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Hella, Varta team on battery diagnostics

Hella, Varta team on battery diagnostics

Hella Gutmann Solutions and Varta are to create a low voltage battery diagnostic services in European automotive workshops.Every vehicle, including electric and hybrid vehicles, requires a low-voltage energy source to ensure the function of important systems. Today, the low-voltage network is increasingly...

Published on: October 30, 2024

UV enhanced die bonder speeds PCB assembly

UV enhanced die bonder speeds PCB assembly

Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider Escatec has integrated a UV curing light with a die bonder to boost the precision and efficiency of micro-assembly and printed circuit board (PCB) processes.The team at Escatec Switzerland built a customized UV-curing system with two 365nm...

Published on: October 30, 2024

Denso seals Quadric deal for RISC-V AI core

Denso seals Quadric deal for RISC-V AI core

Leading Japanese automotive supplier Denso is expanding its semiconductor business through a development license agreement for a Neural Processing Unit (NPU) AI core from Quadric in the US, adding its own RISC-V IP.Denso will acquire the IP core license for Quadric’s Chimera...

Published on: October 29, 2024

InBrain raises US$50 million for brain-computer interface

InBrain raises US$50 million for brain-computer interface

InBrain Neuroelectronics (Barcelona, Spain), a brain-computer interface (BCI) company developing graphene-based neural technologies, has closed of a US$50 million Series B financing round.This brings the total amount raised by the company since its formation in 2020 to US$68 million.The funding round was...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Toshiba and MIKROE introduce BLDC motor driver board

Toshiba and MIKROE introduce BLDC motor driver board

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH has partnered with MIKROE to integrate its Smart Motor Control Driver IC (SmartMCD™) into the SmartMCD TB9M003FG board, streamlining the prototyping phase for automotive BLDC motor applications.With a focus on performance, flexibility and ease of integration, the AEC-Q100...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Keysight, ADI team on GMSL test

Keysight, ADI team on GMSL test

Keysight Technologies and  Analog Devices (ADI) are developing a comprehensive test system for Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL2) SerDes devices in automotive designs.The partnership focuses on developing Physical Medium Attachment (PMA) test methods and capabilities for the GMSL2 interface for emerging Advanced...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Ambiq expands Zephyr RTOS support for SoCs/MCUs

Ambiq expands Zephyr RTOS support for SoCs/MCUs

Ambiq® has expanded its support for the open-sourced Zephyr Project® Real-Time Operating System (RTOS).The Zephyr RTOS is now available on the Apollo3 Family SoCs, Apollo4 Plus, Apollo4 Blue Plus, and the upcoming Apollo510 MCU, for high-performing AI at the edge.  Manufacturers running Zephyr on...

Published on: October 29, 2024

$4m for US neuromorphic AI centre

$4m for US neuromorphic AI centre

The MATRIX AI Consortium at the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) has received a $4 million grant to fund the Neuromorphic Commons (THOR) project.The multi-university THOR project offers researchers access to a large-scale neuromorphic computing system that is the first-of-its-kind. THOR...

Published on: October 29, 2024

IQE’s CEO departs amidst C-level shuffle

IQE’s CEO departs amidst C-level shuffle

Compound semiconductor wafer supplier IQE plc (Cardiff, Wales) has announced that CEO Americo Lemos has left the company with immediate effect.Jutta Meier, who joined the company from Intel in January 2024 will take up the position of interim CEO while continuing as...

Published on: October 29, 2024

Solid state megawatt power controller for electric aircraft

Solid state megawatt power controller for electric aircraft

Collins Aerospace has completed prototype development of a solid-state power controller and power distribution panel as part of the European SWITCH project for an electric aircraft demonstrator.The megawatt-class power distribution components were developed and produced in Nördlingen, Germany and will now be...

Published on: October 29, 2024