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Microchip announced the first in a series of modules for the LoRa™ technology low-data-rate wireless networking standard, which enables Internet of Things (IoT) and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) wireless communication with a range of more than 10 miles (suburban), a battery life of greater than 10 years, and the ability to connect millions of wireless sensor nodes to LoRa technology gateways. The 434/868 MHz RN2483 is a European R&TTE Directive Assessed Radio Module, accelerating development time while reducing development costs. Additionally, it combines a small module form factor of 17.8x26.3x3 mm with 14 GPIOs, providing the flexibility to connect and control a large number of sensors and actuators while taking up very little space. To learn more about this new module, go to: www.microchip.com/LoRa-Module-030215a.
Microchip announced the new 24-member PIC32MZ Embedded Connectivity (EC) family of 32-bit MCUs. It provides class-leading performance of 330 DMIPS and 3.28 CoreMarks™/MHz, along with dual-panel, live-update Flash (up to 2 MB), large RAM (512 KB) and the connectivity peripherals—including a 10/100 Ethernet MAC, Hi-Speed USB MAC/PHY (a first for PIC® MCUs) and dual CAN ports—needed to support today’s demanding applications. The PIC32MZ also has class-leading code density that is 30% better than competitors, along with a 28 Msps ADC that offers one of the best throughput rates for 32-bit MCUs. Rounding out this family’s high level of integration is a full-featured hardware crypto engine with a random number generator for high-throughput data encryption/decryption and authentication (e.g., AES, 3DES, SHA, MD5 and HMAC), as well as the first SQI interface on a Microchip MCU and the PIC32’s highest number of serial channels. For more info visit www.microchip.com/get/ESJG
Robot sculptures combining polymer clay, wire woven into coil springs, varnish and (sometimes little heart) handmade by HerArtSheLoves. theawesomerobots.com
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US bars 'advanced tech' firms from building China factories for 10 years
US tech companies that receive federal funding will be barred from building "advanced technology" facilities in China for 10 years, the Biden administration has said.
The guidelines were unveiled as part of a $50bn (£43bn) plan aimed at building up the local semiconductor industry.
It comes as business groups have pushed for more government support in an effort to reduce reliance on China.
They are faced with a global microchip shortage which has slowed production.
"We're going to be implementing the guardrails to ensure those who receive CHIPS funds cannot compromise national security... they're not allowed to use this money to invest in China, they can't develop leading-edge technologies in China.... for a period of ten years," according to US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo., explaining the US Chips and Science Act.
"Companies who receive the money can only expand their mature node factories in China to serve the Chinese market."
The US and China are locked in a long-running dispute over trade and technology.
In August, US President Joe Biden had signed a law committing $280bn (£232bn) to high tech manufacturing and scientific research, amid fears that the US is losing its technological edge to China.
The investments include tax breaks for companies that build computer chip manufacturing plants in the US.
The US currently produces roughly 10% of the global supply of semiconductors, which are key to everything from cars to mobile phones, down from nearly 40% in 1990.
The Chinese Embassy in Washington had opposed the semiconductor bill, calling it reminiscent of a "Cold War mentality."
Some US chipmakers are already experiencing the impact of Washington's crackdown on selling US technology to China. Earlier this month, Nvidia and AMD were told by US officials to stop the sale of artificial intelligence chips to China.
Dan Ives of Wedbush Securities called the restrictions a "gut punch" for Nvidia.
"This is really a shot across the bow at China and it's really going to fan those flames in terms of geopolitical (tensions)," Mr Ives had told teh BBC.
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European giants buck US decoupling from China
Germany’s BASF and Switzerland’s ABB launch big new China factories while France’s Airbus steals Chinese market share from Boeing
Blaring headlines such as “US bans ‘advanced tech’ firms from building facilities in China for a decade” and “China’s zero-Covid policies are crippling its economic outlook” distract from more mundane but arguably more important corporate news coming out of China.
Those new developments include the start of production at BASF’s new industrial complex in Zhanjiang and the final commissioning of ABB’s state-of-the-art robotics factory in Shanghai, big new European investments that buck the trend of US “decoupling” with China.
On September 6, BASF announced the inauguration of the first manufacturing plant at its Zhanjiang Verbund industrial complex in China’s southern Guangdong province. The plant is designed to produce 60,000 metric tons of engineering plastics per year, primarily for supply to the Chinese automotive and electronics industries.
It will raise BASF’s annual engineering plastics capacity in the Asia-Pacific region to 420,000 metric tons. Headquartered in Germany, BASF is the world’s largest producer of chemicals.
The Zhanjiang Verbund site is about nine square kilometers in size and the total investment is expected to reach about 10 billion euros (US$10.1 billion) by 2030. It will be BASF’s largest foreign investment to date and the first heavy chemical industry project in China to be wholly owned and operated by a foreign company.
“Verbund” is BASF’s approach to integrated manufacturing. As explained on the company’s website, “The driving principle of the Verbund concept is to add value through the efficient use of resources. At our Verbund sites, production plants, energy and material flows, logistics, and site infrastructure are all integrated.”
“The Verbund system creates efficient value chains that extend from basic chemicals all the way to consumer products. In this system, chemical processes make use of energy more efficiently, achieve higher product yields and conserve resources. By-products of one process are used as starting materials for another process. We thus save on raw materials and energy, minimize emissions, cut logistics costs and realize synergies.”
BASF currently operates six Verbund sites – in Germany, Belgium, Texas, Louisiana, Malaysia and Nanjing. The Zhanjiang Verbund will be the company’s seventh and third largest.
According to Dr. Markus Kamieth, BASF’s executive director responsible for the Asia-Pacific, “The Zhanjiang Verbund site will be built with the latest digital technologies and to the highest safety standards. It will provide high-quality, low-carbon-footprint products and build up stronger business connections with customers in South China, underlining our commitment to the Chinese market.”
A second plant dedicated to the production of thermoplastic polyurethanes is scheduled to come on stream in 2023. That will be followed by the construction of a steam cracker for the production of ethylene and other petrochemical products. BASF plans to power the entire Zhanjiang site with renewable energy by 2025. Expansion and diversification of production are expected to continue until the site is fully utilized at the end of the decade.
On September 2, China Daily reported that ABB’s new robotics factory in Shanghai is in the final stage of commissioning and should be operational within the next few months. Built at a cost of about 150 million euros, it will be “a center where robots make robots,” according to Sami Atiya, head of ABB’s Robotics & Discrete Automation business.
A multinational enterprise headquartered in Zurich, ABB is also a leader in process automation, motors power transmission products and electrification.
When ground was broken on the facility in 2019, ABB announced that it would be “the most advanced, automated and flexible factory in the robotics industry worldwide, utilizing the latest manufacturing processes and [having] the largest R&D, production and application base of robotics in China.”
The announcement continued:
Production in the highly automated facility will be based on automation cells, with robots moving from station to station, enabling greater customization and more flexibility than in traditional, linear production systems. Automated guided vehicles (AGVs) will deliver parts to the production robots just in time, while the latest collaborative technologies will ensure that humans and robots can work safely side by side, bringing greater flexibility and agility to production processes and combining the advantages of robots with the unique capabilities of people.
A digital twin will provide everyone from managers and engineers to operators and maintenance teams data insights and machine learning power to improve performance and maximize productivity. ABB will use a machine learning-based system to inspect robots as they are being assembled, to ensure the highest quality standards.
ABB’s new factory fits with China’s 14th Five-Year Plan, which aims to make the country “a global hub for robotics innovation by 2025, putting together a group of leading enterprises with international competitiveness and forming several industrial clusters with an international influence,” according to a Ministry of Industry and Information Technology document published in English by Beijing-based Pandaily technology media company.
In July, French aerospace giant Airbus announced that it had received orders for 292 A320 passenger aircraft from Air China, China Eastern, China Southern and Shenzhen Airlines, “demonstrating the positive recovery momentum and prosperous outlook for the Chinese aviation market.”
China Southern Airlines – which canceled orders for more than 100 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft in May – ordered 96 new units. The Boeing orders were reportedly canceled due to safety concerns and an uncertain delivery schedule, but in the eyes of many observers the main reason was politics
China’s nationalist Global Times gloated:
“It is natural for the US side to feel sour after losing the competition to Airbus… Who can feel rest assured engaging in large-scale trades with a country that talks about ‘decoupling’ frequently, wields the stick of sanctions, and often introduces bills to restrict trade with others out of thin air?”
Boeing lamented: “As a top US exporter with a 50-year relationship with China’s aviation industry, it is disappointing that geopolitical differences continue to constrain US aircraft exports.”
Could European politicians, worked up over Xinjiang and Taiwan, follow the American lead and sabotage the success of European companies in China? They already have, on one notable occasion.
In the third quarter of 2021, after the Swedish government banned the use of Huawei and ZTE’s 5G telecom equipment in Sweden, Ericsson’s sales in China fell 74% year-on-year. Its share of China Mobile 5G radio access network orders dropped from 11% to 2% and China’s contribution to its total revenues dropped by half to 4%.
Luckily for Ericsson, China did not account for a large share of its global business and strong demand for 5G equipment in other countries offset almost all of what it lost in China. It is, however, difficult to imagine a similar outcome with industrial chemicals, robots and aircraft for European producers.
In June, the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China released its latest Business Confidence Survey. It concluded that “while most European companies in China posted positive revenues and were profitable in 2021, doing business became more difficult for the majority.”
This was primarily due to Covid but regulatory barriers and uncertainty were also cited as reasons for dissatisfaction. Supply chains, staffing and IT are increasingly being localized. European executives feel caught between the desire to reassess their exposure to China and the fact that it is too important a market to abandon.
Contrary to this conclusion, BASF, ABB and Airbus seem to be going full speed ahead. Perhaps Europe’s alarming experience with sanctions on Russia will temper its policy toward China.
A plastic card with a built in microchip is supposed to replace the paper ticket, which is basically a good idea, but this project started many years ago. The completion was constantly delayed and the "SMS-ticket" became available. That's what the youth prefers, as far as I can see, and why not?
NO youngster ever forget his or hers cell phone! :-D
The Dutch have had a similar system for a couple of years, and they are not happy about it.
I have a few worries myself, like if it breaks down (and it will) then what?
What if you forget to check in or out? (I'm a forgetful person)
- and how about standing in line for checking in and out if you're in a hurry? (which I usually am)
Finally (at least for now) are these devices designed for operating in freezing temperatures?
(if they need electrical heating, it's going to be a big expense)
Now, what “they” really should have done is...
- to make public (short distance) transport free!
Yes-yes, I know "free" is a dirty word (especially in USA), but the fact is, the major part of the income from ticket sale are wasted on bureaucracy, on maintenance of the ticket-punchers, to pay the "railroad-police" (aka the Train Gestapo) etc.
Ok, the "ticket-business" does create some jobs, but none of which bring in that desirable foreign currency!
So is this just yet another bucket of governmental "spilt milk” and will these blue-eyed Cyclops end up as costly garden-lights in a few years?
Microchip's OS81118 is the first MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) with a USB 2.0 high-speed device port and an integrated coax transceiver.
The MOST150 technology was successfully deployed in the first car models in 2012. Now, Microchip is proud to announce the latest member of its MOST150 INIC family, to continue the success story of MOST® in the future.
With its USB 2.0 port, including USB PHY and High-Speed Inter-Chip interface (HSIC), the OS81118 allows designers to create in-car mobile and Wi-Fi® connectivity applications on the MOST150 network by connecting a standard Wi-Fi/3G/LTE module via USB. This simple solution reflects today’s market demands for consumer applications within the automotive environment, such as Internet access, e-mail, social networking and local services. Furthermore, the OS81118 enables automotive engineers to connect the most up-to-date multi-core consumer Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) to in-vehicle MOST networks. For more info, visit: www.microchip.com/get/472T
This is an older Motorola processor left over from scrap gold recovery. The acids used to remove the gold leave the IC intact, and you get a chance to see the overall structure of the chip.
From the collection of George Weistroffer.
Microchip's OS81118 is the first MOST150 Intelligent Network Interface Controller (INIC) with a USB 2.0 high-speed device port and an integrated coax transceiver.
The MOST150 technology was successfully deployed in the first car models in 2012. Now, Microchip is proud to announce the latest member of its MOST150 INIC family, to continue the success story of MOST® in the future.
With its USB 2.0 port, including USB PHY and High-Speed Inter-Chip interface (HSIC), the OS81118 allows designers to create in-car mobile and Wi-Fi® connectivity applications on the MOST150 network by connecting a standard Wi-Fi/3G/LTE module via USB. This simple solution reflects today’s market demands for consumer applications within the automotive environment, such as Internet access, e-mail, social networking and local services. Furthermore, the OS81118 enables automotive engineers to connect the most up-to-date multi-core consumer Systems-on-a-Chip (SoCs) to in-vehicle MOST networks. For more info, visit: www.microchip.com/get/472T
Here she is in our driveway. Yes, this is the sad, scared pup we found half-starved out in the desert. Dogs are amazing creatures. What I didn't mention is we fell in love with her. So silly. So happy we found her owners as I don't have the time or energy to invest in a pit bull pup! Still...she was such a sweetie pie. Mary flying high!
Properly Selecting Electronic Components: Part 3
by Vaughn D. Martin
This time, investigate basic solid-state theory, diodes, rectifiers, transistor amplifiers, and characterize them.
Experiments with Alternative Energy
by John Gavlik
This time, we’ll use these same microcontroller circuits and code to illustrate three primary conditions that affect solar panel operation in the real world: heat, shading, and tilt angle.
Magnetic Pendulum
Electronic Gadgets
by Tony Gasparovic
Here’s a really fun project that will get a lot of attention. It’s an electronic pendulum that operates on the principle of magnetism.
Bicycle Gear Position Indicator
Circuits
by Dan Gravatt
Here’s a couple of simple circuits to tell you what gear your bicycle is in while you’re pedaling down the road. I usually check what gear I am in by looking down at the front and rear gears. I decided I needed a better way after I bought a good road bike with 30 (!) gear combinations (three gears in front and 10 in back).
The ReFUSEable Box
Electronic Gadgets
by Ron Newton
This project was built for field troubleshooting and replaces blown fuses until the problem is solved. By dialing in the amperage, you can preset the drop-out point in the place of a fuse (200 mA – 5 amps). It is also known as a programmable relay. It displays the active AC or DC amperage being drawn when in the circuit.
Techknowledgey
by Jeff Eckert
Techknowledgey 2009
Topics covered include the world’s smallest reed switch, lasers that create new forms of metal, a new all-in-one PC, plus other stuff you’ll find fascinating.
Smiley’s Workshop
by Joe Pardue
Smileys Workshop: An AVR C Programming Series (Part 14)
Last month, we learned how to build a command interpreter and how to make beautiful music (okay, noise) on a piezo element. This month, we are going to look at components from the kit that sense light and temperature.
Getting Started With PICS
by Chuck Hellebuyck
Programming the PICDEM 2 Plus Development Board
After getting everything set up — I used an MPLAB® ICD 2 for the programming tool because it is available bundled with the PICDEM 2 Plus board — I was ready to write some code.
Q&A
by Russell Kincaid
Q&A | September 2009
Solar panel voltage regulator, op-amps and diodes, current sensing motor control, plus more.
Near Space
by L. Paul Verhage
Near Space | September 2009
I’m always on the look-out for neat stuff to do. So, when Mike Manes of EOSS posted over the GPSL* email list that Harbor Freight had discounted a vacuum pump that might be suitable for near space testing, I couldn’t resist. My creation takes near space testing to new lows and represents a unique use for an air-tight flour container that the manufacturer surely hadn’t intended.
The Spin Zone
by Jon Williams
LCDs & Things… oh my!
It must have been 1994 when I discovered how much I enjoy character LCDs. Like so many others, I got started thanks to Scott Edwards and his articles here in Nuts & Volts.
The Design Cycle
by Fred Eady
USB To Ethernet Using Microchip’s Free Stacks: Part 2
Now that we’ve had a taste of the free Microchip TCP/IP and USB stacks, it’s time to put the chocolate in the peanut butter. As promised, this month we’ll put a Microchip PIC18F14K50 Low Pin Count USB microcontroller in front of a PIC18F67J60 Ethernet microcontroller and put another RS-232 converter IC out to pasture.
Personal Robotics
by Vern Graner
The Dungeon Keeper
So, how about we make an animatronic body for our talking skull and put him in a creepy coffin so he can beckon them forward with a flickering candle? Though this may sound like a pretty big project, it's actually rather straight-forward and, if you start now, you should be able to have your own Dungeon Keeper ready to thrill the kids and wow the parents for this Halloween!
Developing Perspectives
by Bryan Bergeron
I could not find much on this chip other than it does something with PCIE and clocks.
Came from the Sun Fire server.
Black spots are leftover epoxy packaging and are stuck to the chip.
Camera: SONY A6000
Panorama Y Axis: 4 Images
Panorama X Axis: 7 Images
ISO: 100
Shutter Speed: 0.5"
Light Source: Internal Lamp
DIC: Yes
Microscope Objective: 10X
Stitching Software: PTGui
Other Software: Photoshop for hot-pixel removal, GIMP for cropping and resizing.
The complete, turn-key PIC32MZ EC Starter Kit costs $119, and comes in two flavors to support family members with the integrated crypto engine (Part # DM320006-2) and those without (Part # DM320006). For more info, visit www.microchip.com/get/JDVB.
Marine debris - microchips of plastic permeating the upper surface of the ocean. These small chips and other debris can be ingested by small biota and lead either to their death or ultimately ending up in the food chain.
Image ID: fis01032, NOAA's Fisheries Collection
Credit: Collection of Allen Shimada, NOAA/NMFS/OST
Marine debris - microchip of plastic on antenna of copepod.
Image ID: fis01039, NOAA's Fisheries Collection
Credit: Collection of Allen Shimada, NOAA/NMFS/OST
Friday Photos #fp13
Theme: Technology
Photo 3 of 3
Robot bug bought at the Science Museum in Manchester. Turn him on and watch him race across any surface.
Microchip announced the availability of its MPLAB® Code Configurator. This new code development tool accelerates application development using 8-bit PIC® microcontrollers (MCUs). Additionally, this tool enables developers to enhance the design experience with custom application development. The MPLAB Code Configurator is a user friendly plug-in tool for the MPLAB® X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) that generates drivers for controlling and driving the peripherals inside PIC microcontrollers, based on the settings and selections made in its user interface. A key feature of this tool is that it produces the peripheral starter code, which is easy to migrate between similar peripherals and products. The generated driver functions can be used in many different application programs, providing a very powerful and extremely easy-to-use development platform. For more info, visit: www.microchip.com/get/DWAV
Marine debris - microchips of plastic permeating the upper surface of the ocean. These small chips and other debris can be ingested by small biota and lead either to their death or ultimately ending up in the food chain.
Image ID: fis01031, NOAA's Fisheries Collection
Credit: Collection of Allen Shimada, NOAA/NMFS/OST
Microchip expanded its Arduino™ compatible chipKIT™ platform ecosystem to include a new Raspberry Pi® tool that it co-developed with partner element14—the chipKIT Pi Expansion Board. On the software side, volunteers from the chipKIT and Arduino communities collaborated with Microchip’s engineers to expand the free chipKIT Multi-Platform IDE (MPIDE), to allow users to create, compile and program Arduino sketch-based chipKIT applications within the Raspberry Pi operating system. The chipKIT MPIDE is open source and compatible with the Arduino programming language and development environment. Both of these tools are based on Microchip’s 32-bit PIC32 microcontrollers (MCUs) in prototyping-friendly, low pin count SPDIP packages, which was previously only available with 8-bit MCUs for the Arduino community. This enables all users—including hobbyists, academics, makers and professionals—to benefit from the PIC32’s high performance, memory and integrated peripherals while using the basic hobbyist prototyping equipment that is found in most home workshops. For more info, visit chipkit.net/.
"The RFID tag is a microchip that contains data that may be read wirelessly with a reader. This capability was included to allow the card to be read at a distance at border crossings to improve the efficiency of the entry processing. “The RFID capability will allow Customs and Border Protection officers at ports of entry to read the card from a distance and compare it immediately to file data,” according to the news release." (http://fcw.com/articles/2010/05/13/us-issues-redesigned-rfid-green-cards.aspx)
Eww.
Microchip announced the new PIC32 Bluetooth® Starter Kit. The full-featured kit boasts a PIC32 microcontroller (MCU), HCI-based Bluetooth radio, Cree high-output multi-color LED, 3 standard single-color LEDs, an analog 3-axis accelerometer, analog temperature sensor and 5 push buttons for user-defined inputs. Additionally, a PICkit™ On Board (PKOB) which eliminates the need for an external debugger/programmer, USB connectivity and GPIOs for rapid development of Bluetooth Serial Port Profile (SPP), USB and general-purpose applications. The starter kit also features a plug-in interface for an audio CODEC daughter card which is set to release at a later stage to support Bluetooth audio. For more info, visit www.microchip.com/get/1AVL
Biologist Walter Munsterman of Wichita Mountains NWR implants a microchip in a bison during the annual bison roundup. Microchips allow us to track disease and genetic histories of individual animals, an important component of USFWS metapopulation management.
Photo Credit: USFWS
The Multimedia Expansion Board II (Part # DM320005-2) is available at the introductory rate of $299 for the first six months and can be used with either Starter Kit to develop graphics HMI, connectivity and audio applications. For more info, visit www.microchip.com/get/JDVB.