Supply Chain
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Wireless Battery-Charging Chipset Simplifies Wearable Designs
The STMicroelectronics device allows for slim form factor devices while eliminating the need for a conventional charging connector.
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U.K. Tomato Growers Use LED Lighting to Improve Yield and Taste
Two farms have used 100% Philips horticultural LEDs to produce better products.
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Mitigate EMI/EMC in today’s electric and hybrid vehicles
The evolution from mechanical to computerized automotive systems over the past 40 years has ushered in a myriad of features and benefits, as well as a greater need for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filtering, especially in today’s electric and hybrid vehicles.
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Stewart Filmscreen Shows the Next Generation of Screen Materials with 16K+ Capabilities
While the audio–visual and consumer electronics industries focus on 4K resolution, 8K and even 16K awaits. At least one screen manufacturer acknowledges this with the announcement that its screen materials have always accommodated 16K resolution—long before projectors approached high-definition imagery. These popular screens have offered 16K capabilities, inherent in the company’s manufacturing process, since 1947.
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LG Electronics Launches 77-inch, 4K, $20K Signature OLED TV with Concierge Service Plan
Is there a market for a $20,000 4K TV? At least one major manufacturer seems to think so, launching the 77-inch 4K OLED Smart TV at CEDIA 2016. Boasting richer blacks, more than a billion possible color variations, and no halo effects sometimes seen on LCD TVs, this TV also comes with the company’s concierge service, 24/7, a VIP-level support contract.
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Memory Solution Suits Intelligent IoT Devices
New EcoXiP Non-Volatile Memory Sets Standard for Performance, Cost and Power for eXecute-in-Place IoT Edge Devices
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Virtual Reality Meets Electronics Manufacturing
Extending the benefits of virtual reality to applications beyond games and entertainment to address the manufacture of electronic devices and printed circuit boards.
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Pokémon GO Plus Powered by Dialog’s Bluetooth Low-Energy Technology
The company’s system-on-chip device is the core silicon in the gaming application accessory.
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SupplyChainBrain Honors Future Electronics
SupplyChainBrain has honored electronics distributor Future Electronics for its supply-chain activities.
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Power Inductors Suit Automotive Applications
TDK has added three new sizes to its CLF-NI-D series of power inductors.
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Avnet to Launch MakerSource Directory
Electronics distributor Avnet will launch its MakerSource.io™?online resource directory at the?N.Y. World Maker Faire?in October.
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New MEMS Family Works as Clock References in Wearables and IoT Devices
Microchip’s oscillators offer low power while meeting durability requirements in battery-powered devices.
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Bringing Far-flung Manufacturing Operations into Line
Reducing the headache of distributing your PCB manufacturing and test to sites worldwide.
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Trio of Kits Teaches Basics of Power-Supply Realities
Teach yourself about buck, boost and LDO DC/DC supply configurations and their characteristics with these low-cost kits and workbooks from Texas Instruments.
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4-Line ESD Protection Diode Provides Size Reduction for Portable Electronics
Vishay’s VBUS54FD-SD1 ESD protection array comes in a chip-level CLP1007-5L package to offer a dramatic size reduction over previous-generation components.
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Sealed M8 Connectors Suit Process Control Applications
The M8 Series connectors are available in plastic housings that stand up to chemicals commonly found in process control environments.
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IEEE Day October 4 Looks at Future of Technical Innovation
IEEE will host its annual IEEE Day October 4 to honor the engineering profession.
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Canada Carbon Explores Testing of Thermally Upgraded Graphite in DOE Reactor Project
The company is in discussion with X Energy for its technology to be included in its nuclear reactor development program.
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Wearable and Edge Devices
Mouser Electronics, Inc. has started carrying the Intel® Curie™ module, a low-power solution designed for wearable devices and consumer and industrial edge solutions.
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Waveguide Couplers Operate At Up to 33 GHz
Waveguide couplers suit general purpose applications in wireless transmit/receive systems, satellite communications, radar systems, point-to-point backhaul and telecom.
