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Organic thin-film transistors offer a new route to making MicroLED displays accessible, says Simon Ogier. One of the major themes for displays at CES 2024 was the demonstration by a number of vendors of new, large sized MicroLED TVs and signage. Samsung, for example, showcased its range of MicroLED TVs starting at 76in and moving up to a huge 140in ...

At DAC 2024, Efabless celebrated a milestone of 40 commercial companies designed chips using its chipIgnite and Google-sponsored OpenMPW programme. Of these, some are ready for production volumes, the majority are at the prototype/proof of concept stage, said CEO, Michael Wishart. The platform allows start-ups and smaller companies to prototype designs and innovate without having to buy a license, he ...

Melexis has qualified a pair of current sensors to UL/IEC 62368-1 for use where ‘reinforced isolation’ is mandated. “Until now, MLX91220 and MLX91221 had only been qualified as a basic, single barrier, isolation device, mandating the need for an engineer to incorporate extra elements like an isolation amplifier into their design,” according to the company. The UL/IEC 62368-1 certification (material ...

Zytronic has introduced a round touch display module which can be mounted onto a wall or integrated into a table. “Designers can take advantage of Zytronic’s in-house glass processing capabilities to add surface carved joggle-wheels, buttons and sliders that offer users an enhanced tactile and responsive touch experience.,” according to the company. “In addition, Zytronic’s bespoke glass printing services can ...

Stackpole is aiming at accurate high-voltage measurement with a family of resistors that are 100% tested for voltage-induced resistance variation. Called ‘HVCR’, the family incudes resistors between 10 and 100MΩ, specified to have a voltage coefficient of resistance  better than -5ppm/V for the 1206 size and -2ppm/V for the 2512 size. “Applications such as testing equipment, instrumentation, high voltage inverters, battery ...

Sfera Labs is shipping an expandable DIN rail industrial controller, built around the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4. The units are pre-assembled with CM4s with up to 8Gbyte of ram and up to 32Gbyte of eMMC memory, plus an M.2 PCIe SSD can be added for further expansion. For extra security, Zymbit’s Secure Compute Module can be fitted instead of ...

At DAC 2024, Altair showcased its 3D-IC design and SimLab multi-physics modelling and simulation tool. Today, the company has announced the acquisition of Metrics Design Automation, a Canadian company led by Joe Costello , former CEO of Cadence Design Systems (1988-1997). The company described DSim as a full feature System Verilog and VHDL RTL simulator. It enables designers to simulate ...

Recom has announced a series of 140W single-output ac-dc mains power supplies that can handle 210W for ten seconds. The RACM140E-K series offers a choice of 12, 15, 24, 36 (136.8W rated) or 48Vdc depending on model. The input range is 80-264Vac and they measure 147 x 81.5mm – either 38mm tall for the open frame versions or 40mm enclosed ...

Taoglas has inset one antenna inside another to cover GNSS L1 and L5 with a 35 x 35 x 4mm surface-mount device – which is optimised for use on a 70 x 70mm ground plane. Designed using a custom electro-ceramics formula, HP5354.A offers “stacked patch L1-L5 performance” within a single patch-in-a-patch solution, according to the company. It “has a passive ...

The Qorvo QPF4750 is an extreme wideband medium power front end module (FEM) designed for Wi-Fi 6E (802.11ax) systems. This FEM implements extreme wideband amplfier technology to create an easier to use and extremely compact solution for Wi-Fi applications where operating on any channel within U-NII1-8’s 2GHz of bandwidth is deisred. The small form factor and integrated matching minimizes layout ...