Textile pressure sensors can be washed
Flexible mechanical sensors that can be bonded or sewn into woven or knitted fabrics have been developed by German research lab Fraunhofer ISC. Deformation, force and pressure can be measured, and strains up to 100% (doubling length) can be endured. It is an elastomer film with flexible electrodes on both sides. Electrode patterning can be ...
Textile pressure sensors can be washed
Flexible mechanical sensors that can be bonded or sewn into woven or knitted fabrics have been developed by German research lab Fraunhofer ISC. Deformation, force and pressure can be measured, and strains up to 100% (doubling length) can be endured. It is an elastomer film with flexible electrodes on both sides. Electrode patterning can be ...
Ensilica opens Bristol chip design centre
IC design house EnSilica, has added a regional office and design centre in Bristol to its headquarters in Wokingham and verification/design centre in Bangalore. “The Bristol office will provide more localised support capabilities for the company’s customers in the area and, additionally, house a centralised design centre that will act as a centre of ...
Ensilica opens Bristol chip design centre
IC design house EnSilica, has added a regional office and design centre in Bristol to its headquarters in Wokingham and verification/design centre in Bangalore. “The Bristol office will provide more localised support capabilities for the company’s customers in the area and, additionally, house a centralised design centre that will act as a centre of ...
Ambiq wins design-in with sub-threshold MPU
Sub-threshold MCU firm Ambiq Micro has won a design in for its ARM Cortex-M4F-based Apollo. This is important because, while it is route to dramatically cutting power consumption, sub-threshold operation brings with it manufacturing and yield headaches. They can be made, and analogue sub-threshold circuits are said to have been in watches for years. Getting ...
Ambiq wins design-in with sub-threshold MPU
Sub-threshold MCU firm Ambiq Micro has won a design in for its ARM Cortex-M4F-based Apollo. This is important because, while it is route to dramatically cutting power consumption, sub-threshold operation brings with it manufacturing and yield headaches. They can be made, and analogue sub-threshold circuits are said to have been in watches for years. Getting ...
Osram joins the push for prettier light bulbs
Osram is the latest company to add ‘filaments’ to its lighting LED portfolio. Filament LEDs are phosphor-coated strings of tiny LEDs, designed to look like incandescent filaments in art bulbs (see photo). Plessey announced filament production in July, and Osram started selling its own LED filament bulbs earlier this month. “Incorporating the LEDs in classic ...
48V dc-dc converter protected to 76V for industry
Rohm has announced a 12-76V input, 3A variable output voltage, dc-dc buck converter with integrated mosfet. Called BD9G341AEFJ, it is optimised for industrial use. The high max voltage is there to “ensuring sufficient margin against sudden surge voltages, such as those caused by lightning, in communication infrastructure , factory automation equipment, industrial machinery, and other applications that normally ...
Taking the brakes off cuprate superconductors
Cuprate superconductors might work at higher temperatures, if only someone could find a way to take the brakes off. The brakes in this case are an electron energy density wave – fixed electrons that inhibit free-flying electrons, according to the US Brookhaven National Laboratory. “Many researchers believe that the density wave is the key to ...
Taking the brakes off cuprate superconductors
Cuprate superconductors might work at higher temperatures, if only someone could find a way to take the brakes off. The brakes in this case are an electron energy density wave – fixed electrons that inhibit free-flying electrons, according to the US Brookhaven National Laboratory. “Many researchers believe that the density wave is the key to ...
