Engineer Dr Carol Marsh received an OBE in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours for services to diversity and inclusion, and is using the platform to further encourage girls and women across the UK to consider engineering careers. “Engineering isn’t just a job, it is a vocation,” said Marsh. “When you’re an engineer, you’re thinking about ...
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ST has bought the assets of SOMOS Semiconductor of Marly-le-Roy (France) which specialises in silicon-based power amplifiers and in RF Front-End Modules (FEM) products. With this acquisition, ST reinforces its specialist staff, IP and roadmaps of Front-End Modules for the IoT and 5G markets. A first product – an NB-IoT / CAT-M1 module – is ...
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UK-based connector and cable maker Intelliconnect (Europe) has been accredited to ISO 14001 and ISO 45001. ISO 14001 provides assurance to company management and employees as well as external stakeholders that environmental impact is being measured and improved, according to the company. ISO 45001 specifies the requirements for an occupational health and safety management system, and ...
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Bridgetek has announced a fourth generation of its minimal resource graphics engine EVE (embedded video engine). Suitable for use with 1Mpixel displays, the products include 1Mbyte of embedded graphics RAM and support resolutions including 1,920×480, 1,440×540, 1,280×800, 1,024×600, 800×600, 800×480 and 480×272. “The ability to adjust both the horizontal and vertical sync timing means that ...
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GaN transistor maker EPC had released a pair of physically thin 250W dc-dc converter demo boards for 48V rails. EPC9153 – max component height 6.5mm – synchronous buck converter, 98.2% peak efficiency 44 – 60Vin, 12 – 20Vout, 12.5A out, 400kHz switching EPC9148 – max component height 4mm – more complex three-level (four output transistor) topology, 98% ...
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Sapcorda Services of Berlin has announced that testing of its first GNSS augmentation services for L-band signal is underway in North America and Europe, laying the foundation for its December 1, 2020 launch of a GNSS augmentation signal for safety-critical navigation in autonomous vehicles and machinery. Available in areas without GSM coverage or mobile internet signal, ...
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Guerrilla RF of North Carolina has introduced the GRF5506, the second of ten new 1⁄4 W linear power amplifiers being released over the next two quarters as part of the company’s expansion into the cellular market. These new InGaP HBT amplifiers were designed specifically for 5G/4G wireless infrastructure applications requiring exceptional native linearity over temperature ...
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Countries such as Australia, Canada, Italy and Japan had already signed up for NASA’s Artemis programme previously, but now the UK is on board with America’s next-generation plan for Moon and Mars exploration. Artemis involves a new space station orbiting the moon and supporting material extraction and also proving a basis for further exploration to ...
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Smiths Interconnect has expanded its Qualification and Test laboratory at its site in Suzhou, China. The lab now offers a one-stop shop for critical qualification and testing of Smiths Interconnect’s semiconductor test products manufactured in China. The test lab area was re–designed and additional test capabilities were added including: – A 67GHz Vector Network Analyzer to validate ...
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Aceinna, the inertial based guidance and navigation systems specialist, and positioning specialist Point One Navigation have hooked up to combine Point One’s Polaris GNSS cloud correction service with Aceinna’s OpenRTK330 hardware and software solution for developers in agriculture, construction, mapping, surveying, robotics and trucking. The GNSS correction service market shows great promise yet is presently ...
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