Industry News
Spintronic circuits built in Britain
Researchers in Britain have produced digital spintronic circuits that use the direction of magnetism to represent ones and zeros.
[ + ]Increasing costs in PCB industry
In recent months costs of raw- and auxiliary materials as well as charges for energy have risen in the PCB-industry.
[ + ]Getting fired up over battery alternative
Just about everything that runs on batteries -- flashlights, mobile phones, electric cars, missile-guidance systems -- would be improved with a better energy supply. But traditional batteries haven't progressed far beyond the basic design developed by Alessandro Volta in the 19th century. Until now.
[ + ]New material means 'x-ray specs' no longer required
A new optical effect has been created in a London laboratory that means solid objects such as walls could one day be rendered transparent, scientists have reported in the journal Nature Materials.
[ + ]Anritsu takeover
Anritsu has bought NetTest. With headquarters in Copenhagen, NetTest has 480 employees and R&D locations in the US, France and Italy.
[ + ]Event identification software
It what it claims is an industry first, Agilent Technologies has introduced an event identification software that allows digital designers that use Infiniium oscilloscopes to identify signal integrity issues found in electronic designs.
[ + ]Battery extends implantable's life
With the help of new silicon-based compounds, scientists - and patients - are getting a significant new charge out of the tiny lithium batteries used in implantable devices to help treat nervous system and other disorders.
[ + ]Developing single-chip RF circuits
Researchers are using microelectromechanical system (MEMS) technology to develop a single-chip RF circuit that integrates discrete functions to reduce weight and cost, according to a Frost & Sullivan report.
[ + ]Making solar electricity cost effective
A solar cell, made of titania nanotubes and natural dye, may be the answer to making solar electricity production cost effective, according to a Penn State University researcher in the US.
[ + ]Room-temperature laser is closer
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have demonstrated the room-temperature operation of a heterojunction bipolar transistor laser, moving it a major step closer to commercialisation.
[ + ]USB microcontroller secures HDD access
Fingerprint recognition technology has been used by Cypress Semiconductor and AuthenTec to introduce a reference design for adding biometric security to external hard disk drives (HDDs).
[ + ]Collaboration on virtual instrumentation
Electronics industry giants, National Instruments and Texas Instruments are collaborating with Spectrum Digital in the development of the TI C55X Power Optimisation DSP Starter Kit (DSK), a DSP design tool to offer designers incorporated test and measurement functionality.
[ + ]Compliance courses
Euro-engineer Keith Armstrong will be returning to Australia and New Zealand in March-April 2006 to present a series of EMC courses to industry and the public, sponsored by EMC Technologies. He will be presenting an up-to-date series of EMC and compliance courses.
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