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Steve Bush

Steve Bush is the long-standing technology editor for Electronics Weekly, covering electronics developments for more than 25 years. He has a particular interest in the Power and Embedded areas of the industry. He also writes for the Engineer In Wonderland blog, covering 3D printing, CNC machines and miscellaneous other engineering matters.

Eisenhaure steps up to CFO of Naprotek

Naprotek James Eisenhaure

James Eisenhaure has become CFO of Californian CEM Naprotek, having been interim CFO since earlier this year. “During his interim tenure, Eisenhaure played a key role in leading the company through the closeout of its FY2024 financial audit,” according to the company. “His leadership and collaboration across teams ensured a smooth and timely process.” Prior to this he has has leadership ...

180W GaN buck dc-dc evaluation board for USB PD

EPC91109 GaN dcdc evaluation board

With USB Power Delivery in mind, EPC has designed a 180W GaN dc-dc converter evaluation board. Its two-phase power section occupies only 24 x 24mm, using both sides of the board and ignoring input and output bulk capacitors. Called EPC91109 and intended to implement USB-PD 3.1, it delivers 12, 16 or 20V from an input range of 20 to 36V. ...

Teledyne gets four CCDs into space in one week

Satellite CCD Teledyne ccd37x

Teledyne Space Imaging has had its second CCD launch within a week, this time in part of the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-4 space-based air-quality monitoring mission. In the other one, a pair of Teledyne CIS120 sensors launched on GOSAT-GW, Japan’s global observing satellite for greenhouse gases and water cycle satellite Sentinel-4 will be spread across multiple satellites, with this Sentinel-4 ...

SMARC module design guide v2.2 released

smarc-module-design-guide-v2-2

The Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies (SGET) has released SMARC Design Guide v2.2, hot on the heels of SMARC Module Specification v2.2. “This updated version of the design guide provides support for hardware developers and system architects by offering detailed implementation recommendations and layout best practices for SMARC-based carrier boards,” according to the group. “The revision ensures alignment with the ...

22V stereo Class-D audio amplifier quiescent at 6mW

MAX98415A class-D amplifier block diagram

Analog Devices has created a pair of 22V stereo Class-D audio amplifier that idle at 6mA and shut-down to microamps. MAX98415A and MAX98425A are similar, and both including envelope tracking control that saves power by instructing an external dc-dc converter to provide the amplifiers main power input with just enough voltage for clean output signals. The difference between the two ...

Phase-change heatsink for space

U of Illinois prof Micky Clemon space heatsink

Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign are investigating phase-change as a way to improve heat-sinking in space. Earth-bound heatsinks loose most of their heat by convection – a luxury not available to heatsinks on satellites which can only use radiation. And spacecraft heatsinks cannot be heavy. The research project is looking into situations were heat is not generated continuously, ...

Small oscilloscopes up to 250MHz

Conrad Voltcraft oscilloscope web

Conrad is to supply a series of physically-small 12bit oscilloscopes from Voltcraft, that stretches form 70 to 250MHz, and from two channels to four. Across they measure 260mm. “Their compact lightweight design makes these the perfect choice for field work and classroom alike,” said Conrad. The “built-in HMDI port allows mirroring display content to large screens”. Maximum sample rate is ...

Three-phase power filtering up to 32A

Rutronik Schurter FPAC RAIL three phase filter web

Rutronik is aiming at 3-phase industrial control cabinets with a DIN-rail mount mains filter series from Schurter. “The housing, with a width of just 44mm, requires extremely little space on the mounting rail,” said distributor Rutronik. “The single-stage filter is available as a standard version or with high attenuation. FPAC RAIL impresses above all with its leakage current of just ...

256Gop/s MCU for AI at the edge

Renesas RA8P1 AI MCU block

Renesas has introduced a high-end AI MCU family with triple processors and security. The highest spec devices in the ‘RA8P1’ microcontroller family combine a 1GHz Arm Cortex-M85 processor with a 256 MAC/cycle 400MHz Arm Ethos-U55 neural processing unit and a 250MHz Cortex-M33 CPU. “This combination delivers CPU performance of over 7,300 CoreMarks and AI performance of 256Gop/s,” according to the ...

650V GaN from Renesas in TOLT, TO-247 and TOLL

Renesas GaN web

Renesas has introduced three 650V GaN power transistors, aimed at server power supplies and e-mobility chargers. “Designed for multi-kilowatt-class applications, these devices combine GaN technology with a silicon-compatible gate drive input,” according to the company. “Offered in TOLT, TO-247 and TOLL package options, the devices give engineers the flexibility to customize their thermal management and board design.” The result of ...