The UK government’s DASA (Defence and Security Accelerator) has awarded £1.3 million in funding for four “telexistence” innovations as part of a competition for commercial proposals. Entrants, in collaboration with Dstl and NDA, were asked to create a platform using Telepresence, Robotics and Haptics together. The three winners (actually four projects) are: TNO, Sheffield University …

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Global fab equipment spending for front-end facilities is expected to increase approximately 9% year-over-year (YOY) to a new all-time high of  $99 billion in 2022, says SEMI. “After achieving a record level in 2022, the global fab equipment market is projected to remain healthy next year driven by new fabs and upgrade activity,” said Ajit …

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“How do Integrated Circuit designers cope with increasing demands while maintaining a good work-life balance?” asks WIMMIC’s Technical Director, Ash Madni. If you feel like me in the above picture, don’t worry, we are not alone. In today’s commercial world of tight deadlines, technology nodes shrinking while silicon costs go up and the need to …

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The EU will need ten times more than its budget if it wants to get 20% of the world chip market by 2030, Kurt Sievers, CEO of NXP (pictured), told the Globalfoundries’ Technical Summit in Dresden. The EU has put forward a $52 billion Chips Act to hike European market share from 10% to 20%. “We …

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Amphenol Socapex has found a way to add military-grade ruggedness and waterproofing to MPO (multi-fibre push-on) optical fibre connections. Called ‘MPO Field’, it is intended to transform a standard patch-cord with MPO/MTP connectors using MT ferules. The MPO connector and patch-cord gets hand-assembled into a metallic plug based on a MIL-STD-38999 Series III, shell size …

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Reed relay maker Pickering has produced a video explaining voltage errors due to thermal effects in relays – where they come from, how to measure them, and how to reduce them. Although intended to promote the company’s own products, there is a lot of general interest in there, for which Pickering deserves credit. Spoiler: Operating …

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TDK has introduced quarter brick isolated 50W dc-dc converters with a 12:1 input range: 14 to 160Vdc There are also similar 75W converters, this time with a 9-75Vdc (8:1) input range, Quarter brick converters (left hand in image), with smaller 20W parts as well as larger 200W parts in the pipeline (see below).  Called PYQ50, …

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A priceless Korean medical encyclopaedia, first published in 1613, is now available for the public to interact with virtually the National Library of Korea Compiled by royal physician Heo Jun, the originals are locked away for safe keeping, but a high-resolution scan has been animated on a novel display surface by Seoul-based company Ubidus. “Many …

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Fluke is simulating an electric vehicle attached to a charging station with its latest tester. Called the FEV300, it allows the output of a Mode 3 ac charger with connector types 1 and 2 to be tested in accordance with IEC/HD 60364-7-722 and IEC/EN 61851-1. The stations provide a one or three phase supply at …

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