The state is losing nearly 78,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools every year.
DeLancey Davis named to Hydraulic Institute’s Board of Directors
The Board is primarily responsible for guiding the strategic direction and defining the organizational priorities.
USGS Map highlights groundwater quality concerns
About 140 million people—almost one-half of the Nation’s population—rely on groundwater for drinking water, and the demand for groundwater for irrigation and agriculture continues to increase.
ADI launches 24-bit simultaneous sampling sigma-delta ADCs
ADI has introduced a series of 24-bit simultaneous sampling sigma-delta A/D converters for wide-bandwidth, high-density instrumentation, energy and healthcare equipment. The AD7768 series includes a power scalable modulator and digital filter on each channel to enable the synchronized, precise measurement of both ac and dc signals in instrumentation applications, including modular data acquisition, audio test, …
Xilinx release 2016.1 enables software defined programming for Zynq
Xilinx has announced release 2016.1 of the SDSoCV development environment, enabling software defined programming for the Zynq family of SoCs and multi-processing (MP) SoCs using C and C++ languages. The new release includes support for the recently introduced 16nm Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. Additionally, this release enables a significant leap in productivity through system level profiling …
Xilinx release 2016.1 enables software defined programming for Zynq
FTDI chip eases industrial hi-speed USB upgrades
Dual- and quad-channel hi-speed USB interface ICs with accompanying hardware from FTDI Chip can be used to upgrade peripheral legacy systems to integrate USB in smart card readers, industrial control systems, barcode readers and USB flash-drive readers. These devices are new versions of FTDI’s FT2232H and FT4232H ICs and are available from RS Components. The configurable hi-speed …
USB Type-C hub controller will power up to 100W
Cypress Semiconductor is sampling its first USB Type-C hub controller with USB power delivery capabilities. The USB Type-C and Power Delivery specifications are defined by the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) and can be used to transmit multiple protocols and deliver of up to 100W of power. The previous USB power limit was 7.5W standard. The …
Gadget Watch: Reversing into the future with FenSens parking assistance
Parking assistance aids have been around for a while, and come as standard on some mid- to high-end cars. So what’s special about FenSens?
Gadget Watch: Reversing into the future with FenSens parking assistance
RFEL wideband core IP adopted for Ultra Channeliser
RFEL, the Isle of Wight signal processing specialist, says that the wideband variant of Its ChannelCore Flex IP core will be used in a Channeliser option offered in Ultra Electronics’ TCS UltraEAGLE family. UltraEAGLE (Electronic Acquisition Gathering Locating Equipment) is a family of Electronic Support (ES) systems designed to meet a wide array of Electronic …
Taiwan foundries have strong May revenues
TSMC saw May revenues 10% up on April and 5% up on May 2015 at $2.3 billion. YTD revenues are $10.692 billion, down 6.4% on 2015. TSMC expects 5-10 % growth this year. UMC’s May revenues were up 18% on April but down 1.8% on May 2015 at $394.8 million. UMC’s YTD revenues are $1.082 …