RS Components, the trading brand of Electrocomponents, the global distributor for engineers, has recorded 100,000 users of the educational network licence for the company's free-for-download DesignSpark PCB design tool. [ + ]

Power electronics manufacturer CUI has developed an infographic to help keep OEMs up to date with the rapidly changing regulatory environment for power supplies. [ + ]

STMicroelectronics is extending the focus of its eDesignSuite online design environment with the addition of complementing components from Würth Elektronik, a major transformer manufacturer, to help customers complete their new projects quickly and cost-effectively. [ + ]

Research by Hughes Electronics and London Southbank University has found that humidity makes a significant contribution to passive intermodulation (PIM) in cellular networks. [ + ]

Renesas Electronics has joined the LoRa Alliance, a non-profit association that supports the standardisation and adoption of LoRaWAN. [ + ]

The University of Tasmania has opened its new Advanced Sensor Manufacturing Facility (ASMF), to be operated in partnership with Launceston firm Definium Technologies. [ + ]

Small electronic products like wearables and IoT devices can now provide high-end audio features with the help of a graphical design tool for STM32 microcontrollers from STMicroelectronics. [ + ]

Registrations are now open for the 2017 GR Peach Design Contest, hosted by Renesas, in Australia, New Zealand and the ASEAN. [ + ]

Researchers have developed a method to measure the electronic structures of stacks of two-dimensional materials, whose features such as flatness, atomic thinness, high conductivity and extreme strength make them highly desirable for use in electronic devices. [ + ]

ROHM and SEMIKRON are collaborating on the sales of silicon carbide (SiC) power devices and modules, in order to contribute to the evolution of the Japanese power electronics market. [ + ]

Korean researchers have improved the fabrication of transistor-based biosensors by adding silicon nanowires to their surface. [ + ]

Advantech, an IoT hardware and software company, has partnered with ICT distributor Synnex Australia to provide customers with complete solutions while embracing the business opportunities of the IoT. [ + ]

Swiss researchers have developed semitransparent organic solar cells that apparently achieve better efficiency and transparency than existing ones. [ + ]

US researchers have updated the process of thermionic energy conversion for the 21st century, using wonder material graphene as a key part of the technology. [ + ]

Monash University has used a $3.5 million 3D printer to produce an aluminium door hinge for a Chinese jet airliner. [ + ]