32bit RISC-V certified ISO 26262 ASIL-D ready by TÜV SGS

Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems IMS has had a version of its 32bit AIRisc RISC-V microcontroller intellectual property certified by by TÜV SGS to the ISO 26262 ASIL-D automotive safety standard. Called AIRisc-Safety, it can now be licensed from the organisation, which also offers customised versions for asic and FPGA integration. “Certification means that ...

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USB power designs certified to send and receive 140W

The USB Implementers Forum has certified a USB-C source-sink IC pair and the associated reference designs for 140W (28V 5A) USB PD EPR (USB power delivery extended power range). “The new ICs extend the range of a universal charger to 140W,” according to STMicroelectronics, which has created the ICs and the designs. “Now, a single ...

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A dozen 26GHz coax connections in a single rugged housing

Lemo has put a dozen 26.5GHz coax contacts inside a high-reliability circular connector housing, sealed to IP68 when mated. Called LM.232, its signal paths are 50Ω, with a VSWR of ~1.2 from 5 to 15GHz, peaking to 1.4 at 18GHz. The contacts are designed to be terminated on LMR-100A, Multiflex 86, RG-174/U, RG-188 A/U or ...

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Agile Analog adds 12-bit customisable ADC

Agile Analog, the customisable analogue IP specialist, has extended its range of data conversion IP with the introduction of the first customisable, process agnostic, 12-bit ADC. “We are pleased to introduce the latest product in our data conversion range, building on the success of our 8-bit and 10-bit ADCs,” says CEO Barry Paterson (pictured), “there ...

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Keysight buys Cliosoft

Keysight has bought Cliosoft and will add Cliosoft’s hardware design data and IP management software tools to Keysight’s EDA offering Cliosoft’s primary focus has been managing design data, including functional IP blocks used in ICs. Cliosoft’s products expand Keysight’s EDA software offering to include process and data management (PDM) capabilities that have been adopted by ...

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Fujitsu and MS hook up for private 5G

Fujitsu conducting trials with Microsoft to verify the connectivity between Fujitsu’s 5G network technology and Microsoft Azure private MEC (Multi-Access Edge Compute). The trials, part of  Fujitsu’s broader efforts to co-create new business based on private 5G, started  at Fujitsu’s Collaboration Lab in Kawasaki and will continue  in Birmingham, UK, from March 2023. By combining ...

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10MHz RC oscillator errs ±0.28% over -45 to 125°C

RC oscillators can be small or accurate, and now that can be both after Delft University of Technology*, Silicon Integrated and Tsinghua University revealed a 10MHz RC oscillator with ±0.28% accuracy over -45 to 125°V after a one-point trim, fabricated with a 0.01mm2 footprint in standard 0.18μm CMOS. The scheme avoids needing the need for ...

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ISSCC 2023: Class-D audio at -111.2dB THD+N and 120.9dB dynamic range

Class-D audio amplifiers are power efficient, but do not beat, or even match, well-designed Class-AB and Class-A amplifiers on many other specs. This said, Delft University of Technology, working with Goodix Technology, seems to have got right up amongst the hi-fi numbers with a 0.18μm BCD prototype IC that achieves 120.9dB dynamic range and -111.2dB ...

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Britishvolt bought by Recharge Industries; Blythe battery factory to go ahead

Britishvolt has been bought by the Australian company Recharge Industries which intends to go ahead with the Britishvolt plan to build a £3.8 billion battery factory near Blythe in Nothumberland. Recharge Industries is owned by the US investment fund Scale Facilitation, whose founder and CEO David Collard, says: “Our proposal combined our financial, commercial, technology ...

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UK Space Agency funds growth in UK regions

The UK Space Agency has awarded £1.2 million to the UK’s south-central region, and the funding includes £300,000 for the newly-formed Space South Central, which is described as the UK’s largest ‘space cluster’. The money will support Space South Central’s aims to promote collaboration and champion space-related business and R&D across Hampshire, Surrey and the ...

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iSIM simplifies carrier-switching

Sequans, the cellular IoT chip designer,  and Eseye, an IoT connectivity specialist, have joined forces to deliver an  iSIM (integrated eUICC) connectivity solution targeting the GSMA eSIM M2M standard. The product aims to reduce the complexity and cost of IoT deployments providing assured and continuous connectivity across multiple countries, carriers, and networks, without changing or ...

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Shifting Fortunes

Masayoshi Son is personally liable for about $5 billion under compensation deals done with  Softbank, reports Bloomberg. 35% of Son’s total stake in Softbank is pledged as collateral to finance houses in return for loans. SoftBank has debt of $170 billion. Softbank’s financial situation is being hard hit by losses at its two Vision Funds ...

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Vicor and Avnet sign global distribution deal

Power modules from Vicor are now available from Avnet, following a global distribution agreement. The agreement means that customers can access Vicor’s power modules through the distributor’s design and supply chain. Commenting on agreement, David Krakauer, vice president of the industrial business unit and corporate marketing at Vicor said: “Working with Avnet will better position ...

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ISSCC 2023: 2D materials instead of silicon in the angstrom era?

At ISSCC 2023 in San Francisco, Belgian research lab Imec presented transistor designs shrunk beyond the capabilities of silicon. It argued that finfet and gate-all-around designs can only go so far with silicon as, to get fast access to the carriers inside a channel, the channels have to be so thin that physics takes its ...

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Design tool helps with LCC resonant converters

Infineon Technologies has introduced a first-look design tool for LCC power converters. “Power factor correction plus LCC resonant topology for constant current output has proven to offer outstanding efficiency combined with a large output voltage range in high-power LED lighting applications,” according to the company. The “topology is 5 to 6% more efficient than other ...

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Mouser signs Asahi Kasei Microdevices

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with Asahi Kasei Microdevices (AKM), the specialist in sensors and analogue/digital mixed-signal ICs. AKM’s products combinea the compound semiconductor technology mainly used for magnetic sensors with silicon ASIC/analogue technology. The new agreement gives design engineers easy access to AKM’s sensors and audio chips for mobile, automotive, industrial, and consumer markets. The ...

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Orange and Vodafone to share European O-RAN networks

Orange and Vodafone have agreed to share O-RAN networks in Europe, with RAN sharing in rural areas where they both have mobile networks. The first commercial sites to be deployed under this agreement are planned to start this year in a rural area of Romania, near Bucharest. They will provide an initial real-life experience of ...

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Ubotica launches CogniSAT-XE2 for CubeSat AI in space

Ubotica, the space AI specialist, has announced its CogniSAT-XE2 hardware platform to support the use of AI in space, for in-orbit data analysis. Building on its existing CogniSAT technology, the mechanical and power envelope of CogniSAT-XE2 (with a PC/104 form factor) is compatible with small satellites such as to CubeSats and delivers increased compute performance ...

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ISSCC 2023: GaN and Si combine to drive SiC at 1,700V

With their low losses, fast switching and high temperature tolerance, silicon carbide mosfets are now a viable option for high-current switching for use below 2kV. However, the field is relatively new and the ‘right’ way to drive such devices has yet to be established. At ISSCC 2023, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University of Taiwan ...

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ISSCC 2023: The processors that the IEEE wanted to hear about

A recent innovation at ISSCC is for the organisers to hand-pick a few ICs that they would like to hear about the conference – all the other speakers have to apply to present their innovations. This year they picked machine learning accelerators for both training and inference, an ultra-high bandwidth chip-to-chip link and an ‘infrastructure ...

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European Commission investigates proposed Inmarsat, Viasat acquisition

Viasat’s bid to buy Inmarsat has suffered another setback. The European Commission has decided to open an “in-depth investigation” of the deal. The Commission – which is the executive arm of the EU, composed of “Commissioners” – will assess the proposed acquisition under the rules of EU Merger Regulation. It says it’s concerned the transaction may ...

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ISSCC 2023: Point-of-load conversion at the next level

At ISSCC this week in San Francisco, the University of California and Murata described a way to take point-of-load conversion to the next level – two-stage conversion with vertical current paths and package-level integration. Point-of-load schemes have solved the problems of I2R losses across PCBs for a long time, but the traditional approach of putting ...

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1.5kA current sensor for EV traction inverters is only 29mm tall

Aiming at electric vehicle traction inverters, LEM has managed to shrink a 1.5kA current sensor into 29 x 21 x 12mm and 27g. “HSTDR current sensor is significantly more compact than a traditional C-core sensor, making it much easier to be integrated into space-limited inverter boxes,” said LEM. The technology is open-loop Hall effect and ...

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Qualinx has €8m Series A funding round

Qualinx, a tracking and connectivity specialist, has raised €8 million in a Series A investment round. Investors are FORWARD.one, InnovationQuarter Capital and Waterman Ventures. Left to right: Iman Madadi (CIO), Tom Trill (CEO), Massoud Tohidian (CTO) and Amir Reza Ahmadi Mehr (SVP Engineering) Founded as a spin-off from Delft University of Technology and supported by ...

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WES Annual Conference 2023 heads to Birmingham

The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) Annual Conference 2023 will run from 27 – 28 April 2023, bringing together women and allies from across all engineering disciplines for a two day conference. The venue is the Millennium Point in Birmingham. The Society, which supports women in engineering, says the event will “showcase the inspiring role models ...

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ISSCC: Genome processor, and 99.9% less heat from a 3D image processor

At ISSCC this in San Francisco this week, the National Taiwan University revealed a processor custom designed to crunch the vast amount of data that emerges as hundreds of millions of short DNA segments are analysed en-route to producing a three billion nucleotides gene sequence. The biological detective work flow includes four steps: short-read mapping, ...

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Anglia is now carbon-neutral

Cambridgeshire distributor Anglia Components has achieved Carbon Neutral Scheme accreditation, in partnership with ClimatePartner, by offsetting carbon emissions due to its business operations and committing to further emission reductions. This is on top of maintaining an ISO 14001 compliant environmental management system. “When customers started to ask us about carbon offsetting, we took the decision ...

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Microchip puts $880m into SiC and silicon fab

Microchip is to invest $880m in silicon carbide and silicon device manufacture at its Colorado Springs fab. “One significant phase of the expansion is for increased SiC manufacturing for use in automotive, e-mobility, grid infrastructure, aerospace and defence applications,” according to the company. The 850 person Colorado Springs campus currently runs six inch wafers, and ...

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Fujitsu, Nvidia bring out vRAN system

Today, Fujitsu launched  a new 5G vRAN solution combining Fujitsu’s virtualized CU (vCU) and virtualized DU (vDU) with NVIDIA’s GPU technology. Fujitsu will start offering the new solution to customers including telecommunications carriers globally in March 2023. The new solution was developed as part of the “5G Open RAN Ecosystem” (OREC) project promoted by NTT ...

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Silicon Motion sampling new NAND controller

Silicon Motion, the NAND flash controller specialist, is sampling a PCIe Gen4 SSD controller chip optimised for higher speed NAND transfer rates. The SM2268XT’s allows customers to accelerate development of next-generation SSDs using current and future TLC and QLC 3D NAND flash with comprehensive data integrity and correction without compromising throughput and latency. The device ...

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Longer perovskite solar cell life after theoretical search of passivating materals

Perovskite materials show much promise in solar cells as they are as efficient as silicon, but are deposited as thin films that can be coated on glass. However, their lifetime is nothing like as good as silicon, and many research projects are under way to increase durability. This week, the University of Toledo has reported ...

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AI: two prongs promote innovation without harm?

Public health researchers in the US are proposing a novel approach to encourage self-regulation within the AI community, with the aim of reducing harmful outcomes without stifling innovation. “Efforts to promote ethical and trustworthy AI must go beyond what is legally mandated as the baseline for acceptable conduct,” said Jennifer Wager of Penn State University. ...

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Resistors handle 10kV low-energy surges

Stackpole has created through hole film resistors that can handle 10kV surges. “For applications with high voltage surge and low energy requirements, they are a viable replacement for carbon composition resistors, providing improved electrical and environmental stability, better tolerance and temperature coefficient, with better long-term availability,” according to the company. Covering values from 560kΩ to ...

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Tool-free 16A junction box for LED lighting

Hylec-APL has revamped its tool-less Debox SL junction box to make it easier to use. Now the 16A four-circuit UL/VDE-compliant terminal block inside has green twin-lever actuators that visually stand-out against the white interior, and the levers need only a fingertip push to open or close them fully. Labelling on the levers is ‘N’ for ...

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Applied revenues up 7% y-o-y

Applied generated revenue of $6.74 billion in calendar Q4 (FY Q1)  – up 7% y-o-y –  with a gross margin of 46.7% on .a GAAP basis and operating income of $1.97 billion or 29.2% of net sales. On a non-GAAP basis, the company reported gross margin of 46.8% and operating income of $1.99 billion or ...

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TI second 300mm fab in Utah

Texas Instruments is to build its next 300mm wafer analogue and embedded processor fab in Utah, next to its existing 300mm fab in the town of Lehi. Once completed, the Lehi fabs will operate as a single unit. “This new fab is part of our long-term, 300mm manufacturing roadmap,” TI COO Haviv Ilan. “With the ...

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Oxford optical AI spin-out gets £1.1m government grant

Oxford University spin-out Lumai has secured a £1.1m Innovate UK Smart Grant to commercialise its all-optical artificial intelligence processing technology. The money was awarded in conjunction with The University of Oxford, and follows funding from IP Group and Runa Capital. Its intellectual property covers optical matrix multiplication, electro-optic neural network training and all-optical neural network ...

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Supercap for space-constrained devices

CAP-XX, the manufacturer of ultra-thin prismatic, cylindrical, and Lithium-Ion supercapacitors, has launched its lDMV750 ultra-thin 2.2mm prismatic 3V supercapacitor to provide high performance for IoT, medical and other space-constrained and mission-critical electronic devices. The 750mF supercap can complement 3V coin cell batteries, replace bulky 3V cylindrical supercaps to save design space, or replace batteries altogether ...

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Phone processor for gaming and AI photography

MediaTek has announced some details of its Dimensity 7200 phone SoC. To be built on a 4nm process from TSMC, it will have eight Arm cores: two 2.8GHz Cortex-A715 cores and six Cortex-A510, then MediaTek’s own AI processing pnit (APU) and an Arm Mali G610 GPU. Memory runs at 6.4Gbit/s and there is UFS 3.1 ...

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High-rel NP0 ceramic capacitors for military use

Kyocera has announced NP0 dielectric MLCCs (multi-layer ceramic capacitors) approved to the Defense Logistics Agency Qualified Products Database (DLA QPD) for high-reliability military applications. “The new MIL-PRF-32535 BME NP0 MLCCs have higher CV capabilities than standard surface-mount PME MLCCs qualified to military and aerospace specifications and are currently available in M and T reliability levels ...

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Surface-mount connectors hold castellated modules

With the Raspberry Pi Pico in mind, UK company OpenLX SP has answered the question: ‘how do I temporarily mount a castellated solder-down PCB module?’. The answer is a connector dubbed Clipzin, which is used in pairs to create a socket for the un-modified castellated module. However, although the connectors are surface mount, they will ...

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Solid State Supplies signs Laird Connectivity

Solid State Supplies today announced a distribution partnership with Laird Connectivity which will enable the company to address more Industrial IoT opportunities. Solid State Supplies has particular expertise in end-to-end IoT solutions using modules, finished products and cloud connectivity. Laird Connectivity simplifies wireless connectivity with innovative IoT solutions in the harshest environments.  “This agreement strengthens ...

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Low-cost optical transceiver delivers 1.25Gbps

Hamamatsu Photonics has developed a low-cost optical transceiver which delivers fiber-optic communications at a data transmission speed of 1.25 Gbps. The P16671-01AS transceiver provides standard-compliant optical connectors that attach to the preferred optical fibres, depending on the application. For short-distance board-to-board communication within the equipment, the P16671-01AS is usable with inexpensive POF (plastic optical fibers) ...

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28V 4A automotive high-side driver

February is definitely the month for automotive high and low-side drivers, proved beyond doubt as Diodes has just followed Rohm, Toshiba and STMicroelectronics with its contribution: a protected 4A (25A pulsed) high-side switch. Called ZXMS81045SPQ, it operates across 5 – 28V (41V abs max) and responds to both 5V and 3.3V logic inputs. Packaging is SO-8 ...

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±1°C temperature sensor + RTC draws only 160nA

Micro Crystal has introduced a ±1°C temperature sensor that includes a real-time clock, draws only 160nA (3V), and is automotive-approved. Called RV-3032-C7, it comes in an hermetically sealed reflow solderable 3.2 x 1.5 x 0.8mm ceramic SON-8 package – which is Pb-free, RoHS compliant and AEC-Q200 qualified. It is actually a module, as the company, ...

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Google starts to develop Android 14

Google has begun its journey towards Android 14, its next major release of the mobile OS. It has released Developer Preview 1. As always, such a release is not for general users but for developers, providing an early look at the next version of Android, for testing, development, and feedback. Note that you will need ...

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Unlocking room-scale optical quantum key distribution

A German consortium is looking into short-distance optical quantum key distribution for secure data communication. “Previous research has focused on long-distance secure data communication for applications in the global data infrastructure, for networking government or military facilities, or for information exchange with satellites,” according to research lab Fraunhofer IPMS. “However, the connections to the end ...

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Arduino takes final step to industrial automation

While the Arduino organisation has been making industrial single-board computers for a while, it has finally taken the plunge and produced a complete industrial product – and industrial controller called Opta, created in partnership with industrial controller maker Finder. Built around an STM32H747XI microcontroller, internal processing comes from two cores: a 480MHz Arm Cortex-M7 and ...

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GloFo and GM sign long-term supply deal

General Motors and GlobalFoundries have announced a strategic, long-term agreement establishing dedicated  capacity exclusively for GM’s chip supply. GloFo will manufacture for GM’s key chip suppliers at GloFo’s fab in upstate New York. This agreement supports GM’s strategy to reduce the number of unique chips needed to power increasingly complex and tech-laden vehicles. With this ...

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Flat Car Sales

After a flat market in 2022, car sales will grow 3.8% this year to 84.1 million vehicles , says TrendForce 26.9 million cars were sold in China in 2022 – iup 3.7% on 2021. In the US  13.7 million cars were sold which was an 8.1% decline y-o-y. In Western Europe 11.8 million cars were ...

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Anglia turns 50, feisty and fit for growth

Cambridge-based distributor, Anglia Components celebrated its half century in 2022 and began 2023 with investment announcements. Frank Wolinski, regional vice president of channel sales at STMicroelectronics, attended the opening ceremony of the expanded distribution and operations centre in Wisbech. The £2million investment expanded the original site into an adjoining building, increasing the floor area from ...

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Bluetooth SIG reaches for electronic shelf label wireless standard

The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) has released a new wireless standard for the electronic shelf label (ESL) market – Bluetooth ESL – which it describes as scalable, ultra-low power and highly secure. Designed to replace proprietary wireless protocols, it is based on Bluetooth technology and was created with companies involved in the market, such ...

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Automotive-qualified supercaps

Kyocera has introduced AEC-Q200 qualified supercapacitors for automotive use. To be found in the company’s SCC series, there are four capacitors (diameter x length): 35F 3V SCCU30E356SRBQ (16  x 30mm) 50F 3V SCCV40E506SRBQ (18 x 40mm ) 100F 2.7V SCCV60B107SRBQ (18 x 60mm) 100F 3V SCCV60E107SRBQ (18 x 60mm) where the final Q indicates AEC-Q200 ...

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JEDEC adopts top-side-cooled surface-mount power package

JEDEC has adopted a pair of top-side-cooled surface-mount packages created by Infineon for high-voltage mosfet. Dubbed QDPAK and DDPAK (in-use, below left), they are intended to replace through hole TO247 and TO220 (respectively) and “deliver equivalent thermal capabilities with improved electrical performance”, said Infineon. “JEDEC package registration, according to MO-354, serves as an enabler for ...

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Automotive heatsink paste

Chomerics has announced a thermal interface material with thermal cycling and high temperature  performance aimed at automotive components. Called ‘Gell 20’, it is a one-component material that requires no secondary cure and offers 2.4W/mK conductivity. Operation is over -55 to +200°C. “The material’s heavy paste-like consistency enables controlled dispensing, applied in variable thicknesses up to 4mm,” ...

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Farnell signs Piera Systems

Farnell has signed a new distribution agreement with Piera Systems to sell the Intelligent Particle Sensor (“IPS”) family of particle sensors. These sensors offer precision at a low cost and are designed for easy integration, making them a viable option for deployment in various environments such as offices, hospitals, schools and more. The focus on ...

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Automotive high-side driver handles 100A

It seems to be the week for high and low-side driver announcements, with STMicroelectronics now following on from Toshiba and Rohm. ST’s offering are, like Rohm’s, for automotive use. They are single, double and quad high-side gate drivers in a common 6 x 4.9 x 1.7mm gull-wing thermal pad package, “with pin assignments that simplify ...

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DIN rail computers get Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S

Sfera Labs has added the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S (CM4S) to options within its range of DIN rail computers. Raspberry Pi aims the CM4S at industrial users migrating from earlier Compute Modules. Loosely based on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B electronics, it comes in the same DDR2-SODIMM-like form factor as the Compute Module 3 ...

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3GHz ruggedized battery-powered spectrum analyser

Anritsu has introduced a portable 3GHz spectrum analyser with a 10inch display, measuring 290 x 212 x 96mm and 3.8kg for field, lab and manufacturing use. MS2070A has a dynamic range over 105dB at 2.4GHz and the optional pre-amplifier takes typical DANL to from -150dBm to -167dBm, coupled with a third-order intercept +11dBm. Typical level ...

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EchoStar building global S-band network for satellite IoT

EchoStar, the U.S. satcom and Internet services provider, has turned to Astro Digital for the construction of a global S-band mobile satellite service (MSS) network addressing IoT. Astro Digital is a designer, manufacturer and operator of small satellite systems, and under the agreement it will manufacture the satellites for the EchoStar LEO constellation. Planned to ...

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GaN amplification up to 350W for C-Band radar

For phased-array C-Band radar, CMPA5259050S and CMPA5259080S from Wolfspeed are respectively 50W and 80W 5.0-5.9GHz GaN MMIC power amplifiers. The “two-stage reactively-matched amplifier approach enables high power and power added efficiency to be achieved in a 5 x 5mm QFN surface -mount package” (black in photo), according to Richardson RFPD, which is stocking the parts, ...

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Automotive low-side switches control 40V

Rohm has released one and two channel 40V low-side switches with AEC-Q100 qualification for automotive and industrial use. BV1LExxxEFJ-C (single-channel, 4.9 x 6 x 1mm HTSOP-J8) and BM2LExxxFJ-C (dual-channel, 4.9 x 6 x 1.65mm SOP-J8) “are suitable for systems such as car body control, engine and transmission control units, LED lighting modules or industrial programmable ...

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1.2kW full-brick converter runs from 200 to 425V DC

TDK has introduced a range of 1,200W isolated full-brick dc-dc converter that runs from 200 to 425Vdc for high-voltage dc distributed power architectures. The PH1200A280 range is available with five output voltages: 12, 24, 28, 36 or 48V, with -40 to +20% adjustment to accommodate non-standard voltages. Efficiency  is 94% at 100% load with a 280V ...

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Octal high and low-side drivers have 40V 550mΩ outputs

Toshiba has created octal high-side and low-side protected load drivers in SSOP30 packaging (9.7 x 7.6 x 1.2mm, 0.65mm pitch). The company is promoting them as smaller alternatives to SSOP24 packaged drivers like TPD2005F and TPD2007F. The new parts use the company’s latest analogue process which is BiCD – combining bipolar, CMOS and DMOS elements. ...

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Texas Instruments AM62x on a module from Variscite

Variscite has launched a SO-DIMM-sized system-on-module carrying Texas Instruments’ AM62x, which has a 1.4GHz quad-core Arm Cortex-A53, and a 400MHz Cortex-M4F, plus a 333MHz PRU real-time co-processors. Called VAR-SOM-AM62, it also offers a MIPI-CSI2 camera interface, a 3D GPU and dual LVDS display interfaces. Connectivity included dual-band Wi-Fi, Bluetooth (and LE) 5.2, 3x CAN bus, ...

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Robotics and Automation Guide

Distrelec, the UK-Swiss distributor, has launched a brand new Robotics and Automation Guide filled with insightful information from industry experts. The first of a three-part feature, this new guide provides valuable insights to help engineers build more effective, fully-automated workflows. Chapters include a brief history of robotics, as well as robot types, applications, industry 5.0 ...

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Passive wireless link transmits only Johnson noise to send data

In what might be the lowest power data transmission scheme ever, researchers at the University of Washington have sent data using the Johnson noise of a 50Ω resistor – or more accurately, the difference in Johnson noise between a 50Ω resistor and an open-circuit. One of the prototypes 5bit/s was sent over ~7.3m with a ...

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Digital identification in a post quantum computer world

To fend-off quantum computer based attacks on secured digital identities, four German organisations are attempting to guarantee long-term security using quantum random numbers and post-quantum cryptography on classical hardware. “We also want to secure network communication, signatures and database encryption using post-quantum cryptography,” said Alexander Noack (photo) of project member Fraunhofer IPMS. Another goal of ...

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Fireco picks Offshore for PCB manufacture

Fire door automation company Fireco has consolidated its PCB manufacturing with Guernsey-based Offshore Electronics (right). “I’ve worked with many CEMs throughout my career, but the team at Offshore have consistently outperformed their competitors,” said Fireco purchasing manager Mark Challacombe. “I was unable to appoint the company in a previous role and really noticed the difference, ...

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Buyer selected for Britishvolt

Britishvolt could be bought out of administration by Recharge Industries which is the Australian  subsidiary of the Californian fund Scale Facilitation Partners. The administrators of Britishvolt – EY-Parthenon – said, earlier today, that Recharge Industries is its preferred bidder and that a deal could be compketed in the next seven days. Scale Facilitation Partners describes ...

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USA prepares to spend Chips Act money

This is the year the US government is expected to start dispensing the $250 billion of Chips Act money. More than a dozen states are working on incentive packages with tax credits, zoning changes and cuts to red tape, says the SIA, with $187 billion announced projects for new or expanded semiconductor facilities in 16 ...

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Harwin designs GB Row Challenge microplastics sampling system

Harwin, the interconnects specialist, is helping study the build-up of microplastics in UK waters via this year’s GB Row Challenge, which has an ecological angle. The Hampshire-based company is one of the sponsors of the event and it has also been working with the University of Portsmouth to develop the pumps for the microplastic sampling ...

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5V to 600V dc-dc in a half inch cube

In 12.7mm cubes, Advanced Energy Industries has created a range of regulated dc-dc converters that can take in 5V and output up to 600V, depending on version, each one adjustable from 0V to its maximum value. Called the AEQ series, all its members are 500mW converters (250mAin max), with different models giving a choice of ...

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Sanyo Denki low noise, low power fans extend EAO offering

Low noise, low power fans manufactured by Sanyo Denki have been added to the EAO linecard. The San Ace 9RA fans are available for 12, 24 or 48Vdc operation. Frame sizes are 60, 80, 92, 120 and 140mm with thicknesses from 25 to 38mm. The fans generate half the noise and use 26% less power ...

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QuickLogic hooks up with Andes

Andes’ customers  can integrate their RISC-V-based SoCs  with QuickLogic’s eFPGA technology for post-manufacturing flexibility benefits. As a founding and premier member of RISC-V International, Andes develops RISC-V-based high-performance and low-power 32-bit and 64-bit processors for SoC platforms serving a wide range of embedded system applications. Typical  applications include 5G, IoT, wearables, ADAS, AI, AR/VR, data ...

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Tough hand held enclosure has space for four AA batteries

New Age Enclosures has created a hand held case for electronics needing four AA batteries. Called ‘4 AA Handheld’ and identified as S-854413, “it delivers real-world protection with a durable industrial aesthetic”, claimed New Age. “provides superior space and functionality for developers needing a larger off-the-shelf enclosure. It is ideal for the test and measurement ...

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Novel bipolar device drops only 0.6V in 1.2kV 100A circuit breaker

Ideal Power has launched the first commercial version of its novel bi-directional semiconductor power switch, a multi-die module rated at 1,200V 100A (25°C, 50A 100°C) aimed at solid-state circuit breakers (SSCBs) and matrix converters. Called IPAM01210C10, “the power module was designed specifically to enable SSCBs to deliver very low conduction losses, while operating orders of ...

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Rambus sampling 6400 MT/s DDR5 RCD

Rambus is sampling its 6400 MT/s DDR5 Registering Clock Driver (RCD)to the major DDR5 memory module (RDIMM) manufacturers. With a 33% increase in data rate and bandwidth over Gen1 4800 MT/s solutions, the Rambus Gen3 6400 MT/s DDR5 RCD enables a new level of main memory performance for data center servers. It offers optimized timing parameters ...

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IC handles USB-PD up to 100W

For GaN-based power adaptors with USB-PD outputs, STMicroelectronics has announced an active clamp fly-back controller with a USB-PD 3.1 interface in a single package, that includes galvanic isolation between primary and secondary sides, crossed by a data link. Called ST-OneMP, on its primary side, it is designed to work with one of the company’s GaN ...

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Pay cut at Intel

Intel is cutting pay pay by 5% for mid-level employees, by 10% for vps, 15% for senior execs and 25% for the CEO, reports Reuters. The cuts come in the wake of a $700 million Q4 loss. Intel is said to have reduced its 401(k) matching program from 5% to 2.5% and suspended both merit ...

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4:1 30W dc-dc converters sit on a 1 x 1inch footprint

Recom is aiming at a 25.4 x 25.4mm footprint with a range of 10mm high through-hole mounting 30W regulated dc-dc converters. Called the REC30E-Z series, the parts have 4:1 input ranges – either 9 – 36V or 18 – 75V. Depending on model, output is a choice of a single 3.3, 5, 12, 15 or ...

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Indonesian telco invests in Stratospheric Platforms’ 5G-in-the-sky

High-altitude 4G-5G basestation company Stratospheric Platforms (SPL) has received investment from the largest telecommunication infrastructure company in Indonesia, PT Profesional Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Protelindo). Its value was described as “over seven figures” by a spokesman for the company. SPL’s aim is to create hydrogen-powered aircraft which carry multi-beam 5G basestations that can each cover thousands of ...

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Flutter GUI toolkit updated for Material 3, menu, and debugging support

Google has updated its cross-platform, embedded mobile GUI toolkit with the release of Flutter 3.7. The open source toolkit creates embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code. What is in the newest version? There’s the ability to create custom menu bars, cascading menus, improved Material 3 support, and some new debugging ...

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