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First Look Episode 12: DARWIN Microcontrollers
Welcome to First Look, brought to you by DigiKey and Maxim Integrated. The demand for cloud-based systems and the Internet of Things (IoT) is driving designers of advanced wireless devices and systems to put as much functionality into as small a space as possible. To address these needs, Maxim Integrated released the DARWIN family of ultra-low […]
Ultra Soft and Extremely Affordable Thermal Gap Filler
Sarcon® PG25A is one of Fujipoly’s softest, most compressible and affordable thermal gap filler materials. It offers gel like consistency in a convenient sheet form. The product is ideal for applications that have delicate components and high compression rates. When it is sandwiched between components of varying shapes and sizes and a nearby heat sink […]
Let’s Not Make Big Waves
Due to its potential to make computers faster and smartphones more efficient, spintronics is considered a promising concept for the future of electronics. In a collaboration including the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (MPI-IS) and the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR), a team of researchers has now successfully generated so-called spin waves much more easily and […]
Gold Plated BNC FeedThrough Connector
Cliff Electronics announces the introduction of a Gold Plated 75Ω BNC Connecter offering a 12GHz bandwidth suitable for 4K format video and other high frequency signals. The new BNC to BNC FeedThrough connector is mounted in a recessed socket plate which fits the industry standard 24mm XLR panel cut-out adding this BNC connector to the […]
Electronics at the Nanoscale: Challenges and Opportunities for Making Metal Nanowires
Silver, gold and copper nanowires are leading contenders for next-generation nanoscale devices, however greater understanding of how they work and improved production methods are needed before they can be widely used, explains a recent review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials. “Metal nanowires are used for numerous applications, but our understanding of their […]
DARPA Seeks to Make Scalable On-Chip Security Pervasive
For the past decade, cybersecurity threats have moved from high in the software stack to progressively lower levels of the computational hierarchy, working their way towards the underlying hardware. The rise of the Internet of Things (IoT) has driven the creation of a rapidly growing number of accessible devices and a multitude of complex chip […]
Spotting Hacks Automatically, Before the Hackers Do
In early 2018, cybersecurity researchers discovered two security flaws they said were present in almost every high-end processor made and used by major companies. Known ominously as Spectre and Meltdown, these flaws were troubling because they represented a new type of breach not previously known that could allow hackers to infer secret data—passwords, social security […]
Open Source Software Helps Researchers Extract Key Insights from Huge Sensor Datasets
Professor Andreas Schütze and his team of experts in measurement and sensor technology at Saarland University have released a free data processing tool called simply Dave—is a MATLAB toolbox that allows rapid evaluation of signals, pattern recognition and data visualization when processing huge datasets. The free software enables very large volumes of data, such as […]
New Enclosures for Machine Control Equipment
ROLEC has launched its new profiPANEL command enclosures. These stylish, tough and highly versatile enclosures offer an economic solution for housing machine control equipment. IP 65 rated profiPANEL is ideal for a wide range of industrial applications. It can be mounted from the top or bottom on ROLEC’s profiPLUS 50 suspension arm system or to […]