DigiKey backs Get Made crowd-funding to help fund hardware creators
DigiKey is launching the “Get Made” crowdfunding initiative to help promote and fund hardware creators – the programme will allow startups to get hardware funded, produced and sold on DigiKey’s own website.
This article was posted on Jul 3, 2023Women’s Engineering Society celebrates INWED and Top 50 Women in Engineering awards
The Women’s Engineering Society (WES) is celebrating International Women in Engineering Day (INWED) – now in its 10th year – and has announced the Top 50 Women in Engineering Awards.
This article was posted on Jul 3, 2023Nexperia broadens MOSFET package options
Nexperia has announced a broadening of package options for its NextPower 80/100 V MOSFETs portfolio, previously only available in LFPAK56E, to now also include LFPAK56 and LFPAK88 packaging.
This article was posted on Jul 3, 2023Intelsat starts monitoring rush-hour pollution for NASA
Intelsat, the satellite comms and inflight connectivity specialist, has begun monitoring air pollution above America on behalf of NASA.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Precision current sensing over 0-26V with 10mV burden and automotive qualification
Diodes has created a range of precision current shunt monitors that have a -0.3 to 26V common-mode sense range irrespective of supply voltage, allowing both high-side and low-side measurement – and a reference pin is provided for bi-directional current measurement.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 20234V to 65V hot-swap, soft-start and ideal-diode OR-ing IC for automotive functional safety
For vehicle functional-safety applications, STMicroelectronics has combined hot-swap, soft-start and ideal-diode OR-ing in an IC intended to work with a pair of external n-channel mosfets over 4 to 65V.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Micron sampling 232-layer UFS 4.0 NAND
Micron is delivering qualification samples of its UFS 4.0 mobile NAND, built on a 232-layer process.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023AMD to invest $135m in Irish R&D centre
The investment was announced in Dublin yesterday by Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney TD, and Ruth Cotter, senior vice president, Marketing, Communications and Human Resources at AMD. The investment is supported by the Irish government through IDA Ireland..
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Flat Q1 for fabless
Q1 revenue of the top ten fabless companies was 0.1% up on 4Q22 at $33.86 billion, says TrendForce.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Intel makes fabs a P&L centre
Intel is putting its fab stable into a foundry-customer relationship with the rest of the business, CFO David Zinsner has told investors.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Single IC for cellular IoT and DECT NR+ includes RF front-end
Nordic Semiconductor is aiming at cellulat IoT with a system-in-package which puts an RF front-end and a power chip alongside its nRF91 modem and CPU chip.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023LDOs work with inputs up to 36V, and need only 1µA quiescent
Toshiba has created a range of 36V-capable LDOs to work from USB-PD and 24V power rails.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 2023Laser World: Optical spectrum analyser gets HCDR and SMSR modes
Yokogowa has added HCDR (high close-in dynamic range) mode and SMSR (side mode suppression ratio) mode to its AQ6370 optical spectrum analyser.
This article was posted on Jun 30, 20230.01% 2ppm/°C SMD resistors are REACH and RoHS-compliant, and Pb-free
Stackpole is offering 0.01% 2ppm/°C precision surface-mount resistors in sizes from 0402 to 2512 (1 x 0.5mm to 6.3 x 3.1mm).
This article was posted on Jun 28, 202355mΩ 600V mosfet in 10 x 12mm TOLL
Toshiba has lunched a series of 600V super-junction mosfets with one that achieves 55mΩ in a 10 x 12 x 2.3mm TOLL package.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023LEM’s EV fast-charge meter gets approved
Current sensor maker LEM now has French national approval for its DCBM 400/600 electric vehicle rapid charger billing meter.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023Skyrora 3D prints new model of 70kN rocket engine, starts full-duration tests
As preparation for a commercial launch, Skyrora has 3D printed a new model of its orbital rocket engine ready for landmark tests.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023DigiKey signs Cambridge GaN Devices
Cambridge GaN Devices (CGD). the GaN-based power IC soecialist, has signed a distribution deal with DigiKey.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023ST and Airbus hook up on power semis R&D
ST and Airbus are to cooperate on the R&D of more efficient and lighter power electronics for hybrid-powered aircraft and full-electric urban air vehicles.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023Cisco networking ICs being tested by cloud providers
Yesterday Cisco said that its SiliconOne series networking ICs are being evaluated by five of the six major cloud providers.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023Low-resistance power relay for vehicle charging and solar
Omron is aiming at electric vehicle chargers and solar photovoltaic installations by adding a low contact resistance model to its two-pole single-throw G7L-2A-X series of PCB-mount relays.
This article was posted on Jun 28, 2023