UK LED maker Plessey has proved LED lighting can increase crop yield, in a trial where it was added to an existing high-pressure sodium (HPS) light installation. The seven-month trial, managed by Plessey head agronomist Maarten Klein (right), ran from November 2016 at Gebr Koot in the Netherlands. Brioso variety tomatoes were illuminated by either ...
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A UK-based environmental test laboratory serving the energy, defence and transportation sectors has been acquired by French firm Sopemea. Based in Bideford, Devon, PARC (Product Assessment and Reliability Centre) has almost 20 years testing experience in such areas as vibration, shock, climatic, salt spray, ingress protection, altitude and HALT tests (Highly Accelerated Life Testing). It ...
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Texas Instruments has introduced a 16V input, 40A synchronous DC/DC buck converter with internally compensated ‘advanced-current-mode’ (ACM) control supporting frequency synchronisation. Called TPS543C20, its low resistance high and low-side mosfets contribute to over 90% efficiency from a 40pin, 5 x 7mm 1.5mm high QFN package – which sinks heat through a ground pad. Two of ...
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IIntel and Google’s driverless car unit Waymo are to collaborate on developing the computer power necessary for driverless cars. The computational power required for driverless cars is in the order if hundreds of TFLOPS, according to Stan Boland head of UK driverless start up FiveAI. The Intel/Waymo collaboration is the latest in a long line ...
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SEMI and SAE International, the association for the automotive and aerospace industries, haveforned a partnership to provide their members with insights and access to important markets. The partnership will include information-sharing, presentation opportunities, and branding and exposition opportunities for members from both organizations. SEMI and SAE are creating forums for raising awareness of the challenges ...
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The University of Washington campus in Seattle is a short drive from companies such as Amazon and Microsoft that are famous for their disruptive technology. Engineers at the school hope their new telephone will also become a game changer in the competitive world of consumer electronics.
Nexperia, the former Standard Products division of NXP, today announces a new series of Trench 9 power MOSFETs, targeted primarily at the automotive industry, which combine the company’s low voltage superjunction technology with its advanced packaging capability to deliver high performance and ruggedness. Five years ago, the company introduced the world’s largest range of automotive-qualified ...
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Globalfoundries has launched enhanced RF SOI PDKs optimised for multi-band RF switching in smartphones and IoT. Designed for use with Coupling Wave Solutions’ (CWS) simulation tool, SiPEX, GloFo’s 7SW SOI PDK allows designers to integrate RF switches with other critical RF blocks that are essential to the design of complex electronic systems for future RF communication chips. ...
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E Ink Holdings, the Taiwan-based electronic ink printing technology firm, is continuing its partnership and supply deal with Plastic Logic, the Germany-based manufacturer of flexible electrophoretic displays (EPDs). E Ink and Plastic Logic have been cooperating to develop the EPD market for more than 10 years. Johnson Lee, President of E Ink Holdings, writes: “One ...
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Lack of consumer engagement, insufficient information is slowing down the UK’s £11bn energy smart meter roll-out, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Sussex. The government plans to install smart meters in every home by 2020 to reduce national household energy consumption by 5-15%, and thereby help meet the UK’s climate ...
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