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Coventry University turns to Tektronix for teaching lab

Coventry University has built an 53 workstation electrical and electronic engineering laboratory in its Beatrice Shilling Building, named after the British electrical and mechanical engineer. Educational test equipment distributor of SJ Electronics supplied the instruments, all from Tektronix’ range. Intended for for first and second year students, each station has: TBS2074B 70MHz digital storage oscilloscope ...

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STMicroelectronics collaborates on MEMS mirrors for AR and sensing

STMicroelectronics has signed a deal with German MEMS mirror start-up OQmented to develop technology for augmented reality and 3D laser scanning. ST already makes MEMS sensors, actuators, drivers and controllers. OQmented has a patented way to vacuum-encapsulate MEMS using hermetic glass bubbles to eliminates environmental contaminants with minimal light-refraction – branded Bubble MEMS. “Vacuum sealing ...

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£1.3m for printed electronics in UK recycling pilot scheme

Cambridge-based flexible electronics company PragmatIC has been awarded a £1.3m by the UK Government Sustainable Innovation Fund for a recycling scheme based on NFC tags. “PragmatIC consider this to be a commercial pilot, with the next step being commercial rollouts with global partners,” company chief commercial officer Alastair Hanlon told Electronics Weekly. In the year-long scheme, ...

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Vehicle lighting RGB driver

Melexis has introduced a 16 channel RGB LED driver for vehicle interior lighting, capable of real-time colour drift compensation to a delta UV of <0.01% “to eliminate any distinguishable differences between LEDs”, claims the company. What measurement technique does the device, called MLX81117, use to get such close compensation? “It is basically a very exact ...

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Computer lip-reading could improve hearing aids

Lip movement and hand gestures could be combined with sonic information to improve hearing aids, according to a research project led by University of Wolverhampton and Edinburgh Napier University. As well as collecting information from a range of sensors to improve speech intelligibility, sensors embedded within the hearing aid could estimate listening effort, and its impact ...

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Nottingham gets advanced motor research equipment

The UK government has sponsored the University of Nottingham to support the development of advanced electrical machines and drives for transportation and industry. In particular, Nottingham will install coil-winding equipment and instruments to characterise magnetic materials, using a grant from UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) via the ‘Driving the Electric Revolution’ part of the Industrial Strategy ...

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Young Woman Engineer of the Year

The IET announced the Young Woman Engineer of 2020 earlier this month. She is Ella Podmore (pictured), a materials engineer for super car maker McLaren Automotive. “Balancing her time between experiments and leading technical meetings, Ella created this [materials] department from the ground-up and plans to demonstrate the importance of materials in the automotive industry even ...

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Electro-chromic displays find a market?

Ynvisible has won a design-in for its electro-chromic displays – thin flexible displays that change colour through low power ionic transfer. The company teamed up with SpotSee to create a 91 x 59mm calibrated temperature indication label for cold-chain use: temperature-controlled shipment and storage of goods such as blood bags, high-end foods, biomaterials and medicines. “With the ...

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22MHz precision dual op-amp draws 3.4mA

Barely three months after its last new precision op-amp, STMicroelectronics has released another, this time with a gain-bandwidth of 22MHz, a slew rate of 11V/μs and a maximum input-offset voltage of 200µV (50µV typical at 25°C). Called TSV7722, it is aimed at high-speed signal conditioning and accurate current measurement in power-conversion circuits and optical sensors. Input ...

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