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Flex Power Designer version 3.2 adds numeric conversion calculator

Flex Power Modules has added features to its Designer software, improving its ease-of-use for digital power system design and broadening the products it supports. The 3.2 version adds a numeric conversion calculator, enabling designers to calculate linear/Vout and linear/direct formatted values seen from monitoring data. The software also includes a display address resistor suggestion feature, ...

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Torq Sense transducers used in agricultural applications

Torq Sense transducers from Sensor Technology have been used by Gloucestershire-based animal shearing and clipping equipment supplier, Lister Shearing. The sensors, based on surface acoustic wave (saw) technology, are being used by the company as an aid to evaluating the performance of miniature electric motors. “An issue commonly encountered with powered hand tools, which form ...

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Casambi extends technology partnership with Osram

Casambi and Osram have signed an agreement that will see Osram leverage  embedded Bluetooth module and software technology. The move will act as a base to develop further Casambi-ready hardware as well as lighting control software solutions for the professional lighting market. Casambi’s embedded Bluetooth module is designed for integration with LED drivers, lighting control ...

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Anglia signs M2M wireless module supplier Simcom

Anglia has signed a UK and Ireland distribution agreement with Simcom Wireless Solutions, a supplier of machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless modules. It has a range of modules covering 2G, 2G+GNSS Combo, 3G and 4G in standard form factors with sizes down to 17.6×15.7mm, designed to provide customers a migration path as they require more functionality or ...

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Sky Mobile launches 5G network in 20 UK cities including London

Sky Mobile has joined Vodaphone, EE, O2, BT and Three in launching a 5G network. It will initially be available in 20 cities and towns across the UK, including London, Edinburgh and Belfast, while the company plans to roll out availability to 50 UK destinations by summer 2020. In addition to the aforementioned cities, the ...

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BIEA launches youth STEM competition to tackle plastic pollution

The British International Education Association (BIEA) launched its third annual youth STEM competition at a conference at the Royal Institution on the 15 January. This year’s competition is titled “STEM (Stop) the tide of plastic pollution”. EW reporter Alex McCarthy attended the conference to find out how the organisation plans to encourage more young people ...

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Competition: Win a Samsung T7 Portable Touch external SSD

We’re running a short survey in collaboration with Samsung about innovation in the electronics industry. Answer the questions and enter your details to be placed in a draw to win an external SSD! The T7 Touch is a pocket-sized, external solid state drive that weighs 58 grams and boasts AES 256-bit encryption, giving you the ...

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Bus switches from Diodes rereleased in smaller packaging

Diodes has announced its family of quad- and dual-channel 4:1 and 2:1 bus switches are now available in a 3x3x0.65mm package. The package is designed to enable increased PCB density and reduce product dimensions when developing PC notebooks and tablets as well as networking and telecommunications equipment. Discrete logic devices, such as bus multiplexers and ...

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Anritsu and DSpace collaborate on virtual test drives to showcase 5G

Anritsu and DSpace (stylised dSPACE) will jointly demonstrate a 5G network emulator integrated in a hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) system for the development of applications for automotive connectivity. The Anritsu booth at the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2020 will showcase virtual test drives, testing vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) applications for traffic optimization and sensor sharing. The test drives will ...

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Cadence expands collaboration with Broadcom for 5nm and 7nm designs

Building upon previous 7nm designs, Cadence and Broadcom are expanding their collaboration to include 5nm designs using digital implementation solutions. The collaboration is aimed at the development of semiconductor products for networking, broadband, enterprise storage, wireless and industrial applications. “As a global infrastructure technology leader, we’re committed to delivering innovative products that enable our customers ...

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