Gold and platinum particle-free inks for conductor deposition

Electroninks has added gold and platinum particle-free conductive inks to its silver and copper inks. Chemically-resistant, the printed metal structures can be used as conductive tracks and contacts in high-temperature electronics in consumer and medical devices, sensors and semiconductors, according to the company. It claims 6μΩ.cm for the gold version and 40 – 120Ω/square for ...

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Phabrix celebrates making its 8,000th broadcast tester

Berkshire-based Phabrix is manufacturing its 8,000th Sx handheld 3G-SDI tester. Established in 2005 by engineer Phillip Adams, the company was set-up to create an instrument to test and monitor the then new 3G-SDI signals. The SxA prototype was unveiled at IBC2007, with production starting the following year. 13 years later, the company is still making ...

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PC units down 5% in Q4 but up 10% on the year.

Q4 PC unit shipments were down 5% y-o-y at 88.4 million units, says Gartner while, for the year, PC unit shipments reached 339.8 million units – a 9.9% increase on 2020. “The fourth quarter’s decline only slightly tempered the PC market’s growth in 2021, which saw the highest shipment volume since 2013,” says Gartner’s Mitako Kitagawa, ...

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Semtech and Lacuna Space add IoT-to-Satellite connectivity to LoRaWAN

Semtech and Lacuna Space aim to extend the  coverage of LoRaWAN by adding IoT-to-Satellite connectivity. “We have trials and demonstrations underway in many countries and regions that were previously thought to be inaccessible to IoT,” says Lacuna Space CEI Rob Spurrett, “with this collaboration, we expect to begin commercial services within the first half of 2022.” The collaboration ...

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NASA picks new NASA chief scientist and senior climate advisor

Dr. Katherine Calvin has been appointed NASA chief scientist and senior climate advisor, having worked at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI). In her role as chief scientist, Calvin will advise on the agency’s science programmes and science-related strategic planning and investments. As senior climate advisor, NASA explains she will ...

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TT Electronics debuts HPDC chip resistors

  TT Electronics has  announced the debut of its HPDC series of high power density chip resistors. This specialist design is optimised for power management, actuator drive, and heating applications which benefit from the enhanced heat transfer from element to terminal. The use of such high power density components saves PCB area and boosts reliability by restricting the ...

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