Electronics News by Industry Sector

U.S. Army and AM General Team to Develop Autonomous Driving for the Military

The technology may revolutionize how the military operates in and out of the field.

IKEA Introduces Smart Home Lighting Products

The new smart kit includes everything to enable wireless, plug-and-play adaptable lighting in the home.

Body Heat Powers Smart Watch

A crowdfunded startup will introduce a body-heat-powered smart watch in the fall of 2017.

IEEE: Amended Ethernet Standard Covers Plastic Optical Fibers

A family of three point-to-point physical layers for 1000 Mb/s operation over duplex plastic optical fiber is specified.

Unlocking the Potential for Nanomachines Through 3-D Printing

The work could be used to design and fabricate nanomachines into smart, complex devices

Sager Offering TT’s Reflective Optical Sensor

Sager Electronics now carries TT Electronics’ OPB9000 reflective optical sensor.

BNC RF Connector Meets SMPTE 2082-1 Standards

Molex’s BNC RF connectors exhibit return loss performance that exceeds SMPTE 2082-1 standards, allowing for future bandwidth expansion without needing to change connector hardware.

Tiny, Reliable Electromechanical Switch Introduced

A molecular toggle switch developed at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology will help lead the way to smaller electronic components.

One Engineer’s Journey to Recover His Malfunctioned Computer

“Never say you are prepared for the worst. You never know how bad the worst can be until you experience it.”

Battery Shunt Resistor Handles 36 W

Shunt resistor packs high capacity in 8518 case size.

Hot Swap Controller Protects Critical Systems

Analog Devices’ ADM1272 hot swap controller and PMBus™ power monitor provide reliable plug-in board protection in mission critical systems, such as servers and communication equipment.

Littelfuse and Monolith Semiconductor to Demonstrate New SiC Power Semiconductor Technologies at APEC 2017

Presentations will focus on "Making SiC Mainstream" for power conversion.

Littelfuse Invests in Monolith Semiconductor

The global circuit protection provider has made an incremental $15 million investment in Monolith Semiconductor Inc.

APEC 2017: GaN Technology Poised to Change the Way We Live

EPC exhibited more than 25 demonstrations proving that GaN technology is changing the way we live at APEC 2017, the global event in applied power electronics.

Versatile Inertial Sensors for Tomorrow's Autonomous Autos

Just as MEMS technology reduces costs dramatically, combo sensors could further lower cost and footprint by combining the two sensors into one package with a single ASIC.

To Get Broadband in Rural America, WISPs Are Usually the Only Answer

Wireless Internet Service Providers serve the many places in North America too rural for cable and telephone companies to make money. Without them, for millions of people the only choices would be DSL, dial-up—or nothing.