Murata expands SimSurfing tool

 Murata has added extra functionality to its  ‘SimSurfing’ ( https://www.murata.com/en-global/tool ) tool for simulation of the company’s capacitor, inductor and filter components. The previous version of the tool allowed visualisation of individual component performance characteristics for impedance, transmission and reflection variation, with frequency and other operating conditions. The new tool features simulation of the application circuits, ...

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DIY origami shields PCBs against EMC

Wurth has come up with a neat idea for those in need of shielding on their PCB, but without time to order a custom part. For prototyping, ShielDIY is bend-it-yourself shielding made from 0.2 mm thick metal sheet with pre-embossed fold lines at 5mm intervals. “To produce an individual shielding cabinet of the required shape, ...

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Rohm aims at car sensors with mini dc-dc converter

ROHM is aiming to power the sensors in self-driving cars with a family of compact dc-dc converters. Called the BD9S series, the parts support output currents from 0.6 to 4.0A and come in 3x3mm packages, and operate at up to 90% efficiency (3.6Vin 1.8Vout). Switching is current-mode, resulting in fast load transient response, and fixed 2.2MHz ...

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Multi-kW bi-directional dc-dc converter is 98% efficient for e-vehicles

Analog Devices has announced multi-phase 98% efficient bi-directional buck-boost switching regulator controller can mediate between any combination of 12, 24 and 48V batteries. Intended for cars, self-driving cars, for example, the LT8708-1 “operates between two batteries and prevents system shut-down should one of the batteries fail,” said the firm. “It can also be used in ...

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Bluetooth World: Arm releases Bluetooth LE stack for 5.0

Arm has launched a Bluetooth Low Energy software stack, claiming it to be “the world’s first open-source, fully-qualified and production-ready”. Called Mbed Cordio Stack, it appears to be the existing Cordio BLE stack integrated into Mbed OS – Electronics Weekly has asked for clarification. “For silicon partners, the solution gives them access to a full-featured, ...

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Tegernsee: IoT for the masses

IoT is what gets Silicon Labs CEO Tyson Tuttle up in the morning. “This is a big deal, not just meaningful technology, it’s why we get up in the morning – it’s actually changing the world,” Tuttle (pictured) told the Publitek pre-Electronica meeting at Tegernsee this morning. Tuttle reckons that IoT will deliver a $10 ...

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Need a colourful Arduino-compatible board?

Component distributor Mouser has introduced Arduino-compatible MCU boards in bright colours, including one with a 32bit ARM core. Sourced from What Next, it is stocking eight single-board computers. Yellow and Red boards are based on a Microchip ATmega328 microcontroller. Each provides 20 digital IOs – including up to six PWM outputs and six analogue inputs ...

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Fujitsu speeds processing of unstructured data

Fujitsu has developed a technology that offers both high speed data-processing and high-capacity storage in distributed storage systems, in order to speed up the processing of ever-increasing volumes of data. This is in response to a growing need in such technologies as AI and machine learning for the analysis and utilization of rapidly growing volumes ...

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