Anticipating the Qi 1.3 wireless charging standard, NXP unveils an automotive wireless charging reference design, while Renesas anticipates the Bluetooth 5.3 LE specification with additions to the RA family of microcontrollers. Anritsu claims to offer an entry level, single instrument for 5G IoT user equipment verification, and in hi-rel news, LynxOS-178 RTOS teams up with eXtremeDB/rt for real time database management and Powell Electronics adds WithWave’s cables, connectors and adapters. Finally, news from ROS World 2021, as Nvidia adds AI perception to Isacc ROS GEMS capabilities for robotic navigation.