Mouser Electronics and Ultraleap sign global distribution agreement

Mouser Electronics has announced a distribution agreement with Ultraleap. Through the agreement, Mouser is stocking the leap motion controller and two Stratos haptic modules. The leap motion controller is an optical hand tracking module that captures the movements of a user’s hands up to 60cm from the device in a 120×150° field-of-view. Ultraleap says it ...

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8th generation CoBs from Bridglux hit 185 lm/W

Bridgelux has announced its eighth generation of its chip-on-board products, delivering up to 185 lm/W from its V, Vero and Vero SE (pictured) Series families at nominal drive current – a 10% efficacy improvement over its previous product generations, it said. “This performance is benchmarked at the 3,000K 80CRI colour point. Efficacies above 200 lm/W ...

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Silicon Labs acquires Redpine Signals’ Bluetooth and Wi-Fi business

Silicon Labs has agreed with Redpine Signals to acquire the company’s Wi-Fi and Bluetooth business, development centre in Hyderabad, India, and patent portfolio for $308m. The technology will accelerate Silicon Labs’ roadmap for Wi-Fi 6 silicon and software, the company says. The acquisition also includes Bluetooth classic IP (including extended data rate) for audio applications ...

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GaN ac-dc chips cover 27W to 55W without heatsink

Power Integrations has back-filled its InnoSwitch3 range of ac-dc power supply chips with 750V GaN power transistors – it already uses GaN transistors at the higher-powered end of the range. “PowiGaN technology permits manufacture of 94% efficient power supplies suitable for regions with frequent brown-outs and line surges,” said the company. “This enables OEMs to ...

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Renesas Electronics expands Wi-Sun Fan compliant portfolio

Renesas Electronics has announced that its RL78/G1H-based sub-gigahertz (sub-GHz) wireless solution has received certification under the wireless smart ubiquitous network for field area network profile (Wi-Sun Fan), one of the communication standards established by the Wi-Sun Alliance. It comprises Tessera Technology Inc.’s TK-RLG1H+SB2 evaluation board, which incorporates the Renesas 16-bit RL78/G1H MCU with integrated wireless ...

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Differential input Wi-Fi connected PC scopes reach 250MHz

Netherlands-based PC scope firm TiePie has introduced a Wi-Fi connected display-free oscilloscopes with differential inputs. It is the WiFiScope WS6 DIFF, which comes in three versions. The top end one, nominally 1Gsample/s has. 250MHz bandwidth 1Gsample/s, but see note* 8, 12, 14 or 16bit resolution 1Mpoint/channel data buffer (expandable to 256Msample/chan with XM option over USB) ...

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No panic buying, but make provisions for staff

There has been no panic buying of electronic components but Adam Fletcher, chairman of the ESCN (Electronic Components Supply Network) said his members foresee a personnel issue as the result of the Covid-19 outbreak. “There will be problems for organisations using just-in-time and Lean manufacturing [models], but the reality is that in the UK, this ...

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Covid-19 and the distribution supply chain

In addition to health fears, Covid-19 brings economic worries as goods the electronics industry around the world relies on become restricted as the main source of these components and goods restricts its output. “The factories we deal with in China are reporting 20% staffing levels, and operating at 60% below capacity,” said Steve Rawlins, CEO ...

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