Cypress has released a kit that enables designers to evaluate the Controller Area Network (CAN) and Local Interconnect Network (LIN) slave communication capability of Cypress’s PSoC programmable system-on-chip and Flexible Microcontroller (MCU) families. The kit features two CAN transceivers, two LIN transceivers and Arduino compatible header...

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has purchased a first-of-a-kind brain-inspired supercomputing platform for deep learning inference developed by IBM Research. Based on a breakthrough neurosynaptic computer chip called IBM TrueNorth, the scalable platform will process the equivalent of 16million neurons and 4billion synapses and consume...

Linear Technology has introduced the LTC7130, a constant frequency peak current mode synchronous step-down DC/DC converter with temperature-compensated ultralow DCR current sensing and clock synchronisation. With an input range of 4.5 to 20V the device is claimed to support a variety of applications, including most intermediate bus voltages, is com...

Synaptics has announced a family of feature-rich touch controller solutions designed for the automotive market. The ClearPad automotive solutions include S7883, S7884, S7885, and S7886. The S7883/4 feature 80 channels and the S7884/6 feature 102 channels and are claimed to enable touchscreens up to 14 inches and an industry-leading 17 inches respec...

Researchers from Empa, the Max Planck Institute in Mainz and the Technical University of Dresden claim to have produced graphene nanoribbons (GNR) with perfect zigzag edges. Electrons on these zigzag edges are said to exhibit different - and coupled - rotational directions. This is said to be a step towards creating the spintronic devices of the fu...

New research by engineers from the Universities of Bristol and Lund, working alongside National Instruments, has demonstrated how a massive antenna system can increase spectrum efficiency by 12 times, compared with current 4G cellular technology.Multiple antenna technology – MIMO – is used in Wi-Fi routers and 4G systems and normall...

Renesas has expanded its 32bit MCU portfolio with the addition of the RX24T group. Based on the RXv2 CPU core, the devices are said to offer enhanced performance, a decrease of 30% in development time and additional instructions that accelerate performance and energy efficiency in a range of applications.There are six devices in the range, with...

With a power efficiency as high as 96%, devices from Infineon’s latest integrated power stage family can be combined with digital PWM power management controllers to provide a full multiphase voltage regulation system solution for server, storage, client and communications systems.The devices – said to reduce power loss and to simpl...

As demand grows for thinner and lighter microelectronic devices, manufacturers can be challenged when it comes to getting power sources into the smaller space. Looking to address the issue, researchers at the University of Missouri have developed a laser writing technique that enables energy sources to be created in virtually any shape. According t...

ESCO’s latest anti-counterfeiting forum highlighted some of the problems facing those procuring hard to get components.Gary Moffat, UK sales manager for Retronix, said: “It’s not always possible to wait for 24 weeks for a device and there’s pressure on purchasers to get products to customers.”While not all supp...