GF Piping Systems (GF) has expanded its automation product line with two new Level Transmitters, incorporating advanced radar sensing technology designed for high accuracy tank level measurement in water treatment applications.
CST Industries to build Global Covers Manufacturing Center of Excellence
The company announced its plans to transform its manufacturing footprint by creating a Global Manufacturing Center of Excellence in the Conroe, Texas facility.
Trying hot air desoldering
I have been wanting to try a dc-dc converter experiment and decided to base it on an old development board I have lying around – but was stopped in my tracks by a thermal pad chip that didn’t want to come off the board. Enter hot air soldering equipment. At this point, credit to former …
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China IC industry growing fast, says CSIA
China has 1,362 IC design companies reports the China SIA, up from 681 in 2014. The production value of China’s IC industry increased 20.1% y-o-y to $62 billion in 2016, while revenues of China’s IC design companies grew 24.1% y-o-y to $24 billion, says the CSIA. China’s top-10 IC design firms’ combined revenues accounted for …
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EW: Video Interview – QA Systems on Cantata unit and integration test tool
Matt Davis, Managing Director of QA Systems, talks about the newly announced version of QA Systems’ unit and integration test tool, Cantata.
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AMS redesigns 3.5mm audio jack to carry power and data
AMS has come up with a new communications interface for audio devices that uses the microphone wire in a standard 3.5mm audio cable to carry power and bidirectional data with a rate of up to 16Mbit/s, as well as digital audio signals. According to AMS, this can eliminate the need for a battery in noise-cancelling …
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One-package EMI and ESD protection for USB Type C, HDMI and MIPI
Nexperia, formerly part of NXP, has announced common mode EMI filters with integrated ESD protection for USB 3.1 Type C, HDMI 2.0 and MIPI M-PHY interfaces. PCMFxUSB3S, PCMFxHDMI2S and PESDxUSB3S are the parts, where x is the number of channels. They come with the same footprint as ESD-protection-only products. “System engineers will benefit from having …
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EW: Video Interview – Keysight Technologies on InfiniiVision 1000X oscilloscopes
Art McFall, Marketing Brand Manager of Oscilloscopes at Keysight, talks about the company’s new InfiniiVision 1000X series oscilloscope.
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Three-phase brushless motor controller separates the mosfets
Allegro MicroSystems has a three-phase brushless BLDC motor controller for use with N-channel external power mosfets. The AMT49413 can be used as part of three-phase motor drive systems with maximum supply voltages up to 50V. One feature of the devices is a charge pump regulator that provides adequate (>10V) gate drive for battery voltages down …
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Low capacitance diodes protect high speed channels
Littelfuse’s latest circuit protection devices will provide eight channels of low capacitance common mode and differential mode protection for electronic equipment exposed to electrostatic discharges (ESD). SP8008 range of TVS diode arrays are intended to provide protection against ESD events exceeding the IEC 61000-4-2 contact ESD level of ±8 kV without any performance degradation. A …
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