Diamond Power Components is to distribute power mosfets from Korean chipmaker MagnaChip Semiconductor. “MagnaChip are a major player in the power mosfet market, supplying global OEMs with semiconductors for all segments of power control and LED Lighting applications,” said Diamond sales director Peter Hall. “Having complete control of their own design and manufacturing processes allows MagnaChip …
Competition: Extreme testing gives chance to win Scope Rider
Scopes in Space! The test specialist is launching a competition to find the most innovative use for its new Scope Rider, which is described as a rugged portable oscilloscope with lab performance.
Competition: Extreme testing gives chance to win Scope Rider
AUDS – US evaluates UK anti-drone seek and stun system
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has selected a UK-developed system that can detect and disable unwanted drones near airports. Known as AUDS (anti-(UAV (unmanned aerial vehicle)) defence system), it is the work of a trio of companies: Blighter Surveillance Systems, Chess Dynamics and Enterprise Control Systems, and will be supported in the US by Liteye Systems. …
Earth Comes First
Whatever his hard-driven employees may think of him, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos is an interesting guy. “All heavy industry will be moved off Earth,” he told a meeting yesterday, “Earth will be zoned residential and light industrial.” From being a bookseller, Bezos has branched out into space travel among other things. He sees the reason …
Win a scope: R&S Scope Rider compo
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PCB-Pool sells DIY re-flow oven
It transpires that I am a bit behind the times here, in discovering that PCB-Pool – the company (also known as Beta Layout) that will make single pcbs and small batches of pcbs – also sells a low-cost re-flow oven so that small companies, hobbyists and makers can solder their own components. Like many such …
The Big IC Prize
Intel’s data centre boss evp Diane Bryant tells The Nikkei that the ARM-based server IC vendors cannot match Intel in resources for server chip design and process technology development. There are, says Bryant, 16 vendors of ARM-based data centre ICs. “We have over 20,000 silicon engineers designing those products, and we have over 20,000 process …
Specialists such as Swiss company Mivune emerge to make lights smart
As lighting connects to the Internet, “smart building” software can combine it with other systems and control it, as Zumtobel has discovered. It can help store the data, too.
AWS Solutions Training for Partners: Big Data & Analytics
We recognize how important it is for APN Partners to learn how AWS solutions can solve customer business needs. To this end, we’ve expanded our AWS Solutions Training for Partners with a second topic on Big Data & Analytics. This workshop is designed to help business professionals at APN Consulting Partner firms understand and address big data and analytics challenges faced by small-medium and enterprise businesses. We cover AWS best practices and case studies, and discuss how to address customer pain points with AWS big data and analytics solutions. This free, one day workshop compliments and extends concepts from the Big Data & Analytics e-learning and AWS Business Professional, which are both free, online courses available to all APN Partners via the APN Portal.