University sets up service to tap into the graphene boom

Aiming to bridge the link between R&D into graphene’s properties and making its application into products on an industrial scale, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and the National Graphene Institute (NGI, pictured)  at the University of Manchester, have set up a graphene characterisation service. Graphene is stronger than steel, yet is lightweight and flexible, it ...

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Boost-converter eval board maximises runtime for wireless devices

An evaluation board from Recom, maximises runtime for small battery-powered wireless devices. The R-78S evaluation board (R-78S3.3-0.1-EVM) for Recom’s 3.3V R-78S boost converter is now available from Dengrove Electronic Components. The evaluation board maximises runtime by generating a regulated 3.3V output as the battery discharges to as low as 0.65V. Test points measure load current and ...

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Thalia and Catena deliver first analogue IP re-use projects

Thalia Design Automation and Catena have delivered the first of their analogue IP reuse projects. The two companies have worked together to migrate Catena’s WiFi and variants of Bluetooth IP including a low-power version, between multiple sub-40nm process nodes and foundry providers. Analogue IP providers increasingly need to respond to customer demands for absolute flexibility in ...

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An iron-based 2D material from nature

An international team has added another two-dimensional material to the expanding list that started with graphene. Hematene is a three-atom-thick iron oxide mono-layer, which has been made at Rice University in Texas by exfoliating it from the naturally-occurring iron ore heamatite (or ‘hematite’). Transmission electron image shows a single sheet of hematene. Scale bar 0.5μm ...

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IQD launches quartz crystals operating at up to 200MHz

IQD has launched a range of quartz crystals which can operate in the fundamental mode up to 200 MHz. The quartz crystals are housed in an hermetically sealed 2.5 x 2.0 x 0.6mm (IQXC-152) and 2.0 x 1.6 x 0.5mm (IQXC-153) ceramic 4 pad package, 2 of the pads are grounded to the metal lid to ...

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IIoT consortium formed

Advantech, Behr Technologies (BTI), Hitachi Solutions America, and Microsoft are collaborating to deliver wireless communications for private industrial internet of things (IIoT) networks. The joint effort will provide a mass-market, end-to-end wireless gateway to ensure connectivity with sensors for production-level industrial and commercial applications. This collaboration aims to meet growing demand in the marketplace for ...

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Tencent joins LoRa Alliance

Tencent has jouned the LoRa Alliance to develop LoRaWan technology. Tencent has invested significantly in technology and applications for LoRaWAN and will support further development of the LoRaWAN ecosystem. The company also announced plans to build a LoRaWAN network in Shenzhen with local partners. Finally, it provides device-edge-cloud LoRaWAN solutions on its network for a ...

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NASA makes ultra-cold atoms in space

Researchers from NASA’s Cold Atom Laboratory (CAL) have produced clouds of ultracold atoms called Bose-Einstein condensates (BECs) aboard the International Space Station (ISS), representing the coldest experiments ever conducted in space. BECs, which can reach temperatures just above absolute zero, the point where atoms should theoretically stop moving entirely, have never previously been produced in ...

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Uber ditches self-driving trucks

Uber will stop it’s autonomous truck development to concentrate on self-driving cars. Two years ago, Uber bought Otto which develops self-driving technology for trucks. Uber is said to have paid $680 million for Otto which was started by an ex-Waymo engineer who, Waymo alleged, had stolen 14,000 documents from Waymo. That precipitated a bitter lawsuit ...

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T-Mobile gives Nokia $3.5bn contract for US 5G network

T-Mobile, the third largest US mobile network, has given Nokia a $3.5 billion contract to build its US  5G network. The move may incentivise other operators to build 5G networks which they have been reluctant to do because of cost. T-Mobile says it will run a 5G service next year in LA, Las Vegas, New ...

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