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‘Industry’s fastest 18bit ADC’

TI is claiming “Industry’s fastest 18bit ADC for its 65Msample/s ADC3683. The dual channel device has a 900MHz bandwidth and will accept signal sup to 3.2Vp-p. Signal to noise ratio is 84.2dB* and noise spectral density -160dBfs/Hz Effective number of bits (ENOB) and spurious-free dynamic range (SFDR) are 13.7 and 89dB respectively. All for a typical ...

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Starter set for AI-accelerated embedded vision

Congatec has created a starter set for AI-accelerated embedded vision. Based on a SMARC computer-on-module with an i.MX 8M Plus processor, it allows users to get acquainted with NXP’s neural processing unit (NPU). Delivering up to 2.3Top/s for deep learning based artificial intelligence, it can run inference engines and libraries such as Arm Neural Network and TensorFlow Lite, ...

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Industrial-grade server-class computer-on-module

Kontron has put an AMD EPYC Embedded 3000 processor onto a COM Express Basic Type 7 computer-on-module to deliver “scalable server-class performance on a small form factor”, it said. Featuring 4 – 16 cores, COMe-bEP7 Type 7 module offers up to 4 x SODIMM sockets for up to 128Gbyte of DDR4 RAM. Networking and fast ...

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APEC: Surface-mount mosfet packages for light electric vehicles

Infineon is aiming at e-scooters, e-forklifts and other light electric vehicles a pair of TO-leadless mosfet packages. TOLG: TO-leaded with gullwing leads TOLT: TO-leaded top-side cooling Both combine low electrical resitance with a current rating over 300A. TOLG The TOLG (right) package is intended to combines the best features of Infineon’s existing TOLL package (TO-leadless) and ...

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MIT puts ICs and a network inside a sewable fibre

Researchers at MIT have made a fibre containing integrated circuits and a wired network that can be sewn into fabrics and survive at least 10 washing cycles. “When you put it into a shirt, you can’t feel it at all. You wouldn’t know it was there,” said to professor Yoel Fink. To create the fibre, MIT ...

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Another step on the road to graphene mass production

Graphene can be grown on all sorts of substrates using chemical vapour deposition, but it is riddled with defects and cannot easily be removed for further processing. Growth it on liquid catalyst shows promise, as the liquid surface is naturally flat, and devoid of crystal structure that can encourage periodic defects in the graphene. Furthermore, ...

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UK made: Pump maker buys Seaward production tester

Sunderland-based Salamander Pumps has turned to Seaward Electronic of County Durham for production line test equipment. Salamander decided to move electrical safety testing into post-assembly test while re-shaping its manufacturing operations to meet the needs of different pump types, some of which include electronics. The automated test solution it developed uses a Seaward HAL 104 programmable tester to provide ...

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Low profile zoom and wall-washing optics

Gaggione has introduced a set of low-profile optics for wall washing and zoom beam applications . Branded ‘Ultra Flat Optic’ – or UFO – there are 45mm diameter asymmetric (wall washing, top photo) or zoom versions, plus a 67mm zoom version. To keep height down, the rears have Fresnel-like structures (left) to gather light. Total ...

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Motor controller programmes through Arduino IDE

ClearCore CLCR-4-13 is an industrial IO and motion controller that can be programmed using the Arduino IDE. It handles up to four axes of step-and-direction motion  control (500kHz max step rate), and provides 13 software-configurable protected 24V-compatible I/Os. “You can download the optional ClearCore Arduino Wrapper Library. This allows you to write code within the easy-to-use ...

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