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Japan recognises its oldest commercial computer

One of the world’s first commercial computers has been registered as technology with essential historical significance by Japan’s National Museum of Nature and Science. Manufactured by Fujitsu in 1959, the FACOM128 was the first relay-type commercial computer made in Japan, and was instrumental in the development of Japan’s computer industry. The original computer featured the ...

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PCB connectors with a 2.54 mm pitch

Phoenix Contact has extended its range of PCB connectors, with a pitch of 2.54 mm. The single and double-row MCC 0,5 and DMCC 0,5 connectors are suitable for conductor cross sections from 0.14 mm² to 0.75 mm².  The 2-pos. to 16-pos. connectors are designed for currents up to 6A and voltages up to 160V.  Corresponding crimp contacts with ...

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Keysight offers its smallest solder-in scope probe

Keysight has introduced its smallest solder-in probe head for use with high-end oscilloscopes. Designated the MX0100A InfiniiMax, the micro probe head is a micro solder-in head for use with the company’s InfiniiMax I/II probe amplifiers. With the small scale of devices in mind, the lead wires can be adjusted to accommodate targets from 0 mm ...

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China makes self-drive car move with road-test standards

China has made a big move toward the introduction of autonomous vehicles with the roll-out of national standards for testing smart autonomous cars on roads. A report in the China Daily said the move is expected to facilitate the development of autonomous driving in the country, which is already the world’s largest car market and ...

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Kyocera ceramic UHF RFID tag works for aerospace

Kyocera has developed tiny ceramic UHF RFID tag that can be attached to metal tools in the aerospace industry for identification and tracking.  RFID tags will be attached to workshop tools of maintenance and repair service providers. The attached tag will withstand harsh environments which are typical for workshops, including impacts and dirt (e.g. oil, ...

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Rospedzihowski steps up at Premier Farnell

Premier Farnell has appointed Rob Rospedzihowski as vice president for sales for the EMEA region. Rospedzihowski has held the position of regional sales director with the distributor since 2015.  In this role he led the company’s sales, marketing and e-commerce operations in Eastern Europe, Nordics and key International Market territories in Russia, Turkey and Israel. Rospedzihowski re-joined ...

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Harting mounts current sensors directly onto busbars

Harting has introduced a range of current sensors which can be directly mounted on busbars.   With dimensions of 6cm in height and 14cm wide, the HCME range of current sensors measure high currents up to 5500A.  The design of the HCME sensors is based on the open-loop measurement principle. This provides a direct representation ...

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Rutronik offers Intel Core i7+ and 3D XPoint memory speed in HDD PC designs

The Intel Core i7+ and Core i5+ Boxed Solutions, available from Rutronik, combine Intel Core processors of the eighth generation with Optane Cache modules in packages for notebooks and desktop PCs.  The combination of powerful processors and Optane Cache modules accelerates systems with HDDs especially. It serves both in desktop PCs and notebooks as an alternative to the ...

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RS adds free IoT design tools download to DesignSpark

RS Components is working with a start-up company that develops ‘middleware’ software for Internet of Things (IoT) projects and applications.  The distributor’s agreement with Zerynth will mean its IoT development environment will be available via a portal on the RS DesignSpark engineering community, allowing customers to download the tools. Zerynth has developed a suite of ...

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University of Cambridge researchers say machine learning is key to self-driving car

A Cambridge-based start-up believes machine learning software is the key to autonomous vehicles and Wayve is developing machine learning algorithms for autonomous vehicles.  Wayve, which includes the chief scientist at Uber amongst its investors, believes the industry has been doing too much hand-engineering and too little machine learning.  The firm is hiring for positions in ...

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