Texas Instruments has unveiled a new dc-dc topology, and with it is claiming industry’s highest current density for a 12V, 10A, 10MHz dc-dc converter at 50A/cm3. Similar to a two-phase buck converter, the added series capacitor allows the switching transistors to operate at half the input voltage, more than halving switching losses, TI energy systems …

New topology gives TI 10MHz dc-dc conversion

A Hong Kong-based connector manufacturer says it has shipped ten millionth dual USB connectors for the Raspberry Pi. Global Connector Technology (GCT) dual, USB type A is used in the Raspberry Pi and the supplier says it has seen a big rise in sales from the multiple subcontractors handling Pi production. Two dual USB connectors …

Raspberry Pi needs 10 million connectors

Laser sintered nylon 3D prints are porous – with a surface like Trebor mints according to 3Dprint-UK, unless they get treated in some way. Sealing the material, which seems to be it is PA2200, to stop it getting grubby or leaking water into one-off enclosures is not an exact science. 3D print firm Shapeways has …

Sealing nylon 3D prints

To specify Plessey loudspeakers is to ensure outstanding reliability. So, 55 years ago, ran an ad in Electronics Weekly’s edition of April 26th 1961. The ad continued: Careful design, up-to- date manufacturing methods and stringent tests together provide a service unsurpassed in the industry. Outstanding features of the latest types include a choice of motor …

Sounds Like Plessey

Compact COB LEDs from Lumileds generate 76,000 cd in a narrow beam, while Everlight Electronics has new LEDs for front- and rear-facing automotive applications, and RayVio launches new UV-C LEDs for disinfection applications.

You can now use SSL/TLS certificates provisioned from AWS Certificate Manager with your AWS Elastic Beanstalk environments by selecting a certificate from the Elastic Beanstalk console. This helps you easily secure network communications between your Elastic Beanstalk applications and end users.

This Quick Start deploys a standardized environment that helps organizations with workloads that fall in scope for Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) compliance. The Quick Start includes AWS CloudFormation templates that automate the deployment, relying on the requirements of PCI DSS version 3.1. The Quick Start also includes a security controls reference, which maps security controls to the reference architecture, and a deployment guide, which provides step-by-step instructions for deploying and configuring the environment. 

Drinking water treatment plant operators can benefit from using TOC analysis to proactively limit the formation of harmful DBPs.

The European Desalination Society (EDS) conference opened on Monday (23 May) with calls for greater collaboration among desalination professionals to address the rising gap between water supply and demand worldwide.

A transcript of the WaterWorld Weekly Newscast for the week of May 23, 2016.