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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Infineon has extended its CoolGaN series with two devices which are available now. The CoolGaN 400 V device (IGT40R070D1 E8220)is for premium HiFi audio systems where end users demand every detail of their high resolution sound tracks and which have been conventionally addressed by bulky linear or tube amplifiers. The second device is the CoolGaN 600 ...
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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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Rohm is aiming at sensor applications in automotive systems such as ECUs and power-trains with a range of noise-tolerant comparators. “Advancements in computerisation and increase of densely packed electric devices have increased the amount of noise in electric vehicles and cars equipped with driver assistance systems,” according to the firm. “However, evaluation of noise performance of ...
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Adesto Technologies Corporation has joined the STMicroelectronics partner program to improve system operation for IoT devices through the combination of its NVM devices and the STM32 line of MCUs. Adesto is working with ST on the combination of its NOR flash memory products with STM32 MCUs. Adesto’s memories include application-specific features for high-bandwidth, eXecute-in-Place (XiP) ...
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Amazon has qualified the VocalFusion 2-microphone development kit from XMOS for use with Alexa voice services in smart TVs and set-top boxes. “Amazon is seen by many as the leader in the world of voice, and our engineering expertise will be helping to transform the way consumers interact with everyday devices like TVs,” claimed XMOS ...
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Telensa Planet (stylised PLANet), an intelligent street lighting system, has been selected by Wiltshire county council to be expanded with an additional 7,000 lights across the county. The established deployment controls 35,000 lights, and paid for itself in six years through reduced energy and maintenance costs, Telensa says. The controls are also being upgraded as ...
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The 2JCIE-EV01 sensor evaluation board from Omron Electronic Components Europe is designed to help developers working on sensor systems for IoT create a prototype hosted on Raspberry Pi, Arduino or Adafruit Feather. The board is equipped with sensors for six environmental parameters, is supported by data acquisition software and features expansion connectors to interface to Omron ...
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