China’s GDP continues its fall and will hit 6% in Q3, says IC Insights.   Figure 1 China’s 2017 GDP was 6.9% and 6.6% in 2018. IC Insights forecasts further slowing in China’s GDP growth rate to 6.1% this year (the latest IMF forecast released this month also calls for 6.1% growth this year while ...

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The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) in Cleveland has joined a £2.3 million IMPACT project funded by the European Regional Development Fund to develop 3D printing processes. The project will run until the 31st March 2021 with the aim of supporting SMEs in the North East Local Enterprise Partnership (NELEP) region which covers County Durham, ...

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Panasonic  has added a long-life surface SMT series to its SP-Cap Conductive Polymer-Aluminum-Electrolytic capacitor line. Available with a rated voltage of 2.0VDC or 2.5VDC, GY capacitors benefit from capacitance values of  680µF up to 820µF and ESR characteristics of 3mΩ max. The components are able to withstand +105°C for up to 2.000 hours making them suitable ...

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Toshiba has announced a three-phase brushless motor control pre-driver IC with Intelligent Phase Control technology. The TC78B027FTG is a brushless motor controller with integrated pre-driver that can drive a wide range of external MOSFETs. The controller IC features Intelligent Phase Control (InPAC) andclosed loop speed control technologies. InPAC delivers high-efficiency drive by synchronizing the phases ...

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