Isolated 700mA quad smart switches aimed at industry

Silicon Labs is aiming at switching industrial loads with a family of quad 24V 700mA isolated 145mΩ switches for resistive or inductive loads – solenoids, relays or lamps, for example, in programmable logic controllers (PLCs). “The switches are capable of providing up to 0.5A of IEC61131-2 compliant continuous current in a quad channel configuration,” said ...

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18–31.5GHz low noise amplifier in plastic package from Macom

Richardson RFPD announced today the availability of and design support capabilities for a low noise amplifier from Macom Technology Solutions. The MAAL-011129 is a three-stage low noise amplifier with high gain and broadband 50Ω match. It is designed for operation from 18 to 31.5GHz and housed in a lead-free 2mm 8-lead PDFN plastic package. The ...

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Osram Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs housed in 1x1mm package

Mouser Electronics is now stocking Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors. Housed in a 1×1mm real chip scale package, the LEDs offer a top-emitting surface with a 120-degree viewing angle and are designed for retail lighting, customized chip-on-board (CoB) designs, and small luminaire designs with narrow spotlight requirements. Osram’s Oslon Pure 1010 LEDs, ...

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Reset chip works on 24V rails and wastes only 300nA

Texas Instruments has introduced a reset chip for voltage rails between 1.5V and 10V, that can work on 24V rails with additional resistors (see below). Called the TPS3840 family, supply current is typically 300nA, and is 700nA max over temperature. Threshold voltage is fixed, and versions are available from 1.6 to 4.9V in 0.1V steps – ...

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Ex-Waymo-Uber autonomous driving guru faces criminal charges

Anthony Lewandowski the former Waymo engineer who downloaded thousands of files of Waymo driverless car information before being employed in Uber’s driverless car project, has been charged with 33 criminal offences. A Waymo vs Uber civil lawsuit over the misappropriated files resulted last year in Uber giving Waymo $245  million of Uber stock to settle ...

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CMOS image sensor sales to hit all-time high

 CMOS image sensor sales are projected to rise 9% in 2019 to an all-time high of $15.5 billion, followed by a 4% increase in 2020 to $16.1 billion (Figure 1), according to IC Insights’ 2019 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes Figure 1 IC Insights is forecasting an 11% rise ...

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NGMN Alliance recommends common RF cluster connector for 5G

The Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance has today announced that it recommends a common RF cluster connector for early 5G deployment. NGMN’s new white paper – Recommendation for RF Cluster Connector for use in 5G NR 8T8R TDD Deployment – describes the selection process and explores the features that make a common RF cluster ...

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Senseg launches roll-to-roll actuators

 Senseg, the 11 year-old Finnish specialist in electrostatic haptics, has come up with roll-to-roll manufactured actuators for use in both flat actuator applications and in wearables, soft robotics, VR/AR devices, and interior integrated sensors. Called Senseg ELFIAC (for Elastomeric Film Actuator), the product will deliver large-scale manufacturable actuators that are far less expensive to produce than ...

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