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Thin film MELF resistors offer tighter tolerance

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

Vishay Intertechnology have extended the AEC-Q200-qualified Professional Thin Film MELF resistors to tighter tolerance in the low-ohmic range below 1Ω for the 0204 and 0207 case sizes. In addition to providing a low temperature…

Trends

PlayStation VR headset creates mass-market appeal

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

A new bar has been set by Sony’s PlayStation VR for the mass-market appeal of virtual reality, and is lighter and more attractive than competitors such as the Oculus Rift and the HTC Vive. At $400, the PlayStation VR is not cheap. But…

Featured

Could you swallow your surgeon whole?

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

The 2016 Nobel Prize for Chemistry has been awarded to Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir Fraser Stoddart and Bernard Feringa, who will share the 8m kronor (£727,000) prize for the design and synthesis of machines on a molecular scale. They were…

3D Printing

Manufacturing technique yields particle uniformity

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

In the latest issue of the journal Lab on a Chip, researchers from MIT’s Microsystems Technology Laboratories report a new microencapsulation technique that yields particles of very consistent size, while also affording a high rate of…

Featured

Samsung buys Siri startup

Editorial Team Oct 6, 2016

Samsung is buying Viv Labs, a high-profile artificial intelligence startup founded by the inventors of Apple’s Siri voice assistant, the South Korean electronics conglomerate have announced. The move is a major land grab in the battle…

Optoelectronics

Industrial wireless connectivity platform solves network latency

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

New features for the Cortet Connectivity Suite - a turnkey wireless solution that bridges the gap between 'things' and the cloud, have been announced by CEL. Cortet enables building automation, lighting control, smart home,…

Optoelectronics

SUB2r Alpha camera leverages the FX3 controller for SuperSpeed

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

It has been announced by Cypress Semiconductor that the programmability and SuperSpeed USB performance of its EZ-USB FX3 controller helped startup SUB2r develop its unique, open-architecture camera platform. The SUB2r Alpha camera…

T&M

Temperature uniformity achieved by next gen thermal warpage

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

The next gen Shadow Moiré System – the AXP 2.0, has been announced by Akrometrix, a provider of thermal warpage and strain metrology equipment to both the front- and back-end semiconductor and electronics industries. Akrometrix has been…

Cables

Industrial automation cables with Ecolab hygiene solutions

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

A complete line of standard industrial automation cables for signal and control equipment and processes, servomotors, I/O modules, EtherNet/IP and other network applications has been launched by Flamar, Molex announces. Flamar standard…

Power

Rectifiers offer low forward voltage drop and power losses

Editorial Team Oct 5, 2016

The Vishay V35PW and Vishay V40PW eSMP series High-Density Rectifiers are now carried by New Yorker Electronics. This is the twelfth of the Super 12 Featured Products for 2016 and with its inclusion New Yorker Electronics now features the…