Digi-Key partners Rochester Electronics for component supply

Rochester Electronics is joining the Digi-Key Marketplace, which started last year to widen access to more product lines. The partnership is intended to address concerns about the ongoing semiconductor shortages.

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

Mipsology launches Zebra FPGA

In Q3, Mipsology will ship Zebra FPGA IP which accelerates the development and deployment of FPGA and adaptive SoC-based machine learning systems..

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

Siemens buys Nextflow Software

Siemens Digital has bought Nextflow Software, an independent provider of advanced particle-based computational fluid dynamics (CFD) solutions.

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

Auto chips lose market share and fall in price

Despite the shortage of automotive chips, the ASP of automotive application-specific ICs in 1Q21 was less than it was in 2020, reports IC Insights, while the percentage of the total IC sales taken by auto IC sales fell to 7.5% last year from 8.7% in 2019.

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

ABB gets power converter contract for Dogger Bank wind farm

ABB has a contract to deliver 95 medium voltage converters to GE Renewable Energy for the Dogger Bank Wind Farm – ABB’s first major order under its long-term supply agreement with GE.

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

4 channel 1Gsample/s USB 3.0 oscilloscope with 240µV of noise

Netherlands-based TiePie has introduced a 1Gsample/s four-channel USB 3.0 oscilloscope with 0.25% accuracy, 240 µVrms noise and 250MHz analogue bandwidth (-3dB at 75% full scale) per channel.

This article was posted on Jun 16, 2021

Nordic launches tiny footprint nPM1100 power management IC

Nordic Semiconductor has launched a tiny footprint, ultra low IQ power management IC for nRF52/nRF53 Series SoCs – the nPM1100.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

H-Link guides mmWave signals through plastic tubing

CEA-Leti has developed a hybrid, ultra-fast, ultra-low latency technology that guides mmWave radio signals through flexible plastic tubing.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

Silicon Catalyst UK launched

Silicon Catalyst, the world’s only incubator focused exclusively on accelerating solutions in silicon, announced today SiliconCatalyst.UK, bringing Silicon Catalyst’s platform locally to the UK and European start- up community.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

Leti launches 70th startup

Armed with exclusive access to 11 CEA-Leti patents covering specialties such as DNA extraction and microscopic-sample diagnostics, Leti startup Direct Analysis has developed a pathogenic-bacteria-detection system for food manufacturers that takes one-fourth of the time of existing tests, can minimize stoppage of production lines and reduce food-product recalls and losses.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

Raspberry Pi-designed chip available from Farnell

The Raspberry Pi-designed IC at the core of the Raspberry Pi Pico development board is now available as a standalone chip from Farnell.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

Wireless charging over 40mm and up to 300W

Wireless power transmission up to 300W and over 40mm is that claim of Moderna-based Eggtronic for its E2Watt wireless power supply.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

Wurth uses flat conductors for low-profile inductor

Würth has used flat conductors and MnZn cores keep the height of its WE-HCFT 2504 inductor family to 4mm.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

World’s first electronic private telephone exchange returns to Cambridge

A prototype Pye telephone exchange from the 1950s is to be exhibited at the Cambridge Museum of Technology.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

3A super-cap back-up chip is up to 94% efficient

Maxim has introduced 3A controller for supercapacitors used to back-up battery-powered low-voltage power rails.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

TME expands fuse and holder offerings

Fuse holders for high voltage designs and with safety certifications have been added to TME’s portfolio.

This article was posted on Jun 9, 2021

VR5510 Multi-Output PMIC with SMPS and LDO

VR5510 Multi-Output PMIC with SMPS and LDO

This article was posted on Mar 28, 2021

STR-4LED-SOL-EVAL-EVK LED Evaluation Board

STR-4LED-SOL-EVAL-EVK LED Evaluation Board

This article was posted on Mar 25, 2021

STR-SMARTLIBGAUGE-GEVK Support Kit

STR-SMARTLIBGAUGE-GEVK Support Kit

This article was posted on Mar 25, 2021

STR-FUSB3307MPX-PPS-GEVK Single Port USB-PD with PPS Evaluation Kit

STR-FUSB3307MPX-PPS-GEVK Single Port USB-PD with PPS Evaluation Kit

This article was posted on Mar 25, 2021

EPC21601 3.3 V Logic eToF™ Laser Driver IC

EPC21601 3.3 V Logic eToF™ Laser Driver IC

This article was posted on Mar 25, 2021