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Replacing a failing storage device with a solid state-based drive that uses the same physical connector, interface protocols and memory maps is a sustainable option, advocates Brian McSloy of Solid State Disks. Data storage media such as magnetic (floppy) and magneto-optical (MO) disks, magnetic tapes and even early HDDs are, from a technical industry viewpoint, things of the distant past. ...

Ittia has ported its DB IoT database for microcontrollers to a sub-set of the STM32 MCU family, via the STM32CubeIDE integrated development environment. “Real-time data capture and edge analytics are becoming common requirements for edge devices, including machine learning and AI applications,” according to Ittia. “Manufacturers selecting STM32 microcontrollers to build gateways, industrial systems and medical devices can now locally ...

Lithium-carbon dioxide batteries have theoretical promise, including in aviation where the lightweight materials are desirable – it might might make good use of Mars’ 96% CO2 atmosphere, for example. Headline figures are a theoretical specific energy density of 1,876Wh/kg and a ~2.8V discharge potential, but in practical terms the technology has not even reached infancy. To build a solid foundation for its development, a ...

Researchers in Illinois have added seven new molecules to the four usually found in DNA, expanding the palette for potential data storage applications. DNA contains four nucleotides: adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine (aka A, G, C and T), which arrange into the famed double helix. The patterns they form store the code for making living organisms and has been known ...

The University of Southampton is storing data onto glass at a density that would squeeze 500Tbyte onto a substrate the size of a CD. Data is written as miniature shapes through the bulk of silica glass using the three spatial dimensions. The shapes have two separate optical characteristics – adding two more dimensions – making this so-called five-dimensional (‘5d’) data storage. ...

With Tesla, French power firm Neoen is to build a 300MW 450MWh grid battery in the Australian state of Victoria, double the size of the already huge Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, also owned and operated by Neoen. Tesla Megapack right Called the Victorian Big Battery, it will be installed in in Geelong next to Moorabool terminal station and use Tesla Megapack technology. ...

Wurth added high saturation current versions to the ‘1206’ surface-mount shielded energy storage chokes in its WE-PD family  – see photo for general family appearance. Identified by ‘1260P’ (with the ‘P’ indicating a performance parts within the PD family) the parts use a different core material. The number indicated the part size – 12 x 12mm footprint 6mm tall. “Thanks ...

Tesla is developing a battery specifically for grid power storage – following on from it building the world’s largest lithium-ion battery in Australia. Called Megapack it is an assembled containerised 3Wh battery that includes 1.5MW of inverters. “Every Megapack arrives pre-assembled and pre-tested in one enclosure from our Gigafactory, including battery modules, bi-directional inverters, a thermal management system, an AC main ...

The town of Kempten in southern Germany has extended its experiment in buffering locally-generated renewable energy, installing a sixth grid storage battery to increase capacity to 3MW and 2MWh. “The number of days each year when wind and solar energy production around midday exceeds consumption is steadily increasing. By now the figure has reached 153 days, which is almost half ...

White-hot liquid silicon could be the key to storing the vast amounts of energy needed to run a renewables-based national power grid, according to MIT, which claims it “would be vastly more affordable than lithium-ion batteries” and “would cost about half as much as pumped hydroelectric storage, the cheapest form of grid-scale energy storage to date”. Liquid silicon has been ...