Drone surveys power lines beyond line-of-sight

US engineers have used a remotely-piloted drone to survey power lines without visual or radar contact. Flown as part of the Kansas Department of Transportation’s unmanned aircraft pilot program, the drone used automatic on-board detect-and-avoid systems to make this beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) operation possible. “This marks the first true BVLOS flight in the nation and is ...

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Monster Confidence bootcamp launched to boost girls’ STEM uptake

Job site Monster and Stemettes, are touring an event called Monster Confidence which aims to show the next generation “girls do STEM too,” and give them the tools and confidence needed to secure a job. Since launching the events in 2016, over 2,000 young women have attended to receive encouragement and guidance from industry experts ...

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Optical sensors expand Festo range

Factory automation products in the Festo range from RS Components now include the SOOD and SOOE photoelectric sensors. The distributor has also added VUVS pneumatic solenoid valves. The Festo SOOD and SOOE laser and LED opto-electronic sensor product lines include diffuse sensors with background suppression, through-beam sensors, retro-reflective sensors, retro-reflective sensors for transparent objects, and ...

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Mouser adds Bluetooth royalty-free software development kit

A company that claims to be the fastest growing provider of Bluetooth wireless connectivity, Searan, has signed a global distribution deal with Mouser Electronics to supply its royalty-free software development kits (SDKs) for developers of consumer, medical and industrial applications. The SDKs support devices from semiconductor manufacturers, including STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technology, Marvell Semiconductor ...

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Automotive dc-dc won’t flatten the battery

Allegro has introduced a dc-dc converter designed for keep-alive duties in cars. Automotive AEC-Q100 qualified, it will operate with inputs from 3.5 to 36V (withstanding 40 V load dump surge) and draws just 8μA when maintaining 3.3 or 5.0V on the output. Called ARG81800, two versions are available: 500 mA and 1 A, to allow smaller PCBs ...

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Next-gen Nordic 2.4GHz wireless MCUs get dual core Cortex-M33 and 105°C operation

Nordic Semiconductor has announced the the first member of its next-generation nRF53 wireless microcontroller SoCs, a multi-protocol-capable device intended to work with Bluetooth 5.1, Bluetooth Low Energy (LE), Bluetooth mesh, Thread, and Zigbee. Building on the nRF51 and nRF52 series, the part is the nRF5340 and offers dual Arm Cortex-M33 cores with Arm’s CryptoCell-312 and TrustZone as ...

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RS Components expands Festo range of sensors and solenoid valves

RS Components has expanded its Festo range to over 17,000 individual items for customers in Benelux, France, Germany, Italy and the UK. The introductions span of Festo’s pneumatic and electrical device families, including cylinders, actuators, valves and pneumatic air preparation products. RS will now offer Festo’s latest technology releases, such as SOOD and SOOE photoelectric ...

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Flex introduces 200W and 300W power modules for railway rolling stock

Flex Power Modules has announced the PKJ7200 and PKJ7300 series of power modules for railway rolling stock equipment. The modules are designed to meet the demands of the EN 50155 standard for railway applications, including a wide input voltage range, surge protection, power interruption and backup, wide operational temperature range, and resistance to shock and ...

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