BSI allows free access to covid-19 business intelligence website

BSI is providing open access to the covid-19 section of its global supply chain intelligence system, normally available only by subscription. It is called ‘Screen’ (supply chain risk exposure evaluation network). “The covid-19 outbreak has highlighted the current fragility of global supply chains, wherein the failure of one link in the chain has the potential to ...

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Isolated PCB current measurement to 10ppm

Danisense has launched a precision series of PCB-mount current transducers for isolated DC and AC current measurement up to 72A. Called DP, maximum linearity error is 10ppm and measurement resistance is up to 100Ω at full scale. They use the company’s closed-loop, compensated flux-gate technology (see below) with a fixed excitation frequency and second-harmonic zero ...

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Small power inductors are qualified for automotive use

Coilcraft’s XGL4030 Series of 4 x 4 x 3mm moulded power inductors are aimed at DC-DC converters with switching frequencies ranging from hundreds of kHz to 5MHz and above. There are 18 values between 130nH and 12µH, with current ratings up to 26.5A (130nH 25°C 30% induction loss) and soft saturation characteristics. The lowest value is 1.35A ...

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Smart watch PMIC has triple-output single-inductor buck-boost dc-dc converter

Wearables and hearables are the target for a power chip from Maxim, whose wafer-scale package allows a sub-30mm2 solution, it claims. On board the chip, called MAX77654, is a single-inductor triple-output buck-boost regulator that can provide outputs from 0.8V to 5.5V, two 100mA LDOs, a Li-ion-Li-poly charger, three GPIOs and a watchdog timer. Quiescent power is 6μA ...

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Mouser adds creativity with Pimoroni’s breakout boards

Breakout boards from Pimoroni add audio output, sensor and motor control to Raspberry Pi and Arduino boards. The boards are now available from Mouser Electronics. Pimoroni designs and manufactures products for makers, educators and creatives. It is supported by the Raspberry Pi and wider maker communities and says its mission is to make electronics “accessible ...

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Industrial PC gets 8th generation Intel processor

GENE-WHU6 is an industrial PC with an 8th generation (Whiskey Lake) Intel Core processor in a 146 x 102mm ‘3.5in sub-compact’ format. “Despite its compact size, the board offers full-sized functionality, able to deliver the flexibility of a desktop system in a compact form factor,” according to Aaeon, the manufacturer. “GENE-WHU6 is built to provide ...

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China’s Imagination coup abandoned

The China coup on Imagination has been abandoned. Imagination’s owners Canyon Bridge have cancelled today’s emergency board meeting at which four representatives of Beijing-controlled China Reform Holdings, Canyon Bridge’s biggest investor, were to have been appointed to the Imagination board. It was thought that the appointments were a preliminary to re-locating Imagination to China. Sky ...

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