Harting has filled a gap in its Han-Eco Outdoor connector series by introducing A-sized housings

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The LT8607 is a 750mA, 42V input synchronous step-down switching regulator.

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BBC plan colour TV by autumn was the headline, 57 years ago, in Electronics Weekly’s edition of March 29th 1961 The story opens: The BBC hope to start colour television in November this year, to coincide with their 25th anniversary, said Mr L.C. Jesty of Sylvania Thorn Colour Television Laboratories Limited, Enfield when he recently …

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VR is proving slow to take off – only 6.3 million headsets have ben sold worldwide – despite the fact that the world has 2.6 billion gamers.

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Accenture and Microsoft are combining on a UN- supported project to use Blockchain technology to give an identity to the billion people in the world without one. A prototype of the network was shown yesterday to the UN during ID2020 the public-private initiative to give everyone on earth a legal identity. Without an ID, people …

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Handsets will overtake PCs this year as the largest application for ICs, says IC Insights.

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In 1989, Bill Emmott published the Sun Also Sets and, in December of that year, the Japanese stock market hit 38,916. The outraged Japanese thought Emmott misread their economic expansion which was going on forever. A month ago Moody’s slashed China’s economy and the Chinese response was an infuriated denial that their surging economy was …

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Infineon has adopted sensor fusion technology from French research lab Leti into its Aurix TC29x platform, that uses 32bit TriCore CPUs for automotive power-train and body control, as well as safety and ADAS. “The Aurix family advances the automated and electrical car,” claimed Infineon microcontroller director Ralf Koedel. “Aurix is responsible for safe and secure …

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The short answer is: If the motor breaks on you system, you might need a new controller as well You might need to check that the relay in the controller has silver tin oxide (AgSnO2) contacts Replacing the pump in a solar thermal system with any old central heating pump is not the answer, unless …

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In the latest of a series on the EW BrightSparks of 2017 we highlight Alex Croucher, of GB Electronics.

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