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Under the banner “Driving tomorrow’s mobility”, Rohde & Schwarz will present its wide-ranging portfolio of automotive T&M equipment at Automotive Testing Expo Europe (ATE 2018) in Stuttgart (Germany). The focus will be on applications in the areas of radar, V2X communications, eCall and automotive Ethernet for development, qualification and production. …

One year after introducing the world’s most precise millimeter wave (mmWave) single-chip, complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) sensor, Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announces the mass production of its highly integrated, ultra-wideband AWR1642 and IWR1642 mmWave sensors. These sensors support frequencies from 76 to 81 GHz and deliver three times more …

Cypress Semiconductor Corp., the embedded solutions leader, announced its Semper NOR Flash memory family that delivers the industry’s best combination of safety and reliability for automotive and industrial applications. The Semper Flash family is the first memory that is architected and designed to meet the automotive industry’s ISO 26262 functional …

With the MAX22505 ±40V high-speed USB fault protector from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc., designers can now eliminate USB port damage from all faults, including ground potential differences, up to ±40V without the tradeoffs required by competing solutions. It protects data and power lines from industrial equipment powered at 24VAC and 40VDC, …

RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc, a global multi-channel distributor, has announced availability of the Lumileds LUXEON CZ optically advanced portfolio of colour and white LED emitters. Designed to deliver a significant lighting punch in terms of candela and lumen density, the high-density portfolio offers an optimal …

Toshiba Electronics Europe will be providing details on its new packaging for its 4.5 kV class press-pack IEGT (PPI) devices at PCIM 2018 in Nürnberg. The new packaging has been developed to further improve the rupture resistance of the device, thereby reducing the likelihood of damage to surrounding components and …

Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS) will be launching the rebranding of its award-winning CO2 sensor range on booth 1-401 at the Sensor and Test show in Nuremberg, Germany (26-28 June 2018). Calum MacGregor, CEO of GSS, explained: “As our range of CO2 sensors increases, we felt it was important to have a very …

The more electronics steer, accelerate and brake cars, the more important it is to protect them against cyber attacks. That is why 15 partners from industry and academia will work together over the next three years on new approaches to IT security in self-driving cars. The joint project goes by …

GTK UK has recently refreshed the displays section of its website, making it easier for engineers to navigate and identify the product that most suits their application, as well as review different customisation options for their design. Clive Dickinson, business manager for displays at GTK, said: “The website refresh is …

Recently certified to ISO9001:2015 Cliff Electronics has added the popular and widely used ST Fibre Optic Connector to its very successful range of 24mm-diameter XLR Panel cut-out connectors. These Straight Tip connectors utilise a bayonet-style coupling enabling a simple twist-on and twist-off installation. The ST connector is one of the …