Virgin Orbit goes bust
Virgin Orbit has filed for bankruptcy. The company has never made a profit since going public in 2021.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023Battery Tech Expo: Pickering battery management system tester UK debut
Pickering Interfaces will be showing its BMS (battery management system) test demonstration at Battery Tech Expo at Silverstone.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 202380W 12V railway PSU operates from 14.4 to 154V
Autronic has created an 80W dc-dc power supply for on-board railway use, which produces 12V (adjustable) from supplies between 14.4 and 154V, covering “all international on-board voltages from 24V to 110V in a single device”, it said.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023Women in Electronics announced UK venue for inaugural European summit
The organisation, Women in Electronics, has announced the inaugural European summit which will be held on Thursday 20 April. Women in Electronics has held an annual conference in the US since 2016, including virtual conferences during the Covid pandemic years.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023Eval kit for NXP S32G processor family
MicroSys Electronics has announced an evaluation kit for its system-on-modules with NXP S32G processors – which it aims at headless controllers in vehicle networks for automated driving, for example.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023Updated: Y-capacitance multiplier IC shrinks EMC inductors
At APEC in Florida, Texas Instruments introduced a family of ICs designed to shrink the size of EMC anti-emission common-mode filters in single and three-phase mains and automotive power converters.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023Thermoelectric coolers as small as 1.6mm
Laird Thermal Systems is offering mini thermoelectric coolers, with footprints as small as 1.6 x 1.6mm and thickness down to 0.9mm.
This article was posted on Apr 11, 2023In-orbit satellite Moonlighter features in Hack-A-Sat 4 security challenge
The U.S. Air and Space Force has begun its Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat 4 – a satellite hacking competition featuring the in-orbit satellite Moonlighter, which is described as a hacking sandbox in space.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Melexis adds ‘the most accurate pressure sensors ever made’
Melexis has brought out two relative pressure sensor ICs with extended robustness to harsh media.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Toshiba shipping high-performance 150V U-MOS X-H MOSFET
Toshiba is shipping a new 150V N-channel power MOSFET based upon their latest generation U-MOS X-H Trench process.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Italy bans ChatGPT
Italy has banned ChatGPT. It follows bans by Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 20231Tbit flash from Kioxia and Western Digital
Scaling and wafer bonding in a cooperation between Kioxia and Western Digital have created a “218 layer 3D flash 1Tbit triple-level-cell and quad-level-cell with four planes, and features lateral shrink technology to increase bit density by over 50%,” according to Kioxia.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023IDC wire-to-board connectors for automotive and transport
Kyocera AVX has added four and five position options to its 5.6mm tall 9176-700 series of insulation displacement wire-to-PCB connectors.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Dry electrodes approach messy Gold Standard for hairy EEG
Researchers in Australia have used micromachined silicon pillars and graphene to make skin electrodes for EEG that are far less messy than the current scheme in medical use, which is wet silver – silver chloride electrodes, but are not far behind in performance.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Renesas adds voice controlled MCU to RISC-V portfolio
Renesas has added to its RISC-V portfolio with an MCU for voice-controlled HMI systems based on the AndesCore D25F CPU core.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023Yahsat eyes IoT growth with $17.5m investment in Astrocast
Astrocast, the nanosatellite IoT network operator, has reached an investment agreement with Thuraya Telecommunications, the mobile satellite services arm of Yahsat, the UAE’s satellite systems provider.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 2023BEC signs WEE
BEC Distribution has become UK Distributor for WEE Technology Company (WEET), the audio capacitor manufacturer.
This article was posted on Apr 10, 20235x5mm Lighting LED
Cree LED has introduced 5 x 5.2mm 6V LEDs (o.75mm thick) that can deliver up to 480 lm at 400mA (5,000 or 5,700K, 70CRI, 25°C).
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2023UK Space Agency sizes UK space industry growth
The UK Space Agency (UKSA) has produced its annual report measuring the UK Space industry – Size and Health of the UK Space Industry 2022 – and finds a story of growth amid wider UK decline.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2023Korea Chips Act
Korea has passed a law raising the level of tax breaks on investments in chip manufacturing by large companies from 8% to 15%.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2023SOX hits 12 month high
Yesterday the SOX was at its highest since last April 6th after rising 27% this year.
This article was posted on Apr 7, 2023