Austrian sensor and analogue IC manufacturer ams has acquired spectral sensing systems specialist MAZeT for an undisclosed amount in cash. Germany-based MAZet’s capabilities in IC and filter design and software system development are used in industrial and medical. Its sensors being used in applications including airplane interior lighting, agricultural sensors, and medical skin lesion analysis. Thomas Riener (pictured), …
Managing Wi-Fi connections from within your app for IoT
Just to quickly flag an interesting article about programmatically managing the Wi-Fi connections used by your app. And yes, the IoT word is involved.
X-FAB presents First-Time-Right and X-Cite awards
X-FAB Silicon Foundries today announced the first winners of its annual First-Time-Right Award and semi-annual X-Cite Award. iC-Haus GmbH and New Japan Radio each won the First-Time-Right award for mastering significant implementation challenges in developing analogue and mixed-signal ICs that fulfill the target specification at first design iteration. Fabless semiconductor company MinDCet NV won the …
Raspberry Pi becomes vehicle ECU
Electric two-seat pedal cars in Germany are getting an on-board computer thanks to masters student Adrien Hoffet and a Raspberry Pi . The Twike, manufactured by Fine Mobile in Germany, is half-bike and half-electric car for one or two people: it has a 3kW motor (8kW peak), pedals, a lightweight frame, and weather-proof body. Maximum speed …
Fujitsu adds sub-threshold ARM microcontroller line
Fujitsu Electronics Europe will now be selling low power microcontrollers from the US-based manufacturer Ambiq Micro. This will see the supplier becoming the exclusive distributor of Ambiq Micro products, which are used in wearables, wireless sensors and IoT applications, in Europe. Ambiq Micro has topped EEMBC’s ultra-low power benchmark for microcontrollers, doubling the previous highest score …
Stadium builds global power supply business
Stadium has created an enlarged power supply business by combining its Stadium Power and Stontronics brands. Called Stadium Stontronics, the business which supplies standard and custom power supplies up to 10kW, will operate from Reading in the UK and Hong Kong. It will also have regional design centres in Norwich and Shanghai. The power supply business …
Updated: Novel wet etch and unusual transistor make better finfets
University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to wet-etch tall clean fins for finfets, and have picked an unusual transistor to implement. It works for indium phosphide, but not for silicon – yet. The aim was to etch tall fins with vertical sides and few surface blemishes, and build a suitable transistor on the …
Updated: Novel wet etch and unusual transistor make better finfets
Picture of the Day: Solar Impulse completes round-the-world flight
Let’s celebrate Solar Impulse, which has just completed the first round-the-world solar flight. A ground-breaking feat indeed.
Picture of the Day: Solar Impulse completes round-the-world flight
Viva Zapata
You’re having your lunch by the sea in some sunny spot when, out of the corner of your eye, something weird happens. It’s a bloke rising from the sea on two columns of water. That contraption was invented by Franky Zapata, a 38 year-old former professional pilot and three times world jet ski champion. Now …
Top Ten Semi Capex Spenders In 2016
Thanks to IC Insights for this – the top ten capex spenders this year: