Farnell bringing feel-good factor

Farnell is seeking to bring a feel-good factor to customers this summer with the launch of its Escape Game challenge.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

Sub-metre accuracy claimed for indoor Bluetooth positioning kits

U-blox is claiming sub-metre indoor accuracy with development kits for Bluetooth direction-finding and positioning.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

X-Fab mixed-signal design Kit for Siemens’ Tanner tools

Chip foundry X-Fab has announced a reference design kit for its XH018 180nm modular mixed-signal high-voltage CMOS process and Siemens’ Tanner analogue and mixed-signal (AMS) EDA software.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

Sunlight readable rugged LCDs

Data Modul is to stock ruggedised sunlight-readable TFT LCDs from Toppan, using VA technology to keep contrast high.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

Tiny dot projector lets cameras get to grips with a 3D world

Osram has announced a tiny projector that sprays 4,700 random dots into space to allow stereoscopic cameras to measure a 3D environment.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

Maxim improves infra-red gesture chip

Maxim has created a lensed version of its MAX25205 optical gesture sensor to increase sensitivity and signal to noise ratio.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

CPI develops Battery-on-Circuit process

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has completed a collaborative project to develop low-cost Battery-on-Circuit technology for printed smart labels used to track assets.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

BAE Systems to deliver trusted GPS to Germany

BAE Systems has won a contract to deliver M-Code Global Positioning System user equipment to Germany.

This article was posted on Jul 6, 2021

SatixFy, SWISSto12 team up for software-defined satellite payloads

SatixFy and SWISSto12 are teaming up for the development and commercialisation of end-to-end MEO (Medium Earth orbit) and GEO (geostationary orbit) telecom satellite payloads.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Rakuten, Intel and NEC demo 640Gbps for UPF

Rakuten Mobile, NEC and Intel have achieved a performance of 640 Gbps per server for the containerised User Plane Function (UPF) on the containerised 5G SA core network.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

ReRAM integrated with an OTS selector

Weebit Nano claims to have created the industry’s first commercial integration of an oxide-based ReRAM (OxRAM) cell with an ovonic threshold switching (OTS) selector, a critical step in the company’s commercialisation path for the discrete memory market.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Panasonic sells stake in Tesla

Panasonic has sold its stake in Tesla making a profit of nearly $3 billion on the holding.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Tech Jobs Hiring Day Today

Household names BT and Asos, as well as the financial giants HSBC and Lloyds Banking Group, are among those interviewing candidates – and potentially making on-the-spot offers – during Indeed’s “Tech Needs Her” National Hiring Day on Tuesday, 29 June.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

Power inductor for digital audio

Sumida is aiming at filtering in digital audio amplifiers with a series of shielded high-power inductors.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

US company looks to Cornwall to step into Europe

Progranalog of Oregon has opened its European office in Cornwall, at the Tremough Innovation Centre in Penryn.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

TI designs humidity sensor for accuracy and low drift

Texas Instruments has introduced a low-drift humidity sensor, the first in a family.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

FAA greenlights Virgin Galactic licence to fly customers

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA”) has updated Virgin Galactic’s existing commercial space transportation operator licence to allow the spaceline to fly customers to space.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

UK-EU data-flows get go-ahead

A deal was agreed yesterday to permit data-flows between the UK and EU.

This article was posted on Jul 5, 2021

ON Semi drivers for developing LED luminaires

ON Semiconductor has announced two LED drivers which allow manufacturers to develop LED luminaires with light-based positioning technology and visible light communication.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

Cliff adds multi-fibre push-on connector

Cliff Electronics have added a MTP/MTO (multi-fibre push on) connector to their FeedThrough connector range which allows through-panel connection of standard 12-72 multimode optical fibre cables.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021

The National Space Propulsion Test Facility is rocket testing

A UK rocket test facility has been unveiled by the Science Minister Amanda Solloway – the National Space Propulsion Test Facility (NSPTF), located at the Westcott Space Cluster in Aylesbury.

This article was posted on Jun 29, 2021