Machine vision sensor has 99.6% shutter efficiency

OmniVision is sampling it’s OV7251-2B global shutter image sensor, which provides an ideal shutter efficiency of 99.96% for machine vision applications.

This article was posted on Nov 13, 2019

RS ranks national production drivers

RS Components has produced a view of the future – looking at which countries will lead the way in production.

This article was posted on Nov 13, 2019

10 year run of record years for O-S-D to continue

With the global economy slowing and the fallout from the U.S.-China trade war causing systems makers to draw down factory inventories, combined sales of optoelectronics, sensors and actuators, and discrete semiconductors (O-S-D) are on pace to grow just 1% in 2019 to $83.5 billion after rising 9% in 2018 and 11% in 2017, according to IC Insights’ update of the O-S-D marketplace.

This article was posted on Nov 13, 2019

ASML delays EUV machine shipment to SMIC

ASML has held up the delivery of an EUV machine to SMIC, according to the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Fraunhofer secure’s local AI processing for sensors

Secured sensor processing using local artificially intelligence is the aim of a chip announced by Fraunhofer Institute for Microelectronic Circuits and Systems (IMS), which has developed it around an open-source Risc-V core.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Elektra 2019 – Vote for the University Research Readers’ Choice award

This is your chance to shape the destination of another Elektra 2019 Award. We are looking for readers’ votes in the University Research category, sponsored by RS Components.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

ABB smart sensor technology provides real-time monitoring information

ABB Ability smart sensors provide wireless condition monitoring for Dodge gear reducers delivering information aimed at preventing unexpected downtime and extend equipment life.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Axiom provides £5000 of technology kits to South Wales schools

Axiom Manufacturing Services has donated over £5000 worth of technology kits to primary schools in South Wales to launch its Education through Industry initiative.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

GaN Systems and ON Semi produce eval board

GaN Systems and ON Semiconductor have joint availability of a high-speed, half-bridge GaN daughter board using GaN Systems’ 650 V, 30 A GaN E-HEMTs and ON Semiconductor’s NCP51820 high speed gate driver evaluation board.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

STM32 LoRaWan supports FUOTA

STMicroelectronics has enhanced its STM32 LoRaWAN software expansion package for developers to support the latest Firmware Update Over The Air (FUOTA) specifications.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Looking for new SiC applications

Infineon is now targeting the next group of applications for SiC.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Small robot spots weeds

Small Robot Company is offering a service for Weed Mapping, providing farmers with a per-plant view of their fields.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Qualcomm Q3 sales down $1bn y-o-y

Qualcomm reported a calendar Q3 profit of $506 million on sales of $4.81 billion which were 17% down from $5.83 billion a year ago.

This article was posted on Nov 7, 2019

Qualcomm fund to promote 5G apps beyond smartphone

Qualcomm has set up a $200 million VC fund to invest in early stage startups developing non-smartphone 5G applications.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Record Q3 at Intel

Intel had record Q3 revenue of $19.2 billion – 6% up y-o-y -gross margin was 58.9%, operating income was $6.4 billion and net income was $6 billion,

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Micron to sample 3D XPoint SSDs

Micron’s claims for the X100 include:

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Infra red LEDs for eye tracking

Eye-tracking in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) applications are the targets Osram is aiming at with two infra-red LEDs.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Load switch features slew rate control and true reverse current blocking

Diodes Incorporated has announced the introduction of the AP22913, a 2A single-channel, slew-rate-controlled load switch with true reverse current blocking for high-side load-switching applications.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Magnets and temperature aid rare earth recovery

Magnetic fields can make separating ‘rare earth’ materials from one another less wasteful, according to the University of Pennsylvania.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

EMEA Q3 PC market up 3%

The EMEA PC market grew 3% y-o-y in Q3 with 18.8 million units shipped, says IDC.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019

Huawei to be allowed into UK network

A decision to give 5G infrastructure contracts to Huawei will be announced before Christmas, reports the Sunday Times.

This article was posted on Oct 28, 2019