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Relaunched Maplin focuses on enthusiasts, Raspberry Pi and Arduino
In 2018, consumer electronics retailer Maplin went into administration, shuttering 200 locations. Last year, the company quietly re-emerged with an online-only business model. EW spoke with CEO Ollie Marshall about the firm’s renewed focus on the hobbyist and enthusiast community. Marshall explains that “In the latter days, the company tried to focus more on mainstream ...
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Harwin reaches out across Europe
The connector company, Harwin, has added New Jersey-based Powell Electronics to its network of distributors. Specialising in mechanical and electro-mechanical products, Powell also has an office in Nieuwegein, the Netherlands. The agreement includes hi-rel connector products, such as the Gecko, Datamate and M300 ranges and will also include cable assembly. Products will be available direct ...
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Battery powered 100MHz scope has plenty of interfaces
Saelig is stocking two- and four-channel battery-powered portable oscilloscopes from Shenzhen-based Micsig. There are three models in the STO1000E PLUS series: STO1102E PLUS 2-channel 100MHz STO1152E PLUS 2-channel 150MHz STO1104E PLUS 4-channel 100MHz Each includes a 70Mpoint memory, 1Gsample/s sampling (single channel only), 130,000wfm/s refresh rate and a 7.5Ah Li battery. They have an 8″ (#200mm) 800×600 touch screen ...
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ST to slash production in France
ST has agreed to cut production at its French plants by up to 50% according to the French unions. The unions involved are the CFE-CGC and the CFDT. The head of the CFDT union, Eric Potard, said that workers will stay at home on a rotating basis and keep all their pay whether they work ...
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Google eyes 5G, foldable screens with Android 11 Developer Preview 2
Google has passed another milestone to the release of Android 11 with a Developer Preview 2, which is for application developers only.
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Toshiba announces TLP5231 dual output IGBT/mosfet driver
Toshiba has announced an IGBT/mosfet gate driver equipped with additional built-in functionality. The TLP5231 is aimed at applications including industrial inverters, uninterruptible power supplies (UPS), power conditioners for solar energy and motor controls. The pre-driver has a pair of outputs designed to drive external p-channel and n-channel mosfets used for current buffers. This allows the ...
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X-Fab expands SiC capacity, adds in-house epitaxy capabilities
X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE is offering SiC foundry services at the scale of silicon, running both processes on the same manufacturing line. The pure-play foundry has added internal SiC epitaxy capabilities to its offering, meaning more of the process chain is accessed through a single source. The firm says growing demand has necessitated it expand ...
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Current constraints on consumer spending could stoke electronics demand in H2
The current constraints on consumer spending could lead to a boom in spending on electronics products later this year, suggests Bill Jewell’s Semiconductor Intelligence. The National Bureau of Statistics of China reported combined January and February 2020 production of mobile phone units was down 34% from a year ago, and the total value of Chinese ...
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US companies have 55% semiconductor market share
Propelled by 51% share of IDM sales and 65% share of fabless sales, U.S. companies captured 55% of the total worldwide IC market in 2019, says IC Insights. Figure 1 shows U.S. companies held 55% of the total worldwide IC market in 2019 followed by the South Korean companies with a 21% share, down six ...
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