Chip fuse qualified to AEC-Q200 for automotive

With the UAI 1206 chip fuse, Schurter is offering a pulse and temperature resistant fuse with slow release characteristics, aimed at applications in which aging resistance and maximum reliability have the highest priority. It has been specifically developed for automotive applications, and meets requirements according to AEC-Q200, including the highest AEC-Q200 requirements regarding mechanical shock ...

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RS Components marks 18 in ’18 for the 5% club

RS Components joins the government’s 5% Club, a group of employers that aims to have 5% of the workforce in ‘earn and learn’ positions, such as apprenticeships, sponsored students and graduates on formal training schemes in a period of five years from joining the initiative. The distributor joined in 2018 and has already established 18 ...

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Power module firm launches thermal design tool for its products

Power module firm Flex has added thermal simulation to its Power Designer software. “The thermal model in the latest release, Flex Power Designer 3.0, enables designers to simulate thermal behaviours in their power system designs. For example, this makes it possible to calculate hot spot temperature and overall system efficiency,” according to the firm. Designers ...

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Plenty of analogue, and DMA, in 8pin 8bit STM8 MCU

STMicroelectronics has put plenty of analogue features and DMA (direct memory access) into its latest 8bit 8pin microcontroller. Dubbed STM8L050, alongside two comparators, it has four-channel 12bit ADC and a low-power real-time clock (RTC) with programmable alarm and periodic wake-ups. Either external or internal clock at up to 16MHz is supported. There is an integrated ...

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Magnetic speed sensor with ASIL B certificate for automotive

Allegro MicroSystems Europe has released a family of magnetic sensors for automotive transmissions, claiming that they are its most advanced yet. Called A19520, A19530, and A19570, they come with ASIL B certification and measure speed and direction information. “Until now, there have been no transmission speed sensors available designed to a certified ISO 26262 design ...

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45V zero-drift op-amp includes on-chip EMI reduction for industrial control

Microchip is aiming at factory automation with a ‘zero-drift’ operational amplifier that will run from 45V and includes on-chip EMI (electromagnetic interference) filters. Called MCP6V51, it has a gain-bandwidth product of 2MHz and a self-correcting architecture that  provides a maximum offset of ±15µV and ±36nV/°C maximum offset drift. Operating range is 4.5V to 45V, with ...

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Add-on educational modules and kits for micro:bit

Elecfreaks of Shenzhen is an authorised micro:bit distributor and a maker of add-on educational modules and kits for the tiny computer. The one in the picture is Ring:bit Car, which combines a micro:bit, one of the firm’s own Ring:bit interface boards, a pair of servo motors and mechanical parts. Ring:bit has a battery on the ...

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Intel CSO becomes CEO of Zoox

Intel’s chief strategy officer, Aicha Evans (pictured), is moving over to become CEO at driverless car start-up Zoox. Zoox CEO and co-founder, Aussie  Tim Kentley-Klay, was ousted in August after as CEO after a $500 million fund-raising round. It was said that investors in the funding round suggested that a change of CEO would be a ...

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Tampere Uni to develop robotics for agile engineering

Robotics to enable agile production will be developed in Tampere, Finland in two projects under the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme with a combined budget of €32 million. The projects are coordinated by the University of Tampere and Finland’s VTT Technical Research Centre. The TRINITY project coordinated by the University of Tampere and the DIH2 coordinated ...

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Micron confirms Intel IM Flash buy-out

Micron Says it  is exercising its right to purchase Intel’s interest in the parties’ joint venture, IM Flash Technologies. “The IM Flash acquisition will enable Micron to accelerate our R&D and optimize our manufacturing plan for 3D XPoint,” says Micron CEO Sanjay Mehrotra, ‘the Utah-based facility provides us with the manufacturing flexibility and highly skilled talent to ...

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