IEDM 2021 Tutorials and Short Courses

While the comprehensive technical program for the 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) will be finalized in the fall, the popular IEDM Tutorials and Short Courses are already set. For those who wish to get a jump on learning about the 67th annual IEDM, scheduled for December 11–15, 2021 at the Hilton San Francisco ...

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South Korea invests in OneWeb LEO satellite constellation

The South Korean chaebol Hanwha Systems is the latest equity partner within OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, which was bought from bankruptcy by the UK Government and the Indian company Bharti Global for $1 billion in June 2020. Investments have since followed from SoftBank of Japan (also an original investor), EchoStar of ...

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PCB design challenge

Altium, the PCB software company, the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) and Arduino are getting together to launch the first student electronics design challenge to engage, educate, and enhance PCB  design capabilities while engaging with environmental challenges. The Innovation for Environmental Change 2021 International Student Design Competition(#PCBeTheChange) engages student teams to help address common environmental concerns ...

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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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