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• In-car semiconductors on the gas

  26-01-2015 17:45 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  The automotive semiconductor market has bounced back very strongly in 2014 with 10% growth year over year to reach $29bn, according to market analysis IHS. The fastest growing segment for automotive semiconductors is hybrid electric vehicles, and IHS estimates that semiconductor revenue in this application could  achieve a compound annual growth rate (CAGR 2013–2018) of...
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• Keysight PCIe data acquisition card has OCT capability

  26-01-2015 17:00 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Keysight Technologies has announced that the U5303A high-speed data acquisition 12-bit PCIe card, in collaboration with firmware firm YellowSys is  available with an option dedicated to the optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology. The data acquisition card uses signal resampling to give stable ADC signal sampling with clock stability while acquiring the signal in order to...
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• Petrol-electric hybrid aircraft is first to charge in-flight

  26-01-2015 15:13
  dA hybrid power aircraft has been successfully tested in the UK in an important step towards cleaner low-carbon air travel.
  
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• Test expo to take-off at national space centre

  26-01-2015 15:03 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  The UK’s exhibition dedicated to test and measure, ElectroTestExpo will take place in March at the National Space Centre in Leicester. This free-to-attend event, which includes an exhibition and seminar programme, will take place on 25th March at the National Space Centre, Leicester. Exhibitors currently include: Tektronix AmFax JTAG Technologies Aeroflex (Cobham Wireless) TestWorks Prism...
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• UK Device Developers’ Conference 2015 gets new sponsor

  26-01-2015 13:40 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Intelligent Display Solutions (IDS) is to be a lead sponsor of this year’s UK Device Developers’ Conference for engineers and computer scientists working in the development of intelligent systems and devices. The conference is to take place in Reading, Cambridge, Manchester and Uphall (Scotland) during May and June 2015 and according to the organisers could ...
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• PragmatIC raises £5.4m

  26-01-2015 12:34 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  PragmatIC, which prints logic circuits on polyester, has raised £5.4 million from Cambridge Innovation Capital, ARM and existing shareholders. The money will be used to increase production capacity to 100 million ICs a month. The company currently runs a line at the Sedgefield National Centre for Printable Electronics. PragmatIC has a family of printed ICs...
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• ARM invests in Cambridge-based printed chip firm

  26-01-2015 12:20 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  ARM has invested in printed electronics start-up PragmatIC Printing. Cambridge-based PragmatIC has completed a £5.4m funding round led by Cambridge Innovation Capital (CIC) with support from ARM Holdings and existing shareholders to scale-up its operations. PragmatIC has a production facility based at the National Centre for Printable Electronics in Sedgefield, is using the funding to...
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• Stanford researchers stack carbon nanotubes

  26-01-2015 12:15 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Researchers at Stanford University have made stacked carbon nanotube ICs with an average density of 100 carbon nanotubes per micrometer with a current density of up to 122 microamperes per micrometer. “Now that we have this nanotube that’s on par with conventional silicon,” says researcher H.-S. Philip Wong, “we can think about building high-performance systems.”...
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• Surface-mount push-in power for LED lighting

  26-01-2015 11:48 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Wago is offering surface-mount push-in mains power connectors. There are two series: 2060 and the larger 2061 for 9 and 12A respectively. Applications are expected in LED lighting and, to allow them to be used board-to-board as well as cable-to-board, back-to-back male-male couplers are available (see picture). 2060 connectors are 13.1mm front to back, 4.5mm...
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• German exports to China grow strongly

  26-01-2015 11:18 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Germany’s electronics manufacturing sector had a strong 2014 and continued to grow at the end of the year. Further growth is expected in 2015 as exports, particularly to China, grow strongly. The electronics sector is also predicted to benefit from “Industry 4.0”, part of the German government’s high-tech strategy to transform industrial manufacturing with smart...
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• SEMI b-to-b O.98 for December

  26-01-2015 11:11 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  The SEMI book-to-bill for December was 0.98. December bookings were $1.37 billion. The bookings figure is 12.3% higher than the final November 2014 level of $1.22 billion, and is 1.1% lower than the December 2013 order level of $1.38 billion. The three-month average of worldwide billings in December 2014 was $1.39 billion. The billings figure...
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• Silver nanowires show suitability for flexible electronics

  26-01-2015 09:48
  A study into the mechanical properties of silver nanowire has revealed properties that make the nanostructure suited to flexible electronics.
  
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