A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for May 30, 2016.
BBC micro:bit goes on sale today for £12.99
The BBC micro:bit educational controller module is to be commercially available in the UK for £12.99. Distributor element14 has a 15 month contract to manufacture and distribute micro:bit in the UK. It also has plans to sell the product overseas at some stage. Element14 is announcing pre-order facilities for consumers and will be the exclusive …
Sarah Guppy
I can add a new name to my list of heroines: Which now reads: Beryl Burton (cycling), Florence Nightingale (statistics), Dr James Barry (medicine) and Sarah Guppy (engineering). It transpires Sarah Guppy was an engineer in the early 1800s, having made contributions to bridge foundations that were used by Thomas Telford, amongst other stuff. From here, …
Battery fuel gauge chips include anti-clone security
Maxim has introduced battery energy measuring (‘gas gauging’) chips with SHA-256 anti-cloning authentication. The firm has developed its own gauging algorithm that does needs no host interaction. “ModelGauge m5 fuel gauges include an algorithm that converts raw measurements such as battery voltage, current, and temperature into accurate state-of-charge, absolute capacity in mAhr, time-to-empty, and time-to-full …
Camper van query has UK-made answer
I was asked to have a look at a problem in a camper van this weekend. The van has a sink, and the tap on the sink combines a water valve plus a switch that turns on a remote electric pump to raise water up to the tap. The tap is made by Whale – …
SemI40 kicks off to develop robot factories
Today, the Euros 62 million European research project SemI40 (“Power Semiconductor and Electronics Manufacturing 4.0”) – in which 37 partners from five countries will carry out research into developing autonomous factories – was launched. SemI40 will focus on “smart production” and “cyber-physical production systems” in the next three years with secure data traffic playing a …
NI runs free aerospace technology forum in Reading
The Aerospace & Defence Forum 2016 hosted by National Instruments takes place on Tuesday 14th June at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre, Madejski Stadium, Reading, UK. It is a free-to-attend conference presenting trends and technologies for aerospace, defence, security and space systems. The programme includes: Morning keynote address from Dr. Marco Lisi, manager and scientist, …
SureCore SRAM IP runs at 20MHz on 0.6V
SureCore, the Sheffield low power SRAM IP specialist, says its ultra-low voltage SRAM IP operates at 0.6V on on TSMC’s 40nm ULP CMOS process, delivering from 20MHz at 0.6V to 300MHz at 1.21V. “Standard SRAM is not reliable below 0.9V, but SureCore’s single supply rail, Ultra-Low Voltage SRAM allows operating voltage to scale in tandem …
ST Falls From No.2 To No.5 In Analogue Market
ST had an awful year in the analogue market, according to IC Insights, seeing its sales fall 13% in a market which grew 2%. The company lost its market No.2 slot to Infineon while being overtaken in the rankings by both Skyworks Solutions, which took the No.3 slot, and Analog Devices which was No.4. ST …
ST slumps 13% in analogue losing three slots in market rankings
ST had a disastrous year in the analogue market last year slipping from being the No.2 player to No.5 as its sales slumped by 13%, according to IC Insights. Infineon moved up one place in the rankings from No.3 to No.2, displacing ST. Skyworks moved up to No.3. The 2015 analogue market grew 2% to …
ST slumps 13% in analogue losing three slots in market rankings