Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

This Graphene Adaptation Fuels Flexible Lighting and Screens

GraphExeter, the most transparent, lightweight and flexible material there is to date for conducting electricity, can increase the brightness of flexible lights by up to almost 50%.

Vesper Demonstrates Commercial Quiescent-Sensing MEMS Device for Consumer Products

Wake-on sound microphone enables always-on listening capability at practically zero power draw.

Mouser to Sponsor 20th Annual Microchip MASTERs Conference

Global electronic components distributor Mouser Electronics, Inc. will sponsor the 2016 Microchip MASTERs Conference,an in-depth technical conference to be held August 17 to 20 in Phoenix.

Capacitors Handle Resonant Power Circuits

Illinois Capacitor’s HC and LC Series conduction-cooled capacitors are designed to reliably handle the current and voltage in resonant power circuits.

Sensorless Three-Phase Controller Drives Automotive Brushless DC Motors?

ON Semiconductor’s LV8907UW three-phase motor controller enables key parameters and functions to be configured via SPI interface and stored in embedded non-volatile (OTP) memory.

Electronics360 Webinar to Examine Automotive Connectivity

Automotive connectivity will be the focus of a webinar sponsored by Electronics360 scheduled for Thursday, June 30.

IDT, Cavium Team Up on Data Center Reference Design

IDT’s DDR4 memory interface solutions deployed in low-energy data center platform design based on Cavium’s ThunderX® family of Workload-optimized ARM processors.

Power Control Unit Allows Parallel Operation

The EPCOS VIP-3-TP control unit from TDK allows three reactive power compensation to be coupled for parallel operation.

Solar Cells So Thin That They Can Wrap Around a Pencil

The bendy solar cells could have future applications in wearable electronics like fitness trackers and smart glasses.

Why Do Engineers Care So Much About Graphene?

Graphene, graphene, graphene. Everywhere we turn there is some new engineering or electronics breakthrough involving graphene. What’s so great about graphene, anyway?

Tiny Nine-Axis Motion Sensor for Wearables Launched by Bosch Sensortec

The MEMS device contains an accelerometer, gyroscope and geomagnetic sensor.

µModule Power Products Come in Tin – Lead BGA Packages

Linear Technology’s µModule® (micro-module) power products come in reflow solderable tin–lead BGA packages.

Seven Companies That Will Contribute to Technology at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Take a look at these seven major companies to see what their tech role will be in this year’s Olympic Games.

ST and Qualcomm Team up for Sensor Modules in Smartphones

Software added into the sensors will allow for new low-power, high-performance Snapdragon-based phones.

Optical Backplane Interconnect Complies With VITA Standards

TE Connectivity’s Ruggedized Optical Backplane interconnect system provides a high-density, blind-mate optical interconnect in a backplane/daughter card configuration.

250 W Medical Supplies Are 94% Efficient

The TDK-Lambda CUS200M power supplies have a 3 x 5 in. footprint and are up to 94% efficient.

Single Row Receptacle Ensures Proper Terminal Seating

Molex’s Micro-Fit™ TPA Single Row Receptacle has integrated terminal position assurance molded with the housing to ensure proper terminal seating.?

Nanoco Calls to End Cadmium Exemption in EU

The quantum dot manufacturer says a recent Öko Institute report calling on an expansion to the toxic material exclusion is not necessary.

China’s Espressif Finds Low-Cost Wi-Fi Chip Niche

Espressif Systems was little known outside China before launching its ESP8266 chips in 2014. Now, its inexpensive wi-fi chips are enabling an array of IoT applications.