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Industry’s first USB Type-C controllers compatible with updates

Editorial Team Jul 28, 2016

Fairchild, the global supplier of high-performance semiconductor solutions, has announced that its FUSB302 family of USB Type-C controllers are the industry’s first to be compatible with the latest updates to the USB Type-C standard,…

Medical

Swimming microbots detach and rejoin via magnets, could perform future surgeries

Editorial Team Jul 28, 2016

Using robots in the medical field is not a new concept. More and more we see robot variations implemented in some capacity - whether assistance-related, research-conducting, or even surgery-performing — robots are now a staple of the…

Featured

New editing tool makes selfies look much more flattering

Editorial Team Jul 28, 2016

Selfies have become such a popular photography style that even you grandmother has probably been involved in one at some point. Around the world millions of people are holding their cameras an arms-length away and snapping self-portaits. …

Power

Qi-certified 15W wireless power transmitter first in industry

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

The industry's first Wireless Power Consortium (WPC) v1.2 Qi-certified 15W wireless power transmitter, the bq501210, has been introduced by Texas Instruments. The device enables 84% system efficiency with significantly less thermal…

Embedded

Latest generation 64-layer 3D flash memory unveiled

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

The latest generation of Toshiba's BiCS FLASH 3D flash memory, has been unveiled, with a stacked cell structure and a 64-layer device that will be first in the world to start sample shipments today. The new device incorporates…

LEDs

Cheaper headlights available through LED driver

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

An automotive LED driver that enables smaller and more cost-effective headlight systems, has been introduced by Cypress Semiconductor. The S6BL112A automotive-grade LED driver is the industry’s first to feature synchronous control, which…

Materials

Permanently transparent adhesive used in glass brickwork

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

Amsterdam has gained an architectural highlight with Chanel's new flagship glass store, where the old brickwork has been replaced by glass blocks. DELO's products, more precisely the adhesive, is used for bonding the more than 7,000…

Sensors

Reverse battery protection offered by hall-effect sensor IC

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

Allegro MicroSystems Europe, and its A1367, is a field programmable linear Hall-effect current sensor IC, features a 240kHz bandwidth, integrated voltage regulator, reverse battery protection, user-selectable ratiometry and uni- or…

Automotive

PIM is suited for automotive applications include drive 3-phase BLDC motors

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

The Automotive Power Integrated Module (PIM) portfolio, by ON Semiconductor has been expanded with a device which contains six 40V, 30A MOSFETs configured as a three-phase bridge with an additional 40V, 30A high-side reverse battery…

A&D

This robot repairs and maintains Lockheed Martin’s Hybrid Airship

Editorial Team Jul 27, 2016

For over 20 years, Lockheed Martin has been working to develop the technology needed to design a new class of aircraft that would represent an innovative solution to a hard problem. What the company came up with was the Hybrid Airship ,…