RS Components introduces Procell industrial batteries from Duracell

RS Components has introduced the Duracell Procell range of alkaline batteries, designed to replace the company’s industrial range used by OEMs and professional end users. The series offers higher capacity and longevity than Duracell’s previous industrial batteries of comparable size and format, resulting in fewer battery replacements and savings on associated operating costs. The Procell ...

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Colour consistency metric proposed for LED lighting

French optical firm Gaggione has proposed a way to compare the evenness of colour in ‘white’ light beams produced by LED lighting – generally that with separate RGBW die as light sources. It is an approximation technique, as is expected to be used in a similar way to other optical approximations such as ‘colour temperature’, ...

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U-Blox Jody-W2 multiradio module targets automotive and industrial

U-Blox has expanded its offering for both in-vehicle communication and industrial automation with the Jody-W2 module. The series comes in a 13.8×19.8mm footprint and operates from -40ºC up to 105ºC. The manufacturer says it’s also well suited for industrial applications. The module incorporates AEC-Q100-qualified wireless system-on-chip (SoC) technology. One variant (non AEC-Q100) is specifically targeting ...

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Medically certified Recom Rem2 dc-dc converters available at Dengrove

Recom’s Rem2 isolated dc-dc converters are now available at Dengrove Electronic Components. Aimed at medical applications, the converters can deliver up to 2W and 2MOPP/250VAC working voltage in an SIP8 package. The converters are certified to IEC/EN 62368-1 and 60601-1, and offer reinforced 5.2kVDC/1-minute isolation. They are also covered by a CB report to ease ...

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RISC-V Foundation moves to Switzerland

The four year-old RISC-V Foundation is moving from Delaware to Switzerland to allay foreign members’ fears of possible disruption to their continued development of the open-source technology.   Although the non-profit foundation does not own the technology, Calista Redmond (pictured) the foundation’s chief executive, says foreign members of the foundation have said they’d be ‘more ...

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Applied to lose front-end equipment crown to ASML

Applied Materials which has been the world’s largest supplier of front-end wafer processing equipment for nearly 30 years is about to be overtaken by ASML says The Information Network. “Applied Materials, which has been losing market share in the wafer front end (WFE) equipment market for the past three years, is poised to lose its ...

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AMOLED pushes Samsung back to No.1 in phone displays

Samsung reclaimed the No.1 slot in the global smartphone display market in Q3 as the company capitalized on record-high demand for AMOLEDs, says IHS Markit. Samsung grew is sharevfrom 21.3% in Q2  to 29% in Q3, says IHS. That was enough to drive Samsung past BOE Display to take the market lead for the first ...

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