Easy-PC at Number One

Number One Systems of Tewkesbury (numberone.com), the PCB design specialist, has announced the release of Easy-PC version 25, with over 25 new technology features based on user requests from professional PCB designers.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Dialog launches new family of auto buck converters

Dialog has brought out a family of high current, auto grade, step down, DC-DC buck converters.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Firefly appoints former Blue Origin, SpaceX engineer as COO

Firefly, the Texas-based launch and in-space services provider, has appointed Lauren Lyons as its Chief Operating Officer (COO).

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

SI forecasts 26% semi growth for 2021

The semiconductor market showed powerful growth in 2Q 2021, up 8.3% from 1Q 2021 and up 29% from a year earlier, according to WSTS.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Fujitsu and NEC begin O-RAN interoperability testing

Fujitsu and NEC have begun developing technologies for interoperability testing between 5G base station equipment conforming to O-RAN specifications at Fujitsu’s U.S. laboratories and NEC’s U.K. laboratories.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Microchip improves PCB-mount atomic clocks

Microchip has boosted the performance of its ‘chip-scale atomic clocks’, offering wider operating temperature, faster warm-up and improved extreme environment frequency stability in its SA65 model.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Nordic’s first pmic is added to Farnell’s portfolio

The first power management IC (pmic) from Nordic Semiconductor is now shipping from Farnell. The compact nPM1100 pmic and evaluation kit are designed for developers of wearable electronics, personal medical devices, smart home sensors and remote controls.

This article was posted on Aug 25, 2021

Networking-a-plenty from a small box

Aaeon is aiming at networking in areas with unreliable physical internet connections with a six-antenna fan-less desktop network appliance built around Intel Elkhart Lake processors.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

Elektra Awards 2021: Deadline extended

The entry deadline for the 2021 Elektra Awards has been extended by two weeks. You now have until Thursday 26 August to enter.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

Picocom joins Viavi for O-RAN validation

Viavi Solutions today announced collaboration with technology supplier Picocom to provide complete test solutions for validation of Open RAN base station components, including chips, physical layers and protocol stack software, for small cell 5G networks compliant with O-RAN standards.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

PCB design challenge

Altium, the PCB software company, the IPC Education Foundation (IPCEF) and Arduino are getting together to launch the first student electronics design challenge to engage, educate, and enhance PCB design capabilities while engaging with environmental challenges.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

South Korea invests in OneWeb LEO satellite constellation

The South Korean chaebol Hanwha Systems is the latest equity partner within OneWeb, the low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite communications company, which was bought from bankruptcy by the UK Government and the Indian company Bharti Global for $1 billion in June 2020.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

IEDM 2021 Tutorials and Short Courses

While the comprehensive technical program for the 2021 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) will be finalized in the fall, the popular IEDM Tutorials and Short Courses are already set.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

Cree and ST extend SiC wafer supply deal

Cree and ST have extended their SiC 150mm wafer supply deal which is now worth more than $800 million

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

BrainChip gets first batch of its Akida AI processors

BrainChip has received the first batch of Akida AI chips from its manufacturing run from Socionext America (SNA).

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

Imec and Xanadu engage in SiN

Imec and photonics specialist Xanadu have announced a partnership to develop photonic qubits based on SiN waveguides.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

16:1 input range for rugged railway dc-dc converter

Cincon Electronics of Taiwan is aiming at railway applications with a 20W dc-dc converter that can run from between 10V and 160V.

This article was posted on Aug 24, 2021

Ventec to distribute Taiyo inks and solder masks in UK Ireland and Europe

Ventec of Leamington Spa is taking over exclusive distribution of Taiyo America products in the UK and Ireland and mainland Europe.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

Spin synchroniser could cover a million qubits for quantum computing

Millions of qubits can have their spins synchronised at the same time, according to engineers from the University of New South Wales Sydney, who have developed a way to do it.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

30V three-phase bridge includes current shunt amplifiers and buck converter

For dc motors up to 100A, Trinamic Motion Control has created a three-phase mosfet gate driver that integrates three bottom shunt amplifiers as well as several voltage regulators.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

Gold plating makes silver nanowires last a lot longer

3+) attach in a odd way that leaves pores in the surface.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021