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Peratech raises $12.4 million (£9.2 million) in financing from Merck Ventures, Arie Capital and existing investors to scale up technology solutions

Peratech, a world leader in 3D force-sensing technologies, announced it has subscribed $12.4 million (£9.2 million) to the round of funding, led by Merck Ventures the venture capital wing of Merck, along with Arie Capital and existing investors. This investment sends a clear signal of confidence in Peratech’s proprietary Quantum …

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Siemens’ latest release of Simcenter 3D advances computer-aided engineering and simulation

Siemens announces the latest version of Simcenter 3D, its flagship environment for multi-disciplinary computer-aided engineering (CAE), with new comprehensive solutions across multiple simulation disciplines. Simcenter 3D is an advanced stand-alone CAE application for analysts and discipline experts that works with data from any CAD source. Because it is built on the …

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DSEI 2017: the most successful showcase of military technology, hub for international collaboration, and platform for the advancement of the Armed Forces

Defence and Security Equipment International (DSEI) is known to be the most comprehensive display of military technology. Described by the Secretary of State for Defence, Rt Hon Sir Michael Fallon as “a remarkably stable landmark in an otherwise turbulent world”, the most recent edition, held 12-15 September at ExCeL London, did not disappoint. The buzzing exhibition halls …

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Power Integrations expands Asian presence with new production-support and R&D Centre in Malaysia

Power Integrations, the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, announced the opening of a new location in Penang, Malaysia. The facility will serve as a production-support and R&D centre as well as an operations hub from which the company will manage its Asian supply chain. The Penang …

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LETI coordinating European project to improve drivetrains for electric vehicles to boost performance and cut costs

Leti, a research institute of CEA Tech, today announced a new European Horizon 2020 project to develop innovative electric drivetrains for third-generation electric vehicles. Bringing together 10 European research institutes, key members of the automotive-industry value chain and universities, the ModulED project will focus on boosting drivetrain performance to meet …

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Power Integrations enables no-neutral wireless wall switches for smart-home lighting

Power Integrations, the leader in high-efficiency, high-reliability LED-driver ICs, has announced a new reference design, DER-622, describing a smart wall switch compatible with wiring conditions most commonly found in residential retrofit installations. Typically, smart wall switches with wireless connectivity, occupancy/vacancy sensing and/or voice control require a neutral return wire to …

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Swift-Dock interface arrays from Coda Systems enable handheld device and docking station interconnection

Coda Systems, the UK manufacturer of spring-loaded components for a wide range of data, power and battery-charging applications, today demonstrated its latest Swift-Dock connector assemblies for docking stations. The company now offers three ranges of spring-loaded interface arrays that are ideal for power and data transfer in devices such as handheld …

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Green Hills Software contracts CERTON to verify conformance of its INTEGRITY-178 tuMP operating system to the FACE technical standard v2.1 for Intel, ARMv8 and PowerPC architectures

Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in high-assurance operating systems, has announced that it has contracted CERTON, a Cyient Company, to verify conformance of its INTEGRITY-178 Time-Variant Unified Multi Processing (tuMP) operating system with the Technical Standard for Future Airborne Capability Environment (FACE) edition 2.1. Green Hills Software and CERTON …

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Mouser Electronics signs agreement with Pycom to distribute IoT modules and dev boards

Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authourised global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic components, has signed a global distribution agreement with Pycom, a maker of multi-network Internet of Things (IoT) development boards and modules. The Pycom product line, available from Mouser Electronics, is based on the state-of-the-art Espressif ESP32 chipset …

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Green Hills Software’s INTEGRITY-178 tuMP multicore operating system integrated into the Resilient Embedded GPS/Internal Navigation System Prototype Pilot 

Green Hills Software, the worldwide leader in high assurance operating systems, has announced that it has been selected by Infinite Dimensions Integration to provide its INTEGRITY-178 tuMP multicore operating system for the Resilient Embedded GPS/Internal Navigation System Prototype Pilot (R-EGI). Infinite Dimensions’ R-EGI prototype is based on the Raspberry Pi3 platform, which …

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