Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

New Self-Charging Power Unit Made Out of Cut Paper

Researchers Zhong Lin Wang and Chenguo Hu wanted to come up with a new, wireless way for portable electronic devices to charge. Currently, the only way to get a full charge on a hearing aid, heart monitor, etc. is to plug them into the wall. But Wang and Hu thought, what if they could take the energy that a person expels every day and put that energy back into the device.

Video: Touchable Tablet Helps the Visually Impaired Navigate

The lightweight, reconfigurable touchscreen tablet generates graphical information that can be ‘read’ with the user’s fingers.

Video: Digital Air Traffic Control Comes to the UK

A digital air traffic control tower is to be installed at London City Airport, the first of its kind in the UK.

Turning Commercial Microprocessors into Space-Grade Powerhouses

Teledyne e2v has re-engineered commercial microprocessors for use on the Meteosat meteorological satellite.

Video: The Smart Home Goes to the Dogs

Connect the family dog to the smart home using AI-based sound recognition software.

Single Fuse Device Avoids the Need for Parallel Multiple Fuses

Littlefuse has introduced a new series with a current rating from 60A to 100A.

Ultra-Slim Smart Antenna GNSS Receivers for Internet of Things Applications

Telit has introduced a new series of integrated modules to reduce size, cost and time constraints.

Arduino-Based Educational Toolbox Launched for Classroom STEAM Experiments

RS Components is offering a 700 component and parts package for upper secondary education.

Makeup not Needed: Disney’s New System Projects Makeup on Actors

The team at Disney Research has created a new projection system that may change live performance makeup completely. The new system projects makeup on to actors using facial recognition, rather than facial markers, to follow the actor’s movements and changing expressions.

IEC Outlets with Integrated Light Pipes

The outlets provide a space- and cost-saving solution for power distribution units used in data centers.

Sensors Provide Precise Low-cost Eye Movement Detection

Electrical sensing to detect eye movement in real-time offers a low-cost alternative to cameras used in virtual and augmented reality applications.

D3 Semi’s MOSFET Line Now Carried by Mouser

The 650V-rated superjunction discretes are used in hard-switched applications such as PFC boost and inverters.

Precision Benchmark Set by Single-Chip Millimeter Wave Sensors

Texas Instruments' small-footprint CMOS sensor portfolio offers solutions for automotive radar, industrial, and infrastructure applications.

Simulation Tools Reduce Prototyping, Along With Development Time and Costs

Sophisticated simulation tools allow designers to predict behavior of a printed-circuit board in operation, reducing the number of (expensive) prototypes required to produce a final design.

Self-Charging Batteries Will Make Chargers Obsolete

Scientists at Hydro-Quebec and McGill University are developing technology that could make battery chargers a thing of the past. You may no longer have to worry about trying to find the nearest phone charger or outlet with this new battery technology that is being developed.

Implantable Chip Enables High-Precision Prosthetics

Future users of prosthetics could benefit from an ultrathin (35µm), implantable chip design recently announced by a joint Imec (Interuniversitair Micro-Electronica Centrum) and University of Florida research team.

The Battle of the Interfaces: Parallel Versus Serial

The use of high-speed data converters is on the rise, as more end-users are implementing them to improve system performance and increase capabilities. Applications can range from communication (ground- and satellite based), high-energy physics (accelerators), and defense (electronic warfare and radar jamming), to name a few.

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