University of Sheffield spin-out Epipix developing micro-LEDs

Epipix (stylised EpiPix) is a recently launched University of Sheffield spin-out company developing “the next generation” of micro-LED technology. The company is developing and commercialising micro-LED technology for photonics applications, such as micro-displays for portable smart devices, augmented reality, virtual reality, 3D sensing and visible light communications.  Underpinned by research from Professor Tao Wang and ...

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Satellite connectivity drives Comtech acquisition of Gilat

Comtech Telecommunications is buying Gilat Satellite Networks for $532.5m

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Microchip and Arrow Electronics announce collaboration on IoT Security

Microchip Technology and Arrow have announced an engineering services collaboration which aims to simplify connectivity and security across industrial, smart building and energy markets. According to NIST, cybersecurity and privacy risks for IoT devices can be thought of in terms of three high-level risk mitigation goals, including protecting: device security, data security, and individuals’ privacy. ...

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Galileo Return Link Service replies to SOS messages worldwide

The Galileo Return Link Service, confirming distress signals have been received, is now live.

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BrightSparks judging panel highlight: Lizzie Truett, IET

A few weeks ago, we shone a spotlight on a new addition to the EW BrightSparks judging panel, Dr. Frederick Schulze Spüntrup. Today, we’re welcoming back the IET’s young professionals strategic development manager, Lizzie Truett. The BrightSparks programme, run in partnership RS Components, aims to find and highlight the best and brightest young engineers working ...

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112 layer flash to be sampled in Q1

Kioxia, the renamed Toshiba, says it will sample a 112-layer TLC flash in Q1. It is the fifth-generation BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory. The fifth-generation process technology should deliver 1 terabit (128 gigabytes) TLC and 1.33 terabit 4-bit-per-cell (quadruple-level cell, QLC) devices. The 112-layer stacking process technology increases cell array density by approximately 20%  over ...

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US and UK share inconsistent approach to Huawei

The UK’s place in the Five Eyes intelligence sharing network is safe despite the decision to allow Huawei switchgear into the UK network, said US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo yesterday.  “With respect to information and the Five Eyes relationship, that relationship is deep, it is strong, it will remain,” said Pompeo, “all the elements ...

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QuickLogic to reduce headcount by 30%

QuickLogic is to lay off 30% of its employees to make savings of about $4 million a year. QuickLogic expects the lay-offs will incurr restructuring expenses of about $600,000 of which $500,000 will be in cash and mostly coming in calendar Q2 2020. ‘The changes are expected to only have a minimal impact on the ...

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Xilinx to lay off 7% of workforce

Xilinx is to reduce its global workforce by 7% after a bad Q4. Xilinx had calendar Q4 (FYQ3) revenues of $723 million, down 13% from the prior quarter and down 10% year over year. GAAP profit was $162 million, non-GAAP profit was $171 million. FYQ3 2020 Financial Highlights (In millions, except EPS)   GAAP   Q3 ...

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Kemet film capacitors enable growth in electric automotive

Kemet has launched the R41T and R76H series AEC-Q200 qualified metallized polypropylene film capacitors. The series is aimed at automotive applications, including those for electric vehicle (EV) powertrains and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). The capacitors have a 125ºC maximum operating temperature and exceed the requirements of 85ºC/85% relative humidity temperature-bias-humidity tests. They support the ...

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Trump Signs U.S-Canada-Mexico Trade Agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C — President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed into law a major rewrite of the rules of trade with Canada and Mexico that replaces the Clinton-era agreement and will keep jobs, wealth and growth in America.

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ML algorithm judges ‘fairness’ in AI results

Artificial intelligence algorithms can be embedded with fairness notions, according to Queen’s University Belfast, where such a machine learning (ML) algorithm has been developed. This is not the first time a fairness algorithm has been created, explained Queen’s researcher Dr Deepak Padmanabhan, but it is the first time that an algorithm can handle more than ...

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Murata announces LoRa-based module with reduced current consumption

Murata has announced a LoRa-based module measuring 10x8x1.6mm. The manufacturer says the Type 1SJ is designed for high-volume applications where small size, long range, extended battery life, security and a competitive price point are requirements. Based on a second-generation Semtech SX1262 radio frequency IC (RFIC), the LoRa-based module also features an open STM32L0 MCU from ...

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PoL dc-dc is rad hard for satellites

Intersil has announced a radiation hardened power chip combining buck and linear regulators for medium Earth orbit (MEO) and geosynchronous (GEO) long duration space flight, claiming it to be the first. Intended to support FPGAs and DDR memory, the part has been dubbed ISL70005SEH and combines a 95% synchronous buck with 75mV drop-out linear regulator. ...

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Where are they now? – Nathan Ruttley, EW BrightSpark of 2019

In the lead up to our fourth annual EW BrightSparks competition, which remains open for entries until February 24, we’re catching up with a few previous winners to hear about their exciting career developments since being a part of the programme. Today, we’re speaking with Nathan Ruttley, a member of last year’s cohort. The former ...

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915MHz radio sensor module reaches 10km

Würth Elektronik is aiming at the American market with a 915MHz wireless sensor with 10km range as well as FCC and IC module certification. Called Themisto-I, it is intended for proprietary IIoT/M2M networks. Point-to-point, star or mesh operation is possible. RF output from the 17 x 27 x 3.8mm module is 25dBm. “With the appropriate broadband profiles and ...

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2W blue laser for stage lighting

Osram is aiming at rock and pop gig lighting with a bright blue laser for spotlights and vector projectors. “Lasers combine an outstanding form factor with excellent beam quality, making them particularly suitable light sources for show lasers and stage lighting. In terms of brightness, laser diodes offer some advantages over LEDs,” according to the ...

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Samsung profit down 51% y-o-y

Samsung’s 2019 profit was 51% down y-o-y at $18.5 billion compared to  2018’s $37 billion. Sales for 2019 were $193 billion compared to $204 billion in 2018. Q4 profit was $5.05 billion  compared to $5.2 billion in Q3  and from $7.1 billion in Q4 2018. Semiconductor sales fell 25% y-o-y to $54 billion with memory ...

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UK cyber security industry growing fast

The UK’s  cyber security sector has annual revenues of £8.3 billion – up 46% from £5.7 billion in 2017,  says a report from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) while the number of active cyber security firms in the UK has increased 44% from 2017. The report finds that; The number of active ...

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EU follows UK in Huawei strategy

Yesterday the EU followed the UK in using a ‘high risk’ vendor strategy to cope with the Huawei dilemma. Like the UK, the EU did not mention Huawei by name but invoked a ‘toolbox’ of tests to determine whether a vendor is high risk and, if it is, lay down rules for allowing it into ...

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LoRa-based asset tracking reference kit

Semtech has come up with an Asset Tracking Reference Kit to accelerate the adoption of asset tracking products  based on LoRa devices and the LoRaWAN protocol, and facilitate the confirmation of the business value of such products. LoRa devices offer a proven feature set for enabling a wide range of asset tracking solutions that meet customer needs ...

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Smartphone sales to grow 3%

Sales of smartphones should be up 3% at 1.57 billion units in 2020, says Gartner, after a decline of 2% last year, an increase of 3% year over year, according to Gartner, Inc. In 2019, worldwide smartphone sales declined 2%, the first time since 2008 that the global smartphone market experienced a decline. “In 2020, ...

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New Nickel Hybrid Technique Developed at Purdue University

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN – Purdue University innovators have created a hybrid technique to fabricate a new form of nickel that may help the future production of lifesaving medical devices, high-tech devices and vehicles with strong corrosion-resistant protection. The Purdue technique involves a process where high-yield electrodeposition is applied on certain conductive substrates.

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Powerbox launch PSU for medical laser applications

Powerbox has announced a power supply for high peak load applications in the medical sector. Based on digital control and high energy storage management techniques, the SMM3000A80024C series delivers 2.25kW repetitive peak power to medical lasers with high efficiency (the manufacturer does not provide an exact figure). The device also complies with medical safety standards ...

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Controller for USB Type-C power delivery

Diodes has announced a controller chip for mains-powered USB Type-C chargers between 18 and 33W. Called AP43771, it supports the USB power delivery (PD) revision 3.0 V1.1 and Qualcomm’s Quick Charge 2.0, 3.0, and 4/4+, as well as battery charging (BC) revision 1.2. It is intended to be designed into the secondary side of an ac-dc ...

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Patent flurry for GaN-on-Si

Intel and Macom are leading the GaN-on-Si patent landscape for RF electronics applications, according to Yole Developpement. Intel’s RF GaN-on-Si patent portfolio mainly relates to III-N transistors used in SoC , RF switches, ultra-short channel lengths, field plates, and III-N/Silicon monolithic IC, says Yole. Intel has adopted a global patenting strategy with 17 patents pending ...

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Stanford’s stretchy battery

Researchers at Stanford University School of Engineering have developed a stretchy battery that could be useful for wearables. The battery can be stretched to twice its original length without any power  loss. The polymers in lithium-ion batteries which conduct negative ions toward the battery’s positive pole are in the form of gels housed in a ...

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Government preparing security law for connected consumer devices

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) plans laws to ensure that all consumer smart devices sold in the UK adhere to the three  security requirements: All consumer internet-connected device passwords must be unique and not resettable to any universal factory setting Manufacturers of consumer IoT devices must provide a public point of ...

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Huawei approved for limited role in UK 5G infrastructure

The government has outlined the role “high risk” vendors, specifically Huawei, will be permitted to play in the development of the UK’s 5G infrastructure. Under pressure from the US government, which has banned the Chinese telecommunications giant from its own networks over security concerns, to deny Huawei any involvement, Baroness Morgan announced today the UK ...

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Survey results show Britons’ unconcerned about smart home security

A survey carried out by Specops Software, a “password management and authentication solution vendor,” asked 1,230 people from the UK and US their opinions on the security of smart home devices. A majority of UK respondents proved unaware that the devices could be hacked, with only 27% demonstrating knowledge of the risk. This compared to ...

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Anglia invests in battery pack customisation service

Design-in support for standard, customised and fully bespoke battery packs is available as part of a service launched by Anglia.   The battery pack service addresses primary or rechargeable cells in a variety of output voltages and capacities. The battery pack service includes lithium-ion, which can be customised with a specified capacity, size and shape ...

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Mouser ships IWR1843 industrial radar sensor from Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments’ proprietarty 45nm RF CMOS mmWave sensors for industrial use have been added to the Mouser Electronics linecard. The IWR1843 industrial radar sensors which are based on Texas Instruments’ proprietary low-power 45nm RFCMOS process are supplied in small form factor packages to save space in building and factory automation systems, traffic monitoring, materials handling, ...

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Configurable power supplies by Artesyn are available from Components Bureau

Digital configurable power supplies, the Micro MP (μMP) series, by Artesyn Embedded Power, are available from Components Bureau. The four models in the series range from 400W-1,800W and are approved for Industrial EN 60950, Medical EN 60601 and Military MIL-STD-810E. They can be used for general industrial use, medical and laboratory equipment, test and measurement ...

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Toshiba launches 10Mbps logic output photocoupler for PLCs

Toshiba has launched a 10Mbps logic output photocoupler for 24V digital input PLCs along with other measurement and control equipment. The TLP2363 requires a supply current of 4mA and is rated for an operating temperature range of -40 to 105℃. The threshold input current (IFHL) is specified with min, 0.3mA and max. 2.4mA, which conforms ...

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Element14 launches “Connected Cloud” IoT design challenge

Element14, an Avnet community, is launching a design contest called “Connected Cloud” in collaboration with Cypress Semiconductor and Amazon Web Services. The challenge tasks entrants with the broad remit of “applying innovative IoT solutions to anything in their world that needs improving”. All participants are required to post at least 10 blogs about their design ...

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Farewell to NASA’s infrared Spitzer Space Telescope

NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope will conclude its mission to study the universe in infrared light on 30 January.

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Quantum chip solves ‘travelling salesman’ problem for 22 cities

Tokyo University of Science researchers have built a chip-based quantum annealing processor that can solve the classically thorny ‘travelling salesman’ mathematical puzzle, which gets far more complex every time a new city is added, for up to 22 cities. According to the university, this is “something that would take about 1,200 years for a high-performance von ...

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Competition: Win a Raspberry Pi-compatible devkit for Alexa Voice Services

Don't miss this chance to get your hands on a VocalFusion dev kit for Amazon AVS - the XVF3510 dev kit, to be precise.

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Stacked package standard for IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Imec announces that IEEE Std 1838TM-2019 – recently approved by the IEEE Standards Association – will be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library from February 2020 onward. The new standard allows die makers to design dies which, if compliant to this standard, constitute, once stacked in a 3D-IC by a stack integrator, a consistent stack-level ...

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SEMI November billings up 17.5% y-o-y

November SEMI billings were up 17.5% y-o-y at $2.49 billion. The November 2019 l figure was $2.12 billion. The November 2019 figure is 17.8%  higher than the December 2018 billings level of $2.11 billion. “Monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers reached a level not seen since June 2018,“ says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha, “the ...

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Touchy MCUs

ST and simulation software specialist  Fieldscale are developing touch-enabled user interfaces for smart devices containing ST’s STM32 microcontrollers (MCUs). ST and Fieldscale now enable STM32 customers to take a faster and more efficient  route to market by introducing support for ST’s Arm Cortex-based 32-bit MCUs to Fieldscale’s SENSE development platform. Fieldscale SENSE delivers the design, ...

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Anglia announces battery pack service targeting untethered electronics

Anglia has announced a battery pack service, offering design-in support on standard, customised and bespoke packs based on primary or rechargeable cells in a choice of output voltages and capacities. The service caters for chemistries including lithium-ion, lithium polymer, lithium iron phosphate, NiMH, lithium thionyl chloride as well as other non-rechargeable options. Anglia can also ...

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Deeply-on-chip magnetics make agile PCUs and slash PCB footprint

New York-based fabless chip firm Ferric has teamed up with TSMC to put magnetic components on the metal layers of integrated circuits. The first product of the collaboration, Fe1038D, has a 2.0 x 3.2mm flip-chip die (<400μm thick) that includes all magnetics and passives needed to deliver 3A at between 0.6V and 1.5V from 1.8V-2.5V, with efficiency peaking ...

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Mouser shipping Texas Instruments’ mmWave sensors for industrial

Mouser Electronics is stocking the IWR1843 industrial radar sensor from Texas Instruments (TI). Based on TI’s proprietary low-power 45nm RFCMOS process, these wideband millimetre wave (mmWave) sensors enable “exceptional” levels of integration, the manufacturer says. The sensors are supplied in a 0.65mm pitch, 161-pin 10.4×10.4mm flip chip BGA package. Among the target applications for these ...

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Anritsu introduces the MS46131A 43.5 GHz 1-port VNA family

Anritsu Corporation has introduced the Shockline MS46131A USB vector network analyser (VNA), a modular 1-port VNA that supports measurement frequencies up to 43.5GHz. 8GHz and 20GHz models are also available in the series. MS46131A enables the measuring of antennas and other 1-port 5G devices at sub-6GHz, as well as in the 28GHz and 39GHz millimeter ...

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Sponsored Content: NFC pushes IoT applications further afield

Ross Murgatroyd, Senior Global Product Manager at Farnell considers the use of NFC in IoT use-cases where continuous connectivity is either impractical or unnecessary. The technologies behind the internet of things (IoT) is making the world around us more intelligent. In many implementations, the sensor nodes that are installed to relay data constantly to servers ...

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Intel to return to 2-2.5 year process cadence

Intel intends to return to a 2 to 2.5 year process cadence. “We want to get back to a two to two-and-a-half year cadence,” says CEO Bob Swan (pictured), “and shortly after launching 10, our expectations is we will have our first 7 nanometer product launch in the latter part about 2021 with CPUs to ...

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Met to deploy face recognition

The Met has decided to deploy face recognition technology. This is an important development for the Met and one which is vital in assisting us in bearing down on violence,” says assistant commissioner Nick Ephgrave (pictured), “as a modern police force, I believe that we have a duty to use new technologies to keep people ...

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Ada Lovelace Institute to investigate biometric data

The Ada Lovelace Institute has commissioned Matthew Ryder QC to lead an independent review of the governance of biometric data. The review will examine the existing regulatory framework and identify options for reform that will protect people from misuse of their biometric data, such as facial characteristics, fingerprints, iris prints and DNA. Technologies which capture, ...

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Vodafone tops Ofcom complaints league table

Ofcom has published its Q3 quarterly complaints league table: For fixed broadband: EE and Sky generated the lowest volume of fixed broadband complaints per 100,000 subscribers in Q3 2019. Vodafone generated the highest volume of fixed broadband complaints per 100,000 subscribers. For landline: EE and Sky generated the lowest volume of landline complaints per 100,000 ...

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O2 to open radio access network for increased 4 and 5G coverage

O2 has announced an open radio access network (O-RAN) project to broaden its number of network infrastructure partners. This is said to be particularly useful for coverage in hard to reach rural locations – such as an area with a very small population – or where a sharing model is more cost effective such as ...

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Isolated current sensors are fast for motor control

New Zealand based Raztec is offering open-loop current sensors that work up to 250A but are only 10mm across. Called RAZC, there are multiple devices, sensing between 40Amax and 250Amax, all with a 10mm outside diameter, and the manufacturer offers custom versions as well. Bandwdth is generally in hundreds of kHz (see table below) and the ...

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STMicroelectronics connects with Zigbee Alliance

STMicroelectronics is joining the Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors, to guide the evolution of the IoT-friendly wireless standard.

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Design lab for Ukraine

TowerJazz, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute (KPI) of Ukraine and Cadence have opened a new analogue circuit design lab in Ukraine. The first-of-its-kind lab and corresponding program was formed to provide designers and high-level engineering students with unparalleled access to tools and expertise in IC design. The lab, at KPI University, is equipped with advanced ...

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First Spacebus Neo satellite launches for African broadband

Built by Thales Alenia Space, it is the first satellite to use the company’s all-electric Spacebus NEO platform, developed under the Neosat Partnership Project

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Cloud has silver lining for Intel

Intel had Q4 revenue up 8% y-o-y at $20.2 billion and 2019 revenue up 2% y-o-y at $72 billion. In 2019, Intel generated $33.1 billion cash from operations and $16.9 billion of free cash flow. The company expects 2020 revenues of $73.5 billion. “In 2019, we gained share in an expanded addressable market that demands ...

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sureCore opens memory compiler for 30 days

sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM IP specialist, is opening its  memory compiler for 30 days to qualifying companies to evaluate the capabilities of their PowerMiser and EverOn standard SRAM IP products on low power metrics. The new service will prove particularly useful for constraint and compute intensive SoC designs. EverOn Ultra Low Voltage Embedded SRAM TSMC ...

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Linear voltage regulator in flip-chip package

Infineon has launched a linear voltage regulator in a flip-chip package. The footprint of device –  OPTIREG TLS715B0NAV50 – (TSNP-7-8 package, 2.0 mm x 2.0 mm) is more than 60% smaller than that of an established reference product (TSON-10 package, 3.3 mm x 3.3 mm) while the thermal resistance stays the same. This makes the new device ...

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Mouser Electronics signs agreement with CML Microcircuits

Mouser has announced a distribution agreement with CML Microcircuits, a supplier of low power analogue, digital and mixed-signal semiconductors for telecommunications systems. With a product line aimed at wireless voice and data system design, CML Microcircuits devices include RF transceivers, analogue front ends, baseband processing and application-specific microcontrollers. The CMX901 and CMX902 are three-stage wideband, ...

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Molybdenum sulphide transistor is non-volatile

Researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) have grown atomically thin films of molybdenum disulfide over much of a 100mm wafers, and built a transistor from the material. Like graphene, molybdenum disulfide can be created in a mono-layer. Unlike graphene, which is a conductor, MoS2 is a semiconductor with a bandgap. “Each ...

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China-focused accelerator Crayfish.io tours London and Cambridge

Following its launch in Cambridge last July, Crayfish.io is rolling out its China-focused accelerator programme during a Cambridge-London roadshow next month. The roadshow, which is aimed specifically at startups and scaleups working within the IoT and semiconductor technology sectors, kicks off in Cambridge on February 18 before heading down to London on February 19. The ...

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Independent distributor reports growth; moves to larger site

Business growth has prompted Telonic Industries to move to larger premises with capacity for a workshop, calibration laboratory and demonstration room, reports the company. The company will still be located in Wokingham, UK in a facility that is three times larger than its original site, with space for a demonstration room and trade counter for ...

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Fire protection glass shields BLO series monitors

Non flammable monitors in the BLO series from Distec are available from Display Technology.  The monitors are certified to DIN EN 13501-1 safety standards and come in sizes 24 inch – 65 inch and are fitted with fire protection glass, in a sturdy sheet steel housing and are available with a touchscreen option. The monitors ...

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Combo redriver from Diodes complies with multiple protocols

Diodes has announced the PI3EQX12904A, a PCIe 3.0 and SATA3 re-driver with linear equalisation that supports PCIe 3.0 up to 8Gbit/s and SATA3 up to 6Gbit/s. It features four 100Ω differential current-mode logic (CML) data signals and is transparent to link training. To reducing inter-symbol interference, receiver equalisation is pin-adjustable, as is output linear swing ...

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ST makes $1bn profit

ST had Q4 revenues of $2.75 billion with a gross margin 39.3%, an operating margin of 16.7%  for a profit of $392 million. For 2019, the company had net revenues of  $9.56 billion with a gross margin of 38.7%, an operating margin 12.6% for a profit of $1,032 million. For Q1: the company expects revenues ...

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Thermoplastic for extreme environment connectors

Pennsylvania-based Greene Tweed is offering a thermoplastic to connector makers that can operate above 460°C. PEK (left) and 3000 XT connectors (right) Called Arlon 3000 XT, is is said to provide thermal stability, chemical resistance, low moisture absorption, low wear and high impact resistance. It is “the world’s first and only cross-linked, semi-crystalline polyketone and delivers ...

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Cisco, Autodesk, Osram and TSMC amongst world’s sustainable companies

Amongst the worlds companies, Cisco is the fourth most sustainable, CAD company Autodesk fifth and semiconductor-maker Osram is not far behind, while TSMC is 25th, according to the ‘Global 100 Index’, collated annually by Canadian research company Corporate Knights. “For the second time in a row Osram made it into the Global 100 Index. Among ...

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Rutronik UK adds Minew multi-protocol module for Zigbee, Thread and Ant

Minew’s MS88SF2 multi-protocol module, now stocking at Rutronik, is based on Nordic’s nRF52840 SoC (System-on-Chip), a short-range wireless microcontroller. It can be operated with the wireless protocols Bluetooth 5.0, Zigbee 3.0, Thread and Ant, as well as with proprietary 2.4GHz stacks. The module comes in a 23.2×17.4x2mm package and contains the necessary components from radio ...

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UK tax on digital companies to start in April, says Javid

The UK will tax the digital tech companies from April as a temporary measure until an international tax regime gets  agreed, said Sajid Javid (pictured left) in Davos yesterday. “We plan to go ahead with our digital services tax in April,” said Javid, “it’s a proportionate tax and it’s deliberately designed as a temporary tax, ...

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2020 growth for 26 product categories, says IC Insights

26 out  of 33 IC  product categories are expected to grow this year, says IC Insights, compared to six last year. IC Insights’ 2020 edition of The McClean Report ranks the sales growth rates for each of the 33 IC product categories defined by the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) organization.  The top-10 fastest growing IC ...

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Arduino education products

Arduino Education is to announce four new products: CTC GO! Motions Expansion Pack, Engineering Kit Rev2, Arduino Education Starter Kit, and IoT Starter Kit for availability in Q1. These new products complement the existing portfolio which includes the Science Kit, CTC Go!, CTC101, the Arduino Starter Kit, and the Certification program. CTC GO! Motions Expansion ...

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Huawei building component backlog expecting tighter US supply constraints

Huawei is building a year’s supply of components required for its telecoms infrastructure business, reports the Nikkei. Despite the recent US-China trade deal, Huawei expects a tightening of the US restrictions on supplies of components and maybe an outright ban. Currently companies need to get an export licence if their products have 25% or more ...

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Telcos’ revenue share falling

The telcos’ share of digital consumer revenue will fall 6% 2019-23, as revenues from mobile data and fixed broadband slow down, and all other areas drop sharply, says Ovum. Pay TV will saturate in 2023 and consequently household spend on traditional telco services will decline for the next five years. OTT video and digital gaming ...

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Device market due for 0.9% rise

Shipments of  PCs, tablets and mobile phones will total 2.16 billion units in 2020, an increase of 0.9% from 2019’s 2.15 billion units, says Gartner. The worldwide mobile phone market is set to grow by 1.7% in 2020. Shipments of smartphones were weak in 2019, recording a 2% decline on year, but are expected to ...

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UKESF opens entries for 2020 internship programme

The UK Electronic Skills Foundation (UKESF) has reopened entries for its internship programme. Open to first-year undergraduates and foundation-year students at partnered universities, the internship presents the opportunity for students to undertake a paid work experience placement at an electronics company. In addition to the above requirements, eligible students will have the permanent right to ...

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Low profile power diodes drop only 360mV at 2A

Vishay has expanded its range of trench MOS barrier schottky rectifiers, with 16 2A and 3A devices – all in a low profile SMP (DO-220AA) package. For part numbers, scroll down to the table. Reverse voltages span 45 to 200V, “while their 3A rating is the industry’s highest for the SMP package”, said Vishay. “Voltage ...

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Rotary incremental encoder has more options than you can shake a stick at

Elma’s E18 rotary encoder comes in through-hole and surface-mount versions in the 14.4 x 11.4 x 6.5mm body size. Rotational life is up to 150,000 revolutions, according to distributor Foremost, which is stocking the part. There is a choice of 16, 24 or 30 detents per revolution and also a choice of detent torque (0.5, 1.5 or 2.5Ncm), ...

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RS stocks RAC03-K encapsulated 3W power converters from Recom

RS Components has announced the availability of the RAC03-K series of encapsulated switch-mode power supplies (SMPS) from Recom. The company claims the devices are the smallest 3W AC/DC power solution currently on the market. The RAC03-K series of modules has been designed for a range of applications and comes with international safety certifications for use in ...

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Rubidium atomic clock in 2inch OCXO package

Microchip has announced the latest in its line of miniature atomic clocks, offering wider temperature opertion and a 1Hz output. MAC-SA5X is a rubidium atomic with: <5.0E-11 frequency stability over operating temperature <5.0E-11 per month aging rate -40 to +75°C operation “Its combination of low monthly drift rate, short-term stability and stability during temperature changes ...

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New Chairman at Intel

At Intel’s Jan. 15 board meeting Andy Bryant stepped down as chairman and the board elected lead independent director Dr. Omar Ishrak to succeed Bryant as an independent chairman, effective immediately. Intel also announced that Alyssa Henry was elected to Intel’s board. Her election marks the seventh new independent director added to Intel’s board since ...

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Atoms filmed bonding and breaking

Scientists from Nottingham University and the University of Ulm in Germany have captured the first ever footage of atoms bonding and  breaking using transmission electron microscopy (TEM). The video shows the two atoms to the left of the footage, between 0.1 and 0.3 nanometres, appearing as black blobs as they bond and break. ‘It was ...

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Perovskite range enables opto applications

Goodfellow of Huntingdon, has a range of Perovskites – a group of materials with potential for optoelectronic applications. Perovskites have a unique and versatile crystal structure that consists of a variation in the chemical formula ABX3. Many Perovskites occur as oxides (ABO3), where A and B are typically metal cations. Due to their lattice, these ...

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Flex Power Designer version 3.2 adds numeric conversion calculator

Flex Power Modules has added features to its Designer software, improving its ease-of-use for digital power system design and broadening the products it supports. The 3.2 version adds a numeric conversion calculator, enabling designers to calculate linear/Vout and linear/direct formatted values seen from monitoring data. The software also includes a display address resistor suggestion feature, ...

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Peltier units shift up to 60W

CUI Devices has added two Peltier cooling units to its thermal management range. These are 70 x 70mm closed assemblies rather than open types. “As complete Peltier cooling units, the models feature a tighter seal structure for water resistance and absorption of thermal stress as well as easy installation,” Called CPM-2C and CPM-2H, they are ...

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XP Power launches PLS600 range with output voltage from 30-400V

XP Power has announced the PLS600 series, a single output programmable DC power supply designed for applications in laboratory, production, and embedded test & measurement. Multiple interfaces including USB, analogue, and LAN are built-in as standard. Measuring 44mm tall and with a footprint of 224x262mm, a 1U 19” rack mounting option accommodates either one or ...

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Torq Sense transducers used in agricultural applications

Torq Sense transducers from Sensor Technology have been used by Gloucestershire-based animal shearing and clipping equipment supplier, Lister Shearing. The sensors, based on surface acoustic wave (saw) technology, are being used by the company as an aid to evaluating the performance of miniature electric motors. “An issue commonly encountered with powered hand tools, which form ...

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Electro-optic beam-steerer is easy to make, ‘3D’ displays could follow

Surface acoustic waves can be used to steer laser beams, in ways that could lead to glasses-free ‘3D’ displays, according to the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory in Massachusetts. The proof-of-concept device has been made using techniques that could be scaled for production, according to Draper research engineer Gregg Favalora: “We can report the first demonstration, ...

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Dr Frederik Schulze Spüntrup joins BrightSparks judging panel

For its fourth year, the EW BrightSparks programme, in partnership with RS Components, sees Dr Frederik Schulze Spüntrup join its experienced judging panel. Schulze Spüntrup is the elected president of the European Young Engineers, a European umbrella organisation representing the voice of more than 350,000 young engineers, fostering mobility, education and the awareness of the ...

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MS and Google disagree over EU face recognition approach

Google and Microsoft are taking different views in the EU’s proposed ban of face recognition technology. The EU is proposing a 3-5 year ban on using the technology until appropriate regulations for its use are formulated. “I think it is important that governments and regulations tackle it sooner rather than later and give a framework ...

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Yuan Ze team win IC layout prize

  TSMC has proclaimed a team from Yuan Ze University as winners of  the first TSMC IC Layout Contest. LThey win a cash prize of  NT$200,000. TSMC launched its first IC Layout Contest to encourage Taiwan university students to join the field of IC layout, and gained an enthusiastic response from institutions across the country, ...

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Power measurement tool for CLEC systems

Sundance Multiprocessor Technology has launched LynsynLite, a power measurement tool for the development of embedded and customized low-energy computing (CLEC) systems that require a high degree of energy efficiency. Lynsyn Lite provides accurate measurement of a system’s energy consumption based on application behaviour, significantly easing the time-consuming process of tracking down the root causes of ...

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Printed RFID chip for UHF

Toray Industries claims to be the first company to communicate wirelessly across the UHF  band with a printed semiconductor. The RFID device employs a semi-conductive carbon nanotube composite. The tag shows the potential for manufacturing UHF RFIDs by low-cost printing processes to streamline retail and logistics operations such as in  automating cash registers and efficient inventory ...

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Casambi extends technology partnership with Osram

Casambi and Osram have signed an agreement that will see Osram leverage  embedded Bluetooth module and software technology. The move will act as a base to develop further Casambi-ready hardware as well as lighting control software solutions for the professional lighting market. Casambi’s embedded Bluetooth module is designed for integration with LED drivers, lighting control ...

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1A led driver powers 15 in a string

Recom’s RCDE-48 series LED drivers can handle inputs up to 60Vdc and deliver up to 1.05A constant current output with analog or PWM dimming. Other output options are 350mA and 700mA, and all types can drive strings of up to 15 high brightness LEDs and are up to 97% efficient (all versions, 48V in 45Vout 25°C ambient). ...

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Anglia signs M2M wireless module supplier Simcom

Anglia has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Simcom Wireless Solutions, a supplier of machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless modules. It has a range of modules covering 2G, 2G+GNSS Combo, 3G and 4G in standard form factors with sizes down to 17.6×15.7mm, designed to provide customers a migration path as they require more functionality or ...

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SK Telecom claims world’s first standalone 5G data session

S K Telecom claims that, earlier today, it staged the world’s first standalone (SA) 5G data session on its multi-vendor commercial 5G network. SK Telecom said that it plans to launch the world’s first 5G SA service in the first half of this year. The standalone 5G data call took place on January 16, 2020 ...

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EC may ban face recognition

The EC has come up with an 18 page document discussing whether it should ban face recognition in public places for three to five years while they work out how to regulate it. Exceptions are mooted for things like security and R&D projects. New rules are proposed to add to existing data privacy and data ...

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Shape-shifting car seat promotes healthy motoring

Jaguar Land Rover has designed a shape-shifting seat that makes the brain think the passenger is walking. It is designed to mitigate the health risks of long journeys. Actuators within the seat’s internal foam stimulate one leg after the other in order to simulate walking or ‘pelvic oscillation’. Inactivity can lead to the shortening of muscles ...

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Laser diode driver ICs

Ricoh has added two Laser Diode Driver ICs targeted for laser scanning type automotive and consumer projector applications. The RN5C750 and RN5C752 are four-channel laser drivers that have been developed for use in RGB or RGGB laser scanning type screens. The 750 offers 1080p resolution and 60 fps image thanks to a fast laser diode output ...

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Novel potting cuts inductor temperature

Spanish wound component maker Premo has significantly reduced choke operating temperature through thermally-conductive potting, branding the added material ‘CoolMag’. “CoolMag is a thermally conductive compound able to fill any space between winding and core, and between core and heat-sink,” said the firm. “It is enough to reduce temperature by more than 40ºC.” (graph right) To ...

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Sky Mobile launches 5G network in 20 UK cities including London

Sky Mobile has joined Vodaphone, EE, O2, BT and Three in launching a 5G network. It will initially be available in 20 cities and towns across the UK, including London, Edinburgh and Belfast, while the company plans to roll out availability to 50 UK destinations by summer 2020. In addition to the aforementioned cities, the ...

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Queen’s University seeks to strengthen security scanners at airports

University to develop technology for safer and faster security scanners at airports.

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Never underestimate the chip industry’s inventiveness

Moore’s Law lives, was the message from Future Horizons’ Industry Forecast Seninar (IFS2020) in London on Wednesday. “Never underestimate the chip industry’s inventiveness,” said Future Horizons CEO Malcolm Penn (pictured), adding that the advances in NAND are “chip innovation at its absolute best.” “Even the Chinese are making 64-layer NAND”, said Penn, while 96-layer devices ...

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GDP Growth vs IC Growth

The 2019-2024 correlation coefficient between GDP growth and IC industry growth is forecast to reach 0.90, up from 0.85 from 2010-2019, says IC Insights. Figure 1 depicts the increasingly close correlation between worldwide GDP growth and IC market growth through 2019, as well as IC Insights’ forecast through 2024. Figure 1 Over the 2010-2019 timeframe, ...

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TSMC forecasts 45% Q1 revenue rise

TSMC has forecast a 45% y-o-y rise in Q1 recenue. 5G is one reason given for the spike. The company  expects revenue over January-March to reach $10.2 billion-$10.3 billion, versus $7.1 billion a year ago. “Moving into first quarter 2020, despite mobile product seasonality, we anticipate our business to be supported by the continued ramp ...

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Chip industry dives 11.9%

Semiconductor industry revenues totalled $418.3 billion in 2019, down 11.9% from 2018, says Gartner. Intel regained the No. 1 position in the market as the downturn in the memory market negatively impacted many of the top vendors, including Samsung Electronics, the No. 1 vendor by revenue in 2018 and 2017. “The memory market, which accounted ...

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Imagination opens Romanian design centre

Imagination has opened a new design centre in Timisoara, Romania to  focus on IP designed for AI and computer vision. The team will initially focus on software and test activities, expanding in the future to areas such as system architecture and design. The new site will complement the capabilities of Imagination’s existing engineering teams located around ...

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BIEA launches youth STEM competition to tackle plastic pollution

The British International Education Association (BIEA) launched its third annual youth STEM competition at a conference at the Royal Institution on the 15 January. This year’s competition is titled “STEM (Stop) the tide of plastic pollution”. EW reporter Alex McCarthy attended the conference to find out how the organisation plans to encourage more young people ...

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What’s occurring, COM-HPC?

Caroline Hayes finds out the progress being made for the latest high-speed embedded computing standard, COM-HPC As the industry prepares for the computing demands of increased connectivity in vehicles, factories and homes, the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group (PICMG) is able to provide an update on the standard computer on module (COM) standard that will ...

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Competition: Win a Samsung T7 Portable Touch external SSD

We’re running a short survey in collaboration with Samsung about innovation in the electronics industry. Answer the questions and enter your details to be placed in a draw to win an external SSD! The T7 Touch is a pocket-sized, external solid state drive that weighs 58 grams and boasts AES 256-bit encryption, giving you the ...

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Oscilloscope enhancements and new analyser

Embedded World 2020: Among the established products on display, Rigol Technologies will be highlighting additions to its oscilloscope portfolio and a new real-time spectrum analyser at the show in Nuremberg (25-28 February). The MSO8000 digital oscilloscope has been added to the company’s UltraVision II range which is characterised by its Phoenix chipset architecture and with ...

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USA swears in First Chief of newly created Space Force

Air Force Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond, as first chief of space operations, has officially become the highest-ranking military leader of the newly created U.S. Space Force. He was sworn in by US Vice President Mike Pence in a ceremony at the White House last week. The Space Force’s responsibility is described as training, equipping ...

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Bus switches from Diodes rereleased in smaller packaging

Diodes has announced its family of quad- and dual-channel 4:1 and 2:1 bus switches are now available in a 3x3x0.65mm package. The package is designed to enable increased PCB density and reduce product dimensions when developing PC notebooks and tablets as well as networking and telecommunications equipment. Discrete logic devices, such as bus multiplexers and ...

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Mouser adds GigaDevice’s non-volatile memories for embedded applications

Mouser has signed a distribution deal with GigaDevice. The Chinese company supplies SPI NOR, SPI NAND and parallel NAND flash memory products for embedded applications in the automotive, industrial, mobile computing, networking and infrastructure and consumer markets. Included in the portfolio available from Mouser is the GD25 SPI NOR flash memory family. It is available ...

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Creating eye-catching signage?

Aiming at digital signage, vending and retail, Display Technology has introduced Litemax’ Circle LCD, a round 23.6inch diameter display. Called SCD2365-Y, it has an MTBF of 100,000 hours and is sunlight-viewable at 1,000cd/m2. Claimed contrast is 600:1, and the resolution is 1,920 x 1,920 – presumably only across certain diameters (=596.16mm). Viewing is across 178° horizontally and ...

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ACF controllers for designing AC/DC power adapters

Silanna Semiconductor says that its SZ1101 and SZ1105 fully integrated active clamp flyback (ACF) controllers for designing high-power-density AC/DC power adapters are now fully qualified and in production. The SZ1101 33W version is suited for designing mobile phone travel adapters, while the SZ1105 65W version is suited for designing compact adapters for powering notebooks, video ...

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Apple buys Xnor

Apple has bought Xnor.ai – a Seattle startup pursuing tools for edge AI, according to geekwire.con. Apple is said to have paid around $200 million for Xnor  which has raised $14.6 million. Xni was incubated at Paul Allen’s Institute for AI calked A12 m. it specialises in image recognition tools for mobile devices. Xnor was ...

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EEVblog #1278 – Mailbag

The mailbag dregs from 2019. Dave opens every remaining package on the shelf!

Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1278-mailbag/

SPOILERS:
The Amp Hour: https://theamphour.com/
1:40 Piggy MP3 Player Teardown
3:36 Sony Walkman & Grundig Cassette Player Teardowns
10:02 PCB Xmas Tree Card: https://ift.tt/2RnwNQ7
13:56 Zodiac language translator
18:10 Engineers PCB Ruler: https://ift.tt/2Npdipp
21:12 Mystery acrylic project case?
22:48 Nixie tube breadboard adapter: https://szy.io/
23:50 Chris Gammell’s Defcon LeadedZepelin PCB Badge: https://ift.tt/1wkrDRY
27:33 OpenDime Bitcoin Credit Stick Wallet https://opendime.com/ Coldcard Hardware Wallet: https://ift.tt/2r3biar And the dangers of crypto wallet supply chain attacks
36:29 Xeon CPU teardown
39:47 Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!
41:45 Tiny Toshiba hard drives
43:02 Dodgy LED Mains Light Bulb

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EEVblog #1277 – Electric Fence Controller Teardown

Random Bunker dumpster item teardown. A 20 year old Australian designed and made electric fence controller. Repair guides are here: https://pakton.com.au/support.php

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Driver handles 750V IGBT gates for automotive

Power Integrations has AEC-Q100 automotive-qualified an isolated gate driver for 750V-rated IGBTs. Called SID1181KQ, the device used the firm’s high-speed FluxLink isolation technology, which is based on bond wires and chip-packaging polymer. It “dramatically improves the reliability and isolation capability of gate drivers, replacing optocouplers and capacitive or silicon-based inductively coupled solutions,” claimed the firm. De-saturation monitoring ...

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Current clamp with slim-line jaw

Voltcraft VC-337 is a slim-jawed current clamp optimised for measurements in control cabinets with terminal blocks and narrow cable spacing. “While the wire to be measured has to be pulled out of the cable duct when using other current clamps, the VC-337 simply grips between adjacent wires. This is possible because the measuring gap of ...

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UK made: potting boxes

Yorkshire enclosure firm BCL Enclosures has introduced a range of potting boxes in which to permanently encapsulate small electronic circuits – from consumer products to automotive harsh environment applications. Called GPL, the range is manufactured in ABS ans features fixing lugs for secure attachment to surfaces. Three models are available: GPL05 is 36 x 24 x ...

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Double digit semi growth in 2020 guaranteed, says Penn

This year double digit growth for the semiconductor industry is guaranteed, said Malcolm Penn (pictured), CEO of Future Horizons, at the company’s Industry Forecast Seminar 2020 (IFS2020) in London this morning. Penn forecasts a market topping $450 billion this year. Q1 is forecast at minus 1% Q2 at plus 3.5% Q3 at 9.7% and Q4 ...

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