Vishay has created a complete proximity sensor inside a single surface-mount package – integrating laser (940nm VCSEL), photodiodes, amplifiers, ADC and DSP into 2 x 1.25 x 0.5mm. Called VCNL36825T, it can detect objects up to 200mm away through a hole as small as 1.6mm, and pulsed operation allows power to be reduced, to an average ...
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Sensirion and Nicolay have teamed up to offer an evaluation kit that measures air flow and pressure for human ventilator development. The companies already have an evaluation kit for proximal measurements of inspiratory and expiratory respiratory gas flow rates – Sensirion makes the flow sensors and Nicolay the connector and cable. “Having received many inquiries from ...
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Schurter has introduced a series of through-hole PCB-mount common-mode chokes for use at between 10A and 50A and up to 300Vac or 450Vdc. For single-phase applications, DKIV-1 chokes are available with ferrite or nano-crystalline cores. “Like all other aspects of electronic design, the power section is often-times built today using discrete components on printed circuit ...
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Q1 semiconductor sales of $123.1 billion were up 3.6% on Q4 and 17.8% up q-o-q, reports the SIA. March sales were $41 billion – up 3.7% compared on February. “Global semiconductor sales remained strong during the first quarter of 2021, topping sales from the previous quarter and substantially outpacing the total from the first quarter ...
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Taiwanese computer maker Aaeon has signed a deal with Canonical to pre-install Nvidia Ubuntu on Aaeon’s Boxer-8200 embedded PCs which are built around Nvidia Jetson system-on-modules – removing the need for customers to flash an operating system image before first start-up. Systems with the Ubuntu OS will also include Jetpack 4.5 drivers and its toolkit ...
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High efficiency, programmable power supplies play a vital role in helping the supply of high yield crops, in a sustainable manner to supply food around the world, writes John Stone. Cultivating crops indoors allows farmers to grow a steady supply of crops all year round and regardless of external weather conditions. LED lighting offers output ...
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Intel will invest $3.5 billion in packaging technology at its Rio Rancho, New Mexico plant. The plant employs about 1,800 workers and will be retooled to deliver Foveros packaging technology. Intel currently develops and produces its EMIB packaging technology, silicon photonics products, and Optane media at Rio Rancho. The current investment does not include Optane which utilises 3D ...
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UMC has said it will add 20k wpm of 28nm capacity so long as customers pay up-front and guarantee orders at a set price. The addition would be made at UMC’s Tainan fab. The cost would lift UMC’s 2021 capex by 53% to $2.3 billion. Calling it an “innovative, win-win” arrangement, UMC CEO Jason Wang ...
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SiTime has increased the operating temperature range of its Endura SiT5146 Super-TCXO. Previously, these devices operated down to -40°C, but now support -55°C. With this new capability, the SiT5146 delivers best-in-class stability over -55ºC to +105ºC, benefiting airborne applications such as low earth-orbiting (LEO) satellites, commercial aircraft, satellite communication systems, and rocket delivery systems as well ...
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