2016年10月3日 星期一

£220m for UK tech, says Hammond

Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond is to invest £220 million in technology funding to protect the UK’s fledgling technology companies. The Chancellor will announce rhe initiative in his speech to the Conservative Party Conference in Birmingham later this morning. £120 million of the total £220 million will be spent to encourage universities to collaborate ...

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2016年9月30日 星期五

EEVblog #929 – Designing A Better Multimeter

Dave looks at the current measurement front end of a typical multimeter and figures out how to redesign it for lower burden voltage.
It’s not quite as easy as you might think, there are comprimises and traps for your players.
And something you probably didn’t know about HRC fuses.

µCurrent ARTICLE
Multimeter fuse and diode protection VIDEO
Multimeter input protection tutorial VIDEO

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Tablet, Phone Makers Get Behind Universal Stylus Spec

Use of USI standard (1.0), developers believe, will dramatically expand to use of stylus-dependent applications.

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Why, Windows 10, Why?

Does your computer run the Windows 10 operating system? Have you noticed that it always seems to be busy when you aren't doing anything?

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X-Fab to buy assets of Altis

X-FAB Silicon Foundries has today announced that it will acquire the assets of Altis Semiconductor, a specialty stand-alone foundry located in the Greater Paris area, out of insolvency proceedings. With both companies serving complementary markets and applications, this acquisition roughly doubles the company’s 8-inch capacity to meet the growing demand for its manufacturing technologies, as ...

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Retro & Electro at Paris Auto Show

Despite rampant tech talk about software-driven cars, the Paris Auto Show has revealed automakers comfortable occupying a parallel universe -- where luxury trumps autonomy, where they still describe a new car's styling as if it were a sensuous wine.

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60V, 4A Monolithic Buck Regulator w/ Rail-to-Rail Programmable Output and Integrated Current Monitoring

The LTC3649 step-down regulator combines key features of a high voltage buck regulator with a complete feature set that allows for ease of use in a variety of applications.

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