Editor’s Choice for July

EdgeCortix® Inc., the innovative fabless semiconductor design company with a software-first approach, focused on delivering class-leading compute efficiency and latency for edge artificial intelligence (AI) inference; unveiled the architecture, performance metrics, and delivery timing for its new industry-leading, energy-efficient, AI inference co-processor.

Fig: EdgeCortix SAKURA chip die photo along with AI inference efficiency comparison to the leading GPU for edge use-cases, on the Yolov3 object detection benchmark. Current leading GPU SoC at 32 TOPS and 30W TDP vs EdgeCortix SAKURA at 40 TOPS and 10W TDP. SAKURA delivers over 10X power-efficiency advantage. All data normalized to the baseline of Yolov3 608x608 and with batch size 1.

EdgeCortix officially introduced its flagship energy-efficient AI co-processor (accelerator), branded SAKURA™. Designed entirely in their Tokyo-based development center, the company announced that SAKURA is produced by TSMC on the popular 12nm FinFET technology and will be available as low-power PCI-E based development boards to participating companies of the EdgeCortix Early Access Program (EAP) in July of 2022.

“SAKURA is revolutionary from both a technical and competitive perspective, delivering well over 10X performance/watt advantage compared to current AI inference solutions based on traditional graphics processing units (GPUs), especially for real-time edge applications.”, said Sakyasingha Dasgupta, CEO, and Founder of EdgeCortix, “After validating our AI processor architecture design with multiple field-programmable gate array (FPGA) customers in production, we designed SAKURA as a co-processor that can be plugged in alongside a host processor in nearly all existing systems to significantly accelerate AI inference. Using our patented runtime-reconfigurable interconnect technology, SAKURA is inherently more flexible than traditional processors and can achieve near-optimal compute utilization in contrast to most AI processors that have been developed over the last 40+ years.”

SAKURA is powered by a 40 trillion operations per second (TOPS), single-core Dynamic Neural Accelerator® (DNA) Intellectual Property (IP), which is EdgeCortix’s proprietary neural processing engine with a built-in reconfigurable data path connecting all compute engines. DNA enables the new SAKURA AI co-processor to run multiple deep neural network models together, with ultra-low latency, while preserving exceptional TOPS utilization. This unique attribute is key to enhancing the processing speed, energy efficiency, and longevity of the system-onchip, providing exceptional total cost of ownership benefits. The DNA IP is specifically optimized for inference with streaming and high-resolution data.

Key industrial segments where the SAKURA performance profile is ideally suited to include transportation / autonomous vehicles, defense, security, 5G communications, augmented & virtual reality, smart manufacturing, smart cities, smart retail and robotics, and all markets that require low power, low latency AI inference.

The company announced that SAKURA will also be available to customers for purchase in multiple hardware form factors, and the underlying IP can be licensed in conjunction with EdgeCortix’s software stack for customers designing their proprietary semiconductors.

Key SAKURA features include: • Up to 40 TOPS (single-chip version) and 200 TOPS (multi-chip version). • PCI-e Device TDP @ 10W-15W. • Typical model power consumption ~5W. • 2x64 LPDDR4x – 16 GB. • PCIe Gen 3 up to 16 GB/s bandwidth. • Two form factors – Dual M.2 and Low-profile PCIe. • The DNA processing engine within SAKURA delivers:

Edgecortix, Inc. www.edgecortix.com

McObject® announces the release of eXtremeDB/rt database management system (DBMS) for the QNX® Neutrino® RTOS from BlackBerry. eXtremeDB/rt is the first and only commercial off-theshelf (COTS) real-time database management system suitable for hard real-time embedded systems.

A hard real-time database system is one that is time cognizant: It is aware of processing deadlines and offers transaction schedulers that enforce those deadlines and are adaptable to varying workloads (e.g., works equally well with periodic and aperiodic tasks) and changing deadlines and task priorities. eXtremeDB/rt is an innovative evolution of database system capability that has the potential to greatly simplify data management in complex real-time embedded systems such as Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). Developers that, up to now, have had no alternative to a ‘roll your solution to data management in real-time systems should be interested in the guaranteed reliability and faster time-tomarket offered by this new kind of database system.

eXtremeDB/rt will be of particular interest to developers of autonomous systems (air, sea, and ground), aerospace and defense systems, industrial control systems, robotics, and medical devices. eXtremeDB/rt is available for QNX Neutrino RTOS 7.1 with Aarch64 (ARM64), ARMv7, and x86-64 target systems.

“Real-time performance can benefit embedded software developers in many market segments including autonomous systems, industrial control, robotics, and medical devices,” said Romain Saha, Strategic Alliances Director at BlackBerry QNX: “McObject builds upon many years of QNX support by bringing eXtremeDB/rt to the latest version of the QNX Software Development Platform.”

“QNX’s penetration into the ADAS and Safety-Critical markets makes them an ideal partner. Neutrino RTOS has a long and rich history and is a perfect fit for the types of applications we expect people to develop with eXtremeDB/rt,” said Andrei Gorine, McObject Chief Technical Officer.

eXtremeDB/rt was designed for use in resource-constrained, mission-critical embedded systems. Its small footprint and frugal use of memory and CPU make it uniquely qualified for these applications. Find eXtremeDB in millions of embedded systems, in deployments ranging from satellite systems to locomotive control, worldwide.

McObject® www.mcobject.com

Elma Electronic now offers an embedded single board computing (SBC) engine leveraging the integrated deep learning capabilities and rich I/O of the NVIDIA® Jetson AGX Xavier™. The 3U CPCI Serial-based JetKit-3010 delivers artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled video inspection, analysis, object detection, and recognition capabilities to system developers building advanced technologies to develop, test, and manufacture smarter and more reliable systems in markets such as automotive, agriculture or industrial automation.

Holger Heidenblut, Business Development Manager, of Elma, noted, “Our new JetKit-3010 contributes a game-changing compute engine to applications converging in AI and advanced graphics, like object detection and inspection, intelligent video analytics, robotics, and autonomous driving. And because it’s CompactPCI Serial, it can be integrated with a range of boards available from a multi-vendor ecosystem to enable system platforms tailored to the specific design requirements.”

Before the open standards-based JetKit-3010, research and development with AI components required extremely powerful and specialized hardware, much of which is purpose-built and expensive. yet cost-effective, method to develop applications requiring pattern recognition, environment recognition, or situation analysis.

Elma Electronic’s JetKit-3010 combines the flexibility of an 8-core ARM processor with the compute performance of 512 NVIDIA CUDA cores and 64 Tensor cores to provide compute density, energy efficiency and AI inferencing capabilities that are a quantum jump in intelligent machine processing.

The JetKit-3010 can be packaged as a standalone small form factor platform or integrated as a multi-function SBC in an existing CPCI system platform. It provides a rich set of features, including I/O available via the front panel or backplane: M.2 NVME, HDMI, 4x USB, 2x Gigabit Ethernet, and x8 PCIe ports.

The display controller supports high resolution imaging 3840 x 2160 at 60 Hz (up to 36 bpp) via HDMI, and multi-stream HD video and JPEG support for most encode and decode video standards. A dedicated programmable ARM Cortex A9 audio processor provides a multi-channel, high-definition audio (HDA) path via the HDMI interface.

Elma Electronic www.elma.com

HPx-310 allows integrators to perform substantial testing of radar tracking or display applications ahead of final deployment and sign-off.

Cambridge Pixel has launched a new HPx-310 radar output card designed to help developers perform end-to-end testing of their systems in the laboratory ahead of deployment with a radar.

The HPx-310 replaces the HPx-300 card, providing a solution to the generation of radar signals for system testing, simulation, or interface network radar with legacy equipment expecting analog radar signals. The HPx-310 retains compatibility with the HPx-300 card providing a x1 PCIe interface for the transfer of radar video and conversion into video, trigger, and azimuth signals.

The card can be used in conjunction with Cambridge Pixel’s Windows-based SPx Radar Simulator software allowing complex scenarios of moving targets to be defined and then converted into radar signals for direct input to radar processing or display equipment. Where there is a need to interface network streams of radar into legacy radar signals, the HPx-310 hardware is a key component of the solution. For example, ASTERIX CAT-240 video can be input to the HPx-310 card for output as radar signals. Long-distance distribution of radar signals can also be achieved with an HPx-410 radar input card, network streaming module, and HPx-310 to convert back to radar signals.

The HPx-310 card is highly configurable in terms of radar signals, with options for single-ended, differential, and configurable voltages up to 30V. The card is available with a board support library for Windows or Linux and is supported by Cambridge Pixel SPx product family.

Commenting on the release, David Johnson, Cambridge Pixel’s Managing Director said: “The HPx-310 has been developed to help users test their new tracking or display systems with live data in a laboratory environment before deployment with a radar. The HPx-310 generates a wide range of signal types, allowing for rigorous testing to take place at the front end of the chain, and taking away the risk of any last-minute bugs or data flow issues.”

Cambridge Pixel’s new HPx-310 card is part of a family of radar acquisition and processing components that provide systems integrators with a powerful toolkit to build server and client display systems. The company’s highly-acclaimed SPx suite of software libraries and applications provides developers with flexible, ready-to-run technology modules for radar visualization, radar video distribution, radar simulation, plot extraction, and target tracking. Cambridge Pixel’s solutions are used by the world’s air forces and navies, as well as a multitude of companies such as Toshiba, Blighter Surveillance Systems, Tellumat, Indra, Airbus, Raytheon, L3 Harris, and many others.

Cambridge Pixel https://cambridgepixel.com/

The company selected by Ball Aerospace for methane emissions monitoring program

The company selected by Ball Aerospace for methane emissions monitoring program

Mercury Systems, Inc. announced it was selected by Ball Aerospace to enhance the data recording and storage performance for MethaneSAT, the methane monitoring satellite being developed by a subsidiary of the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund. With MethaneSAT, nations and companies will be able to identify, manage and reduce methane emissions and help slow the rate at which the Earth is warming.

Mercury’s data storage technology delivers the high performance and sustainability required to operate successfully in space’s harsh, radiation-intense environment. Ball’s MethaneSAT spectrometer will incorporate Mercury’s RH3440 3U VPX high-density solid-state data recorder (SSDR), allowing the state-of-the-art satellite to gather critical data needed to solve environmental sustainability issues. The digital recorder is optimized for size, weight, and power (SWaP) and is radiation tolerant – crucial for a successful space mission. Moreover, since data will be generated at a rate much higher than can be telemetered, Mercury’s “store-andforward” features allow delayed data transmission to ground stations while maintaining data integrity until the data can be transmitted.

The fastest way to slow climate change is by reducing methane emissions, a powerful climate pollutant. Data from MethaneSAT, supported by Mercury’s high-density SSDR, will help do just that.

“Mercury is honored to work with Ball Aerospace and MethaneSAT on this unique mission to monitor methane emissions from space,” said Tom Smelker, vice president and general manager, Mercury Microsystems. “We look forward to equipping the Ball Aerospace spectrometer and MethaneSAT with a reliable, high-performance, and radiation-tolerant data storage solution, all in support of our vision: to make the world a safer, more secure place for all.”

MTI Instruments introduces the 1520 Signal Simulator and Calibrator offering market-leading WiFi connectivity, ergonomic and visualization features, and up to 10 hours of battery life. Designed to support MTI Instruments’ proven jet engine vibration measurement and balancing systems, the portable signal simulator brings laboratory-grade accuracy directly onto the flight line and to the test cell. The unit features a rugged, two-handed controller for glove-friendly operation and a color touchscreen for viewing high-precision graphical waveforms. Unlike other simulators/calibrators, the 1520 needs just one technician to set up signal simulations at a location and then, via wireless login, conduct the test while observing and adjusting values.

The 1520 adds functionality and versatility to MTI Instruments’ existing, well-respected handheld 1510A Signal Simulator. The key features of the new 1520 Signal Simulator and Calibrator include: • WiFi Capability – Wireless login and control of full functionality enables fast and easy testing of hard-to-reach sensors and devices at the flight line and test-cell • Portable, Rugged – Ergonomic design includes glove-friendly buttons as well as a color touchscreen • High-Precision Waveforms – Custom, sine, square, triangle, pulse, tachometer, and sawtooth waveforms from 0.1Hz to 100kHz n 0.1 Hz increments • Long Battery Life – Operates up to 10 hours on a single charge • Bridge Circuit Simulation – Easy to command microvolts to simulate strain gauges • Standards Compliant – Comes with NIST-traceable calibration certificate • Cost-Effective – Delivers high-precision laboratory-grade functionality at a competitive price

“Our new 1520 has upgraded features that jet maintenance technicians have been waiting for in a portable signal simulator and calibrator: Wireless capability and ergonomic design that can be used with gloves, excellent waveform visualization – and up to 10 hours of battery life,” said Moshe Binyamin, President, and CEO of MTI Instruments. “Thanks to the unit’s WiFi feature, many routine flightline sensor test procedures can be performed by a single technician. MTI Instruments makes it easy for technicians to bring laboratory-grade test equipment onto the flightline and into the field where maintenance and testing are taking place.”

MTI Instruments Inc. https://mtiinstruments.com/

MicroSys Electronics officially announced support for the new NXP® Semiconductors S32G3 vehicle network processor, thereby extending the scalability of the NXP S32G-based miriac® System-on-Modules family with massively higher real-time data processing power for mixed-critical safety applications. The new miriac® MPX-S32G399A System-on-Module surpasses its NXP S32G2-based predecessor with 2.5 times more applications processing performance thanks to the new NXP S32G3 processor. Major improvements are eight Arm® Cortex®-A53 cores instead of only four, as well as four Arm Cortex-M7 dual-core lockstep pairs instead of three. OEMs utilizing this new miriac® SoM from the NXP® Gold Partner MicroSys benefit not only from more processor bandwidth for their safety-critical applications but also from the System-on-Modules inherent instant access to prototyping and extended connectivity for their dedicated use cases as well as comprehensive software support and safety documentations mandatory for certifications. The new System-on-Module offers multiple native CAN interfaces, as well as comprehensive FlexRay®, LIN, and Ethernet support including TSN. Target markets are real-time connected vehicles, mobile machinery, and automotive test and measurement equipment. Further applications include data loggers, edge gateways, and fail-safe programmable logic controllers (PLCs).

The NXP S32G vehicle network processor is targeted for ASIL D safety applications in OEM and Tier-1 automotive applications. MicroSys Electronics extends its application areas to SIL certifications for any market where functional safety standards analog to IEC 61508 are required, including railway technology (EN 50155), aviation (DO-160), stationary and mobile machinery (ISO 13849), as well as manufacturing robots (ISO 10218), control systems (IEC 62061), and drive systems (IEC 61800-5-2). Approvals in the aviation context (DO-254/DO-160) can be supported with manufacturer documentation.

The new miriac® MPX-S32G399A SoM from MicroSys Electronics features the S32G3’s eight Arm Cortex-A53 cores with Arm Neon™ technology organized in two clusters for applications and services. For real-time tasks, the S32G3 has also four dual-core lockstep Arm Cortex-M7 pairs for which MicroSys offers support for dedicated FreeRTOS™ implementations besides NXP’s standard automotive support. Clustered and operated in lockstep mode, the set of heterogeneous cores of the S32G3 can support ASIL-D applications or any other functional safety standard comparable to IEC 61508. In terms of memory, the new SoM integrates 4 GB of soldered LPDDR4 RAM at 3200 MT/s, up to 32 GB eMMC non-volatile memory, and 64 MB QuadSPI flash. External SD card storage can be multiplexed with the onboard eMMC.

Regarding connectivity, the new SoM offers an extensive range of generic and communication interfaces including 4x SerDes interfaces configurable as PCIe Gen3 2x1 or 2x2, 3x 2.5 Gigabit Ethernet plus 3x Gigabit Ethernet, 18x CAN FD bus, 2x FlexRay, and 4x LIN. 14x GPIOs, 12x analog inputs (ADC), 4x FlexSPI, 2x UART, 1x USB and 4x I2C complete the interface range. For trace and debug tasks, the SoM supports Aurora and JTAG interfaces. A comprehensive board support package including bootloader configuration and all required Linux drivers rounds off the feature set.

A liquid-cooled NVIDIA A100 PCIe GPU is the first in a line of GPUs for mainstream servers responding to customer demand for high-performance, green data centers.

In the worldwide effort to halt climate change, Zac Smith is part of a growing movement to build data centers that deliver both high performance and energy efficiency. He’s head of the edge infrastructure at Equinix, a global service provider that manages more than 240 data centers and is committed to becoming the first in its sector to be climate neutral. “We have 10,000 customers counting on us for help with this journey. They demand more data and more intelligence, often with AI, and they want it in a sustainable way,” said Smith, a Julliard grad who got into tech in the early 2000s building websites for fellow musicians in New York City.

As of April, Equinix has issued $4.9 billion in green bonds. They’re investment-grade instruments Equinix will apply to reducing environmental impact through optimizing power usage effectiveness (PUE), an industry metric of how much of the energy a data center uses goes directly to computing tasks. Data center operators are trying to shave that ratio ever closer to the ideal of 1.0 PUE. Equinix facilities have an average of 1.48 PUE today with its best new data centers hitting less than 1.2.

Equinix is making steady progress in the energy efficiency of its data centers as measured by PUE. In another step forward, Equinix opened in January a dedicated facility to pursue advances in energy efficiency. One part of that work focuses on liquid cooling. Born in the mainframe era, liquid cooling is maturing in the age of AI. It’s now widely used inside the world’s fastest supercomputers in a modern form called direct-chip cooling. Liquid cooling is the next step in accelerated computing for NVIDIA GPUs that already deliver up to 20x better energy efficiency on AI inference and high-performance computing jobs than CPUs.

If you switched all the CPU-only servers running AI and HPC worldwide to GPU-accelerated systems, you could save a whopping 11 trillion watt-hours of energy a year. That’s like saving the energy more than 1.5 million homes consume in a year. NVIDIA adds to its sustainability efforts with the release of our first data center PCIe GPU using direct-chip cooling.

Equinix is qualifying the A100 80GB PCIe Liquid-Cooled GPU for use in its data centers as part of a comprehensive approach to sustainable cooling and heat capture. The GPUs are sampling now and will be generally available this summer.

“This marks the first liquid-cooled GPU introduced to our lab, and that’s exciting for us because our customers are hungry for sustainable ways to harness AI,” said Smith. Data center operators aim to eliminate chillers that evaporate millions of gallons of water a year to cool the air inside data centers. Liquid cooling promises systems that recycle small amounts of fluids in closed systems focused on key hot spots. “We’ll turn a waste into an asset,” he said.

In separate tests, both Equinix and NVIDIA found a data center using liquid cooling could run the same workloads as an air-cooled facility while using about 30 percent less energy. NVIDIA estimates the liquid-cooled data center could hit 1.15 PUE, far below 1.6 for its air-cooled cousin. Liquid-cooled data centers can pack twice as much computing into the same space, too. That’s because the A100 GPUs use just one PCIe slot; air-cooled A100 GPUs fill two.

Galvion is excited to be introducing its new Nerv Centr® Hub Application. Developed to support their recently launched Man-Worn Power and Data capabilities, the Hub Application offers users the ability to monitor real-time power usage to more effectively plan for future missions. Galvin’s new Hub Application, along with the full suite of Nerv Centr® power and data provision and management solutions, and next-generation Batlskin® head systems.

Missions depend on charged equipment more than ever before, and the complexity of sustaining soldiers on the battlefield expands and shifts with every new technology. Radios, NVGs, GPS, smartphones, laptops, drones, and other surveillance equipment all demand significant power, and the ability to manage that power efficiently is mission-critical. The new Nerv Centr® Hub Application is designed specifically to make the job of real-time power management for the modern operator much easier. stand user interface, the application allows the user to monitor and analyze power usage. Some features in Live Power mode include estimated remaining run time based on attached power and devices, low power alert, and voltmeter to enable optimal solar blanket positioning. The Application also allows for after-mission Power Analysis which offers a more detailed understanding of power usage and allows for comparisons to be made across users. Mission data can then be included in the Power Modelling tool, which analyses historical and modeled power usage to predict future mission needs and enable more precise logistic and support planning. This minimizes battery burden and maximizes run times and efficiency. The Nerv Centr® Hub Application will be available as an enhanced feature for Galvin’s 4-port Power & Data Hub (PDH-4) and will be Android and ATAK compatible.

Peter Rafferty, Galvin’s UK President said: “We first demonstrated our new Hub Application to the US market at SOFIC a few weeks ago but exhibiting at Eurosatory allows us to introduce the Hub Application to our customers on this side of the Atlantic. We have been actively growing Galvion’s Software Development team over the past few years to better serve the user. As technology evolves, we must provide value-add capabilities beyond the simple hardware. This Application sits alongside our existing Man-Worn Power & Data product range and will offer real operational advantages to JTACs, communication specialists, and tactical leaders, allowing lighter logistic loads and substantiated, accurate power planning for future missions.”

NVIDIA www.nvidia.com

Galvion www.galvion.com

Keysight Technologies, Inc. has introduced the new PathWave Advanced Design System (ADS) 2023, an integrated design and simulation software that rapidly addresses increasing design complexity and higher frequencies in the radio frequency (RF) and microwave industry.

Keysight’s PathWave ADS 2023 includes enhancements to electromagnetic (EM) simulation for circuit designers. It also streamlines the integration of multi-technology circuit assembly and simulation into enterprise electronic design automation (EDA) design workflows. PathWave ADS 2023 enables RF and Microwave product development teams to easily address signal complexity, design densification, multi-technology integration, and frequencies moving to 60GHz and beyond. As a result, customers can shorten time-tomarket, improve engineering team productivity and deliver competitive design wins.

“PathWave ADS 2023 directly addresses the needs of customers developing multi-technology high speed, high-frequency designs,” said Joe Civello, director of RF and Microwave Simulation at Keysight. “This new solution offers workflow and simulation performance improvements that accelerate the design and simulation process while delivering the analysis results necessary to ensure designs meet critical electrical and thermal performance requirements.”

Simulation performance enhancements in RFPro, the interactive EM simulator integrated with PathWave ADS, enable rapid design tuning and optimization. New RFPro features include: • Automation of EM-circuit co-simulation setup which ensures that analysis is easily accessible by circuit designers without the help of an EM expert or the need for invasive layout editing. • Advanced EM solvers and meshing technologies are accessible via a single unified environment with parallelized simulation acceleration through cloud-based, high-performance computing (HPC) that supports fast, high-capacity simulation. • Seamless integration with Cadence Virtuoso, Synopsys Custom Compiler, and Ansys HFSS facilitates enterprise electronic design automation signoff workflows. • RF and Microwave Development Environment

PathWave ADS 2023 development environ-ment enhancements include: • Automation of 3D multi-technology assembly (SmartMount) for routing and verification of densely integrated RF modules. • Enhanced management of design databases containing complex multi-technology structures enables correct simulation setup and traceability of designs and simulation data. • Python and Microsoft Visual Studio scripting, debugging, automation, processing, utilization, and visualization of complex simulation and measurement data that provides the integration and insights needed to achieve optimal designs that meet multiple performance specifications.

Error Vector Magnitude (EVM) distortion specification is the new requirement when designing for digitally modulated signals in RF and microwave applications. PathWave ADS incorporates Keysight instrumentation algorithms for compact test signal generation and rapid EVM distortion calculations to deliver EVM simulation support for any modulated signals at the circuit level, enabling design tuning and optimization. Multi-physics simulation enhancements enable designers to:

Accurately identify transient temperature rise to create reliable high-power RF components when deployed in the field to avoid costly premature failures. Ensure power amplifier stability under all operating conditions. When used with RFPro EM visualization, designers can identify the physical locations and frequencies at which instability occurs to fix them before building hardware. Compress what would normally require five days on a single machine into one day with cloud-based high-performance computing (HPC) to perform thorough simulation and optimization that results in higher yield and reduced time to market.

Keysight Technologies, Inc. www.keysight.com

SSDI developed the SFL22P06S.5 to respond to a customer’s request for a 2N7624U3 replacement needed for a space application. This -22 A, -60 V P-channel MOSFET in the SMD.5 package has a low on-resistance of 60 mΩ max (-10 V, -10 A) and a low total gate charge of 7 nC typ. This fast switching device has been supplied to support spacecraft and military applications. Contact the factory for radiation data.

SSDI’s engineering and manufacturing teams can scale devices to meet specific program needs. For higher current requirements, SSDI offers the SFL40P06S.5, which delivers a continuous drain current of 40 A and drain-source voltage of 65 V. The SFL40P06S.5 has a low on-resistance of 50 mΩ max (-10 V, -15 A) and is also available in the SMD.5 package.

SSDI also released the SFL11P06S.22 to offer an SMD.22 option for designers that need to maximize board space. This -11 A, -60 V PFET has a small footprint of .150 in. x .227 in. max and a low profile of .075 in. max. With its in-house tooling and packaging capabilities, SSDI supplies a wide variety of hermetic packages, which includes offering¬¬ alternative package options or modifications to fit unique mechanical requirements.

SSDI Power www.ssdi-power.com

Antenova Ltd is launching GNSSNOVA M20071, a brand new GNSS receiver module, with power consumption, reduced five-fold to enable smaller tracker designs, and trackers that run for five times longer.

The M20071 module is for small tracking devices that operate from Li-ion batteries, where a lower power requirement is a clear advantage. These are typically small mobile trackers, pet trackers, personal fitness devices, and location trackers for bikes and e-scooters.

The M20071 tracks the GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, and BeiDou constellations simultaneously, this improves position accuracy, particularly in urban environments. Based on the latest generation chip from Mediatek, it draws 17 mW of power when receiving GPS only, and 21 mW receiving all constellations.

GNSSNOVA M20071 measures 9.0 mm x 9.0 x 1.8 mm. Pairing this with one of Antenova’s compact SMD antennas makes a compact RF solution and a way to realize slimmed-down tracker designs. Antenova offers several GNSS antennas to enable a compact RF product to be designed – in particular the low-profile Sinica chip antenna and the Bentoni FPC antenna.

Says Michael Castle, Product Marketing Manager at Antenova, “Designers using M20071 and our low profile GNSS antennas can specify much smaller designs than with the usual patch antennas.” Standard GNSS modules typically draw 90-100 mW of power, so Antenova’s reduction in power consumption to 17 mW gives a significant increase in operational time, over 500%. Designers can either build a product to run five times longer or specify a smaller battery to save space in the design.

The GNSSNOVA M20071 module contains an integrated SAW (surface acoustic wave) filter and LNA (low noise amplifier), TCXO, and RTC to improve performance and speed up the first position fix.

The M20071 includes EASY™ (Embedded Assist SYstem) which speeds up TTFF (time to first fix). It generates synthetic ephemeris data rather than downloading it from the satellite, thus reducing power consumption. The warm start time using EASY is around 2 secs compared to 25 secs without EASY. For applications that wake up periodically to get a position, EASY further reduces total power consumption, so a smaller battery can be specified. M20071 also includes EPO which is Assisted-GNSS. EPO receives assistance data from a website to speed up the TTFF.

Antenova Ltd www.antenova.com

Pixus Technologies is now offering a SOSAaligned VITA 46.11 compliant chassis manager that sits behind an OpenVPX backplane. This mezzaninebased approach allows for chassis management without sacrificing a slot.

The SHM300 SlotSaver VPX chassis manager is designed to the latest SOSA requirements and utilizes 100% US-based software/firmware. The chassis manager is used to monitor/manage the FRUs (Field Replacement Units) plugged into the SOSA/OpenVPX chassis platform. Features include chassis discovery of plug-in boards, information storage, cooling management, SDR-based sensor initialization, and other chassis control and event handling.

The compact design of the Pixus SOSA aligned chassis manager ensures that the size/spacing does not interfere with VITA 66 or 67 interfaces and cabling. The SHM300 also supports redundant options.

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