Industries
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Glass Fiber vs. Plastic Fiber in Fiber Optic Applications
The question concerning glass versus plastic optical fiber is fundamental, but it comes up more often than you’d think, so it’s worth a few words here.
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Q&A: The Rise in 360 Camera Streaming
Orah CEO, Nicolas Burtey, chats about the increase in adoption of 360-degree camera use and its potential in future applications
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STMicroelectronics and USound Agree to Build Miniature Piezoelectric MEMS for Portable Devices
The device will replace balanced-armature and electrodynamic receivers in smartphones.
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SpaceX Falcon 9 Launches from Kennedy Space Center
SpaceX Falcon9 initiates historic mission from Cape Canaveral’s Launch Complex 39A.
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Soon: Printable Solar Cells!
The perovskite solar cell manufactured at low temperature with an efficiency of 20.1 percent.
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MotherBox Promises True Wireless Charging
The MotherBox has no charging pad or wires, and the ability to recharge multiple devices at the same time.
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Creating Lithium-ion Batteries Using Waste Silicon Sawdust
The method could be a way to mass produce batteries using the discarded material from silicon wafers.
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IR Receivers Allow Pin-in-Paste Soldering
Side-view metal holder allows single reflow soldering step to reduce assembly costs.
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TVS Diode Arrays Protect Portable Products
Littelfuse’s SP3145, SP1043 and SP1044 TVS diode arrays come in space-saving flip-chip packages and provide unidirectional transient protection.
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Charging Electronic Devices Using Wireless Power Transfer
Power transfer method allows wireless charging of any electronic device
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Ultrafast Camera Developed for Self-Driving Cars and Drones
The smart camera is faster than conventional video and sees far beyond typical optical cameras
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Printable Solar Cells Move One Step Closer to Reality
Perovskite materials can form “solar ink” that could then be printed onto glass, plastic or other surfaces using inkjet printing.
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Long Body LED Indicators Fit Thick Panels
Wilbrecht LEDCO has introduced a long body nickel-plated panel mount LED designed to easily fit panels up to 9.0 mm thick.
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PMBus™ compliant PoLs power FPGAs, processors
Murata Power Solutions has launched the 90 A/162 W OKDx-T/90 series for point-of-load applications.
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100 V Flyback Regulator Operates at 150°C
An H-grade version of Linear’s LT8303 monolithic flyback regulator offers guaranteed operation for junction temperatures as high as 150°C.
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Smarter Sunglasses Fit Your Face Thanks to 3-D Printing Technology
Customized, 3-D printed sports sunglasses pave the way for safer head-worn sports gear.
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Optical Fiber Performance: Theory Versus Practice
The practical realities of light gathering and propagation in multimode step index fiber differ from theory and lead to many misconceptions that experts can help dispel.
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Wearables Powered by Green Tea
Squishy supercapacitors bathed in green tea gel can power heart rate monitors, LEDs or Bluetooth modules
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Game Companies Introduce Virtual Reality Game Development Capabilities for Non-VR Games
Game development gets more immersive thanks to HTC Vive and VRCameraman technology.
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Sony to Launch Robotics and Coding Kit for Kids
The goal is to teach kids coding kills through playing with blocks, sensors and software
