Farnell signs IDEC

Farnell element 14, has signed IDEC, the  manufacturer of  industrial automation and control products, to distribute its  products in Europe. The launch brings more than 900 IDEC products to Farnell element14 customers in Europe, including new 16mm and 22mm industrial switches, emergency stop safety products, safety enabling switches, stack lights, panel instrumentation, relays, power supplies ...

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Nanotron and Decawave hook up

Nanotron Technologies of Berlin and Decawave of Dublin  have signed an IP License and Co-operation Agreement, which will enable the development of next-generation micro-location technologies. Nanotron is licensing its symmetrical double-sided two-way ranging (SDS-TWR) IP. The technology is being used with DecaWave’s ICs, including its DW1000 ultra-wideband (UWB) location chip. SDS-TWR stabilises precise ranging over ...

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PC market stays flat

Global PC shipments dropped to their lowest level since 2006 last year. PC vendors shipped a total of 262 million computers in 2017, down from 270 million the year before, says Gartner. 2017 marked the sixth consecutive year of declining sales for the PC industry, and shipments are down almost 30%  compared to 2011, the ...

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AVX launches SpiCAT

AVX has brought out its SpiCAT online simulation tool which offers access to two separate portals — SpiMLCC and SpiTAN (superseding SpiCap III and SpiTan IV) — that provide electrical and performance characteristics by frequency and temperature for an extensive range of multilayer ceramic or tantalum, polymer, and niobium oxide surface-mount capacitors. The new SpiCAT ...

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STM cuts flash in high-end MCUs to reduce cost

STMicroelectronics has cut-down its STM32F7 or STM32H7 MCU lines, which have up to 2Mbyte flash and up to 1Mbyte RAM, to make the pin-compatible ScF7x0 and H7x0 microcontrollers. “These new lines trim embedded flash to the essential, still allowing secure boot, sensitive code and real-time routines to run safely on-chip,” said the firm. Overall, STM32F7 ...

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Ac-dc converter powers IoT from mains at up to 60mA

Diodes is aiming at non-isolated mains-powered IoT nodes with an ac-dc power chip that can deliver 60mA at 3.3V. AL17050 is a universal (85-265Vac) universal off-line buck converter with an integrated 500V 30Ω mosfet. Static consumption is 100μA, which my calculator tels me is 24mW at 240V. “The device automatically adjusts to low loads, so it ...

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University of Cambridge researchers say machine learning is key to self-driving car

A Cambridge-based start-up believes machine learning software is the key to autonomous vehicles and Wayve is developing machine learning algorithms for autonomous vehicles.  Wayve, which includes the chief scientist at Uber amongst its investors, believes the industry has been doing too much hand-engineering and too little machine learning.  The firm is hiring for positions in ...

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Rolls-Royce helps out in junior electric car challenge

Greenpower Educational Trust is an electric car racing scheme developed to encourage STEM learning in schools. Rolls-Royce teamed up with March CE Primary School to help with its ‘Formula Goblin’ class racer at the ‘Gathering of the Goblins’ – the car firm and school are based close together in Sussex. “We have helped March CE Primary ...

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Avnet Abacus names Rudy Van Parijs as president

Avnet Abacus has announced the appointment of Rudy Van Parijs as president.  Van Parijs has been running EBV Elektronik’s South Europe region for the last eight years. He joined EBV Elektronik, an Avnet company, in 1991, as a field application engineer. Slobodan Puljarevic, president EBV Elektronik writes:  “He is highly qualified to step into the ...

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