Equipment billings at 14 month high

Billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment reached a 14-month high of  $2.11 billion in October 2019, according to SEMI. The billings figure is 7.7% higher than September’s $1.96 billion and 3.9% above October 2018 billings of  $2.03 billion, SEMI said. “Monthly billings of North American equipment manufacturers registered their first year-over-year increase since October 2018,” said ...

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Maxim has finger-touch blood pressure monitoring technology

Maxim has introduced solid-state blood-pressure monitoring technology with a reference design containing an integrated optical sensor module, a microcontroller sensor hub and a sensing algorithm. The MAXREFDES220 optical blood-pressure trending solution can be embedded into smartphones or wearables. It enables users to place their finger on a device for 30-45 seconds while resting to measure ...

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Charcroft extends value-add bespoke engineering facilities

Charcroft Electronics of Lanwrtyd Wells has invested in a specialist manufacturing facility to work on prototyping and product development. Best known as a specialist distributor, Charcroft is now  extending its  in-house value-add engineering capabilities.  In addition to the existing manufacturing capabilities, Charcroft has created a new department of engineers to address bespoke manufacturing projects including: ...

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