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How technological advancements are revolutionising transplant procedures

Advancements in technology are always helping to improve the healthcare industry and this is even more important when it comes to transplants. Whether a hair transplant or an organ transplant, ensuring that things run smoothly is extremely important in order to prevent any unnecessary stress on the body. Here, we’re …

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1.5 billion chips sold: technology for passport and ID security on the rise

To date, Infineon Technologies AG has sold 1.5 billion security chips with its awarded Integrity Guard technology. Infineon provides robust solutions for enabling the protection of today and tomorrow’s government-issued electronic ID documents like passports from potential security attacks. The technology features a complex digital security architecture. It includes a …

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Curtiss-Wright announces collaboration with Lynx Software Technologies to offer LynxSecure Safety Bundle for DO-254 certifiable Intel-based single board computers

Curtiss-Wright’s Defence Solutions division announced its collaboration with Lynx Software Technologies to offer the LynxSecure Safety Bundle on its safety-certifiable, commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) Intel Xeon-based single board computers (SBCs). The first Curtiss-Wright product to support LynxSecure Safety Bundle is the 3U OpenVPX VPX3-1220, an RTCA/DO-254 Design Assurance Level (DAL) C …

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Efficient connections for the Ex zone

In environments where there is a high explosion risk (known as Ex zones), connectors must fulfil special safety requirements. HARTING offers a range of connectors – the Han Ex series – that meet the safety requirements for ignition protection in Ex zones 1 and 2. The use of such connectors, …

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congatec teams up with OSADL to optimise the support for real-time Linux: smooth implementation of hard real-time

congatec – a leading vendor of standardised and customised embedded computer boards and modules – teams up with OSADL, Open Source Automation Development Lab eG, to optimise the board support for Real-Time Linux and showcase it in the OSADL test racks. In a first step, OSADL qualified congatec’s latest real-time …

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AVR chooses IoT building blocks from Eurotech for its smart agriculture project

Eurotech, a long-time leading provider of embedded systems and a global leader in Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) enablement, announced that AVR, leading potato harvester manufacturer based in Belgium, has chosen the ReliaGATE family of intelligent edge computers running Eurotech’s Everyware Software Framework and Everyware Cloud to manage the edge …

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Industrial robot sales increase worldwide by 29 per cent

Global sales of industrial robots reached the new record of 380,550 units in 2017. That is an increase of 29 per cent compared to the previous year (2016: 294,300 units). China saw the largest growth in demand for industrial robots, up 58 per cent. Sales in the USA increased by …

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150°C, FMEA compliant pinout, 40V, 2.5A µModule regulator in 6.25mm x 6.25mm BGA package

Analog Devices announces the Power by Linear LTM8002, a step-down DC/DC µModule (power module) regulator with a 40V input voltage rating (42V abs max) and 2.5A of continuous (3.5A peak) output current, housed in a 6.25mm x 6.25mm x 2.22mm BGA package. The LTM8002 includes a switching regulator controller, power switches, …

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Speed time to market with Maxim’s portfolio of EMI-compliant Himalaya solutions for industrial and general-purpose applications

Speed time to market and significantly reduce design cycles with EMI-compliant, Himalaya step-down switching converters and power modules from Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. These solutions, which comply with CISPR 22 and EN 55022, are ideal for general-purpose applications, including industrial, building automation, factory automation, communications, and consumer electronics. Electromagnetic interference …

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Melexis announces integrated solution for automotive actuation applications

Melexis, a global microelectronics engineering company, announces a new integrated sense and brushed motor drive solution that is primarily intended for automotive automation applications such as seat movement, window lift and sun roofs. The two-IC solution has the ability to integrate sensing directly into the drive electronics, thereby simplifying and …

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