Molex and U-Blox collaborate on modular automotive connectivity platform

Molex will showcase the modular automotive connectivity platform, Max, in booth 151 at ELIV 2019 October 16-17 in Bonn, Germany. Max offers vehicle networking for both traditional and new mobility providers, using two modules from U-Blox, the Toby-L4 and the Neo-M8L. It’s suited for small series, such as vans or targeted EV projects. Attendees at ...

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Use carbon nanotubes and graphene for better transparent conductors

Carbon nanotubes sprinkled onto graphene make a transparent conductor that is better than either on their own, according to Aalto University. But not because the graphene acts as a parallel conductor. Instead, temperature-dependent transport measurements indicate that the graphene substrate reduces the tunnelling barrier heights between nanotubes, according to the paper ‘Enhanced tunneling in a ...

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ST puts motor drivers into Click board format for hardware development

STMicroelectronics has created four motor driver development PCBs in the Click board format for microBus-equipped host boards. It worked with MikroElektronika, creator of the Click and microBus formats. The development PCBs are plug-n-play, and built around ST’s STspin ICs, that include control features, a protected output stage and safety functions including non-dissipative over-current protection. “The ...

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Lithium ion inventors win Nobel Prize

The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award this year’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”, according to the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. “This lightweight, rechargeable and powerful battery is now used in everything from mobile phones to laptops and electric vehicles. It can also store significant ...

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Analog Devices launches hardware and software platform MeasureWare

At a press event on 8 October in Limerick, Ireland, Analog Devices announced the release of MeasureWare, which the company describes as “a plug and play suite of hardware measurement kits and software studio tools.” Lorna Keane, director of MeasureWare at ADI, said the product is designed for an “evolving world”, where electronic engineering skills ...

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Nichia adds tuneable white-point mid-power LED for lighting

Nichia has announced a twin-die white mid-power LED whose colour temperature can be tuned across 2,700K to 6,500K by varying the relative current in the two die. Called NF2W757G-MT, it uses the firm’s standard ‘757’ 3030 (3 x 3mm) package – which is small compared with earlier attempts at tuneable-white LEDs. “The proprietary 2-in-1 LED technology also ...

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Challenger borrows for expanding PCB production in Essex

Clydesdale Bank has lent a further £500,000 to Essex-based PCB maker Challenger Solutions as working capital, enabling it to purchase more electronic materials and meet rising demand, particularly from clients in aerospace and defence, according to Challenger. “The electronics we manufacture are used around the world by an increasing number of companies which we wish to build ...

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Law will bring fibre access to blocks of flats

Legislation is to be introduced to connect 3,000 residential buildings  a year to Gbit broadband to help the nine million people in the UK living in blocks of flats to get the service, says the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The measures will make it easier to install faster internet connections in ...

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