4 channel linear LED driver for motorcycle automotive

Rohm has announced a pair of four-channel automotive LED driver, optimising them for the rear light cluster of motorcycles. “In the Asian region, where 2-wheeled vehicles are the main means of transportation for many, a number of vehicle manufacturers are demanding simpler circuit configurations for driving standard rear and license plate lamps,” according to Rohm. “However, ...

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A letter from the Editor of Electronics Weekly

The Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic has presented us all with practical challenges. Electronics Weekly has taken the decision to suspend printing of the magazine, for a finite period that will most likely coincide with the duration of the current ’lockdown’. For the next four issues the magazine will be distributed as a digital replica, which will ...

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China tops 2019 patent filings

Last year, for the first time since 1978, when figures for patents issued under the 1970 Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) were first compiled, the USA did not file for the largest number of patents. According to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO), China filed for more patents than any other country last year. The top ...

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CPI to commercialise Imperial’s R&D

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Imperial College are combining to translate Imperial’s  research and inventions into products and services. The two organisations will seek opportunities to host each other’s staff with a series of training programmes and secondments. This will accelerate the transfer of  scientific knowledge and technical skills between CPI and Imperial. ...

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FlexLogix nnMAX architecture accelerates DSP

 Flex Logix Technologies, the eFPGA specialist,  has released benchmarking information around its nnMAX architecture, showing how it can be used for DSP acceleration. For FIR  filters, nnMAX is able to process up to 1 Gigasamples per second with hundreds and even thousands of “taps” or coefficients. “Because nnMAX is so good at accelerating AI inference, ...

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Synopsys launches ARC cores

Synopsys has announced DesignWare ARC  HS5x and HS6x processor IP families for high-performance embedded applications. The 32-bit ARC HS5x and 64-bit HS6x processors, available in single-core and multicore versions, are implementations of a new superscalar ARCv3 Instruction Set Architecture (ISA) and deliver up to 8750 DMIPS per core in 16-nm process technologies under typical conditions, making them ...

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Datacentre connectivity ICs for 400G ports

Semtech has announced its Tri-Edge CDR SR chip-sets to for datacentre connectivity GN2558 is a quad PAM4 CDR with an integrated VCSEL driver, and GN2559 is a quad PAM4 CDR with an integrated linear transimpedance amplifier (TIA). “Semtech has demonstrated the inter-working of its chipset solution on 400G ports for commercial Ethernet switches over 70m of ...

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Current transducers for demanding applications

Danisense, which specialises in current transducers for demanding applications, has launched its ultra-stable, high-precision DP series of PCB-mount current transducers for isolated DC and AC current measurement up to 72A. With a footprint of 64.9 x 60mm, a height of 32mm and light weight of 250g, this compact device is suitable for 1U power supplies and ...

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