Fully-sealed miniature micro switches shun water and dust

Omron has announced two fully-sealed miniature micro switches for applications exposed to water spray or high levels of dust. They are intended for vending machines, smart meters, electric vehicle charging stations, security systems, air conditioning equipment and white goods. Type D2GW (see photo) is 8.3 x 6.5 x 5.3mm, sealed to IP67 and can operate up ...

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Farnell signs IGS

Farnell has signed a distribution agreement with Intelligent Group Solutions (IGS) to enhance its range of specialist LED lighting solutions. Farnell customers can now access optoelectronic products and LED lighting components offering visible white and coloured light, infra-red and ultraviolet (UV) light from Intelligent LED Solutions (ILS), a division of IGS. ILS is a leading ...

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Imagination publishes U.K. chip growth strategy

Imagination Technologies today published its innovation manifesto, titled “The UK’s Innovation Future”. It sets out a series of recommendations for a more innovative UK based on a clear overarching vision, targeted investment and incentives, and government working effectively in partnership with business. The manifesto notes growing recognition among policymakers of the strategic importance of semiconductors, and ...

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Renesas extends Lab on the Cloud

Renesas has expanded its Lab on the Cloud environment to simplify the configuration and testing process and speed time to market. The cloud-connected lab is enhanced with with new advanced GUI features and new design parameters that create a more engaging and ergonomic user experience, and offer designers greater configuration flexibility.   Lab on the ...

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ASIC IP platform for gathering and processing video and data at the edge.

Sondrel has created a quad core ASIC IP platform for remote gathering and processing of video and data at the Edge with secure onwards transmission of the results. The resulting, single channel ASICs can be arrayed together to form scalable processing solutions and additional features can be added in a modular fashion. Applications include smart ...

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Infineon adds to 1.2kV IGBT totem pole modules

Infineon has added four current ratings to its EconoDual 3 portfolio of 1.2kV dual IGBT modules. Rated at 300, 450, 600 and 900A (see table below) the transistor pair inside the modules is connected in a high and low-side totem pole half bridge. “New chip dimensions enable optimisation of the module layout to reduce switching ...

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26% y-o-y growth for OSAT companies

A Q2 rise in prices led to the top ten OSAT (outsourced semiconductor assembly and test) companies seeing a 26.4% YoY increase in revenues to $7.88 billion, says TrendForce. OSAT companies increased their CAPEX and expanded their fabs and equipment in order to meet the persistently growing client demand. Market leaders ASE and Amkor recorded ...

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Siemens and Toray co-operate on hydrogen production

Toray Industries and Siemens Energy have been adopted by the Green Hydrogen Project under the Green Innovation Funding Program organized by the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO). The two companies will receive funding together with six other companies including the Yamanashi Prefectural ...

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Crypto Quantique is PSA Certified Level 2 Ready

Crypto Quantique, a specialist in quantum-driven cybersecurity for the IoT, has received confirmation from independent security experts, Riscure, that its QDID quantum-driven semiconductor IP is PSA Certified Level 2 Ready. PSA Certified is a global, collaborative security program. Its founding members include semiconductor IP provider Arm, and Riscure, a software and hardware security evaluation vendor ...

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