Need to store data for a thousand years?

Researchers at Harvard University are looking for a simple way to store data for a long time – longer than the decades of life preducted for DVDs and flash memory. Encoding data on DNA has been done, as it has on other long-chain polymers with long life, and the data desnity is emormous: ~1018 bytes/mm3, according ...

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New Yorker Electronics acquires Omni Pro Electronics

Pursuing a growth by acquisition strategy, New Yorker Electronics, has announced the acquisition of Texas-based electronic component distributor, Omni Pro Electronics. “The purchase of Omni Pro is an integral component of our aggressive acquisition plan,” said Barry Slivka, president of New Yorker Electronics. The company is actively identifying companies that fit its acquisition model, he added. ...

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Farnell stocks Advanced Energy’s Excelys low voltage power supplies

The modular and configurable power supplies are designed for integration into mission-critical systems. Among the range available for fast delivery from Farnell are the UltiMod series of UX4 and UX6 AC-DC modular power supplies. They have up to 91% efficiency and low acoustic noise. The UX4 delivers up to 600W and can be populated with up ...

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GE to put $3.5m into UK young engineer programme

General Electric (GE) has announced a five-year, $3.5 million (£2.5m) investment in the UK as part of its global Next Engineers programme, to increase the diversity of young people entering engineering. The UK programme will be based in Staffordshire, where GE operates three sites that design, develop, and service products used throughout the power and ...

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European Space Agency scales up asteroid detection facilities

The European Space Agency (ESA) has relaunched its Planetary Defence Office, which works to protect Earth from dangerous near-Earth objects, aka asteroids. As part of this, it has expanded its coordination facilities serving as the central hub for the Agency’s asteroid data and analysis efforts. These are located in Frascati, outside Rome, and will be ...

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1000 schools get Gbit broadband

1,084 schools are now connected to gigabit broadband, says the DCMS. allowing teachers to make use of video conferencing  to host joint classes and assemblies with schools anywhere in the world and use online tools that bring lessons to life such as films and learning games. It will also support teachers to spend more time planning ...

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Dual mosfets combine n-channel and p-channel for 24V motor drives, plus dual n-channels too

Rohm has co-packaged n and p-channel mosfets with ±40V or ±60V withstand voltages to provide overhead for driving motors at 24V. “In recent years, mosfets are increasingly required to ensure sufficient margin against voltage fluctuations by providing 40V and 60V withstand voltages to support 24V input required for motors used in industrial equipment and base ...

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Brick-style mains PSUs use GaN to shrink dimensions

CUI has turned to GaN transistors to shrink its 300W and 120W mains adapters. “Due to their compact size, these ac-dc supplies are ideal for a variety of portable consumer and industrial applications like sequencing, molecular testing, and livestock tracking,” according to the company. SDI300G-U 300W continuous, 183 x 83 x 35, IEC Class I safety ...

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Low-power Cortex-M23 MCUs for IoT end-points

Renesas is using Arm’s Cortex-M23 core in a microcontrollers intended for IoT end-points. Called the RA2E2 Group and part of the RA Family, they are nine small MCUs that consume little: being available in the 1.87 x 1.84mm 16pin WLCSP (wafer-level chip-scale package) and operating at 81μA/MHz, dropping to 200nA in software stand-by with fast wake. Operation ...

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