Mitsubishi launches new computer numerical controller
Mitsubishi Electric Automation has launched the new M80W computer numerical controller, the latest in its industry-proven M8 Series computer numerical controllers. The M80W features a touch-screen...
View ArticleAdvantech wins award from Chinese consulting company for its digital factory...
Advantech, a provider of industrial computers and related technologies, has received an award from from ROI Management Consulting, in China. The award is for its Industry 4.0-compliant digital factory....
View ArticleSTMicroelectronics partners with Asratec to demonstrate humanoid robot
Chipmaker STMicroelectronics and robotics company Asratec have partnered to develop and demonstrate a humanoid robot at a recent industry event in Japan. The companies say the development is in...
View ArticleXilinx to showcase innovations for industrial IoT solutions at SPS IPC Drives
Semiconductor company Xilinx is to showcase its latest solutions for factory automation, smart grid and robotics applications at SPS IPC Drives 2017. More specifically, XIlinx says it provides scalable...
View ArticleHabey launches alternative to Raspberry Pi board for development of...
Habey, a developer of single board computers of a variety of types and form factors, has launched what it says is an alternative to the Raspberry Pi board for developing industrial robotic arms. Habey...
View ArticleWibu Systems to launch ‘world’s smallest dongle with flash memory’ at SPS
Wibu Systems says it will launch the world’s smallest dongle with flash memory at this year’s SPS IPC Drives event, which starts next week. The CmStick / BMC, the latest generation of Wibu-Systems’...
View ArticleFDT Group to display new IIoT architecture at SPS IPC
FDT Group will be exhibiting its latest technologies for connectivity and industrial internet of things at this year’s SPS IPC Drives Fair, in hall 2, at stand 439, scheduled for 28-30 November,...
View ArticleABB partners with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to bring IoT intelligence to...
Companies say the new partnership will provide “actionable insights across industrial plants, cloud and on-premises data centers for higher productivity and innovation” ABB and Hewlett Packard...
View ArticleInfineon supplying chips for Audi A8, said to be ‘world’s first series...
Infineon Technologies is supplying computing technology for the Audi A8, which is claimed to be “the world’s first series production car with autonomous driving features”. Infineon says it supplies key...
View ArticleNXP launches new version of the Linux operating system customised for...
NXP has launches what it describes as a “community-based industrial Linux distribution for Industry 4.0”. Open Industrial Linux, or OpenIL, provides immediate access to industrial time-sensitive...
View ArticleSemtech launches ‘industry’s first’ disposable LoRa-enabled nano-tag for IoT...
Semtech, a supplier of high-performance analog and mixed-signal semiconductors and advanced algorithms, has launched new nano-tag reference design – a disposable, ultrathin and low-cost tag that can be...
View ArticleLogic Supply launches fanless industrial computer with latest Intel Dawson...
Logic Supply has launched a new industrial computer which the company says “brings seventh generation Kaby Lake processing to pocket-sized computing”. The new ML100G-31 is Logic Supply’s fanless “Next...
View ArticleLantronix launches tiny but ‘advanced’ wireless embedded IoT gateways
Lantronix, a provider of secure data access and management solutions for the industrial internet of things, has launched its xPico 200 embedded IoT gateways. Measuring “less than the size of a postage...
View ArticleSTMicroelectronics launches advanced image-stabilizing gyroscope
STMicroelectronics has launched a miniature two-axis MEMS gyroscope which the company says offers more stability. Smaller, thinner smartphone camera modules can provide pin-sharp image stabilization...
View ArticleHow to choose the most appropriate programmable logic controller for your...
By Joseph Zulick, MRO Electric As many machine automation professionals know, deciding on which programmable logic controller to work with can be one of the most difficult decisions you have to make...
View ArticleHillcrest Labs launches high-precision sensor hub for robots with advanced...
Hillcrest Labs is launching a new high-precision sensor hub to advance navigation systems in what it describes as “cost-critical consumer robots”. The company says the new FSP200 sensor hub delivers...
View ArticleMipi opens access to sensor interface specification
Broader access enables more design innovations for smartphones, wearables, IoT devices, augmented reality / virtual reality and automotive systems, says Mipi The Mipi Alliance, an international...
View ArticleAromyx and Rewired partner to give robots a sense of smell
Aromyx is partnering with Rewired to develop technologies that will enable robots to smell things around them just like the average human can. Aromyx makes something called the EssenceChip, which it...
View ArticleHillcrest Labs launches new sensor node for augmented and virtual reality
Hillcrest Labs, a subsidiary of InterDigital, has launched the latest expansion of its sensor node product line. The BNO085, a 9-Axis System in Package (SiP), features an enhanced sensor fusion...
View ArticleApple awards $390 million from its advanced manufacturing fund to Finisar for...
Apple has awarded $390 million from its $1 billion advanced manufacturing fund to a US company called Finisar. The computing devices giant says the award is part of its long-term aim to support...
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