Archive : 2015 год

The Raspberry Pi Organisation has announced the availability of Raspberry Pi Zero, which will cost just $5. The device is also the smallest to be released, measuring 65 x 30 x 5mm.The device, described as a fully fledged member of the Raspberry Pi family, features a Broadcom BCM2835 application processor, whose 1GHz ARM11 core is 40% faster tha...

A first-of-its-kind self-healing gel that is claimed to repair and connect electronic circuits has been developed by researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas. This material could create opportunities to advance the development of flexible electronics, biosensors and batteries as energy storage devices.Technol...

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore), led by Professor Rachid Yazami, have developed a smart chip which can tell you how healthy your battery is and if it is safe for use.Current warning systems only alert users when the battery is already overheating which may be too late for remedial action. Prof Yazami’s chi...

Imec and Holst Centre have demonstrated a prototype of a single-chip electrochemical sensor for simultaneous detection of multiple ions in fluids. The demonstrator paves the way to small-sized, low-cost detection systems for agriculture, healthcare and lifestyle applications, food quality monitoring and water management.The ion sensor solution...

Many think that 8bit microcontrollers are things of the past, replaced by 32bit devices, often ARM based. But publishing the 8bit MCU’s obituary may have to wait for a bit longer; at least in the view of Steve Drehobl, vp of Microchip’s 8bit MCU business.“There remains a clear market need for 8bit,” he contended, pointin...

Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson has announced two £10million manufacturing research hubs that will address major, long-term challenges facing the UK's manufacturing industries, and capture opportunities from emerging research.The Hubs will be based at the University of Southampton and Brunel University in London and will...

Cambridge Wireless (CW), CENSIS, Data City and Sunderland Software City have been chosen by IoTUK to deliver its Boost programme, a series of Internet of Things (IoT) innovation challenges and rapid incubation activities taking place over the next five months aiming to convene and amplify the UK’s IoT industry to help business and economic gr...

Toshiba has developed a next generation TarfSOI (Toshiba advanced RF SOI) process optimised for radio-frequency (RF) switch applications.According to Toshiba RF switch ICs fabricated using the new TaRF8 process are able to achieve an insertion loss of just 0.32dB at 2.7GHz. Compared to products using Toshiba’s current TaRF6 process, the i...

Electronic soldering and bonding materials supplier, Alpha has announced a collaborative partnership with the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester to develop the next generation of graphene-based electronic materials.James Baker, graphene business director at The University of Manchester said: "This collaborati...

Analogue and sensor specialist, ams has acquired CMOSIS in a €220million deal. According to ams, the acquisition will expand its optical sensor portfolio and market leadership in the Industry 4.0, IoT and medical diagnostics markets.CMOSIS’ image sensors serve a range of high-end applications in diverse markets including machine visi...