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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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 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.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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