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Dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth module extends battery life for the IoT

Tue, Mar 07, 2023

Extending the Infineon Airoc portfolio, the company has introduced the CYW43022 Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth module which extends battery life for IoT applications with up to 65 per cent power reduction.

The CYW43022 low power architecture results in up to a 65 per cent reduction in power usage during deep sleep mode, to extend the battery life for applications such as smart locks, smart wearables, IP cameras and thermostats.

Sivaram Trikutam, vice president of Wi-Fi product line at Infineon, said: “By optimising the sleep power for battery-operated IoT devices, consumers can now enjoy longer battery life compared to competing solutions. With the industry’s lowest power consumption for a Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combination, [the CYW43022] enables more devices to be smarter, connected, and more versatile in a wide range of environments,” he added.

The Aitoc CYW43022 low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth 5.3 device includes Wi-Fi network offloads and an embedded Bluetooth stack reducing power demands on host processors. To support designs with smaller antennas or designs that require longer reach, it includes a Class 1 Bluetooth power amplifier with +18dBm transmit power. To protect against hacker attacks, there is secure boot with firmware image authentication which requires signed Infineon firmware protects against hacker attacks.

Infineon’s Airoc wireless products, including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy and Wi-Fi and Bluetooth combinations with a broad portfolio of high-performing, reliable, low power products that deliver robust industry-leading performance.

Airoc products leverage a common software framework across Android, Linux, RTOS platforms and are pre-integrated with Infineon’s ModusToolbox software and tools, allowing developers to deliver differentiated products to market on time and on budget.

Infineon’s Airoc CYW43022 low power, dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth is available now. IT will be exhibited by Infineon at Embedded World in Nuremberg, Germany (14 to 16 March) Hall 4A-138.

http://www.infineon.com

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Advantech bases MIC-733 AI computing on Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Orin

Tue, Mar 07, 2023

Industrial edge AI provider, Advantech, has released MIC-733, an Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin-based AI computing system.

It has sufficient computing power, flexible video input support and wireless communication for video + AI + 5G applications. Buttressed by 24/7 remote management support, the MIC-733 is claimed to be the best industrial edge AI computing system for AMR/AGV (automated mobile robot/autonomous guided vehicle) applications, with potential for use in smart agriculture and smart transportation.

The compact fanless system is capable of operating wide operating temperatures (-10 to around +60 degrees C) found in outdoor / harsh environments. The MIC-733 delivers a flexible array of expansion slots and multiple I/O including four USB 3.2, two Mini-PCIe and two M.2. Additionally, it offers iDoor and iModule expansion and support for diverse peripherals

There is also I/O module customisation available through the Mini-PCIe and full PCIe interfaces. This includes the use / modification of CANBus controllers, Cameralink frame grabbers, or PoE modules for IP cameras.

The Nvidia Jetson AGX Orin is a system on module designed for energy-efficient autonomous machines. It uses Nvidia AI software stacks with up to four CUDA cores and eight times the performance of the Nvidia Jetson AGX Xavier modules. They also support multiple sensors and the latest high-speed interfaces, said Advantech.

In order to integrate existing video with AI computing, MIC-733 provides support for multiple video inputs, for example GMSL, USB, and PoE. By inserting a GMSL card, MIC-733 can support two GMSL2 cameras. It is also equipped with four USB 3.2 Gen2 (10Gbits per second) for high data transmission USB cameras. With iModule expansion, the MIC-733 version can support eight USB 3.2 Gen2, four GbE PoE or eight GMSL2 cameras. To help implement AI video solutions at the edge, MIC-733 supplies up to 60W of power to cameras from four PoE ports (which can be upgraded from four LANs) to help customers integrate cameras. Customers can choose either four 15W per port or two 30W per port.

MIC-733 preserves Mini-PCIe expansion to support 4G / Wi-Fi modules for mobile communication. The growing demand for 5G communication means that the MIC-733 has a dedicated M.2 3052 for 5G applications.

Advantech has collaborated with Allxon to provide a 24/7 remote management service on the Nvidia Jetson edge AI and robotics platform, enabling large-scale deployment and device management through over-the-air (OTA) and out-of-band (OOB) service.

MIC-733 is also Azure IoT-certified with the Microsoft reference configuration.

http://www.advantech.com/en-eu

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Optical interconnect scales to AMD’s adaptive SoCs

Tue, Mar 07, 2023

At OFC, the optical communications and networking conference in San Diego, California (05 to 09 March), Ranovus has demonstrated a low power consumption, 800Gbits per second Ethernet interoperable link which is interoperable with AMD’s adaptive SoCs for AI / ML (artificial intelligence / machine learning) applications.

The Odin direct drive CPO 2.0 optical interconnect has 5pJ/bit energy efficiency and is claimed to be best-in-class for co-packaged, near-packaged optics and pluggable module form factors.

The company demonstrated interoperability of the AMD Versal adaptive SoCs with the co-packaged Odin 800G direct drive optical engine and third party 800G DR8+ retimed pluggable modules.

Ranovus’ Odin is a low latency, high density, protocol agnostic and standards-based optical engine that delivers massive optical interconnect bandwidth with industry-leading cost and power efficiency, claimed the company. Built on GlobalFoundries’ Fotonix monolithic RF / CMOS silicon photonics (SiPh) platform, Odin incorporates Ranovus’ proprietary RF CMOS, silicon photonics, laser and packaging technologies for volume manufacturing. Odin is well suited for next-generation data centre architectures built on co-packaged optics, near-packaged optics, and pluggable OSFP / QSFP-DD / OSFP XD optical modules.

Dr Christoph Schulien, head of Systems and high speed IC R&D of Ranovus, said that the inherent versatility enables hyperscale data centre providers to drastically reduce power consumption and optimise density and cost as they deploy novel hybrid data centre architectures in response to the insatiable growth in AI / ML workloads.

Yohan Frans, vice president, engineering at AMD, said: “We are proud of our collaboration with Ranovus in demonstrating the performance and versatility of monolithic silicon photonics interconnects as data centre and 5G customers deploy highly efficient and cost-effective systems for next generation workloads.”

The interoperability between CPO and pluggable modules is a key proof point that their interconnect technology supports the flexibility and scalability with the lowest power consumption sought by hyperscalers as they optimise their data centres for AI / ML workloads,” said Vladimir Kozlov the founder and CEO of Lightcounting.

Ranovus will demonstrate its Odin optical interconnect CPO, NPO and 800Gbits per second DR8+ pluggable module portfolio at the Ranovus booth 2019 and the GlobalFoundries booth 5216.

http://www.ranovus.com

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PoE switch offers environmental protection and network security

Thu, Mar 02, 2023

Advanced network and security features for outdoor applications are claimed to be delivered by the PDS-204GCO power over Ethernet (PoE) switch from Microchip Technology.

It is the next generation of the PDS-104GO, and additionally offers easy installation and environmental protection, said the company.

PoE switches designed for outdoor use in smart buildings and cities enable services ranging from public Wi-Fi and video surveillance to connected streetlights that require improved reliability and cybersecurity protection. The PDS-204GCO switch adds increased cyber protection and the redundancy required for high network availability in mission-critical applications with long-distance connectivity, said Microchip.

Like the earlier PoE switch, the PDS-204GCO complies with outdoor industry standards and is designed for easy and safe installation but is better able to support applications in which massive amounts of critical data are collected from widely dispersed PoE-powered edge IoT devices. “It addresses these dual challenges of network security and network availability all the way from the endpoint to the central management system,” said Iris Shuker, director of Microchip’s PoE business unit.

PoE technology enables power to be delivered over standard Ethernet infrastructure for quick and easy installation of edge IoT end points. Outdoor PoE switches connect these devices to the network and power them under a broad range of environmental conditions while monitoring and controlling status, including remote reset.

According to Microchip, the PDS-104GO switch is the first to support the industry’s high Ingress Protection 67 (IP67) waterproof rating in these applications while eliminating the need to open the unit during installation and jeopardize safety, performance or reliability. It also adds cybersecurity features for Ethernet networks to protect applications against threats at all network levels, and redundancy features that enable high network availability.

The PDS-204GCO includes four PoE Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) ports that support the IEEE 802.3bt (Type-4) standard and two small form factor pluggable (SFP) fibre links that each support 1Gbit per second or 2.5Gbit per second speeds. The fibre links can be used as optical uplink ports for surveillance cameras and as a redundant uplink path for increasing network availability.

Support for ITU-T G.8032 Ethernet Ring Protection Switching (ERPS) technology ensures communication continues if there is an uplink link failure. The PDS-204GCO switches also supports multiple network topologies, and multiple units can be concatenated using a daisychain topology to extend the reach from the main central switches while reducing the number of optical cables directly connected to it from each device.

Cybersecurity features protect both the data traffic transmitted within the switch and the switch’s system management. Key features for protecting transmitted data within the switch include endpoint device authentication and authorisation, manual switch-traffic policy management, and denial of service (DoS) attack prevention. Key features for protecting switch management and configuration include securing web browsing using self-signed or Certificate Authority (CA)-signed certifications and user authentication and authorisation by remote servers using Radius or TACACS+ security mechanisms.

The PDS-204GCO outdoor PoE switch is based on Microchip’s VSC7514 10-port industrial Ethernet switch, VCS6817 IStaX software package and PoE integrated circuits.

The PDS-204GCO switch is available now.

http://www.microchip.com

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Dual-band Wi-Fi 5 and Bluetooth module extends battery life for the IoT

Advantech bases MIC-733 AI computing on Nvidia’s Jetson AGX Orin

Optical interconnect scales to AMD’s adaptive SoCs

PoE switch offers environmental protection and network security

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