Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

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.

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.

SupplyChainBrain Honors Future Electronics

SupplyChainBrain has honored electronics distributor Future Electronics for its supply-chain activities.

Power Inductors Suit Automotive Applications

TDK has added three new sizes to its CLF-NI-D series of power inductors.

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.

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.

Bringing Far-flung Manufacturing Operations into Line

Reducing the headache of distributing your PCB manufacturing and test to sites worldwide.

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.

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.

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.

IEEE Day October 4 Looks at Future of Technical Innovation

IEEE will host its annual IEEE Day October 4 to honor the engineering profession.

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.

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.

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.

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.