Europe is a good place to live with nine out of the top ten happiest countries in the world being European, according to the World Happiness Report with Scandinavia taking two of the top three slots.   Iceland, at No.2, was the third in the world’s three happiest countries in the study based on Gallup surveys and developmental indicators. Switzerland rose two ...

The industrial circular connector specialist binder has announced locking clips for its 620 and 720 Series. The accessory provides extra security and safety for snap-in connectors. The 620 and 720 Series are subminiature and miniature connectors designed for use in automation engineering and medical applications. These markets are seeing a growing demand for fast-acting mating and other mating options, said ...

Melexis has introduced the MLX90377 single- and dual-die (fully redundant) Triaxis position sensor for automotive and industrial applications together with a new PCB-less package for position sensors. The MLX90377 is a magnetic rotary and linear position sensor IC, which builds on the success of the MLX90371 and MLX90372 Triaxis sensors. Based on the Triaxis Hall magnetic front-end, it integrates an ...

Two infrared LEDs (IREDs) from ams Osram now not only enable user identification via facial recognition in laptops, but also slim displays because, with a lens, they measure 1.6 mm x 1.6 mm x 1.71 mm. ams Osram offers the IREDs in two wavelengths – 850 nanometers (SFH 4171S) and a 940 nanometer version (SFH 4181S). With the SFH 4171S, ...

Renesas has expanded its family of 8.2mm creepage photocouplers with three new devices designed for operation in harsh industrial automation equipment, solar inverter, and EV charger operating environments. Measuring 2.5mm x 2.1mm in an LSSO5 package they are claimed to be the world’s smallest optical isolated IGBT drivers and intelligent power module (IPM) driver. The 2.5A output and 0.6A output ...

One of the PM’s bonkers ex-advisers has accused me of being a liar, well who isn’t in this game?” Ed asks his diary. When the blame game bursts you have two responses: The magisterial response is to say ‘I’m waiting for the results of the Official Inquiry (expected 2024)  when. I confidently expect to be cleared of all allegations’. The ...

In the 1990s, as now, Europe was spending a fortune trying to get companies to build chip plants. Efforts to woo Chip companies by the UK were directed at Samsung, Hynix, LG, Fujitsu, Siemens Semiconductors (now Infineon), and NEC. Samsung never started building its fab; Hynix sold its fab to Motorola which in turn never equipped it; LG  built its fab ...

Do you have a Raspberry Pi project underway? Want a chance to win an IPS 7.0” HDMI TFT display from Riverdi to go with it? We have ten to give away.

There's BAE Systems' contract to supply advanced Military Code (M-Code) GPS modules, reports of Arm going into cost reduction mode, Intel in pole position for worldwide semiconductors, the Newport Wafer Fab under threat and the size of the neuromorphic sensing market...

A layered crystal of rhenium and silicon can produce electricity at right angles to heat flowing through it, according to Ohio State University. This is not the first time that ‘transverse thermoelectricity’ has been demonstrated but, according to the researchers, it is the first time it has shown notable efficiency. It works when the internal structure of the Re4Si7 crystal is ...