Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Cryo-Mill Reduces E-Waste to Nanopowder

Researchers at Rice University are proposing an unexpected method for dealing with electronic waste: crush it into nanodust.

Chip Bead and Inductors Have Durable Soft Termination

Multilayer chip beads from TDK incorporate soft terminations for greater reliability.

Microfluidic “Tree-on-a-Chip” Mimics Hydro Pumping of Trees and Plants

The pump could be used as a hydraulic actuator for small robots.

PEI-Genesis Promotes Parry to Head Global Operations

Global electronics distributor PEI-Genesis has promoted Jonathan Parry to Senior Vice President of Global Operations and MD Europe.

Murata Acquires Power Semiconductor Supplier Artic Sand

Murata has strengthened its low power semiconductor offerings by acquiring Artic Sand Technologies of Burlington, MA.

Wet Tantalum Cap Offers 15 to 680 µF Range

Hermetically sealed capacitor offers high reliability for avionics, aerospace systems.

UMC and Synopsys Aim to Accelerate 14nm Design

The collaboration will create a standard interoperable process design kit to reduce time to layout and connect FinFET devices.

Bosch Begins Work on Artificial Intelligence Self-driving System

The company will use Nvidia’s DRIVE PX Xavier platform

Mouser, Renesas Team on MCUs, Design Tools for IoT

Mouser Electronics will distribute Renesas’ Synergy™ Platform to design engineers speed time to market for Internet of Things (IoT), industrial, and real-time operating system-based applications.

TVS Diode Array Achieves Low Capacitance

Array protects fast signal pins like V-by-One, Embedded DisplayPort, HDMI 1.0 through 2.1, USB 2.0/3.0/3.1.

Looking at the Test and Measurement Future—From the Voice of Experience

In National Instrument’s 2017 Automated Test Outlook, Dr. James Truchard capitalizes on his 40 years as CEO to look at the state of the electronics test industry.

Mouser Electronics Distributing Coilcraft

Mouser Electronics is now distributing magnetic component supplier Coilcraft’s products in North America.

MCU Addresses IoT Power Usage Needs

Analog Devices’ ADuCM4050 MCU achieves active-mode consumption as low as 40µA/MHz.

Infographic: Starting Your At-Home Laser Engraving Business

These days, everyone wants to be an entrepreneur. Laser engraving is a great way to start your own business in a growing industry that takes only a small investment.