Industry News
element14 expands discretes portfolio
element14 has added to its portfolio of tape and reel discretes for electronics design and production over 1000 transistors, MOSFETs and diodes from suppliers such as Fairchild, NXP, ON Semiconductor and Vishay. [ + ]
Mouser receives TE Connectivity's catalogue distributor award
Mouser Electronics has received the 2013 Catalog Global Distributor of the Year Award from TE Connectivity. This annual Electronic Distributor Award was presented to Mouser executives at TE's recent Global Distribution Summit in Los Angeles, CA. [ + ]
RS Components signs distribution deal with PR electronics
RS Components has signed a global distribution agreement with PR electronics, a manufacturer of signal conditioning solutions for factory automation and process industries. [ + ]
Energy device for bendable gadgets
Scientists have developed a new device that's said to be far thinner than paper, can flex and bend, and can store enough energy to provide critical backup power for portable electronics. [ + ]
Inductive Sensing challenge selects finalists
element14 has selected 10 finalists in the Inductive Sensing Challenge, a global design competition using Texas Instruments' LDC1000 inductance-to-digital converter. [ + ]
Self-fitting hearing devices for developing countries
The HEARing Cooperative Research Centre (HEARing CRC) has conducted a proof of concept that has shown it is viable to create a self-fitting hearing aid with existing technology. [ + ]
Altium to relocate PCB CAD Division to the US
Australian-listed electronics design software company Altium has announced that it intends to relocate the management of its PCB CAD division and its core research and development team from Shanghai, China, to San Diego, USA. [ + ]
New technique could cut sensors required for terahertz imaging
A new technique developed by MIT researchers is said to reduce the number of sensors required for terahertz or millimetre-wave imaging by a factor of 10, or even 100. The technique could also have implications for the design of new, high-resolution radar and sonar systems. [ + ]
Phones could soon be printed on clothes
A team of researchers at Monash University's Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering (ECSE) is investigating a new version of 'spaser' technology that could make phones so small, efficient and flexible they could be printed on clothing. [ + ]
The wearable future of healthcare
As the wearable electronics business powers from over $14bn in 2014 to over $70bn in 2024, the healthcare sector, which merges medical, fitness and wellness, will remain a dominant sector. [ + ]
Power electronics market to reach $36.86bn
The power electronics market is set to grow to $36.86bn in 2020, from $21.66bn in 2014, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets (M&M). [ + ]
Lead-free perovskite solar cells
Latest findings by University of Oxford researchers reveal that the lead in perovskite solar cells can be replaced with tin. [ + ]
Registrations open for 2014 LabVIEW Developer Days
National Instruments has announced open registrations for the company's annual user conference series focused on building local engineers and scientists proficiency using LabVIEW for their application development. [ + ]
Sydney student's UAV autopilot wins global award
University of Sydney robotics researcher and PhD candidate at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) Daniel Wilson has been awarded first place in the 2014 International Simulink Challenge. [ + ]
New chemistry for longer-lived batteries
US researchers have developed a new design mechanism that could allow batteries to last 30-50 years. [ + ]
