Keysight puts four bench instruments under one digital roof

Smart Bench Essentials is a group of four stackable lab bench instruments from Keysight that are coupled through a single graphical interface for integrated data management and analysis, and remote operation. “All four instruments have a consistent look and feel, the same graphical user interface and connectivity,” said company v-p Christopher Cain. They all have ...

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Mini modules combine driver chip and output mosfets for dc-dc converters up to 100A

Vishay has announced power stages for synchronous buck converters that allow a logic-level PWM signal to control 70, 80 or 100A outputs. There are six parts that will handle inputs from 4.5 – 16V (see table below) then four that will handle 4.5 – 21V – there is no 100A option in the higher voltage devices. ...

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Narrow red boosts colour rendering without loosing efficacy

Nichia is claiming better colour rendering without loosing efficacy with technology it has banded ‘H6’. “Indeed, the H6 series delivers a colour rendering index of 90 while maintaining a level of efficacy seen in standard CRI 80 leds,” it claimed. It takes advantage of a red narrow band phosphor, as well as semiconductor and package changes, to ...

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LDOs with 100dB ripple rejection and 5μV noise are chip-scale

Toshiba is aiming at high ripple rejection in a family of CMOS linear voltage regulators in a ~0.7 x 0.7mm WCSP4F package. Called the TCR5RG series, the low drop-out parts cover an output voltage range of 900mV to 5V. Achieved through the combination of a wide-gap internal circuit topology, an integrated high-speed operational amplifier and ...

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Active USB Type-C adaptor cables for embedded compu

Connective Peripherals is supplying adaptor cables to connect USB Type-C ports to interfaces including RS232, TTL and MPSSE – in either Full-Speed or High-Speed versions. The parts include ICs from Scottish semiconductor maker FTDI, and Connective Peripherals is an FTDI-approved module and cabling subcontractor. The cables “will be of considerable value to engineers, by helping to ...

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TSMC said to be planning $35bn Arizona Gigafab

According to  the Taiwan newspaper United Daily News, TSMC is expanding its fab plans in Arizona to build a Gigafab capable of running 100k+ wpm. The report says that TSMC’s  plan is now to invest $35 billion for a fab which will be capable of running 3nm wafers as well as 5nm. The original announcement ...

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Tech leads jobs come-back

UK tech companies are leading the hiring comeback with 1 in 6 jobs targeting young people, says the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The tech  sector has over 122,000 advertised IT vacancies available accounting for 1 in 7 UK jobs, surpassing pre-pandemic levels with 1 in 6 UK tech vacancies target young people, ...

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LoRa for IoT on Blockchain

Semtech is collaborating with the MXC Foundation, which promotes Blockchain-based IoT networks, to add LoRaWAN to the networks. “The combination of block chain technology and LoRa devices allow us to quickly provision and connect the growing number of crypto miner M2 Pro devices that contribute to the MXC ecosystem,” says MXC CEO Xin Hu, “the ...

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Graphene Hall Effect sensor for battery cell analysis

Paragraf, the Cambridge graphene-based  device specialist, has developed a graphene Hall Effect sensor  suitable for battery applications. The graphene GHS01AT Hall Effect sensor is optimised for use in relatively low field environments and normal ambient temperatures. Bringing the magnetic field measurement resolution towards that of more complex magnetic sensors, yet with the small size and ...

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