Toshiba microcontrollers allow a single-chip, with a 32 to 64 pin-count, to control multiple motors. Driving two motors typically requires an MCU in a 100-pin type package. Toshiba’s 64-pin TXZ can control two motors thanks to the ability to detect motor position via an integrated, high-speed AD converter with a 0.5μs conversion speed. The new …

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Semiconductor industry bellwether TSMC had Q3 revenues which were up 17.4% on Q2. Q3 revenues were $8.3 billion. September revenues were $2.85 billion which were down 4.9% on August but 39% up y-o-y. TSMC’s YTD revenues are $21.8 billion – up 7.1% on the same period last year.

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Lumileds is aiming at horticuture with its SunPlus series, which is binned in photosynthetic photon flux (PPF) – the plant equivalent to Lumens, measured in µmol/s. SunPlus 20 are 2 x 2mm devices aimed at greenhouses farmers wanting to supplement high bay lighting with specific wavelengths – available in in 440-460nm royal blue, 655-675nm deep red, 720-750nm far …

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DFI Tech, a US-based embedded board supplier, has developed a small form factor single computer featuring 6th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processors. Designated the M90/530 SFF embedded computer it features a dual or quad core 6th Gen Intel Core i7/i5/i3 processor and H110 chipset. The computer measures 7.9 x 7.36 x 2.11-inches. It has up to dual 32 GB DDR4 memory, …

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Built in the middle ages, the St. Jean granary in Angers France has had a led lighting make-over, and now offers different lighting scenarios depending on how it is being used. “The new lighting for this prestigious community hall blends discreetly in the original architecture with its beams, slate walls and round arches,” said Tridonic, …

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Researchers at The Alan Turing Institute have been given a cloud computing resource with the award of $5m worth of Microsoft Azure cloud computing credits to support their research into data science. More than 100 research staff  will soon begin work at The Alan Turing Institute, a major new UK centre for data science. Researchers …

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The Yanks, the icons of capitalism, are a lot more protective of their technology companies than we are. The latest Chinese incursion into the US tech hinterland – a move to buy shares in Lattice – seems to be getting the bum’s rush from the US government just like the proposed Chinese buy-ins at Western …

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I used to write assembler and did a certain amount of arithmetic in binary. What I needed was a binary pocket calculator to check results. But nothing I could find had a binary point, nor a hex point – so they could only work in whole binary or hexadecimal numbers – even when the calculator …

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Last week saw a major advance in the introduction of automatic banking in the UK, when IBM demonstrated their 1210 electronic cheque sorter to representatives of all Britain’s main banks. The machine is to be installed by Barclay’s later this year. So, 55 years ago, opened a story in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 1st …

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Photosynthetic Photon Flux levels rise 21% in just a few months for the Cree XQ-E and XP-E Photo Red LED families intended to optimize photosynthesis in plant growth applications.