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Ambient light sensors support energy harvesting

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

New Yorker Electronics is now distributing Vishay’s optoelectronics sensor, the Vishay Semiconductors VCNL4100. The VCNL4100 is an Ambient Light Sensor and also a Proximity Sensor with long-distance proximity detection up to one meter. It…

Communications

Repair/rework system realizes quality improvements

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

Kurtz Ersa North America, a supplier of electronics production equipment, is pleased to announce that Spinnaker Contract Manufacturing, a New England-based contract manufacturer, purchased and installed a HR600/2. The highly automated…

Lasers

Laser control module enables high quality micro-machining

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

ACS Motion Control has developed a laser control module that enables direct control of the laser source to deliver precise laser micro-machining and increased throughput. The LCMv2 series EtherCAT slave module provides a wide range of…

Software/Hardware

Solution integration enables maximum regression speed

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

Mentor Graphics has announced the integration of its Questa Verification Solution with the Jenkins Continuous Integration and Source Code Management (CI/SCM) ecosystem. As a result, Mentor Graphics Questa users are now able to manage and…

Optoelectronics

AIM Photonics welcomes Infinera as a new member

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

AIM Photonics and Infinera, have announced that Infinera has become the latest member of AIM Photonics, demonstrating the continued swell of support for the Rochester-based initiative. Infinera will play a key role within the institute,…

Production

Cleaning and conformal coating conference by IPC and SMTA

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

The associations IPC and SMTA jointly announce the High-Reliability Cleaning and Conformal Coating Conference, scheduled to take place October 25th to 27th, 2016 at Hyatt Rosemont, Rosemont, Illinois. The conference is focused on best…

Automotive

Solutions for connected car challenges at TU-Automotive Europe

Editorial Team Oct 21, 2016

Lynx Software Technologies will be presenting its software based solutions for securing the connected vehicle as a Co-Sponsor at TU Automotive Europe, 2nd-3rd November in Munich. Commenting, Robert Day, Vice President of marketing at…

Optoelectronics

WiFi IP deployed for healthcare and IoT devices

Editorial Team Oct 20, 2016

The licensor of signal processing IP for smarter, connected devices, Ceva, and HMicro, a wireless solutions firm developing integrated products for medical, industrial and the broad Internet of Things, has announced that HMicro has licensed…

Embedded

6-axis IMU enables much longer ‘always-on’ motion sensing

Editorial Team Oct 20, 2016

STMicroelectronics has announced that its LSM6DSM 6-axis Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) has earned certification for use in next gen mobile devices running Google Daydream, a high-performance virtual-reality platform, and Tango, a platform…

Trends

VCC enters strategic partnership with Ismosys

Editorial Team Oct 20, 2016

VCC has partnered with prominent European electronics and optical manufacturer representative Ismosys to better serve its European customers. The strategic partnership increases VCC’s illumination and indication design engineering and…