Mems detects THz radiation at room temperature

The University of Tokyo has created a thermo-mechanical micromachine that can sense terahertz electromagnetic radiation, without the need for cryogenic cooling. THz cameras is a possible application. The device is a beam suspended across a gap, coated with a resistive nickel-chromium (NiCr) film. The film absorbs THz radiation, that transfers as heat to the beam, ...

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Nissan follows Tesla in ruling out Lidar for autonomous EVs

NIssa has followed Tesla in saying Lidar is not necessary for self-driving cars. “At the moment, Lidar lacks the capabilities to exceed the capabilities of the latest technology in radar and cameras,”  says Tetsuya Lijima, general manager of advanced technology development for automated driving. Elon Musk recently called Lidar a “fool’s errand”. He says Tesla’s autonomous ...

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Bluetooth LE module expands Mouser RF offering

Based on Toshiba’s TC35680 chip controller, the PAN1762 is the latest RF module from Panasonic that is now available from Mouser. The low power Bluetooth Low Energy (LE) 5.0 module is designed for used in the IoT, beacon and mesh networks to transmit large amounts of data wirelessly. The single-chip controller has an Arm Cortex-M0 core with a serial ...

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Renesas MCU for motor control scores 1,160 CoreMark

Renesas has added a hardware motor control accelerator to 32bit microcontrollers that already achieve a 1,160 CoreMark from EEMBC – the highest score for a 5V MCU operating at 200MHz, claims Renesas. Within the RX72T group, as the chips will be known, the accelerator enableshigh-speed position control and speed control calculations required for implementing servo ...

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European Perovskite Initiative founded

The European Perovskite Initiative (EPKI) for the development of Perovskites based solar technology has been launched. Perovskite-based solar cells have made tremendous progress over the last decade achieving outstanding lab-scale efficiencies of 24.2% early 2019 in single-junction architecture and to an astonishing 28% in tandem (perovskite associated with crystalline silicon), turning it into the fastest-advancing ...

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Spectrum puts 8 AWG channels on 168mm long PCIe card

Spectrum Instrumentation has created a solution for customers wanting multi-channel AWGs. Having 8 AWG channels on a single PCIe-card only 168 mm in length offers great new opportunities for very compact and affordable test systems. The addition of the two new 8-channel-cards to Spectrum’s latest “65” series of PCIe Arbitrary waveform generators means that, using ...

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Leti develops GaN MicroLED fabrication technology

Leti has developed a new technology for fabricating GaN microLED displays for applications ranging from smart watches to TVs with no size limit. The approach fabricates elementary units of all-in-one red, green, blue (RGB) microLEDs on a CMOS driving circuit, and transfers the devices to a simple receiving substrate. The units are fabricated with a ...

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