Green laser diode for human-visible dot projection

Osram has introduced a green laser diode as a replacement for red lasers in human-visible applications such as levelling, scanning and dot projection. Called PLT5 522EA_Q it “enables manufacturers to benefit from the 4x brighter appearance of a green laser compared to red”, according to the company. “The laser has been tested for lifetime at ...

This story continues at Green laser diode for human-visible dot projection

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Coin-like Bluetooth beacon includes accelerometer and user reconfiguration

EM Microelectronics has introduced a low-power Bluetooth V5.0 low energy proximity beacon and accelerometer little bigger than the CR2032 coin cell that powers it. Called EMBC22, it “is compatible with beacon formats including iBeacon, Eddystone, AltBeacon and proprietary systems such as Quuppa Intelligent Locating System,” according to distributor Omni Pro Electronics, which is stocking the part. ...

This story continues at Coin-like Bluetooth beacon includes accelerometer and user reconfiguration

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Sponsored Content: Integrated power system manages battery, load and back-up

The CBI series of DC-UPS helps power system designers meet tight power budgets by intelligently managing the available power between the load and the battery, explains John Stone, Sales Director, Relec Electronics. Adel Systems has developed an integrated power solution, with diagnosis, back-up internal power sharing and the MODbus communication protocol. Today’s smart cities require a ...

This story continues at Sponsored Content: Integrated power system manages battery, load and back-up

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

JAC buys Tsinghua Unigrouo

JAC Capital, a state-backed Chinese fund for investing in the semiconductor industry, has completed its takeover of Tsinghua Unigroup which owns Yangtze Memory. JAC should have completed the deal on March 31st but missed the payment of the final tranche of $9.4 billion needed to complete the purchase. JAC won an auction for Unigroup, besting ...

This story continues at JAC buys Tsinghua Unigrouo

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

SPARK Microsystems gets CDN$7.1m funding

SPARK Microsystems, the Montreal UWB specialist, has received CDN$7.1 million (US$5.6 million) in funding from Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC). Proceeds will be used to drive the development and commercialization of SPARK’s low power, low latency, high data rate wireless UWB transceivers for mobile applications across IoT sensing, gaming, audio, AR/VR/XR and metaverse-enabling technologies. SPARK claims that ...

This story continues at SPARK Microsystems gets CDN$7.1m funding

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab approved

The government has decided not to intervene in the takeover of Newport Wafer Fab by quietly approved the controversial sale of a Welsh microchip factory to a Chinese-owned firm. Nexperia, the Amsterdam-headquartered spin-off from NXP owned by Wingtech of Shanghai, took a 15% share in Newport Wafer Fab in 2019. Nexperia was a customer of ...

This story continues at Chinese takeover of Newport Wafer Fab approved

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Toppan forms photomask jv and eyes an IPO

Toppan has spun off its photo mask operation into a jv with private equity company Integral Corporation. Against a backdrop of a global shortage of semiconductors, manufacturers are moving to bolster production capacity, which is in turn driving unprecedented demand for photomasks, essential components for semiconductor fabrication. Toppan entered the the photomask business in 1961 ...

This story continues at Toppan forms photomask jv and eyes an IPO

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Digi-Key premieres Season 2 of City Digital video series

Digi-Key Electronics is releasing Season 2 of its City Digital video series, diving deeper into smart cities, and specifically the ways technology is transforming our homes. Each of the three videos – which are also sponsored by u-blox, Littelfuse and Taoglas – aim to feature the latest, most innovative smart home technologies, ranging from appliances to security ...

This story continues at Digi-Key premieres Season 2 of City Digital video series

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Micro:bit rides through brown-outs to teach energy harvesting

To teach children about programming processors that are powered by energy harvesting, Northwestern University engineers have made the Micro:bit educational computer power-aware and self-backup-ing. Three things are required: a modified version of Microsoft’s drag-and-drop MakeCode programming environment, an energy harvester such as a solar panel, and an SPI FRAM chip – the team is using Adafruit’s ‘SPI non-volatile ...

This story continues at Micro:bit rides through brown-outs to teach energy harvesting

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly

Single crystal graphene grown on sapphire

Researchers in Saudi Arabia have grown wafer-scale single crystal graphene on insulating substrates. “If graphene can be grown on an insulating substrate with a clean interface, certain devices might function better,” said project scientist Bo Tian of KAUST – the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. “This also opens the door to new types ...

This story continues at Single crystal graphene grown on sapphire

Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly