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Dengrove adds “smallest 3W AC-DC” modules

Claimed to be the smallest 3W AC-DC power modules available to date, the RAC3 series by Recom is now available from Dengrove Electronic Components. The modules measure 28.5mm x 23.5mm x 17.9mm and deliver full load power from  -40°C to 60°C, and 2 Watts up to 80°C.  The modules also meet the latest European ErP ...

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Graphene Flagship announces 11 Spearhead Projects

At a press conference in Brussels, the Graphene Flagship announced projects in partnership with industry and a funding of €92m for the commercialisation of graphene-enabled products. Following the success of the first graphene-enabled solar farm last year, the research project will invest €45 million in projects with industry partners, such as Airbus, Lufthansa Technik, Siemens ...

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RS Components wants engineers to show they care and share

The distributor wants to grow its DesignSpark community and has introduced a quarterly prize draw as part of a referral scheme. The scheme encourages members to introduce friends and colleagues to the engineering platform, which offers access to resources such as free MCAD and ECAD design software, CAD neutral libraries as well as the 850,000+ ...

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Semiconductor revenue declines but UK bucks the trend

European semiconductor distribution revenues fell by 8.9% in Q3 2019, reports DMASS, a non-profit organisation which monitors the European semiconductor distribution industry. Yet the UK is bucking the trend with – albeit it modest – growth of 1.6% in the same period. The largest market, Germany’s semiconductor distribution revenue dropped 12.9% to €618m, Italy’s fell ...

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Mouser supports automotive design with TI’s mmWave sensor

Built using Texas Instruments low power, 45nm RFCMOS process, the AWR1843 is the latest wideband mmWave sensor available from Mouser Electronics.  It is AEC-Q100-qualified for automotive design, where its small form factor is suitable for radar systems in vehicles.  According to the distributor, the RFCMOS process enables a monolithic implementation of a system with three ...

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Optical sensors expand Festo range

Factory automation products in the Festo range from RS Components now include the SOOD and SOOE photoelectric sensors. The distributor has also added VUVS pneumatic solenoid valves. The Festo SOOD and SOOE laser and LED opto-electronic sensor product lines include diffuse sensors with background suppression, through-beam sensors, retro-reflective sensors, retro-reflective sensors for transparent objects, and ...

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Mouser adds Bluetooth royalty-free software development kit

A company that claims to be the fastest growing provider of Bluetooth wireless connectivity, Searan, has signed a global distribution deal with Mouser Electronics to supply its royalty-free software development kits (SDKs) for developers of consumer, medical and industrial applications. The SDKs support devices from semiconductor manufacturers, including STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments, Microchip Technology, Marvell Semiconductor ...

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Foremost adds rugged switches from Elma

Electromechanical component distributor, Foremost Electronics, has added switching products from Elma Electronics to its linecard. These include the X4 and  MR50 rotary switches. The former is a designed for the toughest requirements, says the company, and has an optional pushbutton function. The switch incorporates a magnetic, Hall effect (contactless) sensing system for rugged, reliable, long ...

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Power boost to Components Bureau’s lineup

An agreement between Components Bureau and Artesyn covers the UK and Ireland, adding the latter’s high power modular and programmable power supplies to the distributor’s range, which includes AC/DC power supplies and DC/DC converters from a selection of manufacturers. Artesyn’s power offering ranges from products of 3W to hundreds of kW, for use in a ...

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Supercomputer adds boost to understanding language for AI at the edge

A credit card-sized supercomputer from Nvidia, the Jetson Xavier NX targets robotic and embedded computing devices at the edge. It has the performance of the company’s Xavier in the size of the Nano (70mm x 45mm), explained Rob Csongor, vice president of autonomous machines at Nvidia. “Understanding language is more complex than recognising images,” he ...

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