Mouser Electronics is stocking the RX130 series of 32-bit microcontrollers from Renesas Electronics which offer a new capacitive touch IP with improved sensitivity and robustness. The MCUs are designed to support nontraditional touch materials or to operate in wet or dirty environments, such as human machine interfaces, household kitchen and bath. The MCUs feature a ...
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North East-based automotive firm Avid Technology has shipping Evo Electric Motors, which it took over the design, manufacture and distribution of from GKN Hybrid Power last year, now making them in Cramlington, Northumberland. “Since the start of the year, Avid has experienced a sharp increase in demand for the Evo, securing over £50m in new ...
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This is the product from Turbo Technics, the Northampton maker of turbochargers and turbocharging test equipment. ATP-100 is a turbocharger actuator tester designed for use by service personnel in turbocharger repairs. It is operated via a 5in colour capacitive touch screen interface. “With a single touch auto-detect feature, the tool allows simple connection to almost any ...
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A flexible, wearable sensor could help people avoid the discomfort of regular pin-prick blood tests by monitoring the chemical composition of their sweat instead. A team of scientists from the University of Glasgow’s School of Engineering have built a stretchable, wireless system which is capable of measuring the pH level of users’ sweat. Sweat, like ...
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CEVA has launched what it claims to be the first licensable 803.11ax WiFi IP. “We are already seeing a growing demand for 802.11ax, for both high performance access points and low power IoT applications,” said Aviv Malinovitch, vice president and general manager of the connectivity business unit at CEVA. “We are proud to offer our ...
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Toshiba has launched a photorelay in a 2.54SOP4 package that is 2.1mm high with a 2.54mm pitch. Fabricated using the U-MOS VIII trench MOSFET process, the new TLP3145 combines an off-state output terminal voltage of 200V with a controllable on-state current of up to 0.4A continuously or 1.2A when pulsed. This makes TLP3145 a suitable ...
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Lattice has added to its Snap 60GHz wireless connector family with modules which help manufacturers to integrate short-range, high-speed 60 GHz wireless links into their products. To simplify the design process, Lattice have included the Snap modules, which are compliant with regulatory requirements in several jurisdictions, into their Snap evaluation kit for fast prototyping and ...
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Lauterbach and UltraSoC have added support for the RISC-V open-source processor architecture to their joint chip development and debug environment. “Across the industry there is rising excitement about the emergence of RISC-V as an open source processor,” said UltraSoC CEO Rupert Baines. “This is especially significant in heterogeneous multi-core architectures: engineers want the choice to ‘mix ...
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NI is teaming up with mobile phone giant Samsung Electronics to develop 5G test UEs for proposed 5G New Radio (NR) radio interface. The first public demonstration of this collaboration will show Samsung’s 28GHz basestation communicating with an NI test UE at next week’s Mobile World Congress (February 26 to March 1) in Barcelona. A ...
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Airbus has signed a three-year contract to maintain the operations of Beijing’s public safety Tetra network. The contract with Chinese operator Justtop until 2020 covers on-site support, maintenance services and a 24/7 emergency support with trouble shooting competences. The Beijing Government shared network serves various government authorities, including the municipal government, the emergency response office, ...
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