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u-blox to acquire SIMCom’s cellular module product line
u-blox to acquire SIMCom’s cellular module product line
Business news |
In an asset deal worth USD 52.5 million, u-blox announced it is acquiring Shanghai-based SIMCom's cellular modem product line, its…
Asus’ Tinker Board enters Raspberry Pi/Creator market space – in distribution
Asus’ Tinker Board enters Raspberry Pi/Creator market space – in distribution
New Products |
Distributor Premier Farnell, under its CPC brand, is listing the Asus 90MB0QY1-M0EAY0 ‘Tinker Board’. This ARM Cortex-based computer-on-a-card features 4K…
Potentiometers for the mix-desk, in distribution
Potentiometers for the mix-desk, in distribution
New Products |
Distributor Mouser has Bourns Pro Audio’s PTL and PSP series slide potentiometers that feature internal illumination and motorised control.
Small OLED display targets wearables
Small OLED display targets wearables
New Products |
Winstar's WEO012832F is a small OLED display featuring 128x32 pixels in a 0.91 inch diagonal screen, suitable for wearable devices.

u-blox acquires Chinese SIMCom cellular module business
u-blox acquires Chinese SIMCom cellular module business
Business news |
Shanghai-based SIMCom Wireless is a machine-to-machine (M2M) wireless module and solutions supplier. Swiss IC and module maker u-blox is acquiring the company’s cellular modem products, which will expand the u-blox…
Gallium oxide boost for high voltage power
Gallium oxide boost for high voltage power
Technology News |
A semiconductor material known as beta gallium oxide (Ga2O3) could be of benefit in high-voltage applications if its poor thermal properties can be overcome.
TSMC reports strong finish to 2016
TSMC reports strong finish to 2016
Business news |
The world's leading chip foundry Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd (Hsinchu, Taiwan) reported December 2016 sales that helped push fourth quarter and full year sales ahead of previous expectations.
Gallium oxide offers promise for power electronics
Gallium oxide offers promise for power electronics
Technology News |
A semiconductor material known as beta gallium oxide (Ga2O3) could be of benefit in high-voltage applications if its poor thermal properties can be overcome.
Startup offers carbon-on-Si wafers for RF
Startup offers carbon-on-Si wafers for RF
Technology News |
Carbonics Inc. (Marina del Ray, Calif.), a startup founded in 2014, is offering first access to its carbon nanotube (CNT) technology in the form of carbon-on-silicon and carbon-on-quartz wafers that…
Nanoscale semiconductors promise to double solar cell efficiency
Nanoscale semiconductors promise to double solar cell efficiency
Technology News |
Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have built nanostructures in silicon that could potentially double the efficiency of solar cells.
Fractal design of graphene photodetector holds promise for photoharvesting
Fractal design of graphene photodetector holds promise for photoharvesting
Technology News |
Thanks to a novel gold fractal metasurface design, an international team of scientists from Purdue University (West Lafayette, IN) and the Technical University of Denmark (Kongens Lyngby, Denmark) have managed…
Data centres asset management through RFID
Data centres asset management through RFID
New Products |
Harting's Ha-VIS RFID LOCFIELD antenna provides real-time monitoring of asset movements within the data centre, improving operations and supporting the trend towards co-location data centres where the operator manages key…
China bets big on VR, Taiwanese HTC here to help
China bets big on VR, Taiwanese HTC here to help
Business news |
A few months ago, Taiwanese smartphone and VR headset manufacturer HTC signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government to create a "China VR Research Institute" assorted…
UK startup aims to be Europe’s lithium supplier
UK startup aims to be Europe’s lithium supplier
Business news |
A startup in Cornwall, UK, has secured rights to produce lithium for batteries and aims to be the major European supplier of the metal for batteries.
Current and voltage sensing module for EVs, energy storage
Current and voltage sensing module for EVs, energy storage
New Products |
Sendyne (New York, NY) has launched an automotive-grade current and voltage sensor module with 1% accuracy for battery monitoring in high voltage systems such as electric vehicles and energy storage…
GaN FETs proposed as laser drivers in LiDAR systems
GaN FETs proposed as laser drivers in LiDAR systems
New Products |
Gallium nitride FET maker Efficient Power Conversion (El Segundo, CA) is proposing its devices for the role of driving laser diodes in LiDAR designs, achieving superior LiDAR system performance in…
TI adds Bluetooth 5, automotive qualification to low-energy wireless MCUs
TI adds Bluetooth 5, automotive qualification to low-energy wireless MCUs
New Products |
With more available memory, Bluetooth 5-ready hardware, automotive qualification and an ultra-small wafer-chip-scale package (WCSP) option, Texas Instruments (Dallas, TX) has added two devices to its scalable SimpleLink Bluetooth low…
Johnson Controls licenses bipolar lead-acid battery tech
Johnson Controls licenses bipolar lead-acid battery tech
Business news |
Automotive parts supplier Johnson Controls (Milwaukee, WI) has licensed technology to build lead acid batteries with improved vibration durability, greater cycle-life performance, and a simplified approach to higher-voltage applications.
Fingerprint sensors to see steep growth, decreasing prices, says report
Fingerprint sensors to see steep growth, decreasing prices, says report
Market news |
In its "Fingerprint Sensor Application & Technologies" report, market research firm Yole Développement is expecting the fingerprint sensor market to keep growing steeply at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR)…
Class 1 cleanroom cables withstand extreme temperatures and chemicals
Class 1 cleanroom cables withstand extreme temperatures and chemicals
New Products |
Alpha Wire’s Xtra-Guard 5 cable range is now available at hi-rel electrical and electronic components distributor Aerco.
Cornish startup aims to be Europe’s main source of lithium
Cornish startup aims to be Europe’s main source of lithium
Business news |
A startup in Cornwall, UK, has secured rights to produce lithium for batteries and aims to be the major European supplier of the metal for batteries.
Snowflake-shaped electrodes boost graphene’s photoabsorption
Snowflake-shaped electrodes boost graphene’s photoabsorption
Technology News |
Thanks to a novel gold fractal metasurface design, an international team of scientists from Purdue University and the Technical University of Denmark have managed to tune graphene's natural wideband optical…
Data logger provides insights to vehicle usage
Data logger provides insights to vehicle usage
New Products |
Automobile developers seeking for ways to optimize their vehicles need one resource in the first place: Data that give an answer on the many ways how users utilize their cars.
Johnson Controls licenses rugged bipolar battery technology
Johnson Controls licenses rugged bipolar battery technology
Business news |
Johnson Controls has licensed technology to build lead acid batteries with improved vibration durability, greater cycle-life performance and a simplified approach to higher-voltage applications.
Current and voltage monitoring module for EVs and energy storage
Current and voltage monitoring module for EVs and energy storage
New Products |
Sendyne has launched an automotive-grade current and voltage sensor module with 1% accuracy for battery monitoring in high voltage systems such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems (ESS).
Fingerprint sensors under price pressure, says Yole
Fingerprint sensors under price pressure, says Yole
Market news |
In its Fingerprint Sensor Application & Technologies report, market research firm Yole Développement (Yole) is expecting the fingerprint sensor market to keep growing steeply at a Compound Annual Growth Rate…
ACF bonding makes reliable connections in ADAS applications
ACF bonding makes reliable connections in ADAS applications
Feature articles |
This article describes the application of anisotropic conductive film (ACF) bonding, especially as it can be applied to automotive systems where the connections it makes require less space, and offer…
Module offers 1%-accurate I/U measurements in EVs & energy storage
Module offers 1%-accurate I/U measurements in EVs & energy storage
New Products |
Sendyne’s automotive-grade current and voltage sensor module communicates via CAN2.0B, and has been designed for battery monitoring in high voltage systems such as electric vehicles and energy storage systems (ESS).


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