Lexium is a cobot from Schneider Electric, intended to work alongside humans without a cage or other exclusion. Cobots – collaborative robots – need to be inherently safe around people, and as such need to be lightweight, move at moderate speed, not be too strong and have no sharp edges. “Traditional industrial robotic systems must ...
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Infineon Technologies is aiming at automotive motors with driver ICs that combines gate drivers, a 60MHz Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller, a 2Mbit/s CAN (FD) interface, a UART with LIN support, and motor current and voltage sensing. TLE988x are two-phase (H-bridge) devices TLE989x are three-phase devices “The ICs are AEC Q-100 qualified, making them ideal for automotive ...
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Renesas Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Sequans Communications, a developer and supplier of 5G and 4G IoT chips and modules. “Renesas will, following consultation of the Sequans’ works council and favourable recommendation by the Sequans Board, commence a tender offer to acquire all outstanding ordinary shares, including American depositary shares [ADS] ...
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Yamaichi Electronics has added optional CPA (connector position assurance) to its automotive Y-Lock Pullforce board-to-cable connectors for battery management and cell contacting. Found in Y-Lock Version 4, the CPA is located on the stiffener side and latches with the connector when actuated. “The FFC-FPC can only be released after the CPA has been unlocked,” according ...
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Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry, raised its target amount of $2.96 billion on the Shanghai exchange this morning. The company sold 24% of its issued share capital half of which went to 30 strategic investors. The company had its IPO in Hong Kong in 2014 when it raised $332 million. The foundry is seen as ...
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Artemis II, the second launch in NASA’s programme to establish a sustainable human presence on the moon by 2028, will carry three robots to the moon next year. They will deploy cameras and ground-penetrating radar to create a 3D map of the lunar surface The rovers are part of NASA’s (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic ...
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Q2 semiconductor sales were up 4.7% q-o-q at $124.5 billion but down 17.3% y-o-y. June sales of $41.5 billion were 1.7% up on July. “Although global semiconductor sales in 2023 remain behind the totals from last year, revenue ticked up in June for the fourth consecutive month and notched solid quarter-over-quarter increases, providing optimism the ...
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The UK Electronics Skills Foundation (UKESF) is celebrating the successful completion of its Girls into Electronics programme for 2023, which was done in collaboration with Apple. It launched the initiative to help inspire female students, aged 15-17, to consider a career in the electronics, and to address a gender imbalance in the industry.” The success ...
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The Y-Lock Pullforce connector system from Yamaichi Electronics is especially suited for battery management or cell contacting systems in the automotive industry and will now be extended by version V4 with Connector Position Assurance and integrated contact protection for the FFC/FPC. The Pullforce System (Non-ZIF) of the Y-Lock features the intelligent One-Push locking mechanism, which ...
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