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MOSFETs enables energy savings for inverters in AC systems
A new lineup of its PrestoMOSTM series of 600V super junction MOSFETs that includes 30 new models, has been announced by ROHM. This series increases design flexibility while maintaining the industry’s fastest reverse recovery time (trr) optimised for EV charging stations and motor drive in home appliances such as refrigerators and Air Conditioners (ACs).
Tektronix names Newcombe as President
In a management reshuffle Tami Newcombe has been promoted to President of Tektronix, and Marc Tremblay who was named that role earlier this year is instead becoming President of Fluke. Both companies are owned by Fortive. Newcombe joined Tektronix in early 2017 as Commercial President and has been responsible for leading global sales and marketing.
Arrow signs up to Qualcomm's Smart Cities Program
Arrow Electronics is to participate in the Smart Cities Accelerator Program of Qualcomm Technologies which encourages the global acceleration of edge compute, 5G appliances and NB-IoT distributed sensors. Qualcomm Technologies is promoting a library of Smart City solutions that combine existing mobile broadband networks while re-imagining existing infrastructure in cities around the world.
Accelerating IoT development for billions of devices at scale
IoT sensors are being infused into just about everything, from industrial equipment to consumer devices, and increasingly these devices are connecting to the cloud. By 2020, Gartner predicts there will be more than 20 billion connected devices. In April 2018, Microsoft announced it is investing $5bn in IoT and the intelligent edge over the next four years.
Spectra Group wins Queen’s Award for Enterprise
Spectra Group have received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category for its system, SlingShot. The product is a small, low powered and lightweight system that delivers game-changing capabilities to existing military and first responder radio networks. When connected to military or commercial UHF/VHF radios, Slingshot extends their range from Line of Sight to Beyond Line of Sight covering thousands of mile radius by ...
Driving simulator manufacturer expands its UK facilities
UK-based driving simulator manufacturer, Ansible Motion has secured a grant towards its facilities expansion through the New Anglia Small Grant Scheme, which is part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund. The expansion will see Ansible Motion double its office space at the Hethel Engineering Centre for the design, validation and manufacturing of its proven simulator and testing technologies.
Securing the future of medical data
The University of St Andrews has secured €4.37m from the European Union under the Horizon 2020 programme to study security of medical data. The Serums project, which will keep the University in the forefront of software technology, aims to produce tools and technologies to support future-generation healthcare systems that will integrate home-based healthcare into a holistic treatment plan, reducing cost and travel-associated risks and i...
Collaboration to bring converging security architecture
As the line between mobile devices and computers becomes increasingly blurred, security architectures from two previously separate worlds are also converging. GlobalPlatform’s secure components, the Secure Element (SE) and Trusted Execution Environment (TEE), are becoming de facto in mobile devices and the Trusted Computing Group’s (TCG) Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is widely deployed across the computing ecosystem.
Helping Indian automotive market meet electrification mandate
Specialist in the area of high-performance dynamometer systems, SAKOR Technologies, has extended its association with SAJ Test Plant Private, which serves as the exclusive representative in India of SAKOR products, including the AccuDyne AC Dynamometer System, DynoLAB Test Cell Control System and other products for hybrid and electric vehicle testing and high voltage battery testing and simulation.
Artificial intelligence used to predict customers' next cars
Carbase has unveiled an innovative use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology at its Bristol showroom - an interactive robot that can predict a customer’s next car. After months of development with technology partner Cognitive Services, the South West used car dealership has introduced Rob-Bot, which uses facial recognition and data analytics to give customers a list of makes and models it calculates will be exactly what they&rsquo...