What Elektra judges want

For 17 years the Elektra Awards has celebrated the innovation, skills and sheer verve of the electronics industry. Here’s how to be part of it. Make sure you are a part of the industry’s glittering gala evening and enter one or more categories for a chance to be recognised by the influencers and leaders of ...

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Advent buys Cobham

UK defence and aerospace contractor Cobham has been bought by US private equity fund Advent for £4 billion. Cobham has been struggling to get back on track after incurring very large debts on takeovers. It needed a £500 million rights issue when it ran into trouble on a USAF contract. Cobham CEO David Lockwood called ...

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ST expects 15% Q3 sequential revenue growth

ST had Q2 revenues 0f $2.17 billion; a gross margin of 38.2%; an operating margin of 9.0%; and net income of $160 million. H1 net revenues are $4.25 billion with a gross margin 38.8%, an operating margin ofb9.6%, and net income of  $338 millio. “As planned, in the second quarter we returned to sequential revenue ...

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SOX soars

The SOX gained 2.2% yesterday after TI’s optimism about Q3 gave the market reassurance. TI’s own shares went up 8%. Although TI’s Q2 revenues were down y-o-y at $3.67 billion, the company forecast Q3 revenues of $3.65 billion to $3.95 billion. Asked about China sales, CEO Rich Templeton replied there was “nothing unusual” about them. ...

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Mouser signs Wilcoxon

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with Wilcoxon Sensing Technologies to distribute its vibration monitoring and sensing products. The Wilcoxon product line includes a range of general-purpose, hazardous-area certified, and Highway Addressable Remote Transducer (HART)-enabled sensors, plus intelligent vibration transmitters and cost-effective enclosures. Wilcoxon’s 786 series sensors are available in a wide range of sensitivities and options including low ...

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Fraunhofer brings out QuaDRiGa 2.2

The Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute has released QuaDRiGa 2.2, a comprehensive update of the open-source radio channel model. QuaDRiGa, short for “QUAsi Deterministic RadIo channel GenerAtor”, is mainly used to generate realistic radio channel impulse responses for use in system-level simulations of mobile networks. These simulations are used to determine the performance of new technologies ...

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Maxim addresses hearables and wearables

Maxim claims that its in-ear heart-rate monitor and pulse oximeter is the smallest fully integrated solution that delivers heart-rate and SpO2 measurements from hearables and wearables. The MAXM86161 has an integrated analogue front-end (AFE) which eliminates the additional AFE typically needed to procure a separate chip and connect to the optical module. The MAX30208 digital ...

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