Harvester IC matches solar cells to batteries automatically

Nexperia has created an energy harvesting IC for photovoltaic cells up to around 1mW, that automatically matches the cell to the battery – aiming to extract at least 80% of energy that the cell can produce for any given illumination. Harvesting range is 35µW to 2mW. Inside the IC, called NEH2000BY, power conversion is thorough ...

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Raspberry Pi anticipates consistent million unit months

Raspberry Pi is on the way to consistent shipments of a million units a month. After shortages due to the chip supply situation, CEO Eben Upton has made the following statement: “We’ve been working hard to improve availability of Raspberry Pi products. Despite this, Q1 was actually our worst quarter since 2015, with roughly 800,000 ...

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Iceye introduces Dwell capability for SAR satellite imagery

Iceye, the Finnish satellite imagery specialist, has introduced a new imaging mode, dubbed “Dwell”, for its synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) small satellites. It’s a commercial system aimed at users who need to extract more information from radar imagery, including movement and direction of man-made objects, for example vehicles. It enables the radar imaging satellites to focus ...

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NASA’s snake robot is propelled by screws

Pondering movement over a wide range of terrains and through complex 3d worlds, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has come up with a snake-like robot called Eels – for Exobiology extant life surveyor. First prototyped in 2019 and now at Eels 1.0, it has 10 identical segments along its 4m body, which weighs 100kg. “There are ...

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Fuji joins 3d printed electronics alliance

Fuji Corporation has joined 3d printed electronics association JAMES (Jetted Additively Manufactured Electronics Sources), which describes itself as establishing a collaborative community that brings together professionals and enthusiasts from various fields to drive additive manufacturing development in 3D printed electronics. The addition of Fuji “will allow both companies to work together on upcoming projects, share ...

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RISC-V Summit: Customisable vector unit

Semidynamics has announced a customisable vector unit for RISC-V processor cores, compliant with RISC-V vector specification 1.0. Vector unit are composed of several vector cores that perform multiple calculations in parallel. In this case, Semidynamics’ vector core can be tailored to support FP64, FP32, FP16, BF16, INT64, INT32, INT16 or INT8 data types depending on ...

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X-Fab offers 110nm BCD-on-SoI process

Mixed-signal chip maker X-Fab Silicon Foundries is X-Fab offering a 110nm BCD-on-SoI process, claiming to be the first to do so. Called XT011, it “reflects the need for greater digital integration and processing capabilities within analogue applications”, said X-Fab, claiming: “It brings together the appealing attributes associated with both SoI and DTI [deep trench isolation], ...

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