Comment: Power supply design – To build or to buy?

The latest in the series from the team behind OEMSecrets, which powers our EW-Compare component price comparison system, considers power supplies and parts from Weidmüller and Traco Power. Power supply design has always been a bit of a topic – long-term followers of the OEMsecrets article series know that repairing TMI usually starts out with power supply ...

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Renesas automotive chip runs Android P with OpenSynergy hypervisor

Renesas Electronics has seen OpenSynergy’s COQOS hypervisor run Android P as a guest OS on its R-Car H3 automotive system-on-chip (SoC) device. The hypervisor makes it possible to execute both the instrument cluster functionality, including safety-relevant display elements based on Linux, and the Android-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) on a single R-Car H3 SoC chip.  The ...

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Imec VC fund raises €117m

Imec.xpand, Imec’s early-stage VC fund,  has closed its first fund at €117 million in committed capital. The amount raised exceeds the initial target of EUR 100 million and positions imec.xpand as a major player in the deep tech venture capital ecosystem. Imec.xpand is an early stage and growth fund with a approach to turn hardware ...

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Handheld determines best network operator for IoT and M2M

UK test gear company Siretta has improved its phone-sized portable cellular reception quality analyser and antenna tester, adding data logging and removing the need to pay for a SIM card – the latter without sacrificing function. Called Snyper-LTE Graphyte, it works on 2G, 3G and LTE networks and is intended to be used in the ...

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Shortage of Intel 14nm CPU to hit notebook market

A shortage of Intel’s Whiskey Lake processors will hit notebook shipments and DRAM prices, says TrendForce. The Whiskey Lake ramp to mass production was due to start in Q3, but notebook OEMs are finding it in short supply. The chip is made on 14nm – the process which Intel is asking TSMC to supply for ...

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EiceDRIVER prevents false triggering of power MOSFETs

Infineon is tackling ground shifts caused by parasitic inductances when power MOSFETs are switched by launching the 1-channel low-side gate driver ICs 1EDN7550 and 1EDN8550. Both of the gate drivers belonging to the EiceDRIVER family have truly differential control inputs and can effectively prevent false triggering of power MOSFETs. 1EDN7550 and 1EDN8550 are used in ...

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STM8 Nucleo boards give access to all 8-bit MCUs.

ST has introduced two STM8 Nucleo development boards which give full access to all STM8 MCU I/Os through ST morpho headers, and contain Arduino Uno connectors that simplify functional expansion by accessing open-source Arduino-compatible shields. The two STM8 Nucleo boards are supported by the Cosmic IDEA toolchain, the IAR EWSTM8 Integrated development environment, and the free ...

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DecaSwitchLab signs New Yorker Electronics

DECA SwitchLab, the manufacturer of Terminal Blocks and Industrial Switches, has signed a distribution agreement with New Yorker Electronics. With over three decades of experience in industrial automation products and over 40,000 of the latest developments in pushbutton switches and terminal blocks, DECA remains a leading manufacturer worldwide. All DECA products are backed by global ...

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ON extends radio SoCs

ON Semiconductor has  extended its RSL10 family of Bluetooth 5 certified radio SoCs System-on-with a ready-to-use 6 x 8 x1.46 mm SiP module. Supporting BLE wireless profiles, RSL10 devices can be easily designed into any ‘connected’ application including sports / fitness or mHealth wearables, smart locks and appliances. The RSL10 SIP features a built-in antenna, ...

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