Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

Using 3-D Virtual Technology to Unwrap a 1,500-Year-Old Scroll

Computer scientists discovered and restored text on five complete wraps of the animal skin scroll, which will most likely never be physically opened for inspection, with the help of technology.

New Space Cloth Material Could Be Ideal for Embedded Electronics

Space cloth is the first non-woven material made from yarn with strong potential for use as a smart textile due to its unique structure, with space to encase copper wiring, LEDs and more.

Engineer Considers Digital Photography as the Future of Parts Manufacturing

Imagine if parts could be manufactured quickly and inexpensively by simply taking a series of digital photos of an object shot in close-range.

Mouser Electronics Signs Global Distribution Deal with Opulent North America

Mouser Electronics will distribute Opulent’s line of solid state?lighting components and modules.

Future and CalcuQuote Team Up on Instant Part Price Data for EMS Companies

Electronic components distributor Future Electronics is partnering with CalcuQuote to enable Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) companies to instantly query price and availability information from a Future Electronics data feed.

RF Modules Come in Four New Versions

Analog Devices has expanded its RF products line with four new standard modules.

Synaptics Fingerprint Sensors Drive Lenovo Laptop

Synaptics Inc. is supplying its Natural ID fingerprint sensors for secure authentication in Lenovo’s Yoga 910 convertible laptop.

The 5G Base Stations: All Technologies On Board

5G will propel the cellular industry to frequencies orders of magnitude higher than those used today, and multiple semiconductor technologies are competing to generate the required RF power.

Microsemi Helps Power NASA Spacecraft Juno’s Jupiter Data Research Mission

The company’s FPGAs were used in the command and control systems as well as instruments to gather scientific data.

Single Wavelength Solution Enables 100 Gb/s, 400 Gb/s Connectivity

The single wavelength solution increases faceplate and fiber bandwidth density by 4x over 25 Gb/s NRZ Solutions and 2x over emerging 28 gigabaud interconnects.

LED Surge Protector Limits Let-Through, Has Low Clamp Voltage

The LSP10GIHP Series Surge Protection Device (SPD) Module from Littelfuse combines low surge let-through (measured limiting voltage or MLV) and low clamping voltage ratings.

ON Semiconductor Completes $2.4 Billion Acquisition of Fairchild

The acquisition will help the company become a leader in power management and analog semiconductors.

Touch Controllers Meet Automotive Needs

Synaptics has introduced three feature-rich touch-controller solutions for automotive vehicle cockpits.

IEEE 802.3bt PD Controller Paves Path to Higher Power

The LT4295-powered device interface controller meets the IEEE 802.3bt Power over Ethernet (PoE) standard, which allows higher power than IEEE 802.3at.

PCB Technology Achieves Miniaturization Advances

Cicor’s DenciTec PC board technology allows conductor widths and spacings down to 25 µm with copper thicknesses of 20+/–5 µm on all conductive layers.

Up-Screened Ferrite Beads Meet High-Reliability Applications

Hi-Rel parts are procured and up-screened to meet DSCC 03024 qualifications, and they are repackaged with lot data traceability.

Wearable Electronics Powered by Body Heat

Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a new plan for harvesting body heat and converting it into electricity, which can be applied to wearable technology.