Automotive pressure sensor interface includes 4th-order polynomial correction

Allegro is aiming at automotive bridge-type pressure sensors with an interface IC designed to connect directly to a strain gauge or other Wheatstone bridge sensor. Qualification is automotive AEC-Q100 Grade 0. Called A17700, it amplifies and offset-adjusts the analogue input to best-fill the ADC for its internal digital signal processor. DSP includes filtering to trade speed with ...

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Fan-less Elkhart Mini-ITX motherboards for IoT edge devices

Advantech has released a low-profile fan-less industrial-grade Mini-ITX PC  motherboards built around Intel Elkhart Lake processors. Called AIMB-218, board are available with the following processors: Atom x6413E quad core 1.5GHz Celeron N6211 dual core 1.2GHz Celeron J6413 quad core 1.8GHz Pentium J6426* quad core 2GHz *according to the Advantech data sheet. Intel does not list this at the time ...

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Crypto Quantique partners with EPS Global for IoT cybersecurity

EPS Global, a provider of IC programming and secure provisioning services, and Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the IoT, today announced a strategic partnership which will enable their joint customers to deploy secure IoT applications at scale. EPS Global provides secure provisioning services from its global network of secure programming centers, and ...

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Small rotary switches are tough for industry and agriculture

Elma MR50 rotary switches are small yet robust for compact control panels and portable devices in building site machinery, vehicles and agricultural applications. Operation is across -45 to +85°C (IEC 60068-2-14), front ingress protection is IP60 (IP68 option) and 10Grms vibration resistance is specified (10 to 2kHz MIL-STD-202G method 214A condition 1/C). “The market for ...

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Elektra Awards tickets are now available

This year’s Elektra Awards will take place as a free virtual event on 25 March 2021 and tickets are now available – simply register here. Over the past year, emap has been honing its skills at staging online events, with over 50 successful awards ceremonies and conferences under its belt. As a result, we look ...

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Wall-mount 20-30W medical-grade power adaptor

TrumPower has created a range of wall-plug power supplies for medical use. Called TM30W, there is a choice of 10 set output voltages between 5 and 48Vdc, at 20 – 30W depending on voltage (30W at 12V and above). A choice of mains plug interfaces, or an interchangeable version, allow the PSUs to fit UK, European ...

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QLSI project plans 16 qubit chip in four years

The Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems IPMS is leading the  QLSI project – “Quantum Large-Scale Integration with Silicon” – which aims to develop a 16-qubit chip within four years backed with €14.6 million from the EU. Fraunhofer IPMS is part of the newly launched European project QLSI (Quantum Large-Scale Integration with Silicon), which aims to ...

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Ericsson rolls out Massive MIMO

Ericsson has launched three new radios in its Massive MIMO portfolio and expanded its RAN Compute portfolio with six RAN Compute products to accelerate 5G mid-band rollouts based on . Ericsson Silicon – the company’s SoC range. With new mid-band spectrum available, communications service providers can leverage their 5G spectral assets to roll out services ...

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Si Labs looking to sell analogue business

Silicon Labs is looking for a buyer for its analogue assets, reports Bloomberg. The company is said to have hired a financial consultant and is looking for a price of $1-2 billion for the business. In 2014 Silicon Labs paid $1.5 billion for the assets of  PMIC specialist Touchstone Semiconductor, adding 70 ICs to its ...

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Snap-in caps have ripple current capability of 9.80A (400 V, 100 Hz, 60 °C).

TDK’s EPCOS aluminum electrolytic capacitor series B43548 with snap-in terminals have a maximum ripple current capability of 9.80 A (400 V, 100 Hz, 60 °C) which makes them suitable for demanding applications in power electronics. The capacitors are designed for a maximum operating temperature of 105 °C, have a rated voltage range of 400 V to 500 ...

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