Power grid sub-stations get their own secure gateway

Need to integrate existing Modbus, IEC 60870-5-101/104, or DNP3 TCP serial devices into an IEC 61850 MMS network? Maybe for a power grid sub-station? Then Moxa’s MGate 5119 secured gateway might be just what the doctor ordered, and it can be used as a master on all the former networks, to collect data and exchange it with an ...

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More letters to the DNA alphabet mean more data storage

Researchers in Illinois have added seven new molecules to the four usually found in DNA, expanding the palette for potential data storage applications. DNA contains four nucleotides: adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine (aka A, G, C and T), which arrange into the famed double helix. The patterns they form store the code for making living ...

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UK and Japan strengthen O-RAN co-operation

This morning, the UK and Japan agreed to strengthen their cooperation on efforts to diversify the technology used in telecoms networks to support the move towards O-RAN. The UK Minister for Digital Infrastructure Julia Lopez and Japan’s Vice-Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Yuji Sasaki met in London. They agreed several joint ...

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Renesas picks Bangalore for automotive design centre

Renesas has teamed up with Tata Elxsi to build design centre for automotive products in Bangalore called ‘Nevic’ for Next Generation EV Innovation Center. They will “bring together their domain expertise intellectual property and assets to Nevic and create reference designs and solution accelerators for electric vehicle sub-systems like battery management and motor control units,” ...

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Schurter gets another collaborative robot for production

Schurter has installed more collaborative robots (cobots) in its German and Netherlands factories. They are used to support humans on assembly lines, for example. “Above all, the use of cobots reduces the workload for employees through automated and precise process steps such as loading, fixing, assembling lamination, dispensing and quality inspection, and frees up space ...

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Ford restructures to catch up in EV

Earlier this week, Ford announced it is splitting the company in two separating its ICE business from its EV division. The ICE division, called Ford Blue, will be run in a  cost-effective manner in order to provide profitability and cashflow for the entire company. The EV division, called Model e, is designed to bring “the ...

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Lockheed Martin invests in Satellite Vu for US focus

Satellite Vu has closed the second round of its Series A funding, bringing total investment to £20 million. New participants included Lockheed Martin, Contrarian Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The company said the investment would help “building and expanding our relationship with partners overseas, particularly the US.” “We are thrilled to have raised further funding to propel ...

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Atomera launches MSTcad v 2.0

Atomera has availability of version 2.0 of its MSTcad (Mears Silicon Technology Transistor Computer-Aided Design) technology, a toolset that provides  analyses of how Mears Silicon Technology improves semiconductor processes. MSTcad version 2.0 introduces the following new capabilities: Widely expanded, silicon-verified modeling of interaction of MST with multiple dopant species and point defects (silicon self-interstitials and ...

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Amphenol adds to SMA connector series

Amphenol RF has added to its SMA connector series with additional reverse polarity (RP) configurations. These RP-SMA jacks are compact and lightweight connectors for use with ultraminiature micro-coax cable types. RP-SMA front-mount bulkhead and crimp jacks are suitable for vibration resistance applications that require a less bulky, flexible solution such as Wi-Fi devices. These RP-SMA ...

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