Molex has shrunk its Fit family of wire-to-PCB connectors – to 3.5mm pin-pitch to produce the Ultra-Fit range – the size of the one pictured, looking straight into the pins, is 10 x 14mm. For single row parts (2-8pins) capacity is 14A per pin in tin plate versions and 12A for gold. In dual row ...
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Diodes has announced a hot-swap chip for I2C and SMBus connections that prevents the corruption of data and clock lines during hot-swap in rack-based systems – for PCI, cPCI, VME or AdvancedTCA systems, for example. “These critical systems need to deliver upwards of 99.999% availability, which makes prolonged maintenance and unplanned downtime unacceptable,” said the ...
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Photonic sensors are increasingly being used in healthcare, lidar for autonomous vehicles, high performance computing (HPC) and networking, yet layout design is typically slow. Mentor, a Siemens business, aims to reduce development time with the introduction of the LightSuite Phototonic Compiler. The automated layout tool is a unlike any other Mentor tool, said Tom ...
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RS Components has unveiled a range of heavy-duty industrial connectors – particularly for robotics and machinery, and in sound and lighting applications. Called RS Pro the range includes rugged housings and inserts, that includes screw terminals and cage-clamp terminals with UL approvals – including UL90V0 flammability. Inserts come in contact-number sizes including 3 PE, 4 ...
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US researchers have found a way to double heat extraction from a transistor made from 2D materials. “In the field of nano-electronics, the poor heat dissipation of 2D materials has been a bottleneck to fully realising their potential in enabling the manufacture of ever-smaller electronics while maintaining functionality,” said University of Illinois at Chicago engineer ...
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Researchers at the University of California San Diego have created a coin-sized flexible stick-on ultrasonic phased-array that allows blood pressure to be measured in arteries below surface layers. The patch is 240μm thick and stretches with strains up to 60%. “Wearable devices have so far been limited to sensing signals either on the surface of ...
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Premier Farnell has added tools to their test & tool product range, including those from Flir, Fluke, Pico Technology and Weller. Recently added to Premier Farnell’s range are: Weller WT2M 2-Channel Soldering Station: Packing 150W of power and maximum versatility, the WT2M 2-channel soldering station is the latest addition to Weller’s high-performance WT Line, offering ...
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MCU revenues are forecast by IC Insights to grow 11% this year to a record $18.6 billion, followed by 9% growth in 2019 to about $20.4 billion. The IC Insights’ five-year growth projection of MCU sales is a CAGR of 7.2%, reaching nearly $23.9 billion in 2022, with unit shipments increasing by a compound annual ...
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A white paper from Plextek RFI reviews some recent MMIC designs that demonstrate how highly accurate MMIC performance predictions can be achieved. Close agreement between measured and modelled performance is exhibited across a wide range of circuit functions, operational frequencies and process nodes, and all designs were first pass successes. Insight is also given into ...
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ST and Biricha Digital Power have developed a workshop to show power-supply engineers why – and how – to quickly move to a digital implementation. The workshop, aimed at analogue PSU (Power Supply Unit) designers and embedded-system engineers who need to build high-performance, stable digital power supplies and Digital PFCs (Power Factor Corrections), will be ...
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