Nordic’s first pmic is added to Farnell’s portfolio

The first power management IC (pmic) from Nordic Semiconductor is now shipping from Farnell. The compact nPM1100 pmic and evaluation kit are designed for developers of wearable electronics, personal medical devices, smart home sensors and remote controls. The nPM1100 can be used as a generic pmic for applications using rechargeable Li-ion/Li-Po batteries. It requires only 23mm² ...

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Microchip improves PCB-mount atomic clocks

Microchip has boosted the performance of its ‘chip-scale atomic clocks’, offering wider operating temperature, faster warm-up and improved extreme environment frequency stability in its SA65 model. The whole frequency source fits inside 41 x 36 x 12mm (plus pins) which is 17cm3. It weighs 35g. SA65 operates over -40 to 80°C (-55 to 105°C storage) and warms ...

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Fujitsu and NEC begin O-RAN interoperability testing

Fujitsu and NEC  have begun developing technologies for interoperability testing  between 5G base station equipment conforming to O-RAN specifications at Fujitsu’s U.S. laboratories and NEC’s U.K. laboratories. This initiative will be implemented as part of the “Post 5G Infrastructure Enhancement R&D Project” under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) of Japan. Both ...

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SI forecasts 26% semi growth for 2021

The semiconductor market showed powerful growth in 2Q 2021, up 8.3% from 1Q 2021 and up 29% from a year earlier, according to WSTS. Most major semiconductor companies experienced substantial revenue growth in the quarter. The memory companies were especially strong, with 2Q 2021 versus 1Q 2021 revenue (in local currency) up 19.6% for Samsung, ...

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Firefly appoints former Blue Origin, SpaceX engineer as COO

Firefly, the Texas-based launch and in-space services provider, has appointed Lauren Lyons as its Chief Operating Officer (COO). With the company approaching its first Alpha launch, and the development of the Blue Ghost lunar lander, it says Lyons’ priorities will be to focus on “transitioning Firefly from an R&D environment to a production environment”, responding ...

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Dialog launches new family of auto buck converters

Dialog has brought out a family of high current, auto grade, step down, DC-DC buck converters. .The DA914X-A devices deliver  current levels, up to 40 amps – a better alternative to power solutions that require a combination of a power controller and discrete FETs. The DA914X-A family integrates power FETs and all required control logic into ...

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Easy-PC at Number One

Number One Systems of Tewkesbury (numberone.com), the PCB design specialist, has announced the release of Easy-PC version 25, with over 25 new technology features based on user requests from professional PCB designers. “With designs becoming more technologically advanced and faster, new advanced features and working smarter have been the emphasis for version 25 this year,” ...

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