Rockwell Automation Announces New Acquisitions
Oxford University and King’s College London are developing ventilators
Engineers, anaesthetists and surgeons from the University of Oxford and King’s College London are building and testing prototype ventilators that can be manufactured using techniques and tools available in well-equipped university and small and medium enterprise (SME) workshops. The team, led by Oxford Professors Andrew Farmery, Mark Thompson and Alfonso Castrejon-Pita and King’s College London’s Dr Federico ...
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Selection panel decides the Class of 2020 EW BrightSparks
The selection panel to decide the Class of 2020 for EW BrightSparks has made its decision.
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NXP i.MX processors with 1 or 2 Cortex-A72 cores stocking at Mouser
Mouser Electronics is now stocking the i.MX 8Quadmax and 8Quadplus applications processors from NXP Semiconductors. The multi-core applications processors are suitable for applications in automotive infotainment, advanced industrial human machine interface (HMI) and control, heads-up displays, and machine vision and tracking devices. The i.MX 8Quadmax and 8Quadplus enable multi-OS platform deployment through full-chip hardware virtualisation ...
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The Sun has come up in China, says Molkenkopf
Qualcomm’s China business is back to the same level it was a year ago, Qualcomm CEO, Steve Mollenkopf (pictured) told CNBC yesterday. “The sun has come up in China with respect to how they’ve returned to a normal state,” said Mollenkopf. Qualcomm gets about half its total revenues from China. “At the end of January ...
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Intel delivers 90% of the time
After months of shortages, Intel CEO Bob Swan (pictured) has posted an open letter on the company’s web-site saying that Intel’s deliveries are 90% on-time. “I am equally inspired by the deep commitment of our teams to sustain our manufacturing, assembly, test and supply chain operations in Oregon, New Mexico, California and Arizona, as well ...
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Cambridge RF Mesh specialist adds cellular connectivity
CyanConnode, the AIM-listed Cambridge specialist in narrowband RF Smart Mesh Networks, has added cellular capability to its Omnimesh platform. Omnimesh is an open standards platform and it is currently being applied to the future-proofing of Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) communications for utilities. The Omnimesh cellular products deliver end-to-end communication across both public and private carrier networks. ...
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Small-footprint USB-C controller
ST has made a small-footprint addition to its USB-C controller family designed and certified for pure 5V sink-only applications. All mandatory features to use the USB-C connector as a 5V universal power plug are integrated, allowing designers to implement USB-C charging solutions quickly and easily without studying the standard or writing code. USB-C is rapidly becoming ...
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Coronavirus Pandemic Leads to Shortage of Alcohol-Based Fluxes
The coronavirus pandemic is leading to shortages of more than test kits, ventilators and, um, toilet paper. Due to the huge increase in demand for hand sanitizer, there is a now shortage of isopropyl alcohol—a key ingredient in some fluxes.