Circadian lighting recommended practice task group includes members from SSL industry, academia, the US government, the military, and more with the goal of publishing a recommended practice document by May 2019.

Starting today, AWS AppSync is generally available (GA). AWS AppSync is an enterprise ready GraphQL service with realtime data and offline programming capabilities.  

The AWS Amplify JavaScript Library introduces GraphQL support and a new set of data capabilities with AWS AppSync integration.

Web and React Native developers can now easily integrate multiple AWS data sources into their apps via AWS AppSync, and utilize real-time data synchronization capabilities in their apps using the new GraphQL capabilities of the API category in AWS Amplify.

GraphQL is a descriptive data query language for APIs, and it simplifies creating frontend applications that interact with backend services. AWS Amplify can integrate with any GraphQL provider to perform queries and real-time data subscriptions via it’s easy to use GraphQL client.

AWS AppSync extends GraphQL’s capabilities even more by offering enterprise-level security, real-time data synchronization, and orchestration of backend data resources. AWS Amplify’s built-in support for AWS AppSync comes with new React components for working with GraphQL data, and an update to the AWS Mobile CLI which enables configuring AWS AppSync for JavaScript apps with a single command.

GraphQL support is the latest addition to AWS Amplify’s service categories, which help developers to build cloud-connected apps easily, iterate quickly and deliver world-class user experiences.

Read more about AWS Amplify GraphQL support in the AWS Amplify Developer Guide .

AWS Amplify is a Javascript library that can be used from any region where there is availability of the AWS services that are invoked through the library. For more information on AWS service region availability, please see the region table .

“We need to prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” says ECSN and IDEA chairman Adam Fletcher, following the announcement that US proposes an additional tariff of 25% on electronic components produced in China and imported into the US. The list of electronic components included contains over 1,400 products includes all tantalum, aluminium, …

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Phoenix Contact has introduced a housing for Raspberry Pi minicomputers which are designed to provide Raspberry Pi B2 and B3 models with mechanical and physical protection. The UCS-RPI series of light grey or black housings offer IP40 degree of protection are available in the sizes 125 mm x 87 mm and 145 mm x 125 …

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Willow Technologies are selling a magnetic arc blowout relay from Durakool which has a maximum switching voltage of 145Vdc. It is designed for electric vehicle systems which might use 48Vdc, 72Vdc or 80Vdc, which can be difficult to switch using traditional relays. According to Willow, the DG85CM electric vehicle relay features AgSnO2 contacts with high …

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Toshiba has created a motor driver for brushed electric motors used in, for example, domestic robotic vacuum cleaners, banking terminals and cash dispensers. Called TB67H420FTG, it can separately control two 47V (10Vmin, 24Vnominal) motors running at up to 4.5A, or via a separate mode the bridges can be combined to power a single 47V 9A motor. The …

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The Zuckerberg hearing revealed a conflicted company which isn’t sure what it is. Is it a neutral platform – ‘a platform for all ideas’ – or is it a content provider – a publisher? Facebook is employing 15,000 – rising this year to 20,000 – ‘content checkers’ and with 20k people editing content it is …

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Lumina Italia, founded by designer Tommaso Cimini in 1975, has been making its Daphine lamp ever since. This year it has been updated to use leds to form the ‘Daphine Tri-R’, using Toshiba’s Tri-R high-colour-rendering leds which have a violet die and phosphors at multiple wavelengths – scoring >Ra97 for CRI and Qa96 for CQS. …

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The top  25 companies held more than three-quarters of the worldwide semiconductor market in 2017 as the leading semiconductor suppliers significantly increased their marketshare over the past decade, says IC Insights. The top 5 semiconductor suppliers accounted for 43% of the world’s semiconductor sales in 2017, an increase of 10 percentage points from 10 years earlier. …

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