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Siemens offers selected engineering students £3000-a-year

Siemens has launched a new undergraduate sponsorship programme designed to “discover, inspire and nurture” the next generation of engineering students. The Digital Academy will pay selected students £3,000-a-year from the second year of university and offers up to 12-weeks paid summer placement throughout the duration of their studies within a Siemens business. Digital Academy is ...

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Lack of engineering uptake linked to lack of knowledge, research indicates

Research from EngineeringUK has revealed some 76% of 11-19 year-olds lack knowledge of what a career in engineering actually entails. The Royal Academy of Engineering warns of “far-reaching implications”. 52% of the same group, when surveyed, suggested they would “probably or definitely” not want to become an engineer. This trend is thought to contribute to ...

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Rohm’s automotive-grade backlight LED driver optimized for LCD panels

Rohm has announced the BD81A76EFV-M, an LED driver IC optimized for LCD backlight in instrument cluster, center information displays and car navigation. The IC provides 6 channels of output (with 120mA per channel) that can support LCD panels of up to 10-12” class.  Buck-boost control ensures compatibility with both small and large LCDs using a ...

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RS Components introduces power supply series for industrial from TDK

RS Components has announced availability of the RWS-B power supply series, an AC-DC embedded switch-mode range from TDK-Lambda. The series comprises 10 models, each with an isolated 5V 1A standby voltage option. This feature makes the series suitable for markets such as industrial, communications, test and measurement, LED signage equipment, and alternative-energy applications. The additional isolated ...

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Recom surface-mount isolated DC/DC converters available at Dengrove

Dengrove Electronic Components is now stocking Recom R2SX 2W isolated DC/DC converters, which measure 15.24×10.7×8.0mm and are designed for bus isolation and general industrial power applications. The open-frame surface-mount modules are available with standard isolation rating of 1kV/second or in a high-voltage 3kV/second version. Customers can choose a nominal input voltage of 5V with unregulated ...

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Cosel’s configurable power supplies designed for medical applications

Cosel has announced the AME series, a set of configurable power supplies for medical applications. The series comprises four models, AME400F, AME600F, AME800F and the AME1200F, covering applications from 400W to 1200W. Each version can host independent output modules which can then be combined and mixed for different configurations depending on the intended application. The ...

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Qspeed Diodes from Power Integrations designed for audio amplifiers

Power Integrations has announced its 200V Qspeed diodes – LQ10N200CQ and LQ20N200CQ – are now available with AEC-Q101 automotive qualification. The silicon diodes use merged-PIN technology to balance soft switching and low reverse recovery charge. This is said to ensure low EMI and reduced output noise, important factors for in-vehicle audio systems. The 200V diodes’ ...

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Riedon reveals new temperature sensing and control solutions

Riedon has introduced three product lines designed to simplify thermal sensing and monitoring, including miniature self-controlled heaters and resistance temperature detectors (RTDs). The PTC series of miniature heaters are positive-temperature-coefficient devices that the company says stabilize quickly at 100°C-125°C depending on voltage and power rating. The PTC’s 9mm-high aluminum housing has a flat surface and ...

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Vicor power architecture used for Phasor ESA systems

Phasor, developer of enterprise-grade electronically-steered antenna (ESA) systems for satellite-based mobile broadband applications, has worked with Vicor to develop power architecture for its system, which the company says provides connectivity speeds and bandwidth previously unachievable while on the move. While the technology is designed to provide reliable satellite connectivity in aeronautical, maritime, land mobile and ...

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CUI expands capacitive incremental encoder line for larger shaft sizes

CUI’s motion group has announced an additional series in its AMT incremental encoder family to support larger motor shaft sizes from 9-15.875mm. The AMT13 series, based on CUI’s proprietary capacitive ASIC technology, brings the same levels of durability, accuracy, and immunity to environmental particulates as current AMT encoder models. Designed for robotics, industrial, and automation ...

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