ETSI reveals emergency comms plugfest results
ETSI’s international emergency communications interoperability plugfest revealed that 87% of 285 test pairings were interoperable. The remote event was a cooperation between ETSI, EENA (European...
View Article£1.3m for flexible electronics in UK recycling pilot scheme
Cambridge-based flexible electronics company PragmatIC has been awarded a £1.3m by the UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund for a recycling scheme based on NFC tags. “PragmatIC consider this to be...
View ArticleInmarsat takes on Dutch government over 5G spectrum allocation
Inmarsat has launched civil court proceedings in the Netherlands over 5G spectrum allocation. It is looking to protect its provision of maritime and aviation safety services from its ground station in...
View ArticleMicrochip opens USB Power Delivery software to customer code
For USB Type-C with Power Delivery, Microchip has created a framework allowing designers to add their code to the its Power Delivery software stack. “With our Power Delivery software framework, all...
View ArticleWireless-to-DALI Gateway specification from DALI Alliance
The DALI Alliance has specified wireless-to-DALI gateways to link existing DALI wired products with Bluetooth mesh or Zigbee wireless ecosystems. “Wireless to DALI gateways provide the flexibility to...
View ArticleWorld’s first electronic private telephone exchange returns to Cambridge
A prototype Pye telephone exchange from the 1950s is to be exhibited at the Cambridge Museum of Technology. It is an example of the world’s first electronic private branch telephone exchange (PBX),...
View ArticleMore on: China’s lunar comms satellite
Chinese scientists have revealed details of Queqiao, the lunar communications satellite that relays data between the Chang’e-4 moon lander and Earth. Needed because the lander is on a part of the Moon...
View ArticleNovel antenna combines a dish and a phased array
Lockheed Martin has created a novel millimetre-wave dish antenna for satellites and ground terminals, particularly for space-based 5G communication. Called ‘wide angle ESA fed reflector’ (Waefr), it is...
View ArticleETSI highlights problems with encrypted traffic on networks
ETSI has identified problems arising from pervasive encrypted traffic in communications networks as part of a programme to integrate encrypted traffic. At issue is end-to-end encryption, which can...
View Article6G: ETSI studies reconfigurable intelligent surfaces
Standards body ETSI is to create a specification for reflective RF ‘reconfigurable intelligent surfaces’ (RISs). “RIS is a new type of system node leveraging smart radio surfaces with thousands of...
View ArticleAutomotive gateway design from Renesas
Renesas has revealed an automotive gateway design. Based around its R-Car S4 SoCs and power management chips, it is aimed at vehicle computers, communication gateways, domain servers and application...
View ArticleSiGe 5G transmit pre-driver and LNA from NXP
NXP is aiming at 5G infrastructure with silicon-germanium transmit pre-drivers and dual-channel receive front-end modules. BTS6201U 2.3 – 4.2GHz pre-driver 3 x 3 x 0.85mm 16pad HVQFN BTS6302U 2.3 –...
View ArticleData hitches a rides on fast neutrons
Enginees at Lancaster University have transmitted, received and decoded data sent over a fast neutron stream. The proof-of-concept involved modulating neutrons from a calfornium 252 source using an...
View ArticleThe role of next generation PON technologies in FTTX
Advanced test equipment is required for new forms of passive optical networks, says Richard Martin of Electro Rent. The prevalence of fibre-oriented communication infrastructure continues to grow...
View ArticleEarth to Space laser comms needs special tuning
ESA is looking into using lasers to send data from Earth to geostationary orbit. It operates the European Data Relay System (EDRS) packages from that high altitude orbit – payloads sharing room on...
View ArticleI3C agreed as a bus for secure authentication
The MIPI Alliance and ETSI have adopted the ‘I3C Interface for SSP’ specification, allowing the MIPI I3C Basic specification to serve as a physical and logical link layer for the ETSI SSP (Smart Secure...
View ArticleTester supports Qualcomm 5G RAN NR sub-6GHz small cells
Qualcomm has validated Anritsu’s MT8000A comms tester for sub-6GHz 5G NR small cells using Qualcomm’s 5G RAN platform and its QDART (development acceleration resource toolkit). “The Qualcomm FSM100 5G...
View ArticleBluetooth LE Audio specification complete, adding local audio broadcast
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group has announced the completion specifications that define LE Audio, the next generation of Bluetooth audio. LE Audio adds support for hearing aids and introduces...
View ArticleLow-capacitance ESD protection for automotive data
Nexperia is aiming at protecting USB 3.2, HDMI 2.0 and LVDS data lines in vehicles with family of ESD (electrostatic discharge) protection diodes. “Additionally, this portfolio also aims to address the...
View ArticleMCU adds EtherCAT and other time-sensitive Ethernet to industrial equipment
Renesas is aiming a set of microcontrollers at industrial equipment needing real-time Ethernet control. Dubbed RZ/N2L, the MCUs have an integrated time-sensitive networking (TSN) compliant three port...
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