At Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2015, the world’s largest mobile operator, China Mobile, demonstrates 220 Mbps peak data transmission rates based on 3.5 GHz interband TD-LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation. The live demo is using the commercial Nokia Flexi Multiradio 10 Base Station and a test device to run combined 3.5 GHz and 2.6 GHz TD-LTE frequency…
Flexible RFID System Reads Three Different Frequencies of Tags
Balluff has completed the release of their latest industrial RFID system, the BIS V. Capable of reading three different frequencies of RFID tags, this system is designed to address the challenges of a flexible manufacturing environment. With four dedicated RFID ports and one IO-Link master port, RFID can now be mixed with sensors, hubs, actuators,…
RF and Microwave Power Solutions for Heating
Freescale is leading a transformation from the use of simple magnetron RF power devices to the use of solid-state RF and microwave power devices for a wide variety of heating applications. Heating applications based on solid-state solutions benefit from clean, efficient, controllable RF energy. Freescale can help you modernize your magnetron-based heating applications or innovate…
Watch: Coffee Can Radar Optimized in NI AWR Design Environment
The MIT OpenCourseware Coffee Can Radar project provides free lectures and plans for building a working DIY radar system. This basic homodyne radar system design is capable of Range, Doppler, and Synthetic Aperture imaging and can be built with off the shelf connectorized components that operate in the 2.4GHz open ISM bands. This talk takes…
What’s New in Millimeter Wave Measurements and 5G Devices
MVG Café has been organized to bring together industry specialists and enthusiasts looking for an opportunity to voice their opinions and insights on a particular theme while networking with peers. During the symposium, in a short networking session of 20 minutes or so, guests will be encouraged to share thoughts on the topic: ‘Millimeter wave…
Expert Logger Utilizes FPGA Technology
Delphin’s new Expert Logger data logger combines advanced measurement technology with the latest communications features. This new universal datalogger is available in three versions capable of processing 16, 32 or 46 analog input channels. Up to 8 digital inputs/outputs and an SDI-12 interface are also available. Access stored data via USB, wireless LAN interfaces, or…
Analyst-MP V12 Delivers 10X Speed Improvement
NI (formerly AWR Corporation) announces the release of its version 12 Analyst-MP™ 3D multiphysics finite element method (FEM) electromagnetic (EM) analysis software. This latest version delivers up to 10X improvement in speed from the previous version, making it even faster for analyzing extremely complex high-frequency, multiphysics structures like the X- and L-band accelerators designed by Japan’s…
Bluetooth Smart Single Chip Breaks Performance and Power Efficiency Barriers
Nordic Semiconductor announced that it is sampling the first member of its next generation nRF52 Series of ultra low power wireless solutions – the nRF52832 System-on-Chip (SoC). The nRF52832 redefines the single-chip Bluetooth® Smart category by marrying barrier-breaking performance to power efficiency. It also features a unique on-chip NFC™ tag for consumer-friendly Touch-to-Pair and offers…
Web-Based Simulation Tool for Tantalum, Polymer, & Niobium Oxide Capacitors
AVX Corporation, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has introduced a new web-based simulation tool for its tantalum, polymer, and niobium oxide capacitors. Featuring data mined from the libraries of AVX’s previous PSpice Models and S-Parameters S2P software, which, now redundant, have been removed from the website, the new, interactive SpiTAN IV…
API Technologies to Acquire Cobham Inmet and Cobham Weinschel
API Technologies Corp., a leading provider of high performance radio frequency (“RF”), microwave, millimeterwave, power, and security solutions announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement with a wholly owned subsidiary of Cobham plc, to acquire Aeroflex/Inmet, Inc. and Aeroflex/Weinschel, Inc. Inmet and Weinschel have each been in business for more than 50 years, and each…