Ribbon cables and connectors for space

French connector company Nicomatic has revealed flat flexible cables for space use.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

7GHz differential probe matches Rigol’s top-end scope

Rigol has created a 7GHz differential probe to go with the 5GHz DS70000 oscilloscopes that it announced at the begionning of the year.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

IONETIC launches battery pack design platform

IONETIC, the UK EV battery pack start-up specialist, has launched an EV battery pack design platform, which can cut the development cost and time for automotive manufacturers bringing a new electric vehicle to market.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Vodafone and Topcon to offer centimetre precision positioning

Vodafone GNSS Corrections also supports Vodafone’s efforts to improve V2X location accuracy, especially when sharing trusted data to help prevent unnecessary accidents and fatalities on Europe’s roads.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Aramco backs satellite IOT operator raising €13 million Series A

OQ Technology, a 5G-based satellite IOT operator, has closed a €13 million Series A funding round, which was led by Wa’ed Ventures, the venture capital arm of the Saudi oil and gas company Aramco.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Laser connector system for CPO data centres

For hyperscale data centres, preparing for ‘co-packaged optics’ (CPO) Molex has announced a pluggable module for external laser sources, with a cage and blind-mating hybrid optical-electrical connector.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Morse Micro raises $140m Series B

Morse Micro from Sydney, Australia, a HaLow Wifi specialist, today announced $140 million in Series B funding.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Nexeon gets £2m development award

Nexeon, the Oxfordshire developer of battery materials, had been awarded almost £2m from the Automotive Transformation Fund (ATF).

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Orolia ruggedises mini rubidium atomic clock

Orolia has introduced a ruggedised version of its mRO-50 miniature (51 x 51 x 20mm) rubidium atomic clock.

This article was posted on Sep 15, 2022

Elektra 2022 University Research award launches – Cast your vote!

The University Research category for the Elektra Awards 2022 is launching, sponsored by Panasonic – with the awards in their twentieth year – and we are looking to readers to express their choice and help determine the winner.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Plastic die packaging now in Scotland

Alter Technology has started its plastic die packaging line in Livingston.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Google polishes Flutter toolkit input for version 3.3

Google has announced a further upgrade to Flutter, its mobile UI toolkit for creating embedded graphic components from a single codebase via native Arm code.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Nanofiltration membrane to recover lithium from used EV batteries

Toray Industries has developed a nanofiltration membrane to recover lithium from used automotive lithium-ion batteries.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

OneWeb takes $229m loss after Russians grab 36 satellites

The Ukraine war has cost OneWeb $229.2 million after the Russians have refused to return 36 OneWeb satellites waiting to be launched from the Baikonur spaceport.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Sondrel architects the future

At the beginning of a new custom chip development, the most important question is who to partner with to reduce risk and time to market (TTM).

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Escatec upgrading EV EMS capabilities

EMS provider, ESCATEC, is upgrading its automotive EMS capabilities to meet the growing demand for electronic sub-systems in electric vehicles EVs.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

IQE H1 EBITDA up 6%

IQE reported H1 EBITDA of of £12.3 million up 6% from 2021’s £11.6 million on revenue up 8.4% y-o-y at £86.2 million and an operating loss of £7.4 million compared to the H1 2021 loss of £1.9 million.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

3GHz relays stack at high density

Pickering Electronics has announced miniature coaxial reed relays for use up to 3GHz, with the company emphasising low insertion loss (-3dB at 3.16GHz right).

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

1,200V SiC T-switch for three-level converters, and a bridge too

STMicroelectronics has released a silicon carbide T-switch module for three-level dc-dc converter topologies (right), and also a single-phase full-bridge.

This article was posted on Sep 14, 2022

Thin durable tactile push button switch is 4.3mm tall

Panasonic is introducing a series of durable thin surface-mount tactile switches for “applications requiring a switch with a short travel distance for extremely quick output”, according to the company. “The switches benefit from a low profile height of 4.3mm, a sharp tactile feel, low contact resistance, as well as only a small bounce noise.”

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022

Hex-core real-time MCU for automotive domain-oriented drive-train control

STMicroelectronics is aiming at electric vehicle drive-trains and domain-oriented systems with a group of microcontrollers announced today

This article was posted on Sep 13, 2022