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• Screw-less PCB terminals rated for 130°C

  15-10-2019 17:02 via electronicsweekly.com
  CUI has introduced push-button screw-less terminal block connectors operating across 40 to +130°C. There are horizontal types TBLH10‑350 TBLH10‑500 and vertical types TBLH10V‑350 TBLH10V‑500 As a size example, TBLH10‑350 is 14.2 x 8.5mm, length is up to 46.2mm, depending on pole count Pitch choice is 3.5 or 5.00mm – the names give the game away, and the ...
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• 64 channel 200V switch for ultrasound imaging

  15-10-2019 16:34 via electronicsweekly.com
  STMicroelectronics has created a 64-channel 200V analogue switch IC for ultrasound systems, probes, piezoelectric drivers, automated test equipment, industrial automation, and process-control systems. The firm combined its own BCD6s-SOI (silicon-on-insulator) and BCD8s SOI processes to get precise bipolar analogue as well as low-voltage CMOS logic and DMOS power stages on the same chip – it can ...
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• pocket-sized 20kW quad servo driver aims at robotics

  15-10-2019 14:55 via electronicsweekly.com
  Quartet is a four-axis motion controller for a total of 20kW of servos from Israeli firm Elmo Motion Control. Four 5kW servo drives on a single board work with a single central processing core. “Small enough to fit in the palm of a hand, Quartet combines the simplicity and high power of centralised control with the ...
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• Rohm sponsors student electric racing car team

  15-10-2019 14:26 via electronicsweekly.com
  Rohm is to sponsor German student electric racing car enthusiasts Team Starcraft, of the Technical University Ilmenau. Formula Student, accordinr to Rohm, has three divisions: combustion vehicles, electric vehicles and autonomous vehicles. “Teams compete in an international design and racing competition that is not just about the fastest car. The goal of every team is to ...
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• This week’s poll: would you buy an electric car?

  15-10-2019 13:22
  
  In this week’s poll we’re asking readers whether, given the clear technological advances being made, they would consider investing in an electric car?Take Our PollMany of us will know someone who drives an electric vehicle, and some of us will have even taken the plunge ourselves into the world of fossil fuel free motoring.
  The Nissan Leaf is one of the UK’s most popular EVsThere’s little doubt that electric cars – or cars boasting some significant level of electrif
  
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• Small battery data loggers measure for up to two years

  15-10-2019 12:47 via electronicsweekly.com
  Gemini Data Loggers of Chichester has announced fist-sized data loggers that run for up to two years on a battery. Called the Tinytag Instrumentation range, they measure: voltage 0-2.5Vdc – 0.1mV resolution 0-25Vdc – 1mV resolution current 0-25mAdc – 1μA resolution impulses 0-14,000 – 50 counts per second max When connected to a variety of ...
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• TFT LCD displays meet rail environments

  15-10-2019 12:17 via electronicsweekly.com
  300 Litemax TFT LCDs have been supplied by Display Technology in a major transportation contract for a rail CCTV system. The  1068E 10.4inch TFT LCDs emits 1600 nits LED backlighting and boasts high brightness of 1600 cd/m2 with a resolution of 800 x 600 (SVGA) and a viewing angle of 65°(H) and 65°to 45°(V). The ...
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• First sensing product from Cambridge spin-out Sorex 

  15-10-2019 11:50 via
  University of Cambridge spin-out Sorex Sensors has launched the first product based on its film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) technology. It is a particulate sensor, and has been delivered alongside a development kit. Use dust control systems inside air purifier systems and atomic layer deposition tools is expected. Claimed mass sensitivity is down to femtograms. “This makes it ...
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• Last week’s poll: regulating data in the age of AI

  15-10-2019 11:20
  
  We asked our readers if a fresh approach to the regulation of data is required in the age of powerful artificial intelligence?Currently, AI is best described as the ability of machines to store, manipulate and analyse very large datasets, but even under this definition there are many complexities surrounding its use. Increasingly, there are concerns that regulation is in danger of falling behind the capabilities of the technology, leading to both intentional and accidental misuse.
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• Unique adhesive formed from liquid-driven chaos

  15-10-2019 11:06
  
  Materials with properties like those found in gecko feet have been created by harnessing so-called liquid-driven chaos to produce soft polymer microparticles.
  Branched, sticky particles are the result of harnessing liquid chaos (Image: Orlin Velev, NC State University)The findings from North Carolina State University could lead to advances in gels, pastes, foods, or non-woven sheets and coatings. Their results are described in Nature Materials.
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• Autonomous bus takes passengers on manoeuvres

  15-10-2019 09:25
  
  The UK’s first full-sized autonomous bus gave its first public demonstration at the National Exhibition Centre in October 2019 for visitors to the Coach & Bus UK show.
  Autonomous bus is ready for passengersMembers of the public travelled on an 11.5m Alexander Dennis bus as it manoeuvred around part of the NEC car park.
  The demonstration replicated work done by Fusion Processing, Alexander Dennis and bus operator Stagecoach earlier in the year to demonstrate buses navigating autonomousl
  
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• Promoted Content: Light, Strong and Defect-Free Laser Welding – Perfecting the Process for the Automotive Industry

  15-10-2019 09:00
  
  Between the needs of reducing emissions, constantly improving safety, and keeping costs low, the automotive industry faces challenges arising from recent shifts toward eco-friendly vehicles. Engineers at ArcelorMittal are optimising the use of material for automotive design that meets safety standards and decreases environmental footprint.
  Safety. Environmental impact. Cost-effective design. The number of factors an automotive manufacturer must consider when developing a car is staggering. With
  
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• European automotive sector facing unprecedented change

  15-10-2019 08:10
  
  Bjoern Klaas, vice president and managing director of Protolabs Europe, talks to The Engineer about findings from its recent survey on the European automotive sector.
  The automotive industry is facing a period of unprecedented change.
  Whether it be the digital revolution sweeping through every corner of industry, the environmental challenges which are becoming ever-more urgent or the emergence of new rivals from outside of the sector, there has never been a time like the one we currently find ou
  
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• DRIVEN consortium on road to autonomous success

  15-10-2019 08:00
  
  Driverless cars have been put through their paces on London streets in a landmark demonstration by the DRIVEN consortium.
  Driverless cars take a step forward by showing how they can operate safely in LondonA fleet of Ford Mondeos, driven by autonomous software developed by Oxbotica, gave a week-long demonstration around a circuit in Stratford in east London earlier in the autumn.
  Over 450 trips were made carrying local residents and members of the general public, driving on congested roads aroun
  
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• More Libra pull-outs

  15-10-2019 07:20 via electronicsweekly.com
  Facebook’s ill-starred crypto-currency initiative Libra took another hit yesterday when Priceline, Kayak and Booking.com dropped support for the project. The latest defections followed last week’s hit when PayPal, Visa, MasterCard, eBay, was  Stripe and Mercado Pago abandoned the project. That leaves from the original list of participating partners: PayU, Farfetch, Lyft, Spotify, Uber, Iliad SA, ...
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• Reference design for home integrated 5G and WiFi 6

  15-10-2019 07:13 via electronicsweekly.com
  Qualcomm has announced a new reference design for 5G-based fixed wireless access (FWA) home gateways. The design integrates Qualcomm’s SnapdragonX55 5G Modem-RF System and the Networking Pro 1200 platform for high performance Wi-Fi 6 connectivity. The Snapdragon X55 5G Modem-RF System supports multi-gigabit 5G fixed wireless backhaul. The reference design pairs this 5G backhaul capability ...
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• PROPHESEE joins IRT Nanoelec

  15-10-2019 07:10 via electronicsweekly.com
  PROPHESEE, the  neuromorphic vision specialist, has joined the IRT Nanoelec consortium to help broaden the field of potential applications for 3D hybrid wafer-to-wafer bonding with fine interconnect pitches.  3D integration brings, under a single roof, expertise and equipment addressing the entire 3D integration value chain: technology, circuit architecture, EDA tools, packaging and test. STMicroelectronics (IDM), ...
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