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Category: Consumer Electronics

Consumer Electronics

  • New Membranes, ASICs, and Packages for Akustica

    Akustica recently announced a round of microphone design and manufacturing improvements, as embodied in two new high-signal-to-noise (SNR) microphones. They’ve redesigned the microphone membrane, the…

  • Multicore Microcontrollers for IoT and audio

    XMOS has, from its base in Bristol, England, been quietly building up its business of creating a new force in the embedded market. The company…

  • CEVA’s Next-Gen Vision Processor

    CEVA has introduced a new vision platform, which they’re calling the CEVA-XM4. We’ve looked at their prior platform, the MM3101, before; you could consider this…

  • The world wins, again

    We work in an environment where we regularly say that we using technology to try to change the world for the better. Then the world…

  • A MEMS Autofocus

    Change may be coming to the world of camera autofocus. Traditional smartphone autofocus uses a voice coil to move the lenses and change the focus.…

  • Freescale Acquired by NXP

    Did not see that coming. American chipmaker Freescale will be acquired by Dutch rival NXP in a cash and stock deal worth about $11.8 billion.…

  • A Mobile Environment Sensor

    Bosch Sensortec recently announced a new environmental sensor, the BME680. It actually builds on prior devices. The first was simply pressure and temperature; the next…

  • PNI’s Wearable (and IoT) Dev Kit

    Wearables are hot these days, and PNI Sensor sees a good fit in that space for their SENtral chip. They’ve bundled it into what they…

  • Reviewing the $10,000 Ethernet Cable

    AudioQuest sells a $10,000 Ethernet cable. The people who buy this cable know why they need it, and it’s well worth the extra investment. “Sure,”…

  • A Touch Material for Any Surface

    flexible material that can be made to conform to pretty much any shape. While this stretchability is a function of the substrate, its conductivity comes…