The Elektra Awards 2022 – marking the twentieth anniversary of the industry’s prestigious awards event – were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Ballroom in Grosvenor House, Park Lane last night. And we can now publicly reveal the winners. This established annual high point of the electronics industry was hosted by the comedian Suzi ...
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Following the launch of its public consultation on UK national cyber security in January, and subsequent responses from industry, the UK Government has released its analysis of the responses and has voiced its intentions when it updates the ‘Network and Information Systems’ (NIS) regulations “as soon as parliamentary time allows”, it said. They “will apply ...
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Korea Maritime and Ocean University scientists have developed a scheme for combined power and data transmission that cuts power consumption at the receiver end. Such combined transmissions, sometimes called ‘swipt’ for ‘simultaneous wireless information and power transfer’, are proposed to interface one powered fixed point with multiple wireless IoT sensor nodes that no longer need ...
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Researchers from Japan and Singapore have developed a 3D printing technique to create conductive metal patterns on the external and internal surfaces of 3D plastic structures. It does not print solid metal directly, but instead accurately positions a catalyst throughout a polymer object wherever surface metal will later be needed. The process is built around ...
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Fabless touch controller IC company TouchNetix has raised around $12m (actually 120MNOK). Investing companies included: Alliance Venture, Bergan, Calypso Invest, Djerv Holding, Fyrva, Investinor, Investitude, LER Invest, Motor-Trade Eiendom & Finans, R Munkhaugen, Reitan Kapital and Wiski Capital. The financial advisor was Sparebank 1 Markets. “We are delighted to be supported by such a strong ...
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At Electronica 2022 in Munich our Group Editor Clive Couldwell caught up with the electronics distributors Mouser Electronics and Farnell to discuss issues such as coping with chip shortages, inventory management, product life-cycles and new technologies… Mark Burr-Lonnon, Senior VP EMEA, Asia and Global Service at Mouser Electronics, talks about passives and interconnects becoming more ...
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Risk-V intellectual property company Andes Technology has certified simulation reference models from Imperas reference for use evaluating multi-core designs featuring the functional-safety-optimised AndesCore N25F-SE. At the same time, it also certified the complete range of Andes processor IP blocks with ‘Andes Custom Extension’ (ACE) support. Such virtual references run exactly the same binary code as ...
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At Electronica 2022 we caught up with Leo McHugh, the Vice President of Industrial Automation at Analog Devices, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. With resilience and sustainability top of mind for many organizations, he told us, the opportunity to significantly increase energy efficiency, productivity and reduce waste while also making manufacturing ...
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Display and embedded computer distributor Review Display Systems has introduced a single board computer built around AMD Ryzen Embedded V2000 Series processors with two simultaneous HDMI 1.4b 1080p display interfaces and 4K display support through an embedded DisplayPort (eDP). The computer, called ‘de next-V2K8’ and made by Aaeon, measures 86 x 55mm can accept up to 16Gbyte ...
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Altech has a series of DIN rail power supplies that range from 32mm wide for the 75W models to 70mm for 480W versions. Called PSC, “the series has five models ranging from 75 to 480W. All models have a universal input voltage range of 85 to 264Vac and output voltages of 12, 24 and 48Vdc, ...
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After record sales in 2022, semi sales are forecast to fall in 2023. Collapsing memory prices and uncertain global economy weigh on next year’s growth. Total semiconductor sales include the combined sales of ICs, optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discretes (O-S-D) components. After soaring 25% to $614.7 billion in 2021, worldwide semiconductor sales are expected ...
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H1 consumer standalone VR shipments in China increased by 166.2% year-over-year, says IDC. In Q1 China standalone VR shipments were 229,000 units shipped, and Q2 shipments were almost 273,000. New VR players emerged this year and many start-ups and traditional vendors that have not been involved in this area have launched or plan to launch ...
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Texas Instruments has expanded its space-grade analogue portfolio with devices in radiation-hardened plastic packages. “TI developed a device screening specification called ‘space high-grade in plastic’ [‘SHP’] for radiation-hardened products and introduced ADCs that meet the SHP qualification,” according to the company. “TI also introduced product families to the radiation-tolerant Space EP [‘enhanced plastic’] portfolio.” The ...
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Legrand has acquired Sheffield-based uninterrupted power supply specialist Power Control. “We want to develop our presence in the UK within the critical power and UPS vertical markets,” said Legrand UK and Ireland CEO Pascal Stutz. “Power Control has a long and successful history in the UK, making it a fantastic opportunity to help us realise ...
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To defend against quantum computer based hacking, Infineon and partners have revealed an electronic passport demonstrator that meets the security requirements of the quantum computing era, claims Infineon. “Today we are launching the encryption procedures which will be needed to repel quantum computer attacks of tomorrow,” said company head of identification products Maurizio Skerlj. “Working ...
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At Electronica 2022 in Munich our Group Editor Clive Couldwell caught up with NeoCortec, the ultra low power wireless connectivity Danish company, and Pickering, the UK and Czech Single-in-Line (SIL) reed relay specialists. Thomas Steen Halkier, the CEO of NeoCortec, shares his thoughts on wireless mesh networking, with NeoMesh being its networking offering for smart ...
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Pickering Electronics has launched electrostatic shielded variants of its high voltage Series 104 single-in-line reed relay family. The “optional electrostatic shielding between the switch and the coil to help minimise noise between the coil drive and high voltage circuits,” according to the company. “This screening is in addition to the internal mu-metal screen which eliminates ...
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European Ministers, including the UK – which is a member of the European Space Agency (ESA) – have agreed to increase ESA’s budget by 17% compared to the last equivalent Ministerial-level meeting in 2019. The decision was taken at the ESA Council in Paris, and the ESA secured €16.8 billion funding (up from €14.4 billion ...
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Designed as cost-effective drop-in replacements for LM78xx linear regulators, the K78-LB series by Mornsun is available from Relec Electronics. The K78xxJT-500R3-LB and K78xx-500R3-LB (K78-LB) family is available in a choice of mounting options and designed, says Relec for price-sensitive, high volume, high efficiency applications. Both versions have input ranges up to 36Vdc and outputs from ...
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Automated electric vehicle EMC testing is the subject of a tie-up between Rohde & Schwarz and test software company AVL. “Customers have been wanting for years to see Rohde & Schwarz EMC analysers connected to the AVL EMC test automation system,” said AVL e-motor test manager Alban Hemery. “Together, we have finally accomplished this, and are ...
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To help grow the nation’s space sector, the UK government has officially announced the formation of a new Space Partnership. The body is intended to bring together industry, academia and government stakeholders to work together to realise the government’s National Space Strategy, which was first announced in September 2021. It will be co-funded by the ...
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87% of people trust engineers to tell them the truth, after nurses an 89% and before doctors at 85%, according to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). “Engineers are one of only three professions whose trust score has improved since 2021,” it said. “Out of a list of 30 different professions, engineers are the ...
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Myenergi has created a domestic energy storage battery along the lines of Tesla’s Powerwall. Called Libbi, its top half (see photo) contains a 3.68kW inverter while on the bottom is a 5.1kWh battery, to which three further batteries can be added for up to a total of 20.4kWh. With more than 5.1kWh, the inverter is ...
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Infineon Technologies has introduced a single power module that can handle up to 352kW in three-level solar string inverter applications. Called F3L600R10W4S7F_C22, and aimed at for 1.5kVdc inverters, it combines six 950V IGBTs with six silicon carbide diodes for an overall rating of 950V and 600A. Packaging is the company’s recently-introduced EasyPack 4B (below left), ...
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Omron has created a colour sensor component “which enables monitoring of equipment, plant and industrial processes through detection of small colour changes,” it said. B5WC, as it is called, measures 8.4 x 40 x 15.9mm and detects the colour of objects or liquids 40mm away from its sensing face by reflection from an in-built white ...
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ROHM has created a range of five different coloured 0603 (1608 metric 1.6 x 0.8mm) LEDs, the CSL1901 series, optimised for 2mA operation. “In recent years, technological advancements have resulted in dramatically improved luminous efficiency”, according to the company. “At the same time, the market is demanding LEDs tailored to characteristics in the low current ...
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At Electronica 2022 we caught up with Andrew Smith, the Director of Technical Outreach at Power Integrations, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He shares his thoughts on the newly announced InnoSwitch 4-Pro family of digitally controllable, off-line CV/CC Zero Voltage Switching (ZVS) flyback ICs, which substantially reduce the size of power ...
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Offshore Electronics has added a Yamaha Z:Lex YSM20R modular pick and place machine to its Guernsey manufacturing. “Fastest in its class at 95,000 component placements per hour, the YSM20R will allow the company to ship a greater number of boards to its OEMs each day,” according to the company. “Over the course of a month, ...
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TDK-Lambda has released a 1U high modular ac-dc power supply series from which “the product’s low acoustic noise is desired in test and medical applications where audible disturbances need to be kept to a minimum”, said the company. Called MU4, the supplies can accept up to four isolated and regulated output boards and deliver up ...
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Axiomtek MANO561 industrial Mini-ITX motherboard has an LGA1700 socket for Intel’s 12th generation (Alder Lake-S) Core processors. “MANO561, with a 20mm IO height, is perfect for a space-constrained environment,” said Axiomtek product manager Kenny Lin. “Its multiple displays support, abundant IO interfaces and wide input voltage allow users to fulfil adequate AI application in various ...
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Filtronic has opened a design centre in Manchester, focused on developing mmWave technology for satellite communications, as well as hired several engineers for its design and its process engineering teams. “Establishing the new centre for satellite communication design has enabled us to expand our physical footprint across three UK locations: Sedgefield, Leeds and now Manchester, ...
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Lemo has developed USB 3.1 version of its push-pull latching connectors for use up to 10Gbit/s. They are available in the company’s B, K and T series (see table) for demanding indoor and outdoor environments, for applications in defence, industrial automation, data communication, aerospace, test and measurements. B Series miniature K Series robust T Series ...
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Analog Devices has created a power sender and power receiver chip-set for single-pair Power-over-Ethernet (SPoE) that can deliver 52W to a load – neither IC handles any Ethernet data. “Combined with ADIN1100 and ADIN1110 10BASE-T1L industrial Ethernet solutions, customers can reliably transfer both power and data over one kilometre”, according to the company. LTC4296-1 is ...
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Infineon has a family of microcontrollers in the pipeline intended to achieve certification to the new ISO/SAE 21434 automotive cyber-security management system (CSMS) standard. This follows TÜV Nord certifying Infineon to ISO/SAE 21434. Initially announced in January, the ‘TC4xx’ MCU family will carry the company’s ‘Aurix’ branding, have a “new cybersecurity architecture”, said Infineon, and ...
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The semiconductor market declined 6.3% in 3Q 2022 from 2Q 2022, according to WSTS. Based on the outlook for 4Q 2022, the second half of 2022 will be down over 10% from the first half of 2022. The 2H 2022 decline will be the largest half-year decline since a 21% drop in the first half ...
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Including Hong Kong and Macao, China had 59 papers accepted by the ISSCC. The University of Macau had 15 papers accepted, Tsinghua University had 13 papers accepted and Peking University had six papers accepted. 198 papers were accepted in all, out of 629 submitted, with the US having the second largest number of papers accepted ...
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Q3 DRAM revenue fell 29% – a rate unprecedented since the 2008 financial crash, says TrendForce. Samsung dropped 33%,Hynix 25% and Micron 23%. Nanya and PSMC fell 40% whike Winbond fell 37%. The market dripped 29% in the quarter to $18 billion.
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UK satellite company Exobotics has won a contract with US firm GenMat to build a remote sensing, prospecting satellite with a hyperspectral imager. Described as a multi-million-pound deal, the satellite – the first of GenMat’s planned constellation – is due to be launched later this year aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rideshare. Specifically, Exobotics will ...
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Sick of Hertfordshire has introduced a vibration, shock and temperature monitor for measuring signs of approaching machine failure. The harsh environment MPB10 Multi-Physics Box bolts on to industrial machines, including electric motors, pumps, fans and conveyor systems. “The MPB10 provides service data to enable predictive maintenance practices that can improve plant availability, maximise operating life, protect ...
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Nexperia has introduced mosfets optimised for 12V hot-swap applications. The 25V and 30V devices are intended to combine a wide safe operating area (SOA) and low on-resistance. “PSMNR67-30YLE ASFET delivers 2.2x stronger SOA: 12V at 100ms) than previous technologies while having a maximum Rds(on) as low as 0.7mΩ [Vg=10V],” according to the company. “The Spirito ...
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Electrostatic actuators that work at lower voltages could come out of research at the Tokyo Institute of Technology. These devices consist of two oppositely charged electrodes that generate a force when there is an electric field between them. “By altering the shape of their electrodes and filling the gap between them with flexible, soft materials, ...
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Following its acquisition of Steradian Semiconductors in August, Renesas entered the automotive radar market this week when it introduced a multi-channel 76 – 81GHz transceiver at Electronica. Designed for driver assistance and Level 3 (and higher) autonomous driving, the MMIC (monolithic microwave integrated circuit) is aimed imaging radar, long-range forward radar and ‘4D’ radar, “but ...
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For Profinet, Hirose Electric has expanded its ix Industrial connector series to include an in-line jack version. “Specified as a new standard interface connector for Ethernet applications by Profinet, the ix Industrial I/O connector series features optimised EMI and ESD shielding for data transmission up to 10Gbits.s, said the company, adding: “In addition to in-line ...
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The US National Semiconductor Technology Center, which is responsible for implementing the $11 billion R&D element of the US. Chips Act, has identified four high-priority tasks Evaluating potential gaps in research and engineering that could be filled by the NSTC. As part of the whole-of-government effort, the NSTC will complement the many excellent centers already ...
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Diodes has created a servo motor controller, complete with H-bridge mosfets and provision for potentiometer position feedback, for brushed dc motors in automotive manual headlight beam servos and industrial control servos. Called ZXBM5408Q, operation is over -40 to +125°C and 8 to 18V (45V transient survival), and up to 800mA (1.5A peak). It integrates voltage ...
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Industrial computer manufacturer OnLogic has announced Factor 202, built around a Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. “When Raspberry Pi unveiled the CM4, they mentioned that over half of the Raspberry Pi computers sold were being used for industrial and commercial applications,” said OnLogic product manager Mike Walsh. Factor 202 (FR202) measures 201 x 121 x ...
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High-quality OLED, LCD, TFT and VFD displays. The range of optoelectronic components available in the TME catalogue has just been expanded to include products by Newhaven Display. This is an American supplier specialising in universal displays manufactured in compliance with various standards, with a wide range of technologies applied and versions available. These solutions are ...
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Texas instruments has introduced a precision bi-directional current sense amplifier than can measure voltage drops across shunt resistors over a common-mode range of -5 to 110V, with survival across -20 to +120V. Bias current is 35µA within the operating range, and that operating range is independent of the 2.7 to 20V single rail supply voltage, ...
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The UK and Irish comapaies Open Cosmos and Ubotica Technologies have signed an agreement to deliver CogniSat-6, which they describe as the first AI centric CubeSat mission to include autonomous capabilities. As part of the agreement, CogniSat-6 will carry the flight proven (TRL-9) CogniSat edge computing platform to LEO (low earth orbit). It will provide ...
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At Electronica in Munich today, Power Integrations announced a family of digitally controllable, off-line constant-voltage constant-current zero voltage switching (CV CC ZVS) fly-back ICs for compact power adaptors. Called InnoSwitch4-Pro, they have integrated 750V GaN (gallium nitride) primary switches, handle up to 220W, and switch at up to 140kHz with planar transformers. 10mV/step and 30mA/step ...
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At Electronica 2022, we caught up with Jason Chonko, Marketing and Applications Specialist at SIGLENT Technologies, as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He talks about RF test and measurement and LIDAR and RADAR, new applications, K Band RF signal sources and spectrum analysers, enabling more than one engineer to have the product ...
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Texas Instruments announced plans to open a product distribution centre in Frankfurt, at Electronica. To be open by the end of 2024, it is being built to provide same-day delivery in central Germany and next-day delivery to most European-based for industrial and automotive customers. “We are excited to expand our European presence in Frankfurt, as it ...
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GaN semiconductor maker EPC has announced an 80V 4mΩ power transistor at Electronica in Munich, with a 1.5 x 2.5mm footprint and “double the power density compared to EPC’s prior-generation products”, said the company. “This is just the first product of a new generation of discrete transistors and integrated circuits for EPC,” said company CEO ...
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Rohm and Suzuki are joining the consortium led by the private equity fund Japanese Industrial Partners (JIP) to take over Toshiba, reports the Nikkei. The engineering group Taisei is also expected to join. Leasing company Orix and Chubu Electric Power are also said to have signed up. Other companies said to have been asked to ...
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The winners of the IEEE Competition on Non-Terrestrial Networks (NTN) for Beyond 5G and 6G have been announced at the Connecting the World from the Sky conference. First place, and a prize of $10,000, was awarded to a proposed solution for integrating of terrestrial and non-terrestrial networks, dubbed Multi-Mode High Altitude Platform Station (HAPS) for ...
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After revealing it would make and stock Rock single-board computers earlier this year, component distributor OKdo announced availability of the Rock 5B today at Electronica. This is an octo-core computer that delivers “the kind of desktop PC level performance required for compute intense activities such as AI or gaming, as well as object recognition, predictive ...
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NGK Insulators has revealed a fuel-gauging evaluation kit for its novel Enercera lithium ion cells, some of which are amongst the few Li-ion cells to be chargeable below 0°C, and some of which can be float-charged. “As part of development support,” said the company, “NGK will provide all customers that use EnerCera with reference designs ...
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At Electronica today, Onsemi announced a series of silicon mosfets with top-side cooling for automotive motor control and dc-dc conversion. They come in a 5.1 x 7.5mm TCPAK57 package (aka ‘TCPAK10’, recommended footprint 5.2 x 8.7mm) with a 16.5mm2 thermal pad on the top side. “This allows heat to be dissipated directly into a heatsink ...
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Six year-old Cambridge GaN Devices has raised $19 million in a Series B funding round. led by Parkwalk Advisors and BGF, with participation from IQ Capital, CIC, Foresight Williams Technology and Martlet Capital. “GaN provides the optimum conversion solution, reducing power losses by more than 50% and increasing energy conversion efficiency to above 99%,” says ...
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NXP is aiming at electric vehicles traction inverters for up to two motors with its S32K39 microcontrollers. “The MCUs support IGBT as well as SiC and GaN,” according to the company. “It has enough compute power to support six-phase or two three-phase motors controlled by dual 200 kHz control loops, while hosting AI, machine learning ...
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Skyworks is introducing an isolated gate driver reference design that operates with Wolfspeed’s SiC FET power modules. With the growing adoption of SiC for power conversion and inverter applications — fueled by consumer demand for greater range, faster charging and more efficient propulsion for EVs — there is an increasing need for gate drivers that ...
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Fabless power transistor company Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD) is to sign a deal with Neways Electronics of Eindhoven to develop solar power inverters. The collaboration has sprung from the European-funded GaNext project, on which both companies worked. “At Electronica, both on the Neways booth and at CGD’s booth, visitors will be able to see a ...
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Don’t miss the Electronics Weekly roundup of all our latest news from Electronica, the event running from 15-18 May in Munich. Electronica is the world’s biggest electronics show, and Electronics Weekly will be covering it extensively, to discover the latest products, developments and trends in the industry. Simply bookmark: https://ift.tt/RKiPoM6 Electronica 2022 Pre-show Electronica: Pickering to ...
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SiPearl, the company designing the Europrocessor, has joined up with AMD to provide a joint offering for exascale supercomputing systems, combining SiPearl’s HPC microprocessor, Rhea, with AMD Instinct accelerators. Initially, AMD and SiPearl will jointly assess the interoperability of the AMD ROC open software with the SiPearl Rhea microprocessor and build an optimized software solution ...
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Apprentices working at Leonardo, as part of a new project to bring together students from different backgrounds, have created a course providing an introductory experience to the world of work. The week-long programme was intended to act as a ‘fast track’ to gain experience of mixing Edinburgh students with peers and professionals from very different ...
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Nexperia has bought the six year-old Netherlands energy harvesting specialist Nowi. Nowi’s PMICs combine the smallest PCB footprint with the lowest BOM cost and the best average harvesting performance, says Nexperia. The manufacturing capacity and capability of Nexperia as well as its global infrastructure will ensure that together, Nowi will be able to speed the production ...
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Altimeters are an essential component in an aeronautical safety-of-life system, but they can be at risk as the RF spectrum shifts to 5G, warns Peter Matthews of Knowles Precision Devices. Pilots rely on radio altimeters to provide accurate measurements of an aircraft’s distance above the Earth’s surface, especially during the approach and landing phases of ...
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Rocket Lab USA has won two worth $14 million to provide satellite separation systems for the U.S. Space Development Agency’s T1TL (Tranche 1 Transport Layer) satellites. The two contracts will see the space launch services company supply 80 Lightband Separation Systems (Lightbands) to the manufacturers of the satellites, one of which is Lockheed Martin, the ...
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After raising $165.2 million in venture capital, it looks as if Mythic, the analogue processor pioneer, has run out of cash, Mythic “ran out of runway with the investors before we could get to revenue,” wrote Mythic’s vp engineering Ty Garibay on LinkedIn earlier this week. Garibay said he’s looking for a job. Mythic’s processor ...
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Vodafone is selling a stake in Vantage Towers, which builds, owns and operates its mobile phone masts. Vodafone will move its 81.7% holding in Vantage Towers into a jv with KKR and GIP with funding from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund. Vodafone is then expected to sell 50% of its stake in the jv. The ...
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is celebrating its in-space satellite servicing robot passing initial tests. All component-level tests have been completed, it reports, on its DARPA’s Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites (RSGS) program and the on-orbit demonstration mission is on schedule for launch in 2024. The goal is to help address the ...
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Probe Test Solutions Ltd (PTSL) of Glasgow, the ATE test hardware specialist, is acquiring ThinkMEMS of Dallas. ThinkMEMS offers process IP combining the fabrication of microdevices and assembly of complex structures to generate functional devices with repeatability and signal isolation at these frequencies. ThinkMEMS solutions are already shipping in automotive radar test fixtures and other ...
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UK Government ministers visited Spaceport Cornwall in Newquay yesterday ahead of the long planned, and long awaited, first satellite launch from UK soil. But still no date has been announced. Science Minister, George Freeman, and Transport Technology Minister, Jesse Norman, joined representatives from the UK Space Agency to meet the spaceport people behind the ...
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At next week’s electronica in Munich (15-18 November) Farnell is hosting a competition in association with nearBees, an online platform designed to assist beekeepers in Germany in establishing and maintaining local honeybee colonies. Members of the element14 Community can enter the Save the Bees design challenge, using Ardunio’s MKR1310 and Arduino Pro Nicla vision boards ...
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The latest figures from DMASS show distribution sales grew in the summer quarter with 44.3% increase in semiconductor distribution sales for a record revenue of 35.8bn Euros. The total components distribution market grew by 34% (5.1bn Euros) of which interconnect, passive and electromechanical (IPE) grew 14.8%. A lot of this growth can be explained by ...
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Hereford’s New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering (NMITE) is offering new academic choices: a BSC in Science Sustainable Built Environment degree new Foundation Years to integrate with all courses longer timeframe options for NMITE’s flagship Integrated Engineering courses All of these have been devised and designed, says NMITE, with a view to the changing ...
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Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry, is to have a public offering to rise $2.5 billion. The money will be used to build a new fab in Wuxi. The plan is to break ground in 2023 for a fab with a capacity 83k wpm rising to 95k. In 2019, Hua Hong was saying it would ...
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TSMC is planning its 1nm fab which will be in the Longtan Science Park near Taoyuan City which is operated by the Hsinchu Science Park, reports the Commercial Times. TSMC’s delayed 3nm chips are due to start volume production in Q4. An upgraded process, 3NE, starts in H2 2023. This will be TSMC’s last finfet ...
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The third edition of Farnell’s online magazine e-TechJournal is now available to download offering an insight into the latest industrial technologies. Understanding, developing, and implementing integrated strategies that leverage Industry 4.0 technologies has become a priority for many organisations and in this latest edition the free-to-download magazine deep-dives into: Leveraging the IoT to set up ...
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In the The Lighting Up Aberdeen project, North has worked with Aberdeen City Council to build an urban LoRa wireless IoT network to manage over 37,000 lighting units across the city, all from a central management system. “The lighting system also includes custom dimming profiles to manage the level of energy required at any given ...
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Infineon has introduced an automotive current sensor IC, available in four pre-programmed current ranges: 25, 50, 75 or 120A. Called TLE4971, they are “ideal for on-board chargers, high-voltage auxiliary drives and charging applications”, according to the company. “Additionally, the sensor is also ideal for industrial applications including dc chargers for electric vehicles, industrial drives, servo ...
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Amphenol RF has added reverse polarity (RP) SMA connector options to its RG-178 cable assemblies with right-angled AMC connectors on the far end, for Wi-Fi 6, GPS and cellular applications. With RP-SMAs, the externally-threaded connector has the pin (image right) and the internally-threaded connector has the socket. For a conventional SMA connector, see the photo ...
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IQE has signed a multi-year agreement with Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company(“AWSC”), for the supply of epiwafers for wireless applications. This three-year supply agreement covers epitaxial wafers spanning a range of AWSC’s wireless products, including those which enable 4G and 5G mobile handsets and WiFi products. The agreement provides IQE with diversification opportunities into mass market ...
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General B. Chance Saltzman has been officially installed as the new U.S. Chief of Space Operations, the Space Force’s highest-ranking military post. Saltzman succeeds General John W. “Jay” Raymond who was the first to lead the newly created arm of U.S. military services. The Space Force’s responsibilities are training, equipping and organising a cadre of ...
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Researchers at Sweden’s Digital Cellulose Center have improved their paper supercapacitor technology, getting 10F from a demonstration device. The active ingredient of the capacitor is a water-based ink made from the conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS and cellulose pulp derived from softwood, plus some other ingredients including activated carbon. Previously, the Center screen-printed this onto an aluminium-coated ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced Matter-enabled software development kits for its Wi-Fi and Thread wireless microcontrollers. “Engineers can use the software and wireless MCUs, such as the CC3235SF and CC2652R7, to create low-power secure battery-powered smart home and industrial automation IoT applications that connect with devices across proprietary ecosystems,” according to the company. Matter is a ...
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Toshiba has introduced PC-based design tools for motor control, as part of ‘MCU Motor Studio’ which includes firmware its TXZ+4A microcontrollers and hardware evaluation boards. “The MCU Motor Studio firmware suite supports all common motor control strategies including sinewave commutation and field-oriented vector control, sensor-less or with position sensing,” according to the company. “There is ...
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Siemens Digital Industries Software is to acquire Avery Design Systems of Massachusetts. Siemens plans to add Avery’s technology to the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio as part of its suite of EDA IC verification offerings, “This can enhance Siemens’ offerings across mainstream verification IP segments, while further extending Siemens verification solutions into areas such as High Performance ...
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Trend Networks has launched a Bluetooth-enabled power-over-Ethernet tester which supports cloud-based reporting via the company’s AnyWARE phone app and test management service. “With access to detailed test reports, businesses can easily verify that technicians on site have completed an install correctly,” said Trend product director Dan Barrera. “Occasional termination mistakes are inevitable but, previously, issues ...
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Renesas is aiming at powering automotive cameras with an ISO-26262 compliant multi-rail regulator IC – qualified to AEC-Q100 Grade 1. RAA271082 has a primary high voltage synchronous buck regulator, two secondary low voltage synchronous buck regulators and a low voltage LDO regulator. It offers four over-voltage and under-voltage monitors, I2C communications, a configurable general-purpose open-drain ...
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TI has introduced a suite of APIs that provide unprecedented access to accurate, real-time inventory information about available TI analogue and embedded processing products. “Companies are looking for ways to streamline their ability to better forecast their supply needs and speed time to market – and that means working directly with their suppliers,” says TI svp ...
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Researchers in Saudi Arabia are exploring an unusual idea: modulating daylight coming through a window to transmit data. The scheme will use quadrature amplitude modulator and a pair of liquid crystal shutters to change the polarisation of light as it passes. “Change in light polarisation is imperceptible to the eye, eliminating the flicker problem,” said ...
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RF instruments from Siglent, the SSA5000A spectrum analyser and the SSG5000A RF signal generator for satcom, radar and mobile comms developers are now available from Telonic Instruments. The SSA5000A spectrum analyser has an operating range of 9kHz-26GHz and the SSG5000A RF signal generator operates at 9kHz-20GHz. Both instruments support X- and K-band measurements for microwave ...
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Warrington-based quantum dot maker Quantum Science has become part of a government-funded Knowledge Transfer Partnership with the University of Glasgow, intended to improve infra-red sensor fabrication, testing and manufacturing. The company makes Pb-inclusive and Pb-free quantum-dots that can be used in infra-red sensors, with sensitivity tuneable across 800nm to 2.4μm. They are said to have ...
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Advanced Linear Devices has introduced an IC that will balance four supercapacitors connected in series – to help prevent any of them being damaged by over-volting as they charge. Like other balance ICs in the company’s range, it does not use op-amps and a voltage reference. Instead it has four precision-trimmed mosfets that act as ...
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14 year-old Finnish carbon nanotube specialist Canatu has raised €18 million, taking its total funding raised to date to €74 million. Investors include 3M Ventures, Ascend, eFruit International, Minth Group, Nordea, and Varma. In 2021, Canatu reported over 260% growth in revenue, and in the first half of FY2022 Canatu grew sales 80%. “With the new funding round, we’ll ...
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EnSilica has opened a new design centre in Bristol, with a staff of 14 engineers and a focus on advanced node ASIC design. The opening follows a period of significant growth, says the company, with Bristol being chosen for its electronics heritage, its university links and the quality of life offered by the city. The ...
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