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BCL offers enclosure customisation with no MOQ or set up fee

A specialist customisation service for ABS enclosures with no minimum order quantities or set up fee is offered by BCL Enclosures, the 47 year-old Harrogate, UK-based specialist manufacturer of standard and custom plastic enclosures. The company prides itself on the breadth of its standard product range, which it is then able to customise to suit ...

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Raspberry Pi powers Pixxl Cube

A clever Hungarian adaptation of  that great Hungarian invention, Rubik’s Cube, uses Raspberry Pi to power a six-sided display. The creators call it the Pixxl Cube. Each 32×32 pixel surface is capable of creating anything from words to scenes. It could be used as an advertising display orbas a party prop. Budapest startup Pirategames programmed ...

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Western Digital extends RISC-V involvement

Western Digital is extending its involvement in RISC-V with two initiatives. First is a partnership with PlatformIO Labs to engage in RISC-V development tools. The second is adding enhancements to its open-sourced RISC-V SweRV Core and cache-coherent fabric, OmniXtend. Together, the moves  further the company’s support of  RISC-V and boost its development of compute architectures ...

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TI adds comms to MCUs

TI has added communications capabilities to its C2000 MCUs. C2000 F2838x 32-bit MCUs enable designers to use a single chip to implement connectivity, including EtherCAT, Ethernet and Controller Area Network with Flexible Data Rate (CAN FD), in AC servo drives and other industrial systems. Systems with communication interfaces often require an external application-specific integrated circuit ...

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Apple prepares to turn its back on China

According to the Nikkei, Apple has asked its supply chain to cost a move of 15-30% of its China production to other Asian countries. Apple has declined to comment. Although the immediate catalyst for the move is the trade war, the Nikkei reports several people saying Apple has been worried about its over-reliance in China ...

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Farnell celebrates Women in Engineering at Leeds office tomorrow

Tomorrow, Thursday June 20th, Farnell is celebrating  International Women in Engineering Day by hosting a ‘Women in Engineering’ event at its offices in Leeds, on Thursday 20 June. The event is free to attend, from 11.15am – 2pm, including a networking lunch – attendees must register in advance. Students and professionals from the engineering industry ...

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Imec advances batteries; seeks partners

Imec has developed a solid-state Li-metal battery cell with an energy density of 400 Wh/liter at a charging speed of 0.5C (2 hours). Imec has started to upscale the materials and processes in a pilot line for fabrication of solid-state pouch cells at the EnergyVille Campus in Genk (Belgium) and is set-up in collaboration with the ...

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Infineon and Zwipe in biotech collaboration

Infineon and biotech specialist Zwipe  have extended their partnership through a long-term non-exclusive agreement. The agreement outlines technical and commercial collaboration between the two companies. The two parties will co-define and develop SoCs  and card systems for the mass deployment of biometric smart devices, including payment cards and wearables. The cooperation is concentrating on so ...

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