Double sided BNC connector fits in XLR cut-out

Cliff Electronics has added a panel mounting BNC connector with a moulded plastic body to its FeedThrough connector range, all of which mount through the industry standard 24mm XLR panel cut-out. It comes in both 50Ω and 75Ω versions, and saves weight over the earlier metal version (~15g compared to ~28g). “The BNC connector is ...

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Three more universities join National Cyber Security Strategy

Three UK universities have been recognised as Academic Centres of Excellence in Cyber Security Research (ACE-CSR), highlighting the country is leading the way in cyber security skills. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESPRC) have identified the University of Kent, King’s College London, and Cardiff University as ...

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Fujitsu announces supercomputer CPU

Fujitsu has announced the specifications for the A64FX CPU to be featured in the post-K computer, a supercomputer being developed by Fujitsu and RIKEN as a successor to the K computer, which achieved the world’s highest performance in 2011. The organizations are striving to achieve post-K application execution performance up to 100 times that of ...

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Foundries.io delivers secure IoT

A way of connecting up IoT devices securely is being licensed by Foundries.io. “Our mission is solving the problem of IoT and embedded space where there is no standardised core platform like Android for phones,” says Foundries.io CEO George Grey. The Foundries.io offering comes in two flavours. For simple devices there’s the Zephyr RTOS micro-platform ...

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Toshiba in production of 650V superjunction power MOSFETs

Toshiba is in production of  650V power MOSFETs that are intended for use in server power supplies in data centres, solar (PV) power conditioners, uninterruptible power systems (UPS) and other industrial applications. The first device in the DTMOS VI series is the TK040N65Z, a 650V device that supports continuous drain currents (ID) up to 57A ...

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ASIC asserts rights to ML chip market

According to a report published by Allied Market Research, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) will dominate the machine learning (ML) chip market. The Machine Learning Chip Market report forecasts the global ML chip market will be worth $37.8 billion in 2025, demonstrating a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40.8% between 2018 and 2025. The ...

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Low-profile DIP switch designed for life under load

C&K has launched SDB DIP switches, intended for low-profile applications where a long life cycling under load is important. There are through-hole or surface mount models, contact rating is 25mA at 24Vdc or 100mA at 50Vdc (at least, that is what the data sheet and website say) with electrical life predicted to be 1,000 cycles ...

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Japan recognises its oldest commercial computer

One of the world’s first commercial computers has been registered as technology with essential historical significance by Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science. Manufactured by Fujitsu in 1959, the FACOM128 was the first relay-type commercial computer made in Japan, and was instrumental in the development of Japan’s computer industry. The original computer featured the ...

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RYGCV instead of RGB for better sleep

Taking the blue phosphors out of traditional RGB displays and adding yellow cyan and violet to make a five colour televisions, for example, could strongly reduce sleep disruption from late-night viewing without noticeable changes in image quality, according to research by the Universities of Manchester and Basel – and the display could be switched to ...

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Element14 giving away micro:bits

element14.com has launched a giveaway for educators to help get the popular BBC micro:bit coding device into the hands of more students and get teachers talking about how to use it in the classroom. For many students and educators, the month of August signifies the approaching return to school, and shopping for the classroom. The ...

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