Digital pots interface directly with quadrature encoders, push buttons and MCUs
LSI Computer Systems (LSI/CSI) has created a family of 63 tap (6bit) digital potentiometers for direct connection to quadrature decoders, push buttons, GPIOs or SPI serial controls.
This article was posted on Apr 21, 2022UK Circuits expands SMD production line
PCB contract electronic manufacturer UK Circuits and Electronics Solutions (UKC) has added a surface mount component counter and a screen printer to its production line in Manchester.
This article was posted on Apr 21, 2022Harwin sponsors around-Britain rowing race
UK connector maker Harwin is to sponsor the 2022 GB Row Challenge, and helping to develop on-board seawater sampling equipment.
This article was posted on Apr 21, 2022Schaffner adds to LED driver filters
Schaffner has added the ED100/ED101 EMC filter series for LED driver circuits.
This article was posted on Apr 21, 2022Applications open for Dialog-UKESF award for female undergraduates
Applications are now open for the Dialog Semiconductor Award for Female Undergraduates, a collaboration between Dialog and the UKESF (UK Electronics Skills Foundation).
This article was posted on Apr 21, 20222021 equipment sales up 44%, says SEMI
2021 sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment were up 44% at $102.6 billion on the 2020 sales total of $71.2 billion, reports SEMI.
This article was posted on Apr 21, 2022Connector for 430A
Lemo is accommodating cables from 10mm2 (AWG 8) to 50mm2 (AWG 1) and currents up to 430A in high-power additions to its M-series of connectors.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022US DoD O-RAN Design Challenge
The US DoD is offering prize money for solutions to O-RAN inter-operability issues.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022IC shortages to last till 2024 says VW CFO
The chip shortage is unlikely to completely resolved until 2024, VW CFO Arno Antlitz told Boersen-Zeitung at the weekend.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022Nissan builds prototype solid-state battery factory
Nissan showed off its prototype factory for solid-state batteries in Japan at the weekend.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022ELSA-d space debris removal mission restarts with half the thrusters
Astroscale, a Japanese startup focused on space debris removal, has revealed its progress on re-starting its ELSA-d test mission to capture a client spacecraft in space.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022SMA to AMC micro-coax Wi-Fi 6 cable assemblies
Amphenol has introduced 1.13 and 1.32mm micro-coax SMA to AMC cables assemblies.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022What needs to be done to make useful Li-CO2 batteries?
Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries have theoretical promise, including in aviation where the lightweight materials are desirable – it might might make good use of Mars’ 96% CO2 atmosphere, for example.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 20224G antenna works on 50 x 40mm PCBs
Antenova is aiming a pet trackers, wearables and OBD-II designs with a surface-mount 4G antenna that can work on PCBs as small as 40 x 50mm.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022BMW echoes VW in saying chip shortage is here to stay
BMW’s CEO has followed VW’s CFO in saying that the automotive chip shortage will last at least another year.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022University of Oxford collaborates to secure routers
The University of Oxford has teamed up with UK organisation in an attempt to defend routers from malware infections.
This article was posted on Apr 20, 2022Sixteenth brick dc-dc delivers 100W down to 30Vin
Flex Power Modules has added to its PKU-D series of sixteenth-brick dc-dc converters with a module that will deliver a 12V 8.3A regulated output from 30V.
This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022Energy harvesting controllers cold-start on 300mV
E-Peas has unveiled boost and buck energy harvesting controllers that can start up on a few hundred millivolts and provide regulated outputs as well as energy storage mediation.
This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022Axiom Space preps for first private astronaut mission
Axiom Mission 1 (Ax-1) is due to launch tomorrow from Florida and represents the first fully private astronaut mission, for Axiom Space.
This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022Samsung profit up 50%
Samsung’s Q1 operating profit was up 50% at $11.6 billion on sales that were up 18% at $62 billion.
This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022Packaging lead time 50+ weeks
Packaging lead times have risen to 50 weeks and more, says Sondrel.
This article was posted on Apr 18, 2022