Rohm has introduced a linear LED driver for automotive use, following close on the heels of its LED driver for motorcycles. BD18336NUF-M is a 3 x 3 x 1mm constant current driver IC that can deliver 400mA continuously (600mA at 50% duty cycle) into a string of three white LEDs or parallel strings of LEDs. ...
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Liquid crystal meta-surfaces can steer lasers to create solid-state lidars for automotive and industrial applications, according to Lumotive of Seattle. It claims a larger aperture for greater range compared to MEMS-based systems, and a technology that can be scaled for automotive, industrial and consumer use – with the surfaces manufactured in CMOS semiconductor processes. “The huge ...
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There are estimated to be 366bn commercial satellites and SpaceX, a private company is currently planning to launch the Falcon 9 rocket and NASA’s Crew Dragon spacecraft on 27 May. One of the major challenges in the space industry is the architecture of components used in various projects, whether they are global satellites or rockets ...
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Diodes has announced what is says is industry’s first AEC-Q100 grade 3 qualified 10Gbit/s USB-C DisplayPort Alternate (DP-Alt) mode linear re-driver IC. DP-Alt mode allows the transfer of DisplayPort signals through a USB Type-C connector. Called PI3DPX1207Q, the Diodes’ chip supports 8.1Gbit/s DP1.4 and 10Gbit/s USB 3.2 specifications. It is a “transparent, protocol-agnostic re-driver capability ...
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Digi-Key and a team at the University of Minnesota have collaborated to ensure the open source Conventor ventilator is delivered to hospitals. Physicians at the University of Minnesota, partnered with companies to develop the Conventor ventilator, which can be used to monitor more than one patient at at time. It was created in response to ...
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Uber is to sack another 3,000 workers on top of the 3,700 it fired earlier this month and close 40 offices which will mean it has reduced its workforce by a quarter in the last few weeks and made savings of $1 billion. The sackings are of office staff and do not include drivers. “We ...
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Huawei made its first official response to the US action banning it from buying ICs made using US technology at its analyst day yesterday. “We expect that our business will inevitably be affected. We will try all we can to seek a solution,” said Huawei Chairman Guo Ping, “survival is the key word for us ...
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The top-5 notebook brands saw their combined shipments in April grow 12% m-o-m to reach a new record, according to Digitimes Research. Demand for notebooks from users working and studying from home in mature markets was stronger than expected. HP had strong growth in April, as it had in March. Dell experienced rising orders from ...
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