Raspberry Pi silicon for $4 board ... Quantum AI project ... Radar built in glass ... StoreDot's pivot

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. Raspberry Pi uses its own silicon for $4 board

 . Optical cable supports 60W USB-C power
. Industrial IoT hardware deal for edge AI analytics
. French boost for NB-IoT networks
. Basestation in the sky startup Loon closes
. PlanQK develops AI on quantum computers
. Analog tool qualified for Samsung 3nm
. Industrial radar sensor is built in glass
. Drone system for BVLOS industrial inspections
. Hydrogen aims for cost parity with oil
. Study develops physics model for GaN reliability
. The startup aiming to get Elon Musk's attention
. Rohm opens SiC power building
. Ultrathin piezoelectric energy harvester is cheap to produce
. StoreDot pivots to electric vehicles
. 300kW DC fast charger has 96 percent efficiency

$10m for grid sensor firm ... pacemaker risk from iPhone 12 magnets ... AI piezo sensor for tyres

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. $400m takes OneWeb satellite network to full rollout
. HP memory firm expands into Europe
. SOI Consortium combines with SEMI
. Here teams for AR 3D map displays in cars
. PLS moves UDE debug tool to 64bit with Python
. Adafruit adds Helium LPWAN IoT integration
. MPS taps EPC for 48V GaN DC-DC converter
. $10m for grid optical sensor platform
. Pacemaker risk from latest iPhone
. Funding boost for UK second life battery startup
. Sequans, e-peas team for cellular IoT energy harvesting
. Smallest energy harvesting chip for wearables and IoT
. Piezo energy harvesting AI module for tyre sensor
. Material boost for solid state battery technology
. 1500W DC programmable power supply supports LabView and IVI

TI launches wireless BMS chipset ... Flow battery for ships ... power trends for 2021

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

 . TI takes on ADI, Infineon with wireless BMS
. ST shakes off Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 results
. Imagination returns to profit
. Sequans expands 5G deal with Renesas
. Wireless haptic vest has 40 motors
. AR glasses boost from tiny full colour laser module
. 11 TOPS photonic AI chip
. Meyer Burger raises €22m for solar cell production
. Vicor's power trends for 2021
. Samsung moves to solar powered TV remote controls
. Flow battery project to power ships
. Wurth, Microchip team on AC-DC controller reference design
. First 60W wireless power receiver chip
. Hall effect chip integrates power, voltage, and current monitoring
. Durable USB A connector adds fast charging support

Hyperloop project ... Fluence tops $1bn ... Detecting cable thefts ... AI standards for wind power

By Nick Flaherty www.flaherty.co.uk

. How the industry responded to Covid-19 in 2020
. 2020: A year of medical innovation
. Dual core Xtensa chip for the AIoT
. Electrostatic anti-corrosion plastic film is compostable
. The Netherlands creates €30m hyperloop project
. Scottish project aims for hydrogen fuel cell train

. GaN power trends for 2021


. Powering through 2020


. Siemens energy JV Fluence reaches unicorn status


. US taps Israeli clean energy tech with $17m for projects
. Helsinki converts its heavy-duty vehicles to electric
. Autonomous robots tackle charger challenge
. First supercooled superconducting 4bit processor is most power efficient
. Developing AI standards for wind power
. Long distance detection of copper cable thefts
. Graphite material boost for thermal management