French connector maker Nicomatic has launched a series of 1.00mm pitch connectors for space-constrained applications in harsh environments such as aerospace and industrial equipment. AMM series connectors are available with five standard layouts, with 6, 10, 20, 34 or 50 contacts distributed over two rows. “The connectors have ingenious features such as the integrated guidance ...
This story continues at 1mm pitch high-rel connector
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Inter-metallic bonding could remove unwanted carrier barriers from multi-junction solar cells assembled by stacking finished single-junction cells, according to North Carolina State University. “We want to create high efficiency solar cells at a reasonable cost,” said engineering professor Salah Bedair. “Silicon-based thin solar cells are very popular because the material has around 20% efficiency and the ...
This story continues at Inter-metallic bonding stacks GaAs and Si solar cells
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Rohm has announced a seismic detection module for applications requiring earthquake detection, such as automatic doors, unmanned transport vehicles and smart meters. Called BP3901, it is 11.8 x 8.6 x 2.5mm and integrates an earthquake detection algorithm, and a false detection prevention function that is “capable of accurately distinguishing between vibration due to earthquakes or ...
This story continues at Tiny earthquake detector warns equipment to self-protect
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Maxim has introduced a bi-directional current sense amplifier with pulse-width modulation (PWM) edge rejection. Called MAX40056 it is intended to reduce vibration in motor drives. The claim is that it can reject PWM slew rates of >500V/µs and settles within 500ns to provide a 0.3% accurate (of full-scale) measurement of winding current “allowing motor control ...
This story continues at Current sensor rejects PWM for motor control
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Farnham-based Delta Controls is to buy Emerson’s Slough-manufactured Mobrey line of measurement products. To be completed by the end of September, including the transfer of employees, inventory, intellectual property and product approvals, the deal is a two-step process, with Emerson already designating Delta Controls as the exclusive global distributor for Mobrey products. “The enlarged Delta ...
This story continues at Delta Controls to acquire Slough business of Emerson
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Bourns has announced a sulphur-resistant AEC-Q200 compliant thick film resistor family. Model CRxxxxA-AS chip resistor series is offered in eight different footprints from 0201 (0603 metric) to 2512 (6432 metric) with rated power from 50mW to 1W, and a resistance range from 1Ω to 20MΩ. “Bourns designed these resistors to operate in certain harsh environments ...
This story continues at Sulphur-resistant thick film resistors for automotive
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Raspberry Pi 4 has been revealed, as a far more powerful machine than even the Pi 3 Model B+. Three times the processing power and four times the multimedia performance are claimed. It has quad 1.5GHz Arm Cortex-A72 cores, Gbit Ethernet, 4Kp60 HEVC video decode and dual HDMI outputs to run twin 4K monitors – ...
This story continues at Raspberry Pi 4: far faster, better multimedia, and Gbit Ethernet
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Electrocardiograph and seismocardiograph readings can be taken simultaneously by an e-tattoo, according to the University of Texas at Austin – seismocardiography (SCG) is a measure of chest vibrations associated with heartbeats. “We can get much greater insight into heart health by the synchronous collection of data from both sources,” said Austin engineer Nanshu Lu. The active ...
This story continues at Stretchy heart monitor tattoo measures electrical and mechanical body signals
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Researchers at the University of Lancaster have created a non-volatile memory that might eventually store data for 1% of the energy required by DRAM and 0.1% that of flash – both modelled at 20nm. “Our device has an intrinsic data storage time that is predicted to exceed the age of the Universe, yet it can ...
This story continues at Compound semi transistor stores data with less energy than DRAM or flash
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
Coilcraft’s surface-mount common-mode chokes include 16 sizes for power line circuits up to 10A, suppressing noise up to 100MHz with >40dB attenuation in some cases. Consumer electronics and industrial applications are foreseen. “All EMI chokes feature a low-profile, toroidal construction in a surface-mount, magnetically-shielded package with footprints as small as 13 x 13 mm,” said ...
This story continues at SMD toroidal common-mode chokes work up to 10A
Or just read more coverage at Electronics Weekly
