The city of Franklin will increase its wastewater discharge into the Harpeth River.

Skeleton Technologies, the Estonian ultracapacitor manufacturer, has developed an energy storage system for adding power reliability in manufacturing plants, data centres, and covering starting and bridging power for diesel generators. Called SkelGrid, the system is based on the firm’s curved graphene ultracapacitor technology, which is designed to provide high power and energy density. Taavi Madiberk, CEO …

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ams has introduced a power management IC for LED-based lamps and luminaires which uses closed-loop sensing to maintain more accurate correlated colour temperature (CCT) and lumen output. Following the AS7221 smart lighting manager introduced earlier this year, this new device, the AS7220, combines a precise calibrated-for-life colour sensor with an intelligent Cognitive Lighting Engine for standalone …

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Toshiba is sampling two BLE ICs with enhanced security. The chips -TC3567CFSG and TC3567DFSG – have peak current consumption of  3.3mA at 3V supply when in transmission mode. For  security  they can acquire a random number with a length of up to 32B, using a random number generator. This function will help to strengthen the protection of …

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Hard on the heels of last week’s news about San Francisco making 32 open spaces in the City free public WiFi zones, a joint statement from the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission says they will fund the EU’s WiFi4EU programme to instal free public Wi-Fi in public squares, piazzas, parks, hospitals …

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Loads of stuff about poor old Tiger. Except that he’s not really poor at all – he made $45.5 million last year. A bit less than his peak $100 million a year, but not too shabby. What’s surprising is that Tiger hasn’t won a major for nine years or any tournament for four years. Yet …

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Finnish low-power processor specialist Minima Processor has raised €5.5 million in two seed-funding rounds. Based in Oulu and Espoo, Minima claims its  technology can improve processor energy efficency by up to 20x. Investors are Lifeline Ventures, VTT Ventures, CFT Nordic Capital, Aalto University, and of angel investors. The company claims its technology “enables up to 20x …

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Socionext, the Fujitsu-Matsushita SoC design jv, is sampling a new addition to its Milbeaut family of image signal processors. Designated SC2002, and  nicknamed “M11S”, the chip is designed for security cameras. Based on an ARM Cortex-A9 Dual 600MHz CPU, the IC offers the latest functionalities for capturing high-quality images under low light conditions such as the …

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Linear Tech has announced a synchronous step-down DC/DC controller that operates at up to 2.25MHz for reduced circuit size and increased power density. Its 45ns minimum on-time enables 24VIN to 3.3VOUT conversions while switching at a fixed 2MHz, avoiding critical noise-sensitive frequency bands including AM radio. Synchronous rectification delivers up to 95% efficiency while Burst …

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Cypress Semi has announced a USB-C controller that supports PD 3.0 (power delivery) standard with PPS (programmable power supply) and Qualcomm’s QC 4.0 (quick charge) protocol. Dubbed CCG3PA, the chip is programmable via its ARM Cortex-M0 and 64kbyte flash with read-while-write for firmware upgrades. “As these standards and the USB Type-C standard continue to evolve, …

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