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CES 2020, Day 1: The Best of the Best | Byton’s Big Dashboard | The Compactest Multi-Meter Ever

EE Times Current · 7 Jan 2020 · 19m

What this episode covers

EE Times editors Brian Santo, Jim McGregor, and Kevin Crewell report from CES 2020, highlighting key trends in automotive tech, energy harvesting, and compact test equipment. They discuss Byton’s massive digital dashboard, a Bluetooth energy-harvesting solution from Mosek, and Pocket Innovations’ ultra-compact multimeters. The episode also covers CTA’s top technology trends, including the electrification of vehicles and the consumerization of AI.

Most relevant to

early-stage companies and large enterprises

Topics

Mentioned

Companies
Byton, Mosek, Max Pro, Vinyl Recorder, Zero Energy, ZF, Bosch, Continental, Qualcomm, Pocket Innovations, Fluke, Oral-B
Products
Pocket Meter, Pocket Pro

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