RS Components’ DesignSpark PCB Pro aimed at SME engineers

RS Components has launched DesignSpark PCB Pro, an upgraded version of its  PCB design suite with new productivity features. DesignSpark PCB Pro is aimed at professional electronic design engineers, especially those working in SMEs. The free version of RS’s PCB software, now at Version 8.1, is a set of ECAD rapid prototyping tools offering: unlimited ...

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Plessey builds green and blue micro-LEDs on the same die for augmented reality displays

UK LED fab Plessey has achieved native – as opposed to phosphor-converter – blue emission and native green emission from the same wafer, a key step en route to effient monolithic micro-displays for virtual reality (VR) googles and augmented reality (AR) glasses – the firm argues that it is in the best position to achieve ...

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Murata’s filters reduce noise in 5GHz band for Wi-Fi applications

Murata has announced the release of the BLF03VK series of noise filters specifically designed for the 5GHz band, one of the frequency ranges used in Wi-Fi communications. Murata says these filters are the first in the world to have a specified, guaranteed impedance value at 5GHz. The 5GHz band for Wi-Fi provides high-speed data transportation. ...

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Wi-Fi signals are enough to identify people as they walk by

The way Wi-Fi signals between a transmitter and receiver react can identify people walking past on the other side of a wall, providing that has been videoed walking at some other time, according to researchers at the University of California Santa Barbara. “Our proposed approach makes it possible to determine if the person behind the ...

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Chirp and Linkplay partner on audio-based provisioning of smart devices

Chirp and Linkplay Technology have announced a technical partnership to provide a turnkey package for audio-based provisioning of smart-enabled consumer applications. Chirp’s ultrasonic machine-to-machine communications software enables any device with a loudspeaker or microphone to exchange data via inaudible sound waves. Working like an audio QR code, the technology sends data over sound waves to ...

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Two-thumb phone typing approaches desktop keyboard speed

Phone users are catching up with the word entry speed of desktop keyboard users, is one of the findings of an on-line test that Aalto University, University of Cambridge and ETH Zürich organised, and over 37,000 people took part in. “We were amazed to see that users typing with two thumbs achieved 38 words per ...

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Marktech reflective sensors feature 0.5-1.5mm short detection distance

Marktech Optoelectronics has announced the expansion of its surface-mount family of SWIR reflective sensors. The sensors are suitable for position sensing and detection applications, including card, barcode, edge sensing and money bill readers. Marktech surface-mount SWIR reflective sensors combine both a short wavelength infrared emitter and a high-sensitivity InGaAs photodiode. Emitted light from the sensor ...

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Sensor fusion lets phone identify objects by simply knocking against them

Objects can be identified by knocking a smartphone against them, according to Korean research lab KAIST. No camera is involved. Instead the technique processes data from the phone’s microphone, accelerometer and gyroscope – recorded simultaneously as the phone is tapped on the object. The system was trained on 23 everyday objects – including books, laptop ...

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OMC launches fibre-optic LED emitter and moulded backlight series

OMC, optoelectronics designer and manufacturer, is exhibiting at the Engineering Design Show, Ericsson Exhibition Hall, Ricoh Arena, Coventry on 16 and 17 October. On Stand L30, OMC will be showcasing products including its FDE854LBF fibre optic transmitter and its Mouldshare backlight series, which OMC says offers lower set up costs and MOQs than standard injection ...

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Metallised film caps replace electrolytics in high-rel dc links

Electrocube 958A high current metallised polypropylene film dc link capacitors are intended to provide durability in extreme operating conditions. “The series is rated at 100,000 hours at 70°C,” according to New Jersey based component distributor New Yorker Electronics, which is stocking the parts. “In applications such as electric vehicle power conversion, aircraft power systems, battery chargers ...

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