Screw-less PCB terminals rated for 130°C

CUI has introduced push-button screw-less terminal block connectors operating across 40 to +130°C. There are horizontal types TBLH10‑350 TBLH10‑500 and vertical types TBLH10V‑350 TBLH10V‑500 As a size example, TBLH10‑350 is 14.2 x 8.5mm, length is up to 46.2mm, depending on pole count Pitch choice is 3.5 or 5.00mm – the names give the game away, and the ...

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64 channel 200V switch for ultrasound imaging

STMicroelectronics has created a 64-channel 200V analogue switch IC for ultrasound systems, probes, piezoelectric drivers, automated test equipment, industrial automation, and process-control systems. The firm combined its own BCD6s-SOI (silicon-on-insulator) and BCD8s SOI processes to get precise bipolar analogue as well as low-voltage CMOS logic and DMOS power stages on the same chip – it can ...

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pocket-sized 20kW quad servo driver aims at robotics

Quartet is a four-axis motion controller for a total of 20kW of servos from Israeli firm Elmo Motion Control. Four 5kW servo drives on a single board work with a single central processing core. “Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, Quartet combines the simplicity and high power of centralised control with the ...

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Rohm sponsors student electric racing car team

Rohm is to sponsor German student electric racing car enthusiasts Team Starcraft, of the Technical University Ilmenau. Formula Student, accordinr to Rohm, has three divisions: combustion vehicles, electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles. “Teams compete in an international design and racing competition that is not just about the fastest car. The goal of every team is to ...

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Small battery data loggers measure for up to two years

Gemini Data Loggers of Chichester has announced fist-sized data loggers that run for up to two years on a battery. Called the Tinytag Instrumentation range, they measure: voltage 0-2.5Vdc – 0.1mV resolution 0-25Vdc – 1mV resolution current 0-25mAdc – 1μA resolution impulses 0-14,000 – 50 counts per second max When connected to a variety of ...

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TFT LCD displays meet rail environments

300 Litemax TFT LCDs have been supplied by Display Technology in a major transportation contract for a rail CCTV system. The  1068E 10.4inch TFT LCDs emits 1600 nits LED backlighting and boasts high brightness of 1600 cd/m2 with a resolution of 800 x 600 (SVGA) and a viewing angle of 65°(H) and 65°to 45°(V). The ...

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First sensing product from Cambridge spin-out Sorex 

University of Cambridge spin-out Sorex Sensors has launched the first product based on its film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology. It is a particulate sensor, and has been delivered alongside a development kit. Use dust control systems inside air purifier systems and atomic layer deposition tools is expected. Claimed mass sensitivity is down to femtograms. “This makes it ...

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More Libra pull-outs

Facebook’s ill-starred crypto-currency initiative Libra took another hit yesterday when Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com dropped support for the project. The latest defections followed last week’s hit when PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, eBay, was  Stripe and Mercado Pago abandoned the project. That leaves from the original list of participating partners: PayU, Farfetch, Lyft, Spotify, Uber, Iliad SA, ...

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Reference design for home integrated 5G and WiFi 6

Qualcomm has announced a new reference design for 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) home gateways. The design integrates Qualcomm’s SnapdragonX55 5G Modem-RF System and the Networking Pro 1200 platform for high performance Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System supports multi-gigabit 5G fixed wireless backhaul. The reference design pairs this 5G backhaul capability ...

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PROPHESEE joins IRT Nanoelec

PROPHESEE, the  neuromorphic vision specialist, has joined the IRT Nanoelec consortium to help broaden the field of potential applications for 3D hybrid wafer-to-wafer bonding with fine interconnect pitches.  3D integration brings, under a single roof, expertise and equipment addressing the entire 3D integration value chain: technology, circuit architecture, EDA tools, packaging and test. STMicroelectronics (IDM), ...

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