Weartech Design

Kioxa Europe have announced its UFS(1) 5.0 embedded flash memory solutions, designed to deliver the performance, efficiency and capacity required for the next generation of AI-enabled mobile and edge devices.

element14, an Avnet community, has launched a new smart home and healthcare design challenge inviting engineers, makers and technology enthusiasts to design and build innovative prototypes focused on improving everyday living environments and personal wellbeing. The challenge encourages participants to create a prototype smart home or healthcare system designed to support a happier, healthier person or household.

Rohm has developed a new evaluation board, the BD83070GWL-EVK-002. It is designed to fully demonstrate the features of the BD83070GWL DC-DC converter IC, which combines high efficiency with ultra-low current consumption. In recent years, battery-powered electronic devices-such as wearables, mobile devices, and IoT devices have become ubiquitous in everyday life.

Cameras, sensors, and AI-powered systems are increasingly taking on tasks once performed exclusively by humans. They recognise faces, track eye movements, monitor vehicle occupants, and guide autonomous machines through complex environments. What all of these applications have in common is their reliance on powerful yet virtually invisible infrared illumination. As image sensors become more sophisticated and AI algorithms more demanding, expectations for infrared light sources continue to rise.

Onyx Healthcare has collaborated with Intel and FREE Bionics to design an AI-powered exoskeleton robot that aims to boost the clinical rehabilitation experience. FREE Walk is a robotics-based AI solution that leverages two unique Intel-based hardware and software components – the Intel Core Ultra series family of CPUs and the Intel OpenVINO software stack – into a lightweight, wearable exoskeleton worn by patients.

Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM) began mass production of the AK5816AIM, an Antenna-in-Module (AiM) millimetre-wave (mmWave) radar module, in July 2026. Its integrated antenna, compact packaging, and high-resolution performance enable the rapid adoption of camera-less monitoring solutions in private spaces. Fuelled in part by ageing populations and a steady increase in pet ownership, in-home monitoring has become integral for many consumers.

Toshiba has introduced TDS5B212MX and TDS5C212MX, multiplexer (MUX) / demultiplexer (DEMUX) switches for high-speed differential signals. Suitable for servers, industrial testers, robots, and related applications, the new products support high-speed interfaces such as PCIe 6.0  and USB4® Version 2.0 . The devices use Toshiba’s proprietary SOI process (TarfSOI) to achieve a typical -3dB differential bandwidth of 29GHz for TDS5B212MX and 34GHz for TDS5C212MX.

Raltron has announced its expanded RSP Series of engineered speaker solutions designed to meet the demanding performance requirements of medical devices, fire and security systems, smart home IoT products, telecommunications equipment, voice-enabled devices, and consumer portable electronics.

element14, an Avnet community, has announced three upcoming technical webinars designed to help engineers and industry professionals strengthen their expertise in product quality for regulated industries, power management design and smart home device development. The first webinar, hosted in collaboration with Emerson and NI, will take place on 16 July from 3PM to 4PM BST.

u-blox has announced the availability of the first products based on its F11 platform. Headlined by the UBX-F11270-KB and UBX-F11170-CC GNSS chips, and the EVK-F112 evaluation kit, the launch establishes the foundation for a new generation of ultra-low power positioning solutions that will expand across multiple product categories.