Gas discharge tubes protect for IEC 62368-1

Bourns has introduced a series of gas discharge tubes for protecting equipment against high-voltage surges.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

Quad-core Arm industrial PC is ~100 x 100mm

Asus is aiming at industrial IoT with 64bit quad-core Arm single-board computer.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

Thermal interface gel for thin bond lines

Chomerics is aiming its latest thermal interface gel at thin heatsink bonds.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

KKR backs Rocket Factory Augsburg for Scottish Spaceport launches

Rocket Factory Augsburg (RFA) has secured a €30m investment from KKR. It will help enable its upcoming integrated first stage test and complete its launch pad at SaxaVord Spaceport in Scotland, said the Bavarian company.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

Japan to double output power of motorway EV chargers

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) is to set a higher standard for the electrical output of motorway charging points by 2030, reports the Nikkei.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

End of auto IC shortage in sight

The beginning of the end of the automotive, semiconductor shortage is in sight, says Techinsights, with supply and demand coming into balance in H2 2023.

This article was posted on Aug 17, 2023

Recom joins Waldom Electronics’ manufacturer linecard for the Americas

Austrian ac-dc power supply and dc-dc converter manufacturer, Recom, has been added to Waldom Electronics’ line card.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

Ceva adds cores and generative AI to neural processing IP portfolio

Ceva has filled-out its NeuPro-M family of neural processing units, and boosted its architecture for generative AI algorithms.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

TSMC gives go-ahead for German fab

At a board meeting in Taiwan today, TSMC gave the go-ahead to invest $3.8 billion in a $11 billion fab in Dresden targeted at the automotive industry.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

Military grade server has 9th-generation Xeon

PIP49R-MLRK1 is a rugged military-grade server from Swiss manufacturer MPL, built in half-size 19in rack rack form.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

Mouser signs Intelligent Memory

Around 100 DRAM, NAND flash memories and selected DRAM modules from Intelligent Memory are now available from Mouser Electronics, following the signing of a global distribution agreement.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

Toray film has absorpton capacity of 99% for millimetre waves

Toray Industries says it has developed a film that can efficiently absorb millimetre wave band electromagnetic waves employed in 5G communications and elsewhere.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

NinjaSat on covert science mission to observe black holes, neutron stars

Japan’s research institution RIKEN, Mitsui Bussan Aerospace and Vilnius-based NanoAvionics are collaborating on the astronomical NinjaSat X-ray observatory mission.

This article was posted on Aug 16, 2023

Q2 semi sales up 4.7% q-o-q

Q2 semiconductor sales were up 4.7% q-o-q at $124.5 billion but down 17.3% y-o-y. June sales of $41.5 billion were 1.7% up on July.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

NASA unveils new moon rovers

Artemis II, the second launch in NASA’s programme to establish a sustainable human presence on the moon by 2028, will carry three robots to the moon next year.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

Hua Hong raises $2.96bn in Shanghai share sale

Hua Hong, the Shanghai foundry, raised its target amount of $2.96 billion on the Shanghai exchange this morning.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

ELIV Congress: Board-to-cable connector for battery management gets connector position assurance

Yamaichi Electronics has added optional CPA (connector position assurance) to its automotive Y-Lock Pullforce board-to-cable connectors for battery management and cell contacting.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

Renesas looks to buy 5G IoT chip company

Renesas Electronics has signed a memorandum of understanding to acquire Sequans Communications, a developer and supplier of 5G and 4G IoT chips and modules.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

Automotive motor drivers have Cortex-M3 and CAN-FD

Infineon Technologies is aiming at automotive motors with driver ICs that combines gate drivers, a 60MHz Arm Cortex-M3 microcontroller, a 2Mbit/s CAN (FD) interface, a UART with LIN support, and motor current and voltage sensing.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

Schneider’s cobot can lift 3kg and position to 20μm

Lexium is a cobot from Schneider Electric, intended to work alongside humans without a cage or other exclusion.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023

Britishvolt buyer defaults

Britishvolt buyer Recharge Industries of Australia has failed to make the final payment on its proposal to buy the failed company out of administration and has consequently defaulted on the deal, say administrators EY.

This article was posted on Aug 15, 2023