Prince Henry’s Grammar School wins Farnell Technology Challenge

  Students from Prince Henry’s Grammar School, Otley, Leeds fought off tough competition from 10 other schools and colleges in Yorkshire to be named overall winners at the Premier Farnell Technology Challenge at Aspire, Leeds on Tuesday. The challenge also crowned Shipley College as runners up, receiving the People’s Champion award, voted for by students ...

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Toshiba to sample 4-channel class-AB linear PA in January

In January, Toshiba is to start sampling  a 4-channel, high-efficiency class-AB linear power amplifier IC that delivers high-quality sound reproduction for car audio applications while significantly reducing power consumption. Offering efficiency comparable to class-D digital amplifiers, the TCB701FNG IC uses patented technology to operate at just 10% of the power of conventional class-AB amplifiers (under normal ...

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Grippers for Small Parts

For manufacturers, the product-miniaturization trend is kind of a Catch-22. They know that serving a large and ever-expanding marketplace ensures company growth—so long as their robots can precisely place ever-smaller parts into subassemblies, final assemblies or packaging. Specially designed small grippers and vacuum cups have enabled many manufacturers to achieve both goals.