Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Soundstream Expands 2017 Mobile Audio, Video Product Portfolio

The line-up includes a new dual-display source screen and Marine line amplifiers and speakers.

Metal Film Resistor Meets UL1412 Safety Needs

The Vishay BCcomponents?PR02-FS?offers defined fusing characteristics and fast fusing time to allow use in applications where electronic appliances are disconnected from power.

Configurable High Power System Carries Medical, Industrial Safety Approvals

Modular power system provides up to 24 kilowatts in 3 kilowatts increments and can be configured for up to eight outputs using a wide range of plug-in modules.

Cybersecurity: A Fact of Technological Life

The need to protect computer devices and networks from destruction and damage is not new.

GaN Power Amp Operates to 6 GHz

The HMC7885 and HMC7748 GaN high-density power amplifiers target radar, military/aerospace and other applications operating in the 2 to 6 GHz range.

Video: Foldable Active-matrix 3-D Pressure Sensor Developed

Using graphene transistors with air-dielectric layers to improve the performance over conventional approaches

APEC 2017: 1200 V SiC Schottky Rectifiers for High Frequency Systems

Central Semiconductor has unveiled its latest discrete components

Multi-band, Multi-protocol Smartphone Control Platform for Law Enforcement

The unit can be installed indoors, mounted on a vehicle or worn on the body of an officer

Video: Smart Shirt Monitors Key Vital Signs

A prototype smart shirt has been fashioned to perform continuous electrocardiogram and respiratory monitoring.

Are Nanoplatelets the Next Quantum Dots?

Researchers in Zurich have proved their theory about the mechanism of nanoplatelet formation.

Rohm Puts Third Generation SiC MOSFETs Through its Paces

One of the parts that Rohm was showing off was an isolated gate driver, BM60052, which is a gate driver with coreless transformer offering isolation voltage of 2500Vrms from primary to secondary with such features as I/O delay time of 110ns, and a minimum input pulse width of 90ns.

Ethernet Connector Suits Heavy-duty Vehicle Apps

The First to meet SAE J2839 standards for heavy-duty vehicles, this connector delivers speeds of 10/100 Mbps and withstands 10x the pull-force of M12 connectors.

Coaxial Voltage Variable Attenuators Offer 60 dB Attenuation

Attenuators come in six models supporting frequencies from 400 MHz to 18 GHz.

Power Factor Correction ICs Achieve Over 95 Percent Efficiency

Devices eliminate the need for external current sense resistors and use a control technique that adjusts the switching frequency over output load.

Video: DIY Portable Game Console Teaches Kids STEM

Makerbuino is an Arduino-powered device that you build yourself to teach kids about electronics and technology

Sony Rolls Out SSD Series for Video Recording Devices

The new storage devices give higher speeds security and longer lifetime to video professionals

Internet of Things Devices Powered by Body Heat in Smart Clothing

Purdue University is working on a fabric that includes a flexible, thermoelectric generator

Single-slot, Half-size PCIe Board Configured with Three I/O and Communication Modules

North Atlantic Industries has introduced its latest PCIe board.

Lookout Silicon, Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene are Coming

For decades the semiconductor industry has been packing more and more silicon transistors onto each computer chip to keep steadily improving performance, but that process will soon reach its physical limit. Increasingly scientists are looking to silicon’s neighbor on the periodic table, carbon. Specifically, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and graphene.