Electroactive polymers market worth $2.25bn
03 May, 2013Electroactive polymers have been used for some time in actuators, capacitors and nanocomposites but, with new recent technical progress, come new growth opportunities.
Microchip PIC16F1455, PIC18F45K50 and PIC18F97J94 8-bit USB microcontroller ranges
01 May, 2013 | Supplied by: Microchip Technology Hong Kong LimitedMicrochip has released a variety of low-cost, small-form-factor USB microcontrollers (MCUs). The latest USB PIC MCUs feature internal clock sources with 0.25% clock accuracy to enable USB connectivity with no external crystal.
Vishay VCS1625ZP Z-Foil surface-mount current-sensing chip resistor
01 May, 2013 | Supplied by: Braemac Pty LtdThe Vishay VCS1625ZP Z-Foil surface-mount, current-sensing chip resistor has a power rating of 1 W at +70°C and low TCR of ±0.2 ppm/°C typical from -55 to +125°C, +25°C ref.
Q-par Angus WBH1-18 1-18 GHz wide band horn antenna
01 May, 2013 | Supplied by: Test & Measurement AustraliaDespite its small size, the WBH1-18 horn antenna offers good gain, VSWR and radiation pattern performance from 1 to 18 GHz.
LED droop phenomenon explained
30 April, 2013Researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara, in collaboration with colleagues at the École Polytechnique in France, have conclusively identified Auger recombination as the mechanism that causes light emitting diodes (LEDs) to be less efficient at high drive currents.
Kontron SMARC Starterkit
30 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Kontron Australia Pty LtdThe Kontron SMARC Starterkit enables developers to gain fast entry into the world of embedded ARM processors.
Building a better capacitor with manganese dioxide nanorods
26 April, 2013A new process for growing forests of manganese dioxide nanorods may lead to the next generation of high-performance capacitors.
New technique helps increase OLED efficiency and cut costs
26 April, 2013Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology, Philips Research, Dresden University of Technology and other institutes have developed a method that allows the colour of light produced by a specific OLED design to be calculated with high precision.
New solar cell coating could boost efficiency
19 April, 2013 by David Chandler, MITThroughout decades of research on solar cells, one formula has been considered an absolute limit to the efficiency of such devices in converting sunlight into electricity.
Osram Ostar Stage LEDs
19 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Osram Australia Pty LtdThe Osram Ostar Stage LEDs from Osram Opto Semiconductors offer luminance of 48 million candelas per square metre and tunable colour tones from cold white to warm white.
Silicon-based millimetre-wave amplifiers set world record for power
18 April, 2013Two teams of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) performers have achieved world record power output levels using silicon-based technologies for millimetre-wave power amplifiers.
Regaining proper hearing with electroacoustic transducer
17 April, 2013Researchers from the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA in Stuttgart have developed a new device that will improve patients’ hearing and can be implanted during outpatient surgery.
A step towards optical transistors?
17 April, 2013As demand for computing and communication capacity surges, the global communication infrastructure struggles to keep pace, since the light signals transmitted through fibre-optic lines must still be processed electronically, creating a bottleneck in telecommunications networks.
Eltek Flatpack2 Integrated 19″ 2U power system
17 April, 2013 | Supplied by: Eltek AustraliaRedundancy in DC power systems has always been a challenge in industrial-type applications. In recognition of this, Eltek has fabricated the Integrated 19″ 2U power system, which is built around the Flatpack2 rectifier and designed for applications such as switchgear, telecom, emergency lighting and alarm systems. It has a compact design and is easily installed.
Diamonds being used to develop next-gen transistors
15 April, 2013 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerDiamonds are not only the hardest material known, they are a good conductor of heat and, when suitably doped, become an excellent conductor of electricity. Laurens H Willems van Beveren, a senior postdoctoral research fellow in solid state physics at Melbourne University, is researching these and other properties of diamonds to perhaps develop the next generation of transistors.
