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• Super-repellent coating helps toilets save water

  19-11-2019 13:09
  
  Engineers at Penn State University have developed a super-repellent coating for toilets that leads to cleaner and more efficient flushing.More than 141 billion litres of water are used just to flush toilets each day, with millions of people around the world affected by water scarcity at the same time. According to the Penn State team, its coating can reduce the amount of water required to flush a toilet cleanly by 50 per cent, from six litres to just three litres.
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• Remote head torque sensors are accurate to ±0.1%

  16-04-2024 18:09 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Sensor Technology has torque sensor accurate to ±0.1% of full-scale, that has its sensing head and electronics in separate housings. “This has two advantages,” according to the company. “The sensing ...
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• Pogo pins and rigid pins from CUI

  16-04-2024 15:49 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  CUI Devices has started making a selection of pogo pins and PCB pins – the former being spring-loaded and the latter rigid. The PCB pins are all press-fit, while the ...
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• NEMA23 stepper motors with UL/CSA certification

  16-04-2024 12:36 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Nanotec has introduced UL/CSA certified 56mm flange (NEMA23) stepper motors with integrated position encoders. There are four ASA5618 motors, giving options on 140 or 230Nm torgue (which corresponds to 88 ...
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• IP block covers Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 dual mode and IEEE 802.15.4 for IoT chips

  16-04-2024 12:13 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Ceva has introduced a multi-radio intellectual property package for IoT IC designers that combines Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4 and 802.15.4 modems with a 2.4GHz transceiver aimed at TSMC’s 22nm process. ...
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• Apple loses phone crown as Q1 market grows 7.8%

  16-04-2024 07:20 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  The Q1 smartphone market grew 7.8% q-o-q to 289.4 million units, says IDC. It was the third consecutive quarter of market growth, Top 5 Companies, Worldwide Smartphone Shipments, Market Share, ...
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• China takes half the thermal imager market

  16-04-2024 07:18 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Last year, China shifted its focus to thermal imaging technologies, and securing 50% of  the 2023 worldwide market, reports Yole Developpement. While Chinese players are focusing on volume-driven segments, longstanding ...
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• Insight SiP launches BLE/WiFi6 module

  16-04-2024 07:17 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Insight SiP, the miniature RF module developer, has launched its ISP5261 Wi-Fi 6 module. This module acts as a fully functioning Bluetooth® LE and Wi-Fi radio node, capable of a ...
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• UK quantum computing companies advised Go East

  16-04-2024 07:06 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  A new report is highlighting opportunities for UK quantum computing companies in Japan. The country is investing to accelerate the development of commercial applications in fields such as chemistry, financial ...
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• Appointments: Lacey is first COO at Integrated Graphene, Midsummer co-founder steps up to CEO

  15-04-2024 16:54 via electronicsweekly.com
  
    Andrew Lacey is to fill the newly-created COO position at Integrated Graphene, a company built around a carbon-based electro-active material it brands ‘Gii’. “Andrew will be responsible for developing ...
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• More on: Completely integrated inductive proximity switch IC

  15-04-2024 13:44 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Last week Belgian fabless chip company Melexis announced a unique inductive sensing IC that includes a tiny transformer, drive circuit and sense circuit, so Electronics Weekly decided to have a ...
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• Samsung gets $6.4bn Chips Act money

  15-04-2024 12:16 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Samsung has been awarded $6.4 billion in direct funding under the Chips and Science Act. The compsny is investing $40 billion in Texas to make 4nm and 2nm chips. “This ...
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• Sponsored Content: Five tips for predicting component temperatures

  15-04-2024 10:00 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Historically, component temperature has been correlated with reliability, with early studies relating field failure rates to steady-state component temperature. More recently, physics-based reliability prediction has related failure rates of electronic ...
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• The 007 Contract

  15-04-2024 07:30 via electronicsweekly.com
  Huawei is building a $1.66 billion R&D complex in Shanghai as big as 224 football pitches to develop chip manufacturing equipment, reports the Nikkei. An important area will be litho ...
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• Lockheed Martin invests in Q5D

  15-04-2024 07:21 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Q5D Technology, a company specialising in  tools  for automating wiring harness manufacture, has closed a $3 million investment round led by Lockheed Martin. Q5D has developed robotic tools combined with ...
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• Q4 EDA revenues up 14%

  15-04-2024 07:14 via electronicsweekly.com
  Q4 Electronic System Design (ESD) industry revenue increased 14% to $4,423 million from the $3,879.9 million of Q3, according to SEMI’s  Electronic Design Market Data (EDMD)report. “Electronic design automation (EDA) ...
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• XCAM develops Nuscis variant for AI-powered context imaging

  15-04-2024 07:06 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  XCAM, the Northampton-based digital imaging specialist, is developing a variant of its Nuscis electronics for the context imager in Craft Prospect’s Salient project. In Salient, the Glasgow-based Craft Prospect will ...
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• 23V 7A USB Type-C source protection switch

  12-04-2024 15:59 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Alpha and Omega Semiconductor has released a 7A 23V USB Type-C protection and reverse-blocking switch IC. Dubbed AOZ1377DI, is can be used in both Sink and Source applications and it ...
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• Improving contact conductivity in amorphous oxide transistors

  12-04-2024 12:46 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have found a novel way to reduce source and drain contact resistance, and increase carrier mobility, in amorphous oxide transistors. In particular, they ...
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• Fully integrated inductive switch

  12-04-2024 07:24 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Melexis is sampling its Induxis switch, the MLX92442, which is a contactless, magnet-free, and strayfield immune, amonolithic device which directly detects conductive targets. It enables small module designs with reduced ...
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• Semi manufacturing equipment sales fell 1.3% last year, says SEMI.

  12-04-2024 07:13 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  2023  sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment fell  1.3% to $106.3 billion from 2022’s   record $107.6 billion, says SEMI. China was the biggest market, growing 29% y-o-y to $36.6 billion, ...
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• Mouser signs Macronix

  12-04-2024 07:12 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Mouser has entered into a distribution agreement with, Macronix, the Taiwanese flash manufacturer “Macronix’s world-class portfolio of unique, high-performance products aligns well with our line card and customer base,” says ...
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• 700W/channel Class-D audio amp design with GaN output

  11-04-2024 18:01 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  EPC has used GaN transistors to create a high-power Class-D two-channel audio power amplifier design. Instantiated in evaluation kit EPC9192, it is capable of pushing 700W/channel into 4Ω (or 2Ω) ...
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• Atom x7000RE on VME

  11-04-2024 14:39 via electronicsweekly.com
  
    Concurrent Technologies has put Intel Atom x7000RE Amston Lake processors into a VME board, adding image processing and AI audio processing accelerators to the venerable form factor. CPU choice ...
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• DC to 67GHz PCB edge-launch connectors are solderless

  11-04-2024 13:14 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Samtec has created a line of RF connectors that mount to the edge of PCB by bolting rather than soldering. They measure only 9.5mm from side-to-side where they sit on ...
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• There’s hope for AR/VR/MR displays, says Yole

  11-04-2024 07:15 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Between 2023 and 2029, Yole  expects the AR microdisplay market to grow at a faster pace (67% CAGR ) than VR (15%) with AR seen as the ultimate consumer market ...
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• Rohm op amp claims lowest current consumption

  11-04-2024 07:11 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  ROHM has developed a linear op amp – LMR1901YG-M – featuring, it claims, the lowest current consumption in the industry. This makes it suitable  for amplifying sensor signals used to ...
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• Embedded World: DigiKey, NXP launch MCX MCU Design Contest

  11-04-2024 07:06 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  At the embedded show in Nuremberg, DigiKey and NXP Semiconductors have formally launched their MCX MCU Design Contest. Entrants must use NXP’s new FRDM development boards, featuring NXP’s MCX N ...
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• RS enhances digital distribution

  11-04-2024 07:01 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  RS  has launched its embedded software application   – making it one of the first distributors in the industry to offer a fully digital and automated software service globally. Responding to ...
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• Embedded World: Atom x7000RE SMARC processor modules for industry

  10-04-2024 16:51 via electronicsweekly.com
  
  Congatec announced SMARC modules based on Intel’s Atom x7000RE ‘Amston Lake’ processors. “Specially designed for industrial requirements, they deliver eight processor cores, double the previous generation, while maintaining the same ...
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