July Newsletter

Thermal Sensing, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Outdoor Displays

Macnica highlights an exciting range of technologies this month: Thermal Sensing, Artificial Intelligence, and Outdoor Handheld Displays. Don't see anything you like? Check out our website for our complete line up of offerings.

Product Highlight: Lynred USA Infrared Sensors

Last month Macnica announced new supplier Lynred USA. This month we'd like to highlight a key new product line: the ThermEye™ thermal sensors for smart building applications. ThermEye™ sensors are true thermal detectors based on long wave infrared microbolometer technology, but in a new small form factor that is extremely low power. ThermEye™ is ideal for adding people detection and fire detection, and a low resolution sensor means it can be nonintrusive, alleviating privacy concerns. For a video demo, please click here or on the video to the left. To get more information on this and other Lynred USA products, contact us here .

Guest Post: What is Artificial Intelligence?

This month we offer a guest post from our partner, REFLEX CES, maker of boards and IP solutions to answer the growing demand of Artificial Intelligence in numerous markets, such as Surveillance and Transportation, Smart Cities, Manufacturing Automation, Quality Control and Healthcare.

What is Artificial Intelligence ? Artificial Intelligence is a field of study trying to reproduce (or simulate) the human intelligence through artificial means, and it covers many techniques: Machine learning provides systems the ability to automatically learn and improve from experience without being explicitly programmed. Deep learning is one of the machine learning techniques (possibly the most used) and often confused as a synonym with AI. DNN (Deep Neural Network) is a hierarchy of multiple layers that imitate the neural networks of the human brain. The network is made of many interconnected layers. According to its training, it extracts the features of the input data and then generates the output. Using FPGAs allows you to accelerate your solution, and optimize the results. REFLEX CES is able to take advantage on this emerging technology due to our extensive experience with FPGAs. REFLEX CES offers two complementary solutions, illustrated with the following Proof of Concept (PoC) designs:

The OpenVINO™ solution (CPU + FPGA) Ideal Applications for the OpenVINO™ solution: - Cloud Computing - Edge / Fog Computing - FinTech Risk Analysis

The FPGA IP solution for AI Target Applications for the FPGA IP solution: - Instrumentation - HPC Test & Data Analytics - Production Line Monitoring, Quality Control - Medical

Content courtesy of REFLEX CES For more information on these and other REFLEX CES solutions,  contact Macnica .

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Looking for Handheld Outdoor Displays?

Blanview technology is Toppan's unique TFT-LCD technology enabling Sunlight Readable functionality along with Low Power Consumption.  The Blanview family of products are the perfect LCD module for handheld industrial devices for both indoor and outdoor use. Product Features:   ■  Sunlight Readable   ■  Consistent Display Performance - Indoor / Outdoor   ■  Ultra Low Power Consumption   ■  Long Term Supply 5+ Years   ■  Wide Temp. Range (Op: -30 to +85ºC, St: -40 to +95ºC)  Depending on model   ■  Physically Robust Design (6.8G Vibration Durable)   Depending on model The Blanview family covers a wide variation of display sizes, aspect ratios, resolution, interface, and more. For more details about Blanview technology - including live demos and sample availability-- please click here.

About Macnica Americas Macnica Americas, Inc . is the North America division of Macnica Fuji Electronics Holdings, Inc., a $5B global leader in technology product distribution, technical support, and design services. To sign up for our monthly newsletter, please click here . For other inquiries, contact us here .