OEM’s are asking for alternatives to touch screens for public use, according to distributor Anglia, which is seeing the change through its custom display service. “This is an issue where medical instrument designers are taking a lead but it will permeate through to the design of all user interfaces in the workplace as well as ...
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Researches in Japan have discovered a mechanism by which THz radiation can cause biological changes several millimetres inside humans. This kind of electromagnetic radiation, at frequencies between microwaves and x-rays, is being considered as a less-invasive alternative to x-rays for medical and security scanning, and perhaps medical therapies for skin. THz radiation, which is technically difficult ...
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Toshiba is addressing incompatible automotive display interfaces with a pair of bridge ICs. “The number of display panels incorporated into modern vehicles has increased significantly, with infotainment systems often including several different display interface types,” according to the company. “Consequently, some current systems cannot support emerging protocols such as DSI {display serial interface] and eDP ...
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Winbond has added sequential read to QSPI NAND flash memories, startign with its W25NxxxJW. “In sequential read mode, the products achieve the same 52Mbyte/s maximum data rate at 104MHz as in continuous read mode, but with new flexibility to configure the chip’s operation,” according to the company. Key options are now: Error correction: While in continuous ...
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Puls Power has introduced a 500W industrial point-of-load ac-dc power supply that is environmentally protected in its own right, allowing installation without an additional cabinet. The target is industrial power decentralisation, where multiple small ac-dc PSUs are placed around an installation next to their loads, rather that having one large ac-dc PSU and a local ...
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has allocated its 6GHz spectrum to un-licensed use, opening 5.925 – 7.125GHz for uses such as Wi-Fi in the US. Unlicenced users will share it with licensed utility, public safety and wireless back-haul microwave services, and to protect these there are rules including only allowing low-power indoor operations over the ...
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Sandvik makes commercial heating elements from an iron-chromium-aluminium alloy called Kanthal AF, which works up to 1300°C and is intended for use in thing like toasters, hair dryers, heaters and ceramic hobs. To demonstrate this metal wound into porcupine form – elements usually used in hot air guns, radiators and tumble dryers – the company ...
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Vishay has improved temperature drift in its TNPU e3 series of precision resistors, and now has ±2 ppm/K ±0.02% devices in 0603, 0805, and 1206 surface-mount sizes. “This combination makes the AEC Q200 qualified resistors perfectly suited for applications such as operational amplifier circuits and sensors for test and measurement, automotive, industrial, medical, and telecommunications equipment,” according ...
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Analog devices is aiming at industrial control with a four-channel I-O integrated circuit. Control is though a four-wire digital interface to a host controller that clocks at up to 24MHz and is compatible with SPI, QSPI, Microwire and other protocols. Each of the four channels on the other side of the chip can be software-configures as: ...
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The British Standards Institution has published initial safe working guidelines to help businesses manage a safe return to work and re-occupation of their facilities. To allow for continual improvement, the guidelines will be updated as the business community learns more about safe working and government requirements evolve. “Version 1 of the guidelines is available for immediate ...
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