Newcastle firm Zytronic designs and manufactures capacitive touch sensors and controllers which are used in some the the toughest touchscreen applications around the world. Zytronic is making a global reputation as a developer and supplier of ruggised capacitive sensors from its facility in Newcastle. UK-based manufacturer of capacitive touch sensors has recently invested £1m to …
LoRa module extends range of IoT wireless links
Amiho Technology has launched a smart metering module which supports the LoRa wireless interface standard for extended range. The AM094 combines LoRa and Wireless Meter-Bus capability at 868MHz to create long range radio to connect devices. With a 17.8 x 20.3mm footprint, the module comes pre-loaded with the firm’s LoRa and Wireless Meter-Bus, EN13757 compliant, …
In praise of Meetup: NanoSatellites, Android and IoT…
I was very pleased to be invited along to a NanoSatellite initiative last month, previewed via the Internet of Things Innovators UK meetup group.
April IC sales fell 1%
Semiconductor sales fell 1% in April compared to March to $25.8 billion, says the SIA using data collected by WSTS. “Global semiconductor sales decreased marginally in April, continuing a recent trend of market sluggishness driven by soft demand and a range of macroeconomic headwinds,” says SIA CEO John Neuffer, “despite a cumulative decrease across all …
Top Ten Foundries
Thanks to Gartner for this one – the top ten foundries in 2015 with revenues in $bn: TSMC. 26,566 Globalfoundries 4,673 UMC. 4,561 Samsung 2,607 SMIC 2,229 Powerchip 0.985 TowerJazz 0.961 Fujitsu 0.845 Vanguard 0.736 Shanghai Huahong Grace Semiconductor. 0.651
Toshiba to introduce nanoimprimt process for NAND
Within the next twelve months Toshiba will start introducing nano-imprint lithography (NIL) into its NAND manufacturing process, reports The Nikkei. The introduction of NIL in volume production in FY 2018 should reduce NAND production costs by 10%. NIL uses a stamp technique to form a layer of circuitry on the wafer. Toshiba has been working …
Plessey hires an agronomist
Plessey announced today the appointment of Maarten Klein as Head Agronomist to provide specialist expertise for Plessey’s horticultural lighting solutions. Klein has specialist expertise in the use of LED lighting for growing commercial crops, developed whilst he was the Research Director at Delphy in Wageningen, Holland. Maarten Klein said, “Having spent some time with the …
Toshiba to ship USB 3.0 drives this month
Toshiba is to start shipping USB 3.0 flash memory USB drives at the end of this month. The drives will sell under the TransMemory brand. They transfer content twice as fast as USB 2.0 and are available with capacities of 16GB 32GB and 64GB. All drives are supplied in white and are fully backward compatible …
Crowd-funding looks like serious business
Crowd-funding of commercial product development, production and marketing is set to move to a new level and some of the biggest electronics firms in the world are getting hooked, writes Richard Wilson Crowd-funding looks set to become an established way for electronics firms large and small to launch new products on the market. One of …
Comment: UK needs its own ‘Imec’
Imec held its Technology Forum in Brussels last month. Electronics Weekly’s components editor David Manners attended the event and his detailed reports on the technology ranging from deep sub-micron semiconductor technology to low power radio, IoT security and solar cells are published in this week’s issue of the magazine. Why is Imec important to the UK electronics …