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Molex has introduced a 20A ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) sealed for IP69K. Intended for industrial and food-processing use, it is designed to resist high-pressure, high-temperature water and dust, and it meets both UL-listed and CSA-certified regulations. The housing is designed to be impact, chemical and UV resistant, and is made from vulcanized rubber for ...
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In the latest deal by a car maker in the scramble for silicon carbide, Volkswagen has signed a strategic agreement with onsemi to provide modules and semiconductors for the traction inverters for VW’s next-generation electric vehicle platform. Teams from the two companies, revealed onsemi, have been collaborating for more than a year to optimise power ...
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Cambridge ink jet technology company Xaar supported St. Peter’s School Huntingdon through its recent STEM education day, with help from the Smallpeice Trust. “The event gave an opportunity for students to engage with Xaar, with practical tasks reinforcing the benefits of STEM subjects and their importance for future career opportunities,” according to the company. 50 ...
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Rohm has announced isolated fly-back dc-dc converters for powering gate drives in electric vehicles. The part is BD7F205EFJ-C, and it will deliver up to 6W. When running from 12V, its internal switch can handle 3.8A. Operation is across 3.4 – 42V (45Vmax, and 60Vmax on the switch connection) and -40 to +125°C, and it comes ...
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Chomerics has unveiled a silicone-free thermally-conductive gel for optical equipment, camera modules, sensors, data storage devices and other applications at risks of silicone oil migration or contamination, as well as in silicone-free facilities. It is intended to conform to rough surface irregularities, displace air gaps, and take up manufacturing tolerances on. Bond lines as thin as ...
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Omron has introduced 400V and 600V 110°C versions of its G3VM photo mos isolated electronic relay family, as well as a 40V 2Ω type in the 1.5 x 2.5 x 1.3mm 4pin VSON package. With G3VM-401xY2 and G3VM-601xY2 base numbers, the 400V (120mAdc, or peak ac, continuous) and 600V (90mA) devices have typical on-resistances of ...
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The advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) utilized in today’s automobiles are built using active alignment, a cutting-edge assembly technique used to produce high-quality camera modules. In an industry that is constantly evolving, it is anticipated that ADAS technology will play an increasingly important role in building autonomous vehicles with greater levels of sophistication. By utilizing ...
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The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology has joined the O-RAN Alliance.. “NIST will promote open and transparent standards for 5G and other next-generation  wireless technologies to help ensure data privacy and protect against cyber threats,” says US Under Secretary for Comnerce and NIST Director Laurie E. Locascio.. NIST works with ...
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KDDI, in cooperation with Samsung  and Fujitsu has started the commercial deployment of O-RAN compliant 5G  sites in Osaka. KDDI has been developing O-RAN compliant 5G Open vRAN sites using Samsung’s virtualised systems. Samsung’s 5G virtualised CU (vCU) and virtualized DU (vDU) and Fujitsu’s radio units (Massive MIMO Units) are interconnected with an open interface. ...
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Synspective, the Tokyo based SAR (synthetic aperture radar) satellite data specialist, and London-based startup Insight Terra are partnering for a space-enabled data and monitoring system for the mining industry. They’ll be working to provide a product combining Insight Terra’s cloud-based IoT Insight Platform with Synspective’s analytical models of SAR data. Satellites and earth observation coupled ...
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