Chell Instruments has introduced a 32 input thermocouple scanner for temperature measurement in industry and aerospace. Called 2432T, “it measures all types of thermocouples with high accuracy and at high speed, and outputs the data over interfaces that including Modbus, iDDS, IENA, Netscanner, or Chell native TCP/IP protocol or UDP protocol”, according to the company. Its construction includes a copper ...
The 2024 Millennium Technology Prize has been awarded to Professor Jayant Baliga of North Carolina State University for his part in the invention and development of the IGBT. “Two thirds of the electricity in the world is used to run motors in consumer and industrial applications,” said chair of Millennium Technology committee Professor Päivi Törmä. “Professor Baliga’s innovation has allowed ...
World-renowned semiconductor research lab Imec has named Lisa Su, chair and CEO of AMD, as the winner of the 2024 Imec Innovation Award. “Since taking the helm of AMD in 2014, Dr Su’s technological acumen and leadership have propelled the company to the forefront of semiconductor technology development,” said Imec CEO Luc Van den hove. “Under her leadership, AMD has ...
The King’s Awards for Enterprise 2023 have been announced, and Electronics Weekly studied the list of winners to discover which electronics-related organisations have been honoured this year. One of the successful companies is ipTest of Guildford in Surrey, which has won in the Innovation category for its DS5 1,000A high-speed tester for SiC and GaN power components (right). Particularly suited ...
Colombia is a country with an ever-growing entrepreneurship – and innovation-oriented culture; something that’s clearly showcased by the 310 thousand new businesses created in 2022, out of which 309 thousand were microbusinesses. Their leading attribute is their human capital: professionals across the country’s regions who are highly qualified in all Industries 4.0 sectors and who are at clients’ complete disposal ...
NXP announced a pair of eight input analogue front-end ICs for factory automation at Electronica this morning. Both have inputs that can measure ±25V, with the NAFE71388 being nominally ‘high speed’ and the NAFE11388 ‘low power’. They both have the same block diagram, and connect to a host over a 32MHz SPI bus. CRC error detection is included, and there ...
Farnell has signed an agreement with Omega to stock its complete range of sensing, control and monitoring products for factory automation and Industry 4.0, for delivery in the APAC region. The portfolio adds 620 products to Farnell’s inventory, including power supplies, sensors, transducers, switches, relays, transformers, enclosures, panel displays, instrumentation, cables, connectors and components for electrical, cooling and thermal management. ...
Some companies are already planning to set up their own private 5G networks, for private production networks and other automation applications, writes Meik Kottkamp. 5G, with its various specified use cases, is suitable for private production networks and other automation applications. Such networks have to be integrated into the existing communications environment, validated and maintained, which is a real challenge ...
Samsung Electronics has been recognised with two awards at the Sustainable Materials Management electronics challenge awards ceremony hosted by the EPA. Samsung was one of nine companies to receive a gold tier award and one of two companies named the SMM electronics challenge champion award winners. In addition, Samsung was recognised by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) as a CES ...
Four US engineers have been awarded the 2019 Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering (QEPrize) at a Buckingham Palace ceremony for their work creating “the first truly global, satellite-based positioning system,” GPS. The QEPrize is a £1 million award that celebrates the global benefit of engineering innovation on humanity. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales presented the trophy to Dr ...
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