Toshiba expands portfolio of single channel motor driver ICs

Toshiba Electronics has added the TB67H451FNG to its line-up of single channel brushed DC motor driver ICs. Housed in an HSOP8 package, the IC features non-latching overcurrent detection. The IC can drive brushed DC motors and supports battery powered devices or any devices with a 5V USB power supply. It’s also suitable for use with ...

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CST Global integrates InP lasers into Imec’s iSiPP

Imec and CST Global of Glasgow, the designer and manufacturer of III-V compound semiconductors for photonics products, have integrated InP distributed feedback (DFB) lasers from CST Global’s InP100 platform into Imec’s integrated silicon photonics platform (iSiPP). Interfaces for hybrid integration of InP DFB lasers and reflective semiconductor optical amplifiers (RSOA) will become available as part ...

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Bug hits phone production

The coronavirus will hit smartphone production by 13.3% y-o-y in Q1 and by 3,5% over the full year, says TrendForce. Q1 phone production is now forecast at 270 million units down from previous estimates of 307 million followed by 318 million units in Q2 which is down 7.4% on previous estimates. Problems have been uneven factory ...

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Silicone-rubber combined with graphene to make flexible wearable sensors

Researchers at UCLA and the Universities of Waterloo and British Columbia  have combined silicone rubber with ultra-thin lsyers of graphene to make a material for 3D-printed durable, flexible sensors for wearable devices. When the material bends or moves, electrical signals are created by the highly conductive, nanoscale graphene embedded within its engineered honeycomb structure. “Silicone ...

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UCC12050 dc-dc power converter from TI available at Mouser

Mouser is now stocking Texas Instruments’ UCC12050 and UCC12040 isolated dc-dc converters. The devices supply isolated power to circuits that require a bias supply with regulated output voltages. They’re suitable for applications including protection relays and smart breakers, PLC analog input and output modules, patient monitoring, and isolated voltage and current sensing. The UCC12050 and ...

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Cheap abundant materials replace electrodes in lithium battery

Low-cost cobalt-free biodegradable rechargeable lithium batteries, particularly for grid-scale storage, are the dream of a research group at York University in Toronto, which might have bought them closer to reality with an organic cathode. “Organic electrode materials are considered to be extremely promising materials for sustainable batteries with high power capabilities,” said Professor Thomas Baumgartner ...

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