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Consumer Electronics Daily News 2 1 Thursday, January 5, 2017 SECURAM BRINGS SAFE LOCKS INTO 21ST CENTURY WITH WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY Whether you own a gun safe, a personal safe, a business or jewelry safe, chances are the lock it came with is an old-fash- ioned combination lock. You know the kind, where you spin the dial around to the correct combination numbers, similar to opening your locker back in school. If you opted for the more updated variety, maybe it has an electronic push button lock – it was most likely built around 30- year-old technology. Consumer electronic devices are making giant leaps and bounds from a technology perspective in every category but the safe lock market. Ever wondered why? Is it because consumers don't want new and improved safe management sys- tems? Is it because safe owners only trust old-fashioned technology when it comes to opening their safe? Is it because in the movies, the art of cracking a safe is a mystery only to be solved by the trained touch of a notorious safe cracker? None of these is the correct answer. The safe lock industry worldwide is controlled by a handful of stalwart com- panies who have very little interest in advancing the technology of safe locks. Why? Because innovation is tough. It takes vision and talent, but more than that, it takes money, and who wants to invest in an industry as small as the safe lock market? Well, a few years ago, a California company was founded with just that notion. What if it could revolutionize the way people interact with something as simple, but as important, as your gun safe? What if home- owners could remotely manage the access to their most prized possessions, heirloom jewelry, important documents, medical records, passports and weapons? What if they could get alerts when the door has been accidentally left open, or when someone is trying to break in or guess the combination? What if it was smart enough to send them an email or text message when the contents were at risk? In 2006, SecuRam Systems Inc., a company with extraordinary vision and a solid foundation in electronic engineer- ing and access control, brought its unique skill for innovative design and quality manufacturing to the safe lock industry. Since its founding, SecuRam has launched more than 150 innovative safe lock systems – product innovations such as biometric authentication, remote man- agement, network connectivity and Bluetooth for the business or corporate safe market – all features that the market was searching for. This year, as home automation is reaching exciting heights, SecuRam has launched a series of safe locks that can connect to your home's wireless network. Using WiFi and Bluetooth technology, SecuRam safe locks now allow safe owners to equip their safes with advanced technology – turning their big, old fortified steel box into a smart safe. This technology now allows you to be as connected to the secure storage of your precious belongings as you are to every other aspect of your life. SecuRam. Bringing the safe lock industry into the 21st century. Stop by booth #40557 to see for yourself. For more information, stop by booth #40557 or visit www.securamsys.com. ANALOGIX & MEDIATEK COLLABORATE ON DISPLAYPORT TECHNOLOGY Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. announced its collaboration with MediaTek Inc., combining MediaTek's advanced, fea- ture-rich System-on-Chip (SoC) and Analogix's DisplayPortTM technology for best-in- class multimedia solutions. "Analogix is excited to combine our industry's most proven DisplayPort tech- nology with MediaTek's best-in-class display processing," said Michael Ching, Vice President for Analogix. "There is an ever-expanding range of products and applications that require high-perform- ance video out, best delivered using DisplayPort." Analogix offers a wide variety of integrated circuits (ICs) and intellectual property (IP) core solutions with support for VESA's DisplayPort standard up to the latest version DisplayPort 1.4 provid- ing: high-performance video and audio for resolutions up to 8K; Display Stream Compression (DSC 1.2) for interopera- ble, visually lossless compression over display links; High Definition Content Protection (HDCP 2.2) for an enhanced resolution, frame-rate and digital rights management that content providers require. The Analogix DisplayPort technology has shipped into over one billion System-on- Chip (SoC) solutions for multiple appli- cations, from mobile devices and head- mounted- displays, to monitors, HDTVs and media players. About Analogix Semiconductor Analogix Semiconductor, Inc. designs and manufactures semiconductors for the digital multimedia market, from portable devices such as smartphones to high-end graphics cards and large, high- definition displays. Analogix is the mar- ket leader in providing end- to-end interface connectivity semiconductor solutions for DisplayPort, including the SlimPort branded products, and an industry leader in mobile display con- trollers, such as low-power, high-speed timing controller solutions. The DisplayPort standard is an innovative, packetized digital interface for high-res- olution video and audio that was devel- oped by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). SlimPort branded products are compliant with DisplayPort, Mobility DisplayPort (MyDP), and DisplayPort Alt Mode over the USB Type-C connector. For more information, visit www.analogix.com and www.slimport.com. ON SEMICONDUCTOR DEBUTS FIRST TO MARKET DESIGN PLATFORM FOR NEXT GENERATION WEARABLE TECH ON Semiconductor, driving energy effi- cient innovations, has utilized its strength and depth in a broad range of semiconductor disciplines – Including analog, power management, sensor interface and signal conditioning – to introduce a comprehensive develop- ment resource for the wearable elec- tronics sector. The new Wearable Development Kit (WDK1.0) combines a wide array of highly optimized com- ponents, with the objective of assisting OEMs in bringing differentiated prod- ucts to market. Using it can significant- ly accelerate design cycles for wearable electronics while mitigating heavy engineering costs. "Despite the growing interest in wearable electronics, to date there is sim- ply not a solution on the market that pro- vides the scope needed by OEMs to help them develop feature rich designs that will attract strong consumer uptake," states AJ ElJallad, Senior Manager, Corporate Strategy and Business Development at ON Semiconductor. "The WDK1.0 is a multi-faceted design asset that will allow wearable technology projects to be expedited – shortening time to market and curbing the associat- ed investment in engineering by leverag- ing the extent of ON Semiconductor's product portfolio." For this new offering, a high effi- ciency programmable NCP6915 DC-DC converter has been specified to take care of the power management tasks. An NCP1855 battery charger IC, plus an LC709203F fuel gauge and a 10 watt (W) rated SCY1751 wireless charging front- end controller (supporting AirFuel com- patible magnetic resonance charging) have also been incorporated. The kit's sensor capabilities stem from the MEMS-based FIS1100 inertial measure- ment unit (IMU), with 3-axis gyroscope and 3-axis accelerometer operation enabling accurate multi-dimensional motion tracking. There is also an embed- ded temperature sensor included and an LC898301 driver IC for initiating haptic feedback. Critical to the WDK1.0 is its wire- less connectivity, which is addressed via an ultra-lower power nRF52832 multi-protocol system-on-chip (SoC) from Nordic Semiconductor. This fea- tures a 32-bit ARM ® Cortex™ proces- sor core and a 2.4GHz transceiver – offering support for Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and other relevant wire- less technologies. The kit is comple- mented by a SmartApp which can be downloaded directly from Android PlayStore and Apple AppStore. Using this, various pieces of information can be transposed, such as the steps taken, calories burnt, distance covered and activity period, as well as human machine interface aspects like screen brightness adjustment, clock face con- trol, alarm settings and establishing fit- ness goals. An Eclipse-based IDE accompanies the kit. This presents engi- neering teams with all the resources they need to rapidly create and subse- quently debug code necessary for designs. A highly intuitive Project Wizard further facilitates the develop- ment process, by giving engineers access to numerous useful wearable- related project examples. The WDK1.0 solution also has a 1.44-inch format, 128 x 128 pixel TFT display into which a capacitive touch screen is integrated. A 26-pin expan- sion port complements all the other ele- ments in the kit. Through this, there is ample provision for further additions to the system design, such as supplemen- tary microcontroller, signal processing or GPS functionality, the inclusion of more sensors or the specifying of differ- ent display. Hardware schematics and Cadence EDA design files are also made available. About ON Semiconductor ON Semiconductor is driving ener- gy efficient innovations, empowering customers to reduce global energy use. The company is a leading supplier of semiconductor-based solutions, offering a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficient power management, analog, sensors, logic, timing, connectivity, dis- crete, SoC and custom devices. The company's products help engineers solve their unique design challenges in automotive, communications, com- puting, consumer, industrial, medical, aerospace and defense applications. ON Semiconductor operates a responsive, reliable, world-class supply chain and quality program, a robust compliance and ethics program, and a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in key markets throughout North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific regions. For more information, visit www.onsemi.com.