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Europe export drive is target of Leeds-based tech network

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A Leeds-based electronics manufacturing business has been given a boost from a successful local exporter. Daletech Electronics has received free strategic export advice from Yorkshire firm Radio Design as part of a new export network in the Leeds City Region. The advice and mentoring from Radio Design director Eric Hawthorn will help Daletech directors realise ambitions for growth into Europe ...

Farnell Challenge Final Next Tuesday

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Students from 11 schools and colleges in Bradford, Leeds, Calderdale and Wakefield will take part in the premier Farnell Technology Challenge Grand Final at Aspire, Leeds on Tuesday December 5th. Each winning team will  present to a panel of judges as they showcase the working prototype of a piece of technology that they have developed to meet the brief of ...

Fable: Delusions

In 1997, a distinguished research establishment put out a number of predictions: We’d have: Artificial ears by 2000 Artificial hearts by 2010 Artificial lungs and kidneys by 2015 Artificial brain cells by 2017 Artificial brain implants by 2025 Artificial arms and legs by 2030 Artificial brains by 2035. Moral: Techie forecasts are for the birds.  

Automotive regulators handle 60V inputs

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Diodes has used a simple emitter-follower design to create linear voltage regulators that work with inputs up to 60V in automotive environments. The ZXTR2105FQ, ZXTR2108FQ and ZXTR2112FQ are designed to deliver 5V, 8V, or 12V regulated outputs respectively from nominal battery supplies of 12V or 24V at up to 15mA. “These devices can tolerate battery voltage spikes up to 60V, ...

Metal plate shunt resistors handle high currents

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PSJ2/PSL2 and PSG4/PSF4 are high-power resistive shunts from KOA, with two or four terminals respectively. Added to the PS series, and being stocked in Europe by TTI, they are constructed from solid metal alloy resistance element with copper terminals for what is claimed to be superior corrosion and heat resistance, along with excellent pulse resistance and long-term stability. Applications include ...

Deloitte opens cyber-threat hunting service in EMEA

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Deloitte is to provide cyber-threat hunting services to companies in the EMEA region using the threat-hunting technology provided by Sqrrl. Threat hunting, in Deloitte’s definition, is the active search for cyber adversaries that have slipped past other defences. With the developing sophistication of ‘low and slow’, it said, and the growing impact of data breaches, the need for threat hunting ...

Updated: X-FAB adds to low-noise transistor portfolio

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X-FAB has added three new low-noise transistors to its 180nm process node:  a 1.8 V low-noise NMOS, a 3.3 V low-noise NMOS and a 3.3 V low-noise PMOS – all of which offer drastically reduced flicker noise compared to standard CMOS offerings. For transistor specs, see table below These transistors are mainly designed for sensor deployments which require very low-noise signal ...

XMOS launches development kit for far-field voice capture

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XMOS has made available its xCORE VocalFusion Speaker Linear evaluation kit as part of its range of  far-field voice capture products, Based on the XMOS VocalFusion XVF3100 voice processor, the kit is designed for developers, OEMs and ODMs integrating voice user interfaces into flat, or linear consumer electronics typically found at the “edge of the room”, such as smart home ...

AWS launches AI products

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Amazon Web Services (AWS), has announced five new machine learning services and a deep learning-enabled wireless video camera for developers. Amazon SageMaker is a fully managed service for developers and data scientists to quickly build, train, deploy, and manage their own machine learning models. AWS’ DeepLens (pictured) is a deep learning-enabled wireless video camera that can run real-time computer vision ...