Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS) for MariaDB, version 10.4 and higher, now supports M6i and R6i instances. M6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 x86-based General Purpose compute instances, designed to provide a balance of compute, memory, storage, and network resources. R6i instances are the 6th generation of Amazon EC2 memory optimized instances, designed for memory-intensive workloads. Both M6i and R6i instances are built on the AWS Nitro System, a combination of dedicated hardware and lightweight hypervisor, which delivers practically all of the compute and memory resources of the host hardware to your instances.

Nexperia’s app note ‘AN90011 Half-bridge mosfet switching and its impact on emc’ includes a lot of valuable background information, such as how and why to perform double pulse testing, how to set-up a simulation and tips on layout. Well worth a look as it is an easy read for such a technical subject. Hats off to …

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51% of employees would like to have complete flexibility when it comes to their schedule, in contrast to only 16%. of respondents who said their ideal work week would have no flexibility at all, says a report by Adobe entiled ‘The Future of Time’. This was found in all seven of the surveyed countries: UK, U.S., Australia, …

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I just want to flag this one, an arm aimed at students: the Braccio ++ kit, for an introduction to robotics, letting you lift, place, twist objects under digital control…

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THE arrival of the solid state device on the domestic market has resulted in a concentration by the MO Valve Co on industrial devices  up to a present limit of 6,000 Mc/s, said Mr. J Bell,who succeeds Mr.G.A.Marriott as managing director of the company on April 1. So, 61 years ago, started a story in …

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Diodes is claiming “the world’s smallest crystal oscillator family” for the 2 x 2.5mm UF252 series. These are LVPECL output devices which come in 2.5V and 3.3V supply versions all with low jitter to suit them to high performance equipment. Maximum (RMS) phase jitter can be as low as 0.07ps (3.3V, 156.25MHz, 12kHz-20MHz offset, 0.05ps typical) …

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GPU prices are down sharply giving rise to expectations that the chip shortage could be coming to an end. 3DCenter says that the price of AMD’s Radeon RX6000 and Nvidia’s GeForce RTX30 gaming GPUs has fallen from 80% to 20% above MSRP (Manufacturers Suggested Retail Price). Susquehanna reckons GPU prices have falken from 76% to …

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Pico Technology has won a second Queen’s Award for Enterprise, in its 30th anniversary year. The St Neots company designs and makes ‘Pico Scope’ PC oscilloscopes, PC data loggers and automotive diagnostics tools in the UK. It employs over 170 people worldwide. “I would like to thank the team at Pico, our customers and suppliers …

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The Queens Awards for Enterprise have been announce, and Electronics Weekly has taken a look through to find companies in electronics and related industry. Please forgive any omissions – hundreds of companies have won awards and, not all are described clearly – do comment below if you know of a company that has been missed …

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The U.S. Air and Space Force has opened registration for its third annual Space Security Challenge: Hack-A-Sat 3. A satellite hacking competition with a chance to win one of ten $10,000 cash prizes. The idea is that the ethical challenge encourages security researchers to focus their skills on solving the cybersecurity challenges of space systems. …

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