NI has introduced a PXIe module source measure unit (SMU) with a measurement sensitivity of 10fA and capable of driving a voltage output up to 200V. The PXIe-4135 SMU has the low-current accuracy and can provide up to 68 channels in a single PXI chassis for wafer-level parametric test, materials research and characterisation of low-current …

PXIe-based wafer tester has 10fA current sensitivity

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement With Via Technologies. The VIA product line of integrated boards and modules enables the development of embedded system designs based on industry-standard PicoITX and ETX form factors. The VIA EPIA-P910 integrates the performance of a 1.2GHz VIA Eden X4 processor with a media system processor (MSP), two USB …

Mouser signs up Via Technologies

Zytronic, the supplier of rugged projected capacitive touch sensor technology, has added force sensing to its sensor range which will allow systems to differentiate between a soft and hard touch. Force or pressure sensing is becoming available on smartphones and UK-based Zytronic is bringing it to retail and industrial applications. Its approach is based on …

Touch sensor will measure force too

Harting has announced a range of current transformers with an eye to wind energy system developments. The window type current transformers can be used to measure the feed from decentralised power generation plants for billing activity with the network operator. The transformers incorporate a transducer that has a rectangular shape with a cut that is …

Current transformers shape up for wind power systems

Toshiba has revealed details of an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection scheme for 0.13μm analogue power semiconductors. “ESD protection is much more robust, up four times, and the standard deviation is only 1/12 that of the conventional structure,” claimed the firm. 3D simulation revealed that lattice temperature increase due to the current flowing at the highest electric …

Input structure boosts analogue ESD protection

Natalie Price has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise £14,000 to bring her device for people with dementia and their carers to market. She was inspired to create a device that would keep people living with dementia safer having watched her own mother care for people with the disease for over 15 years. Price has …

Young entrepreneur goes crowdfunding for device to aid dementia care

There was once a memory technology which used the floating body effect of SOI as a switch. It was a capacitor-less single transistor technology 2x the density of DRAM and 5x the density of SRAM. It was invented in Switzerland by a former Micron guy and a Russian. A company raised $22 million to develop …

Fable: The Memory Which Zero-ed

We are excited to announce the release of Amazon Lumberyard Beta 1.3, which includes 130 new improvements, fixes, and features. Lumberyard Beta 1.3 introduces new graphics features to help your team build visually stunning games including: support for VR devices such as the Oculus Rift and HTC Vive, support for high-dynamic range (HDR) displays and their brighter pixels and wider color gamut, introduction of the Lumberyard Graphics Profiler that displays critical performance statistics in real time, and more. Read about the update in the GameDev Blog and the Lumberyard Beta 1.3 release notes .

A proposed desalination plant in Haverstraw, New York, that was never built, is at the centre of a lawsuit filed on Friday by Rockland County, New York, on behalf of its residents.

Q&A with US Embassy, Singapore.