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new products
Bosch Sensortec BMP280 barometric pressure sensor
Cambridge CCS811 indoor air quality gas sensor
InvenSense ICM-20648 6-axis inertial sensor
Knowles SPV1840 MEMS microphone
Four high-brightness RGB LEDs
Onboard SEGGER J-Link debugger for easy
programming and debugging
USB Micro-B connector with virtual COM port and debug
access
Mini Simplicity connector for access to energy profiling
and wireless network debugging
20 breakout pins for easy connection to external
breadboard hardware
CR2032 coin cell battery connector and external battery
connector
The energy-friendly components on the Thunderboard
Sense board enable developers to create wireless sensor
nodes powered by small coin-cell batteries. Silicon Labs
has optimized the provided firmware and mobile app to
limit power consumption. Onboard sensors and LEDs
can be turned on and off by the application as needed.
Developers can program Thunderboard Sense using
the USB Micro-B cable and onboard J-Link debugger.
A USB virtual COM port provides a serial connection to
the target application. Thunderboard Sense is supported
by Silicon Labs’ Simplicity Studio™ tools, and a board
support package (BSP) gives users a head start in
application development. Developers do not need
RF design expertise to develop wireless sensor node
applications with Thunderboard Sense. After connecting
the board to a laptop with a USB cable, developers can
get up and running in minutes with Silicon Labs’ easy-
to-use Simplicity Studio tools, free mobile apps and IoT
demos.
Pricing and Availability
The Thunderboard Sense kit (SLTB001A) is available
today and priced at $36 (USD MSRP). All hardware
schematics, open-source design files, mobile apps
and cloud software are included at no charge to
developers. For additional information and to order
Thunderboard Sense kits, please visit
thunderboardsense. Visit the Apple Store and Google
Play to download Thunderboard mobile apps. Visit
to download Thunderboard
mobile app and cloud software source code.
First dual-port CSI-2 quad deserializer
hub enables faster, more flexible ADAS
applications
Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today
introduced the industry’s first dual-port quad deserializer
hub that is compliant with the MIPI Camera Serial
Interface 2 (CSI-2) specification. The new automotive-
qualified hub simultaneously aggregates and replicates
high-resolution data from up to four cameras. High data
throughput and precision are essential in autonomous
driving and sensor fusion-based advanced driver
assistance systems (ADAS), including surround-view
systems, rearview cameras, driver-monitor cameras,
camera-monitor systems, front camera systems and
satellite radar equipment. For more information, see
The new device’s higher bandwidth enables processing
of more video data at faster speeds in equipment
designed to recognize pedestrians, bicyclists and
other obstacles in a vehicle’s path or periphery.
The DS90UB964-Q1 FPD-Link III device’s dual
CSI-2 outputs with virtual channel ID mapping and
port replication save processor resources to speed
processing of data from up to four cameras at 100
MHz per sensor and 12-bit resolution. In addition, TI’s
adaptive equalization (EQ) provides diagnostics that
enable the system to monitor cable health and take
action before cable failure occurs.
Key features and benefits of the new DS90UB964-Q1
quad deserializer hub
Faster video processing: Dual-port CSI-2 outputs
support video transmission at up to 1.6 Gbps per lane
for higher bandwidth and faster obstacle recognition by
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