Category: Design engineering
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Kvaser has introduced PCIe 4xLIN for multi-channel LIN validation systems. The card supports deterministic communication, isolated channels, and hardware-in-the-loop test environments.
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ByteSnap says battery replacement could slow industrial IoT deployment plans. Its blueprint examines energy harvesting, low-power design, and maintenance-free sensor networks.
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SK keyfoundry has integrated EMC protection into automotive semiconductor designs. The Bi-SCR technology targets PMICs, motor drivers, and power-control ICs.
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Trelleborg has opened an automated European service centre in Germany. The facility adds robotics, clean-room handling, component assembly, kitting, and coating capability.
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ServiceNow and Accenture have launched OT-focused cyber migration services globally. The offer brings industrial control risk into wider AI-supported governance workflows.
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Assel has upgraded its Polish SMT line with ASM systems. The investment targets higher placement accuracy, shorter changeovers, and greater capacity.
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Analogue test hardware is gaining more realistic simulation capability now. Pickering has added PXI and PXIe modules for waveform generation, DAC outputs, thermocouple simulation, functional test, and HIL.
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Diamond semiconductor quality control is becoming faster and reproducible now. Rice University researchers have automated defect measurement using Python software and high-resolution X-ray diffraction data.
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Low-power wireless prototyping is moving closer to final products now. Nordic’s nRF54L15 Tag combines Bluetooth Channel Sounding, sensors, NFC, Matter, Thread, and edge-AI support.
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Rail inspection data is outgrowing manual depot transfer methods now. Westermo, Eviden, and Blu Wireless have demonstrated multi-gigabit mmWave train-to-ground communications for Deutsche Bahn.