Electronics Supply Chain News & Analysis

“Smart” Paper is Digitally Connected, Responds to Commands

An ordinary piece of paper gets sensing capabilities by employing a method that relies on small radio frequency (RFID) tags.

Internet of Things Platform Introduced by Avnet

The distributor is combining a SoC from Microsemi along with wireless modules from LSR.

Silver Nanowires Could Be the Key to Flexible Touchscreens

In addition to performing well, silver nanowires can be produced in a less energy-intensive manner, proving to be a green alternative.

Battery Connectors Provide Positive Contact Mating

The 9155-800 Series vertical-mate, 2 mm-pitch battery connectors incorporate a contact geometry that allows for full vertical engagement in pluggable module applications.

Open VPX Backplanes Maintain Signal Integrity At Up to 10.3 Gbaud

Board supports PCIe Gen3 and 10 GbE (XAUI) and the most advanced Gen3 bandwidth module configurations.

Low Loss Three-Phase Ideal Diode Bridge Rectifier Reduces Heat, Easing Thermal Design

Linear Technology is offering a low-loss three-phase ideal diode bridge rectifier reference design that replaces six diodes with three LT4320 ideal diode bridge controllers to simplify design.

Nvidia Unveils New GPU Based on Its Pascal Architecture

Previously used for deep learning, the technology is now being ported for gaming.

PEI-Genesis Signs Distribution Partnership

The agreement with Esterline Connection Technologies will broaden PEI-Genesis’s line of harsh environment connectors.

Volvo Just Launched a Two-Hour In-Car Delivery Service for Your Online Shopping Items

Order something online and have it delivered to your car within two hours. Seem simple enough? Thanks to Volvo Cars, it’s a reality.

InvenSense and Arm Accelerator Bet on IoT in China

An agreement between the companies will integrate MEMS and ARM processors for prototyping and Internet of Things applications

Waveguide Twists Operate from 18 to 110 GHz

Pasternack’s family of precision waveguide twists?come in sizes from WR-42 to WR-10, spanning frequencies from 18 to 110 GHz across seven frequency bands.

Gate Driver ICs Produce Up to 8 A

Power Integrations’s SCALE-iDriver™ ICs, rated to produce 2.5 to 8 A, enable the design of inverters with fewer components.

Software Development Kit Accelerates Deployment of Smart Home Gateways

New ZigBee 3.0 SDK eases compatibility with multiple communication protocols in today’s Smart Home.

Module Takes Headache Out of GaN Power-Conversion Stage

GaN-based power stage includes all peripheral components and minimizes input/output interface issues and compatibility challenges.

AVX Corporation Recognized by NASA

AVX Corporation is reportedly the first to achieve NASA’s S-311-P-838 specification for space-level BME X7R MLCC technology.

Careful DFT Makes Boundary-Scan Stronger

Sometimes, when a technology has existed for a long time, people regard it like an old shoe—useful and reliable but no longer something that merits particular attention.

Mini Eyeglass Camera Helps Legally Blind Read

Researchers equipped a pair of eyeglasses with a miniature camera that used optical character-recognition technology to assist those who are considered legally blind in reading e-mails, newspapers, articles, menus and pages in a book.