Amplicon offers Cisco Ethernet switch for extreme environments

Amplicon has introduced as Cisco premier partner the IE 4010, an industrial rackmount Ethernet switch designed for extreme industrial environments. The ethernet switch offers 24Gbit PoE/PoE+ capable ports, making it suitable for use as access switches in industrial environments to connect high definition IP cameras, Access Points and IP phones.  These switches provide high-bandwidth switching (Layer ...

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Würth Elektronik offers tiny step-down DC-DC converter

Würth Elektronik eiSos has expanded its range of power modules with a high power density step-down converter with variable output voltage. Called the MagI³C-VDMM (variable step down micro-module), it comes in a small LGA-6EP package with dimensions of 3.2 × 2.5 × 1.6mm. The input voltage range VIN for the step-down converters extends from 2.75 ...

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Millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast gets Keysight testers

A new millimetre-wave research lab at Queen’s University Belfast has been equipped by test system supplier Keysight Technologies. The lab, which can accommodate 60 researchers, students and engineers, is located in the Centre for Wireless Innovation at the University’s Institute of Electronics, Communications and Information Technology (ECIT). Professor Vincent Fusco, Chief Technical Officer of ECIT and ...

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Rad hard 12bit ADC spreads 6Gsample/s over four channels

Teledyne e2v has released its most advanced ADC yet, with four 12bit 1.5Gsample/s converters that can be mixed and matched across one to four inputs – allowing single-channel 6Gsample/s operation. Called EV12AQ600, it is offered in a radiation-tolerant version, “making it the first quad-channel ADC suitable for space applications”, said the firm. “Customers can design systems ...

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Resettable fuse carries 20A for Li-ion batteries

Bourns has introduced a series of miniature resettable thermal cut-off (TCO) devices for dense, high capacity lithium-ion battery packs. The Model AC series offers five trip temperatures: 72, 77, 82, 85 or 90°C (all +/-5°C) – the latter of which “is capable of carrying up to 20A at 60°C, making it the highest current-carrying TCO ...

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Partner in Imagination’s owner convicted of insider trading

A co-founder and partner in Canyon Bridge, the China-backed private equity firm which took over Imagination, has been convicted of insider trading by a New York federal court. The insider trading relates to Canyon Bridge’s failed attempt to buy Lattice Semiconductor in 2016. Benjamin Chow was found guilty of passing details of the proposed deal ...

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ST Q1 up 22.2%

ST had Q1 revenues of $2.33 billion up 22.2% y-o-y representing an increase of $400 million despite it being a quarter in which the market for  smartphone parts was weak. Gross and operating margins were up y-o-y  to 39.9% and 12.1%, respectively Net income was $239 million – a y-o-y improvement of $131 million despite ...

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Particle launches LTE E-Series LTE module

IoT start-up Particle has launched an LTE-enabled, cellular E Series IoT module. Particle’s LTE module includes built-in cloud and SIM support, and is certified for the newly available LTE networks designed just for IoT. Long Term Evolution (LTE) CAT M1 network technologies are optimized for Internet of Things applications for a number of reasons. LTE ...

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Semi materials market grew 9.6% last year

The semiconductor materials market grew 9.6% in 2017, while worldwide semiconductor revenues increased 21.6% last year, reports SEMI. Wafer fabrication and packaging materials totaled $27.8 billion and $19.1 billion, respectively, in 2017. In 2016, the wafer fabrication materials and packaging materials markets logged revenues of $24.7 billion and $18.2 billion, respectively, for 12.7% and 5.4% ...

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New Yorker Electronics and Isocom hook up

New Yorker Electronics and Isocom, the Hartlepool optocoupler and optoswitch specialist, have teamed up to develop a larger network of certified optoelectronics. Customers of both companies will be open to a new range of products from one provider,  benefiting end users. “With this new agreement, New Yorker Electronics raises the bar in supplying global optocoupler ...

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