Facility pioneers non invasive photonics tech

Phototonics has been called one of the fastest developing areas in healthcare. It is the use of light to diagnose and treat medical conditions with non-invasive, cost-efficient methods from wound, skin and cancer treatment to use in the fields of neurology and ophthalmology. Academic groups around the UK are conducting research into photonics and now ...

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Polymer-bacteria composite makes a better electrode

Embedding electro-active bacteria in a polymer structure can improve the effectivness of living electrodes, according to Swedish researchers at Linköping University. Working with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, they embedded the bacterium Shewanella oneidensis into the electrically-conductive polymer PEDOT:PSS, on a substrate of carbon felt. The result, revealed by microscopy, was an interleaved structure of bacteria and conducting polymers up ...

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100Mips DSP MCU for motor control is Microchip’s smallest

Microchip is aiming at sophisticated motor control with a single-core DSP microcontroller, said to offer almost double the performance of its previous similar offering. Called dsPIC33CK, is is a stripped down version of the recently announced dual-core dsPIC33CH family, with the same core and peripherals. This is the dsPIC33 ‘C’ core with DSP engine. For fast control ...

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SSMC opens $300m Singapore clean-room

SSMC (Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Company), the NXP-TSMC jv has added 4,400 sq ft of clean-room space in Singapore. The $300 million addition represents a 34% increase in its capacity for automotive and specialty chip manufacturing. It will increase automotive wafer production from 26% of the firm’s capacity to 40%, and potentially up to 60% ...

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Need an illuminated bench magnifier?

LightCraft offers a range of fluorescent and LED magnifier lamps, task lamps, hand-held magnifiers, head-band magnifiers and light boxes. And you can now get them from Dunstable-based component distributor JPR Electronics. “LightCraft are the leading brand of lighting and magnification aids for manufacturing and inspection and also very popular with professional and hobby model makers. We ...

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Module supports narrowband IoT 3GPP Release 14 features, and upgrade to 5G

U-blox has announced a multi-band NB-IoT module that supports a preliminary set of 3GPP Release 14 features (LTE Cat NB2). Low power consumption means 10+ years operation on a single primary cell, according to the firm. Called Sara-N3, it is available in two variants: one for China and another that can operate across multiple bands on ...

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Renesas expands S1 MCU series

Renesas has expanded its Renesas Synergy™ S1 microcontroller (MCU) series with the introduction of the S1JA MCU Group. The ultra-low power S1JA MCUs feature the 48 MHz Arm Cortex-M23 core and integrate best-in-class programmable analog and security functions for high-accuracy sensor signal acquisition and conditioning. The S1JA MCUs target cost sensitive and low power Industrial ...

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SEMI extends data gathering remit to power and compound semis

SEMI has extended its remit to providing  fab data for power and compound semiconductors as their rise in importance translates into significant capacity. Power devices are rising in importance as energy-efficiency standards tighten to meet growing demand for power-thrifty high-end consumer electronics, wireless communications, electric vehicles, green energy, data centers, and both industrial and consumer IoT ...

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Infineon and IDEX combine on biometric payment cards

Infineon  and IDEX Biometrics aim to integrate IDEX’ biometrics technology into platforms featuring Infineon’s secure elements and will develop a system-on-card demonstrator that runs on the latest dual-interface 16-bit security controller from Infineon. Biometric cards are expected to further reduce card fraud by introducing a simple second factor authentication. This can be used for payment ...

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