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Enhancing energy efficiency by ultra-low standby power consumption in consumer electronics appliances
By Akshat JAIN & Ranajay MALLIK AMG CENTRAL LAB, STMicroelectronics, Greater Noida, INDIA Nowadays most of the electrical and electronic appliances can not be switched off completely without being unplugged. These appliances draw power 24x7 even when they are not performing their primary function
10 min readQorvo 's ZigBee 3.0 certified Smart Home Gateway saves dev Time
Qorvo has announced that its Low Power Wireless business unit formerly known as GreenPeak Technologies is the first in the industry to receive the ZigBee 3.0 certification for its smart homes gateway platform. A certified ZigBee 3.0-ready platform enables software developers to quickly integrate the
2 min readEnhanced HomePlug AV2 under development supporting 4K and VR
HomePlug has begun new development efforts to enhance HomePlug AV2 specification aiming for a evolutionary performance benefits. Roadmap of development is to take HomePlug AV2 to higher level of performance compared to what it has already delivered. David Watkins, Service Director, Connected
2 min readMStar’s Hybrid STB chip-set integrated with the CubiTV Hybrid Middleware
Cubiware, a Warsaw, Poland based subsidiary of TiVo Inc announced its continued expansion in Asia with a new partnership with MStar Semiconductor to integrate MStar’s Hybrid Set-Top Box chipset solution with the full-featured CubiTV Hybrid Middleware. Using MStar’s Full HD MPEG-4/MPEG-2/HEVC STB
2 min readApple HomeKit camera and doorbell supported by Ambarella's SoC
The new Apple HomeKit camera and doorbell services are supported by image processing SOC chip vendor Ambarella. The HomeKit ecosystem allows watching of videos from multiple cameras in a home such as entrance video doorbells, home monitoring cameras, outdoor lights with integrated cameras, and baby
2 min readWhen every needy-one has smartphone,PC, and HDTV; VR gets in with spiky growth
If you look at the yester years of electronics growth, it was the consumer electronics which was a big pie of opportunity in the form of radio and TV receivers, and then came the personal computer, notebook, followed by Internet which could enable further growth of personal computers. After the Inte
5 min readIOT powered smart home can save 10% electric power consumption
Smart home is not only about making home secure and automated, its also about saving energy by switching on and switching off of various appliances at home as per the need of home occupants using IOT enabled systems. A smart home otherwise can be also called as automated home by using In
3 min readSmart home enabling IoT switch Wemo connect to Nest app and devices
Belkin made IOT electric power switch Wemo now connects to Nest system devices such as the popular Nest thermostat. Any device connected to a Wemo power switch can turn on or off when the Nest Thermostat is in Home or Away mode. Some interesting examples how this can improve things in a smart h
2 min readFour pair cable instead of 28 pair for connecting to full-HD LCD
THine Electronics LCD timing controller technology called eDriCon drastically reduces number of cables required to send data from the processing board to LCD. eDriCon uses a technology where image data and the clock signals are superimposed to save number of wires required. This technology is esp
2 min readMidea acquire 80.1% stake in Toshiba home appliances business
Toshiba Corporation and China-based Midea Group Co., Ltd. have signed a Definitive Agreement where Midea will acquire an 80.1% stake in Toshiba Lifestyle Products & Services Corporation., the home appliances arm of Toshiba. The transaction price for the 80.1% stake is approximately JPY53.7 billio
3 min readST chips power Make in India STB from MyBox
Multi-segment semiconductor chip leader STMicroelectronics announced successful field deployment of satellite set-top boxes (STB) from MyBox – A Hero Electronix Venture for India’s Airtel Digital TV. MyBox’s Digital HD STBs are powered by ST’s STiH237 satellite SoC. ST says MyBox’s HD STB is the
2 min readHD HEVC set-top box ICs from ST supports scalable hardware and software
STMicroelectronics has launched new set-top box ICs which are not just an upgrade but designed with a new architecture. High definition HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) Liege3 family of chipsets for entry Set-Top-Box markets consists of STiH337/STiH332 for satellite STB, STiH372 for cable S
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