Survey results show Britons’ unconcerned about smart home security

A survey carried out by Specops Software, a “password management and authentication solution vendor,” asked 1,230 people from the UK and US their opinions on the security of smart home devices. A majority of UK respondents proved unaware that the devices could be hacked, with only 27% demonstrating knowledge of the risk. This compared to ...

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Anglia invests in battery pack customisation service

Design-in support for standard, customised and fully bespoke battery packs is available as part of a service launched by Anglia.   The battery pack service addresses primary or rechargeable cells in a variety of output voltages and capacities. The battery pack service includes lithium-ion, which can be customised with a specified capacity, size and shape ...

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Mouser ships IWR1843 industrial radar sensor from Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments’ proprietarty 45nm RF CMOS mmWave sensors for industrial use have been added to the Mouser Electronics linecard. The IWR1843 industrial radar sensors which are based on Texas Instruments’ proprietary low-power 45nm RFCMOS process are supplied in small form factor packages to save space in building and factory automation systems, traffic monitoring, materials handling, ...

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Configurable power supplies by Artesyn are available from Components Bureau

Digital configurable power supplies, the Micro MP (μMP) series, by Artesyn Embedded Power, are available from Components Bureau. The four models in the series range from 400W-1,800W and are approved for Industrial EN 60950, Medical EN 60601 and Military MIL-STD-810E. They can be used for general industrial use, medical and laboratory equipment, test and measurement ...

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Toshiba launches 10Mbps logic output photocoupler for PLCs

Toshiba has launched a 10Mbps logic output photocoupler for 24V digital input PLCs along with other measurement and control equipment. The TLP2363 requires a supply current of 4mA and is rated for an operating temperature range of -40 to 105℃. The threshold input current (IFHL) is specified with min, 0.3mA and max. 2.4mA, which conforms ...

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Element14 launches “Connected Cloud” IoT design challenge

Element14, an Avnet community, is launching a design contest called “Connected Cloud” in collaboration with Cypress Semiconductor and Amazon Web Services. The challenge tasks entrants with the broad remit of “applying innovative IoT solutions to anything in their world that needs improving”. All participants are required to post at least 10 blogs about their design ...

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Quantum chip solves ‘travelling salesman’ problem for 22 cities

Tokyo University of Science researchers have built a chip-based quantum annealing processor that can solve the classically thorny ‘travelling salesman’ mathematical puzzle, which gets far more complex every time a new city is added, for up to 22 cities. According to the university, this is “something that would take about 1,200 years for a high-performance von ...

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Stacked package standard for IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Imec announces that IEEE Std 1838TM-2019 – recently approved by the IEEE Standards Association – will be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library from February 2020 onward. The new standard allows die makers to design dies which, if compliant to this standard, constitute, once stacked in a 3D-IC by a stack integrator, a consistent stack-level ...

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