NASA has set a new date for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, from French Guiana: 31 October 2021. The original date – March 2021 – has been affected both by the Covid-19 pandemic and also technical issues. The decision was based on a recently completed schedule risk assessment of the remaining integration ...
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The European Space Agency’s European Data Relay System has gained its second data-relay satellite, EDRS-C. The ESA describes this system – dubbed the “SpaceDataHighway” – as the most sophisticated laser communication network ever designed. EDRS-C helps Earth-observing satellites to transmit large quantities of date to Europe in near-real time. This is the second operational node ...
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Kyocera is offering seven years availability of displays for medical uses. The standard displays Are: 5,7‘‘, 10,4‘‘ as well as 12,1‘‘. Additionally, there are also special sized displays with 6,2‘‘ (640 x 240 Pixel) for narrow application fronts available. The displays are available long-term and insensitive to radiation effects due to their metal housing. For ...
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Toshiba has introduced a constant-current 2-phase bipolar stepping motor driver, which is designed for automotive use, and is claimed to streamline motor system implementations. It delivers a sine-wave output signal (with up to 1/32 incremental steps supported) while requiring only a simple clock input. The need for a sophisticated microcontroller unit (MCU) or dedicated software is ...
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Synaptics is sampling a family of USB-C-based video interfaces which incorporate the HDMI 2.1 and DisplayPort Alt Mode 2.0. Called Cayenne, the family targets travel docks, dongles, video-hubs and protocol converters. Cayenne supportS 8K and 10K displays, and backward compatibility to support existing 4K and older displays. The Cayenne family supports all the video (DP1.4) ...
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