first current sensor in industrial family

Thu, May 09, 2019

The first member of Infineon Technology’s current sensor family for industrial applications is the XENSIV TLI4971.

The family will consist of stable, coreless Hall sensors. Users can program individual product parameters to tailor the device for current range, over-current threshold and the output mode.

The XENSIV TLI4971 is the first sensor in the family to be released. It covers measurement ranges from ±25 to ±120A and is designed for industrial applications such as electric drives up to 50kW or photovoltaic (PV) inverters. Further members of the product family to follow in 2020 will be qualified for automotive applications, says Infineon.

The coreless open loop current sensor offers an accurate and stable current measurement which is provided as an analogue output voltage. The sensor uses Infineon’s temperature and stress compensation for sensitivity error as low as two per cent at room temperature. It can be reduced below two per cent with a single point in-system calibration, advises Infineon. Differential measurement with two Hall cells ensures high accuracy even in a noisy environment with cross-talk from adjacent current lines or magnetic stray fields, adds the company.

The TLI4971 has two output pins for fast over-current signals. Customers can program the threshold levels of the over-current signals and adopt them to system requirements without the need of further external components. The signals can be used for pre-warning and system shut-down. In addition, the device also provides a signal in case of an over- or under-voltage condition for the supply voltage.

As the design is coreless, the TLI4971 fits into an 8.0 x 8.0 x 1.0mm leadless QFN type package (TISON-8). The layout of the current rail provides best in class thermal performance for currents up to 120 A, at no extra cost, claims Infineon. The sensor is intended for use in high voltage application and incorporates galvanic isolation up to 1.1kV (maximum repetitive isolation voltage V IORM).

The XENSIV TLI4971 will begin sampling in August and will be launched in September 2019.

http://www.infineon.com

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