Congatec picks Intel Elkhart Lake for embedded PCs

Congatec has adopted Intel 10nm Elkhart Lake processor for its latest range of embedded PC boards. It has picked up Atom x6000E, Celeron, Pentium N and Pentium J devices for single board computer firm-factors including SMARC, Qseven, COM Express Compact Computer-on-Module, Mini Computer-on-Module and Pico-ITX “The new boards and modules impress with doubled graphics performance for up to ...

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Northrop Grumman to build anti-jamming military satellites

The U.S. Space Force has awarded a $298 million contract to build jam-resistant satellites for military use to Northrop Grumman. Specifically, the contract is for the rapid prototyping phase of the Evolved Strategic SATCOM (ESS) programme, which is developing an updated “strategic communications space segment with enhanced resilience and cybersecurity capabilities”. Concerns have been increasingly raised ...

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AR VR powerhouse is 29 x 50mm

Lantronix has crammed a 15 Top/s augmented and virtual reality processor into a 29 x 50mm system-on-module. Called Open-Q 865XR SOM, it is built around a octa-core Qualcomm chip with: 1x 2.84GHz Kryo Gold prime core 3x 2.42GHz Kryo Gold cores 4x 1.81GHz Kryo Silver cores Hexagon DSP with quad Hexagon Vector eXtensions – vision processing, ...

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Smallest thermoelectric cooler, by 10,000 times

This is the smallest thermolectric cooler ever made, according to the scientists at UCLA that built it. Total active volume is ~1μm3. “We beat the record for the world’s smallest thermoelectric cooler by a factor of more than ten thousand,” according to UCLA physicist Xin Yi Ling It consists of two 100nm thick single-crystal flakes, ...

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OS-CON capacitors keep low ESR at low temperature

Panasonic has expanded its range of OS-CON conductive polymer aluminium solid capacitors with a series that maintains low equivalent series resistance (ESR) even at low temperatures, according to the company. Called SVT, the surface-mount parts span 2.5V to 50V, 18µF to 2,700µF and 12mΩ to 35mΩ. Operation is over -50°C up to +125°C for up to 2.000 ...

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Farnell signs AMETEK

Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with AMETEK, the manufacturer of monitors and analysers for infrared non-contact temperature measurement. The new agreement broadens Farnell’s safety, hygiene and back-to-work portfolio with the addition of AMETEK Land’s new to market VIRALERT 3 Human Skin Temperature Screening System. The VIRALERT 3 uses thermal and visual cameras to provide ...

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Foundries to grow 19% this year

The pure play foundry market is on pace to expand by 19% this year, after declining 1% in 2019 (Figure 1), says IC Insights. The market is being driven by demand for application processors and other telecomm device sales into 5G smartphones, IC Insights forecasts 200 million 5G smartphone handsets will be shipped in 2020 (although some forecasts ...

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Module can act as an LVDT, RVDT or resolver simulator

Pickering Interfaces of Clacton-on-sea has launched a module that can function as an LVDT, RVDT or resolver simulator. Occupying just one PXI or LXI chassis slot, the programmability of the module means that it minimizes the amount of hardware required. Also, since it sits in a PXI chassis alongside a customer’s other instruments, additional control ...

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TRENCHSTOP IGBT in TO-247 package

Infineon is shipping its TRENCHSTOP IGBT7 technology in a a TO-247 package. The  TRENCHSTOP family portfolio consists of current ratings of 20A, 30A, 40A, 50A and 75A. It can be used for replacing previous technologies and for paralleling. This version of IGBT7 is especially suited to applications such as industrial motor drives, power factor correction, ...

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