Belgian fabless chip firm Melexis has announced two current sense ICs that share a CMOS core, but implement sensing in widely different ways. MLX91217 is for a conventional Hall set-up – it comes in a slim pin-thru package for integration into conventional Hall-effect measuring rings (see diagram) . Various lead shapes make it compatible with different ...
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Following Elon Musk’s speech at Cleantech Forum 2011, there has been a lot of interest in supercapacitors and for sure the potential offered by nanotechnologies is keeping high hopes that at some point in the future, supercapacitors might reach a point where they equal the performance of batteries. As can be seen in the chart ...
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Balluff has added this neatly-packaged bi-directional interface for connecting RS232 cables to IO-Link (IEC 61131-9) cables. “The converter lets you connect devices like barcode scanners, printers or RS232 controllers directly to an IO-Link terminal,” said the firm, claiming: “The expensive alternative using additional special components such as RS232 cards for integration into the respective controller ...
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pureLiFi, the Scottish LiFi pioneer, presented LiFi technology to China’s President Xi Jinping at China’s International Import Expo (CIIE) in Shanghai this week. The presentation took place as part of a UK innovation-themed pavilion with the Duke of York and Liam Fox. LiFi was presented as a symbol of UK innovation which enables more ...
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Imec has built a high-speed UV-sensitive time-delay-integration (TDI) imager that is based on CCD-in-CMOS technology. The TDI imager has a quantum efficiency of more than 70% in the near-UV region, making it an appropriate tool for industrial machine vision, in particular inspection in semiconductor manufacturing processes. The specialty imager broadens imec’s CCD-in-CMOS-based TDI imager portfolio, that ...
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sureCore, the Sheffield SRAM IP specialist, has appointed Roger Bailey (pictured) to be Vice President, Worldwide Sales. Bailey will focus sureCore’s business development initiatives for wearable, IoT and communications infrastructure markets in North America, Europe and China. “We are seeing significant demand for our low-voltage SRAM IP that operates at near-threshold voltage and Roger will ...
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Optimus Ride of Boston, the MIT driverless car spin-out which has raised $23 million, is integrating the NVIDIA DRIVE AGX Xavier computing platform into its autonomous vehicle fleet. NVIDIA is an investor in Optimus Ride and supports its goal of deploying self-driving vehicles in geofenced areas such as planned communities, campuses and self-driving zones in cities ...
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CRISPR gene editing applications in biotech, agritech and diagnostics markets were a $546 million market last year, and will be a $5 billion in 2023, before extra growth comes from therapeutic applications, says Yole Développement. Recent advances in genome engineering are starting a revolution in biological and translational applications. CRISPR-Cas9 and its variants enable diverse manipulations ...
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Everspin has added SilTerra of Malaysia to its collaboration on MRAM with Bosch Sensortec. SilTerra brings manufacturing services to the mix. Through the partnership, Everspin will augment its production capacity to meet growing demand for its Toggle MRAM products in the industrial, computing, medical, and transportation markets. Initial production is expected to start in calendar ...
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