Manchester casting company celebrates 50 years

Family company Dean Group is celebrating its 50th years of casting metal parts in the Manchester area.

This article was posted on Dec 12, 2022

9kHz to 20GHz eight channel microwave signal generator

Rigol has introduced an eight channel microwave generator that works across 9kHz to 20GHz and can deliver related coherent signals or independent signals.

This article was posted on Dec 12, 2022

Zuken and Compound Catapult combine on power module design

Zuken and the Compound Semiconductor Applications (CSA) Catapult are collaborating to bring a power module layout from a graphical concept to a 3D model.

This article was posted on Dec 12, 2022

Binder sizes up M5 connectors for EMC in confined spaces

Binder has announced M5 sized connectors with 360° shielding aimed at use in interference-loaded environments with limited installation space.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Q3 SEMI billings up 9%

Q3 chip manufacturing equipment billings rose 9% q-o-q and 7% y-o-y to $28.75 billion, says SEMI in its Worldwide Semiconductor Equipment Market Statistics (WWSEMS) Report.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

4.1% semi fall next year, says WSTS

After 26.2% growth in 2021, WSTS forecasts 4.4% growth this year and a 4.1% decline in 2023.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Picocom has first 50 production wafers running through TSMC

Picocom, the O-RAN baseband processor supplier which won Start-Up of the Year at Electronics Weekly’s Elektra Awards on Wednesday, has got its first 50 production wafers currently running through a TSMC fab.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Automotive 10W digital audio amplifier works across 3.3-18V

STMicroelectronics has created a pair of 10W Class-D audio amplifiers for use in vehicles “for automotive applications like eCall, telematics and wherever an audio channel needs to reproduce human voice, music or warning messages “, it said.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Post-quantum cryptographic IP from Xiphera

Xiphera has announced intellectual property cores for implementing hardware post-quantum cryptography security on FPGAs and asics.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Sheep and solar panels make great field fellows

Agriculture and renewable energy can thrive together, according to the University of Illinois.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Near-field microwave holograms predict far-field future for telescope

Near-field microwave holography has been used to characterise receiver optics at temperatures close to absolute zero before they are installed in the Simons Observatory Large Aperture Telescope in Northern Chile, which will measure cosmic microwave background.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Verifiy all versions of the C standard library specification

Solid Sands is now qualifying “all versions of the C standard library specification, not just a sub-set that is commonly used or a sub-set that fits on a restricted embedded target” following an update to its SuperGuard requirements-based test suite for C standard libraries.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Elektra Awards 2022 Highlights: Guests and Attendees

The Elektra Awards 2022 were presented at a Gala Dinner at the Ballroom, Grosvenor House Park Lane on 30 November, and here – as a taster – are some photos from the evening to enjoy.

This article was posted on Dec 9, 2022

Measuring the behaviour of electrons injected into quantum dots

Measuring the behavior of electrons injected into quantum dots promises insights into how electrons behave in complex real-world materials and could help researchers engineer devices that make possible quantum computers, say scientists from the US National Institute of Science and Technology (NIST).

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

Auto ICs to be $80bn market in 2027

The market for automotive semiconductor chips is expected to reach more than $80 billion in 2027, says Yole Developpement.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

UK electronics manufacturers holding 90% more stock than pre-pandemic

Unleashed, the software business analytics service, has found that electronics manufacturers are now holding almost double the amount of stock compared to pre-pandemic levels – up 90%.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

ST to qualify Soitec 200mm SiC wafers

ST and Soitec are working on qualifying Soitec’s 200mn SmartSiC substrate technology over the next 18 months.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

R-to-R LM324-like op-amps are faster for automotive and industrial needs

Delivering many improved major specs over traditional LM324 op-amps, but with rail-to-rail inputs and outputs, STMicroelectronics has introduced a 6MHz all-rounder op-amp family that will operate from a single 2.7 to 36 V supply as well as from ±1.35 to ±18V dual supplies.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

Ultra-short pulse materials processing lasers for electronics manufacture

Trumpf has revealed two ultra-short pulsed lasers for electronics manufacturing.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

Antenna chamber supports 5G mmWave angle-of-arrival testing

Anritsu has created an anechoic chamber based antenna tester for 5G millimetre wave (mmWave) angle-of-arrival RRM (radio resource management) testing.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022

Magnetic connector snaps into position

Farnell has announced a family of magnetic connectors to its Multicomp Pro range.

This article was posted on Dec 8, 2022