QuickLogic is to license its FPGA technology to SoC designers wanting hardware acceleration or reconfigurability.

Future trends, technologies and engineers were the subjects for the keynote of NIDays 2016, National Instrument’s Graphical System Design Conference in London.

Wolfspeed (part of Cree) has introduced a 1,000V silicon carbide mosfet. C3M0065100K is a 65mΩ device in a four-lead TO-247-4 package – it has a second source pin for the driver. “This package provides lower switching losses with minimal gate circuit ringing due to the Kelvin gate connection,” said Richardson RFPD, which is stocking the mosfet and providing design services. ...

Raytheon UK has developed a positioning and navigation system that adds 3D dead-reckoning to global navigation satellite systems (GNSSs, GPS for example), allowing navigation inside buildings. Called ‘Strider’, it comes in two parts – a ‘boot-mounted unit’ (BMU) and a phone app. Inside the BMU are MEMS accelerometers, gyros and a pressure sensor (height). This communicates with the ‘Strider Location ...

Verbatim used LuxLive in London to launch anti-glare AR111 retrofit LED bulbs and demonstrate a new range of linear LED products. Low glare is the big marketing point. “To avoid the uncomfortable glare, the lamps mimic the lighting effect of a traditional halogen lamp by emitting light indirectly via the reflector,” said the firm, which is claiming CRI >90 for the ...

Marianne Culver is the new president of RS Components. Culver is best known in the component distribution sector for the 10 years she spent at the RS rival, Premier Farnell, where she was director of supply chain/supplier management. Lindsley Ruth, CEO of Electrocomponents, believes Culver’s experience of global distribution is well suited to her new role to take RS forward. ...

Chips used to embed IoT functionality are expected to generate sales of $12.8 billion in 2016, says IC Insights. Between 2015 and 2020, IoT IC sales are projected to rise by a compound annual growth rate ( CAGR of 13.3% compared to 4.3% for the entire IC market, which is projected to reach $354.7 billion in four years versus $287.1 ...

Tomorrow evening is the date for the industry’s largest technology and business awards: the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2016. These are the individual success stories and technical and business achievements which will be recognised and presented to an international audience at the Gala Dinner which takes place this Tursday, on 1 December 2016 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London (W1K 7TN). Elektra ...

National Instruments outlines plans for supporting time sensitive networking for the deterministic handling of data over Ethernet for industrial IoT applications.

Molex can print silver flexible circuits on polyester (PET) substrates with tacks as narrow as 0.13mm (0.005in) spaced by as little as 0.13mm. And it has a way to attach fine-pitch ICs. “The process creates a viable, cost-effective alternative to traditional flexible circuits: etched copper traces on polyimide,” said the firm. “Polyimide is more expensive than PET.” It claims that the ...