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NOVOSENSE Launches Integrated Low-Voltage Motor Driver Family Targeting Industrial Automation and Smart Appliances
NOVOSENSE Microelectronics is showcasing a new lineup of motor driver ICs at PCIM Europe 2026, covering two distinct application needs: brushed DC motor control for smart appliances and compact equipment, and multi-channel low-side driving for industrial PLC and factory automati
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Smart Home Healthcare Device Shipments Forecast to Reach 170 Million by 2030
According to ABI Research, shipments of smart home healthcare devices are projected to grow from 124 million units in 2026 to 170 million units by 2030, representing a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 8.1%. Key device categories driving this growth include connected Continuous Glucose Monito
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CES 2026: Qualcomm Announces Snapdragon Digital Chassis Updates, Agentic AI Collaborations, Dragonwing Processors and Snapdragon X2 Plus Platform
Qualcomm Technologies presented multiple announcements at CES 2026 focused on automotive, IoT, robotics, and computing platforms. In automotive, Qualcomm expanded its collaboration with Google to integrate Snapdragon Digital Chassis solutions with Google's automotive software, including An
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STMicroelectronics Launches Matter 1.5 NFC Chip for Simplified Smart Home Device Onboarding
STMicroelectronics has introduced the ST25DA-C, a secure NFC chip that supports Matter 1.5 for one-step integration of smart home devices. The chip enables users to add items such as lighting, access control, and security cameras to home networks by tapping a smartphone, drawing on the open-sourc
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5G IoT Boom: Omdia Predicts 5.1 Billion Cellular Connections by 2030
Omdia’s latest research forecasts that cellular IoT connections will reach 5.1 billion by 2030, driven by advancements in 5G technologies. The study identifies 5G RedCap, 5G Massive IoT, and 4G LTE Cat-1bis modules as key growth drivers reshaping the cellular IoT landscape.
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Connectivity Standards Alliance Adds Bosch as Promoter Member to Board of Directors
The Connectivity Standards Alliance, an organization with over 800 members focused on developing IoT technology standards, has added Bosch as a Promoter Member to its Board of Directors. Bosch’s new role aims to support the Alliance’s mission of advancing standardized interoperability
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India's own processors Vega and Shakti for embedded systems, strong foundation laid, waiting for commercial success
Embedded systems need a powerful processor/microcontroller and software IDE platform and support packages at core. With these basics, embedded systems also require few CAD/EDA tools to design the board. Lot of other semiconductor devices such as analog, power, and wireless interface ICs too
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Semtech’s LoRaWAN technology supports Yorkshire water’s smart meter deployment
Semtech Corporation announced the use of its LoRa technology in a smart water metering project by Yorkshire Water, in collaboration with Netmore Group, across the U.K. The initiative, one of the largest of its kind in the region, involves deploying 1.3 million smart water meters over five years.<
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Arm Cortex M series: Features, architecture, comparison and an example of processing
Arm Cortex M series processor architecture The Arm Cortex-M processor architecture is a family of 32-bit RISC (Reduced Instruction Set Computer) processor cores designed by Arm Hol
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Exploring Edge AI: NPUs, market and tech trends, processor IP and microcontroller chips ranked and analyzed
Edge AI is all about having a brain like computing processor IP core in the processor/microcontroller chip in the edge/terminal devices such as IoT embedded boards and any such devices where the processing of video/audio, sensor, and any such data is processed locally on devices. More examples in
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Low power Arm Cortex-M33 STM32U3 MCUs from STMicro: 1.6µA stop current and 117 Coremark/mW
STMicroelectronics a well known source for extreme low power and robust MCUs for ultra-low-power applications announced latest Arm Cortex-M33 core based STM32U3 MCUs running at up to 96MHz. These UFQFPN, WLCSP, LQFP, and UFBGA packaged MCUs deliver Coremark-per-milliwatt score of 117, nearly doub
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Silicon Labs announces new concurrent multiprotocol SoC MG26 and PG26 MCU for IoT
Silicon Labs announced immediate availability of its new EFR32MG26 Series 2 Multiprotocol Wireless SoC suggested as ideal for mesh IoT wireless connectivity using Matter, OpenThread, and Zigbee protocols for smart home, lighting, and building automation products. With key features such as high-pe
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