Inside Schneider Electric’s Smart Factory

Schneider Electric's factory in Lexington, KY, has been mass-producing electrical equipment for more than 60 years. But, the low-mix, high-volume assembly plant is not sitting back and living in the past. Instead, it has become a state-of-the-art showcase for the future of digital manufacturing.

Picocom joins Viavi for O-RAN validation

Viavi Solutions  today announced collaboration with technology supplier Picocom to provide complete test solutions for validation of Open RAN base station components, including chips, physical layers and protocol stack software, for small cell 5G networks compliant with O-RAN standards. 5G network deployments are now well underway worldwide. Yet, communications service providers (CSPs) are challenged to effectively ...

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Networking-a-plenty from a small box

Aaeon is aiming at networking in areas with unreliable physical internet connections with a six-antenna fan-less desktop network appliance built around Intel Elkhart Lake processors. Called FWS-2280, the units can have Atom x6000E, Celeron, Pentium N or Pentium J processors, and “bring performance, flexibility, and a host of technologies designed to power network applications including ...

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Farnell adds Connective Peripherals adapters and cables to simplify debug

Adapter boards and cables by Connectivity Peripherals to connect computers with equipment with legacy interfaces are available from Farnell. The products enable engineers to connect PCs and laptops to instruments or systems regardless of their serial interfaces.  PCs and laptops using a USB Type C port can connect directly to legacy serial interfaces, whether RS232, ...

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High precision SMD resistors are 0.05% and ±2.5ppm/°C

Vishay created precision resistors with 0.05% tolerance and a temperature coefficient of ±2.5ppm/°C. They are in the FRFS0402 Series, based on ‘Z1 Foil’ precision foil resistor elements by Vishay Precision Group. As well as 0.05%, four other tolerance ratings are available: 0.1, 0.25, 0.5 and 1%. Load life stability is typically ±0.01% (70°C, 2000 h, rated power). In ...

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Cadence and Tower release RF SOI process

Cadence and Tower Semiconductor  have released a silicon-validated SP4T RF SOI switch reference design flow using the Cadence Virtuoso Design Platform and RF Solution. The reference design flow provides a faster path to design closure for advanced 5G wireless, wireline infrastructure, and automotive IC product development. This new RF reference design flow leverages a comprehensive set ...

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UK Hydrogen Strategy to be announced today

Today the government is announcing a £105 million Hydrogen Strategy. the government has set a target of 5GW of low carbon hydrogen production capacity by 2030 – which could replace natural gas in powering around 3 million UK homes each year. The government thinks that the UK hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million and ...

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U.S. Air Force to launch SpaceWERX technology accelerator

On Thursday August 19 the U.S. Air Force will be running the space technology accelerator programme known as SpaceWERX. The event will include a virtual Space Force Pitch Day, which will see awards – up to $34 million – being made to innovative startups competing for Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contracts. You can ...

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DAC, streamer and amplifier combined

The Starkrimson Streamer Ultra combines a DAC, streamer, and amplifier which perform the same functions that once required a rack full of components. It combines the company’s PecanPi DAC and Starkrimson Ultra amplifiers and GaN transistors. The design  is available with either Volumio or Roon end-point software installed. It is cntrolled with any smartphone, tablet, or ...

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