80V gate drivers for 48V automotive motor drives

Allegro MicroSystems, has introduced a portfolio of 80V motor drivers for 48V automotive systems. AMT49100 / AMT49101 safety-enhanced three-phase gate drivers for electric power steering and other safety-critical systems AMT49502 safety half-bridge gate driver with actuators and solid-state relays A89503 safety half-bridge gate driver with independent high-side and low-side output loads for floating loads, such as ...

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riscvOVPsim gets Risc-V vector instructions

Imperas has extended its Risc-V reference model and simulator to cover forthcoming vector instructions and to support coverage-driven verification analysis. Called riscvOVPsim, the enhanced version including a vector test suite is freely available for commercial use from Open Virtual Platforms, and a base version is available free from GitHub. “The upcoming ratification of the Risc-V vector instruction ...

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Nokia to build a cellular network on the Moon

Nokia has revealed further details of being chosen by NASA last week as a partner involved in the Artemis operation, specifically to deploy a cellular network on the lunar surface. Nokia has proposed to deploy the first LTE/4G communications system in space, and on the lunar surface by “late 2022”. The idea is that it ...

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Harwin fires up 1,200 sq metre factory floor in Hampshire

Portsmouth-based Harwin has started manufacturing on its new 1,200m2 of factory floor, scaling-up production of its high-reliability connectors. The total investment in the facility is £3.8m, of which £1m is for equipment. “The additional factory space and equipment enables us to ramp up production to meet volume demands very quickly,” said Harwin operations director Paul ...

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Toshiba shipping 12000V SiC MOSFET

Today, Toshiba starts shipping a 1200V SiC MOSFET for high power industrial applications including 400V AC input AC-DC power supplies, Photovoltaic (PV) inverters and bi-directional DC-DC converters for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). The new TW070J120B power MOSFET is based upon SiC, a new wide bandgap material that allows devices to deliver high voltage resistance, high-speed switching, and ...

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Farnell launches Raspberry Pi Compute Model 4

Today, Farnell launches the new Compute Module 4 (CM4) from Raspberry Pi. The CM4 brings the power of the Raspberry Pi 4 to the compute module family and is accompanied by two accessories, the Compute Module 4 I/O (CM4IO) Board and the Compute Module 4 Antenna Kit. CM4 is a faster and more powerful System ...

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Bug boost for UVC LED Market

Propelled by the coronavirus, the UVC LED market could reach $2.5 billion in 2025 with a 61% CAGR 2019-2025, says Yole Developpement. An overall shortage appeared across the entire UVC LED supply chain in 2020. The industry is now looking to increase manufacturing capacity very rapidly.  Key suppliers are LG Innotek and Seoul Viosys / ...

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Mathworks updates Simulink for prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop testing

MathWorks updates to  Simulink Real-Time enhance rapid control prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) testing with Model-Based Design. In Release 2020b, Simulink Real-Time has been enabled with the QNX Neutrino RTOS, a multi-process 64-bit POSIX-compliant real-time operating system from BlackBerry. The QNX RTOS is widely used in life and safety-critical systems for vehicles, medical devices, industrial controls, ...

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riscvOVPsim reference model enhanced for vector instructions

Imperas’ riscvOVPsim RISC-V reference model and simulator has been updated and extended for RISC-V vector instructions and now supports coverage driven verification analysis. The base version of riscvOVPsim is available for free from a new GitHub site  (github.com/riscv-ovpsim), with an enhanced version including an extensive RISC-V vector test suite also freely availablewith an enhanced version ...

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Amphenol RF expands SMP series

Amphenol RF has expanded the SMP product series with enhanced performance connectors and the introduction of terminators. SMP connectors are suitable for telecommunications and military applications which require compact, board-to-board RF interconnect. These commercial products utilize the standard SMP interface and provide a high frequency solution that offers reliable performance up to 20 GHz. Higher ...

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