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Durable Industrial Board-to-Board Connectors from Harwin Tested to 3Gbits/s Operation

April 1, 2020

Portsmouth, UK, 1 April 2020 – Harwin has confirmed that its Archer Kontrol 1.27mm pitch board-to-board connectors support data rates of up to 3Gbits/s. Compatible with Ethernet speeds up to 2.94Gbits/s, these connectors are optimised for modern industrial infrastructure.

Targeting the industrial drives and controls market, the Archer Kontrol series is also proving highly effective in monitoring and data acquisition equipment. Mated connectors withstand 20G of vibration, coping with the demanding conditions of automation and mechanized processes. The fully shrouded and polarized design handles strong lateral and twisting forces, and surface mount hold-downs lighten the strain on the … Read More → "Durable Industrial Board-to-Board Connectors from Harwin Tested to 3Gbits/s Operation"

Open Source Software to realize Conversational AI – COTOBA Agent OSS

COTOBA DESIGN released their core technology as OSS, focused on industry use.

April 1, 2020

COTOBA DESIGN [Read More → "Open Source Software to realize Conversational AI – COTOBA Agent OSS"

STMicroelectronics Simplifies Power for Smart Devices with Flexible and Rugged VIPer® Controller

April 1, 2020

Geneva, April 1, 2020 – STMicroelectronics’ VIPer222 controller for high-voltage converters up to 8W brings small size, low cost, and versatility to applications such as home appliances, building-automation devices, smart lighting, and smart meters.

With integrated features including an error amplifier, current-sensing MOSFET, and high-voltage startup circuitry, the VIPer222 … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Simplifies Power for Smart Devices with Flexible and Rugged VIPer® Controller"

Keysight Technologies Launches Innovate Anywhere Program

Enables engineering community to maintain productivity no matter where they work

March 31, 2020

SANTA ROSA, Calif. March 31, 2020

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, has launched the Innovate Anywhere program in response to COVID-19, spanning three key areas: 90-day software trials, remote learning, and scalable live network testing.</ … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Launches Innovate Anywhere Program"

OneSpin Expands Online Resources Giving Remote-Working Verification Community Ability to Continue Tackling Design Verification Challenges

Program Gives Engineers Access to Online Demos, Webinars, Support and Other Technical Materials

March 31, 2020

MUNICH, GERMANY –– March 31, 2020 –– OneSpin® Solutions, provider of certified IC integrity verification solutions for building functionally correct, safe, secure and trusted integrated circuits, announced the expansion of its online resources program to enable today’s remote work-from-home verification engineers to continue to create electronics that are functionally correct, safe, trusted and secure. The updated program provides engineers the knowledge tools necessary to tackle their complex verification challenges … Read More → "OneSpin Expands Online Resources Giving Remote-Working Verification Community Ability to Continue Tackling Design Verification Challenges"

STMicroelectronics Breaks Down Barriers to Broad Adoption of Vibration Monitoring in Industry 4.0 Applications

March 30, 2020

IIS3DWB MEMS vibration sensor optimized for industrial monitoring
Plug-and-play evaluation kit accelerates application development
Convenient and economical solution for condition-based maintenance

Geneva, March 30, 2020 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, is powering the next generation of Industry 4.0 applications with a new vibration-sensing solution optimized to enable smart maintenance of factory equipment.

Pentek’s Four-channel, 1.25 GHz D/A Jade Architecture XMC Ideal for Waveform Generation

March 30, 2020

Jade Architecture with Xilinx Kintex Ultrascale FPGA offers price, power and processing performance advantages
Four D/A waveform generator IP modules simplify data playback
Navigator Design Suite speeds development and custom IP integration

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ–March 30, 2020–Pentek, Inc., today announced its most recent addition to the Jade® Architecture family, the Jade® Model 71871, a four-channel 1.25 GHz D/A converter XMC for RF and IF waveform generation. The Model 71871 combines two Texas Instruments DAC3484s to deliver four independent analog outputs each through its own digital upconverter and 16-bit D/A … Read More → "Pentek’s Four-channel, 1.25 GHz D/A Jade Architecture XMC Ideal for Waveform Generation"

Keysight Enhances UXR Oscilloscopes to Accelerate Development of Next Generation mmWave Communications and Applications

Delivers fast, affordable and flexible wideband analysis up to 110 GHz

March 30, 2020

SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 30, 2020 — Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that helps enterprises, service providers and governments accelerate innovation to connect and secure the world, announced a new cost effective and flexible single channel instrument specifically designed to accelerate development of next generation mmWave communications, satellite communications, and radar applications.

Keysight’s latest edition to the company’s UXR-Series of oscilloscopes, the Read More → "Keysight Enhances UXR Oscilloscopes to Accelerate Development of Next Generation mmWave Communications and Applications"

Vishay Intertechnology Commercial and Automotive Grade IHLE® Integrated E-Shield Inductors Lower Costs and Save Space

Available in 5050 Case Size, Devices Provide up to -20 dB Electric Field Reduction at 1 cm

March 30, 2020

MALVERN, Pa. — March 30, 2020 — Vishay Intertechnology, Inc. (NYSE: VSH) today expanded its IHLE® series of low profile, high current inductors featuring integrated e-shields for the reduction of EMI with new commercial and Automotive Grade devices in the 5050 case size. The Vishay Dale IHLE-5050FH-51 and IHLE-5050FH-5A lower costs and save board space by eliminating the need for separate board-level Faraday shielding.

The devices released today contain the electric and B field associated with EMI in a tin-plated copper integrated shield, providing up to -20 dB of electric field reduction at 1 cm (above the center of the … Read More → "Vishay Intertechnology Commercial and Automotive Grade IHLE® Integrated E-Shield Inductors Lower Costs and Save Space"

Renesas Introduces RX23E-A MCU Starter Kit to Jumpstart Accurate Analog Evaluation for Industrial Automation and Measurement Equipment

New RSSK Enables Analog Characteristics Evaluation at the Nanovolt Level, Accelerating Time to Market for Industrial IoT Sensors

March 27, 2020

Düsseldorf, March 24, 2020 – Renesas Electronics Corporation (TSE:6723), a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today introduced a new Renesas Solution Starter Kit (RSSK) for developers working with the 32-bit Read More →

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