Chip shortage may have peaked

According to Susquehanna, IC lead-times posted their smallest gain in  nine months in October. Overall times increased by one day in October to 21.9 weeks. However, while the lead times for PMIC and opto decreased, the lead time for MCUs increased by six weeks say the analysts. There’s reported to be a difference between suppliers. ...

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O-S-D sales to grow 18%

Worldwide sales of optoelectronics, sensors/actuators, and discretes (O-S-D) are expected to grow 18% in 2021 to $104.3 billion from $88.3 billion in 2020, when this semiconductor market group increased by less than 3%, says IC Insights’ October Update to The McClean Report. Total O-S-D sales are forecast to rise 11% in 2022 to $115.5 billion ...

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Digi-Key’s Scheme-it plots new schematic features

Digi-Key Electronics has added new features in its Scheme-it tool, a free online schematics and diagramming systems for engineers, teachers and students. They’re intended to help further simplify the designing, and sharing, of electronic circuit diagrams and schematics. Symbols and markup You can now use Ultra Librarian’s symbols, create your own customised versions and use ...

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Automotive fan motor chip drives quietly for electric vehicles

For an automotive three-phase fan motor driver, Allegro has picked a control algorithm for quiet running in electric vehicles. Called A89307, it uses field-oriented control to drive continuous sinusoidal current to the load. “By design, electric and hybrid vehicles are quieter than traditional models with internal combustion engines, especially when they’re stopped, and drivers are becoming ...

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Amphenol M8x1 connectors for industrial Ethernet

Amphenol’s Conec range of M8x1 D-coded circular connectors are optimised for industrial automation applications. “These connectors present engineers with all the attributes necessary to meet the ISO11801 Class D standard for up to 100Mbit/s fast Ethernet signal transmissions,” according to RS Components, which is stocking the parts. They have 0.8mm diameter contact pins rated at up to ...

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30W dual output PCB-mount dc-dc converters

Flex Power Modules has added 30W dual output variants with 4:1 inputs to its PKE range of through-hole encapsulated board-mounted dc-dc converters. PKE532x series has an 18-75Vdc (100V peak) input range suitable for 24, 28 or 48 V nominals PKE332x series input range is 9-36Vdc (50V peak) Both parts are available with either ±12V or ...

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Reed relays for high-voltage low-level switching

Pickering has introduced low-level switching variants of two of its siries of high-voltage reed relays. Modifications of the 119 and 131 series, both Series 119L and 131L relay ranges have been specifically developed for mixed-signal applications where low and stable contact resistance is important for the end user’s application. They have a slightly lower stand-off voltage than standard (up ...

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Sneak peek into SiFive’s most powerful Risc-V yet

SiFive has briefly pulled back the curtains on its most powerful Risc-V processor yet. So far only called ‘Next Generation Core’ or Next-Gen, its official name, final design specs and availability will be unveiled early in December at the Risc-V Summit. The headline figure is that it will improve on the P550’s performance, currently SiFive’s most powerful ...

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SEMI August billings up 1.7% y-o-y

The SEMI August billings figure of $3.72 billion is 1.7% higher than August 2021 billings of $3.66 billion and 35.5% higher than September 2020 billings of $2.74 billion. ”Monthly billings of North America-based semiconductor equipment manufacturers edged up in September to near the record high set in July,” says SEMI CEO Ajit Manocha,  “the ongoing ...

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