Smart manufacturing ("Industry 4.0") is based, like the Internet of Things, on connectivity – and that means contacts. The connectors needed for the purpose must be of sufficient robustness for industrial use. So Industry 4.0 is not just a driver of growth, but also of technological progress, delivering a multitude of innovations. They are also benefiting other sectors.
Ispringen (Germany), June 14, 2017 – Panasonic has extended its range of NFC tags with the MN63Y1221-E1, a new IC for batteryless RF communication. It guarantees global interoperability as well as low power consumption.
Ispringen (Germany), June 6, 2017 – SECO’s Q7-B03 is a Qseven® Rel. 2.1 compliant module based on the Intel® Atom™ E39xx family, Intel® Celeron® N3350 and Intel® Pentium® N4200 SoCs. This solution can merge its high graphics performance and extreme temperature with excellent power efficiency.
Multilayer ceramic chip capacitors (MLCCs) are reaching the market with ever-greater capacitance values without increasing in size. Unpleasant side effect: It is becoming more and more difficult to measure the correct capacitance value. The values determined by users are frequently too low, which regularly results in significant extra expenditure. However, this situation could easily be avoided if certain...
For low to medium currents engineers have typically achieved the current sensing function with shunt resistors or current transformers. Shunt resistors require an additional amplifier making this a multi-component solution and due to the sensing principle of generating an intended voltage drop over a few milliohms series resistor, this results in relatively high thermal losses. For high accuracy either more...