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

DAC, streamer and amplifier combined

The Starkrimson Streamer Ultra combines a DAC, streamer, and amplifier which perform the same functions that once required a rack full of components.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

U.S. Air Force to launch SpaceWERX technology accelerator

On Thursday August 19 the U.S. Air Force will be running the space technology accelerator programme known as SpaceWERX.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

UK Hydrogen Strategy to be announced today

Today the government is announcing a £105 million Hydrogen Strategy.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

Cadence and Tower release RF SOI process

Cadence and Tower Semiconductor have released a silicon-validated SP4T RF SOI switch reference design flow using the Cadence Virtuoso Design Platform and RF Solution.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

High precision SMD resistors are 0.05% and ±2.5ppm/°C

Vishay created precision resistors with 0.05% tolerance and a temperature coefficient of ±2.5ppm/°C.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

Farnell adds Connective Peripherals adapters and cables to simplify debug

Adapter boards and cables by Connectivity Peripherals to connect computers with equipment with legacy interfaces are available from Farnell.

This article was posted on Aug 23, 2021

Cyberdog is coming for Spot

Spot has a rival. Cyberdog from Xiaomi is a cheaper, faster, meaner-looking canine than Boston Dynamics’ Spot.

This article was posted on Aug 20, 2021

Entanglement for a million qubit computer?

Japanese scientist have discovered durable entangled protons on a silicon surface, “opening doors to an organic union of classical and quantum computing platforms and potentially strengthening quantum technology”, according to home of the research, Nagoya City University.

This article was posted on Aug 20, 2021

Cyber Runway launched by DCMS

Cyber Runway is a programme from the DCMS to support cyber entrepreneurs, startups, SMEs and scaleups.

This article was posted on Aug 20, 2021