Farnell has added Mitsubishi Electric’s variable speed drives, PLCs and HMIs to its industrial automation and process control portfolio. The addition includes sone of the best-selling variable speed drives, Programmable Logic Controls (PLCs) and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) from Mitsubishi Electric. Mitsubishi Electric’s automation and control products are suitable for a wide range of applications ...

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June semi sales were up 5.1% y-o-y but down 0.3% on May at $34.5 billion, says the SIA. Q2 sales  were $103.6 billion, up 5.1% y-o-y but down 0.9% on Q1. “Second-quarter semiconductor sales were roughly flat compared to the first quarter, and the global industry continues to post year-to-year sales increases, but significant uncertainty remains ...

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Pickering Interfaces of  Clacton-on-Sea has launched a value-add turnkey LXI microwave switch and signal routing subsystems service. This new service delivers custom-engineered solutions created to customers’ specifications. These integrated microwave test packages include switches, a dedicated soft front panel, all the wiring and more in a suitable enclosure. They are supplied fully tested, with full ...

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GaN Systems has announced a new reference design for a high power density 65W QR (quasi-resonant) charger targeted for the consumer market, The reference design comprises of an operating charger and design documentation – providing a complete and simple to implement solution that assists customers in accelerating product development, roll out, and commercialization. Driven by ...

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Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology and Socionext have developed a novel transceiver for enabling seamless communication between earth ground platforms and satellites in the low, middle, and geostationary earth orbits. Among other things, this transceiver could bring Internet to people in remote rural areas and at sea. Scientists from Prof Kenichi Okada’s lab at ...

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ADI and Intel are to collaborate on creating a flexible radio platform that addresses 5G network design challenges and will enable customers to scale their 5G networks more quickly and economically. The radio platform combines the advanced technology of ADI’s radio frequency (RF) transceivers with the high performance and low power of Intel Arria 10 Field ...

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