The European Space Agency (ESA) is highlighting that astronauts on board the International Space Station (ISS) are connecting straight to Europe at light speed, via the European Data Relay System dubbed ColKa. An upgrade to the comms system is now delivering broadband internet at speeds equivalent to those on Earth, says ESA. The satellite in ...
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SEMI FlexTech has announced more than $5 million in funding for five new R&D projects aimed at flexible hybrid electronics (FHE) innovations for sensors, medical devices, automotive electronics and other consumer and industrial microelectronics products. “The new projects push the limits of technology in ways that are not funded by private sector alone, illustrating the ...
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P-Duke has introduced medical grade PSUs that deliver 150W convection cooled, 180W fan cooled, and boost to 220W for 5s. The MAD180 series has 2xMOPP insulation and leakage current <100µA. “Being certified with EIC/EN/ANSI 60601-1 makes this supply suitable for any safety demanding type BF medical application,” said Luso, with is representing P-Duke in the UK. ...
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The European Space Agency has qualified the RTEMS open-source real-time operating system for safety-critical multi-processing in satellites. Railway, medical and automotive sectors could benefit. “ESA certified RTEMS in the symmetric multiprocessing configuration for Criticality Category C and D,” said German RTEMS support company Embedded Brains. “This means that safety-critical functions can now also be executed ...
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The European Space Agency has qualified the RTEMS open-source real-time operating system for safety-critical multi-processing in satellites. Railway, medical and automotive sectors could benefit. “ESA certified RTEMS in the symmetric multiprocessing configuration for Criticality Category C and D,” said German RTEMS support company Embedded Brains. “This means that safety-critical functions can now also be executed ...
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Oriental Motor of Japan has created brush-less dc motors for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots. BLV-R motors, which are the R type of the BLV series, come in 100W (1/8hp) and 200W (1/4hp) types. A “100W motor with a 30:1 gearbox measures 108.4mm in length and weighs 2.4kg”, according to the company. ...
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Oriental Motor of Japan has created brush-less dc motors for automated guided vehicles (AGVs) and autonomous mobile robots. BLV-R motors, which are the R type of the BLV series, come in 100W (1/8hp) and 200W (1/4hp) types. A “100W motor with a 30:1 gearbox measures 108.4mm in length and weighs 2.4kg”, according to the company. ...
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Cambridge fabless chip company Flusso has received “almost £46,000” from Growth Works, the development programme launched last year by the Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Combined Authority and Business Board – backed with UK government and EU funding. The award is made up of a capital expenditure grant, allowing the company to purchase additional test equipment for ...
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Korean transistor maker Magnachip has announced today 11 600V super-junction mosfets Describing them as ‘2.5th generation’, they are claimed to have lower switching loss and better power efficiency than its previous devices. Rds(on) varies between 190 and 580mΩ and packages include DPAK TO-220F and TO-220SF (see photo). A gate-source Zener diode is embedded to protect against ...
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SkyWater Technology, the Minnesota mil spec foundry, and Applied Novel Devices (AND) gave come up with a transistor technology that offers significant benefits for fast switching power conversion applications. Their power MOSFETs offer 2x lower output charge, near-zero reverse-recovery and ultra-low Qoss enabled by AND’s proprietary channel engineering technology. In addition, these power MOSFETs offer ...
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