Recently EPS and Verical.Connect have focused on the issues of counterfeit mitigation and the recent (9/21/2015) proposed amendments to the 2012 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). Among the amendments is a proposal to extend DoD sourcing practices from the traditional military/aerospace specification standards to include COTS components. To consider the impact of these issues…
DetailsRecently EPS and Verical.Connect have focused on the issues of counterfeit mitigation and the recent (9/21/2015) proposed amendments to the 2012 Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement (DFARS). A common theme is the continual raising of the quality bar. The proposed amendments to DFARS this year mirrors this raising of the bar and clearly lays forth…
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The velocity of the electronics business is increasing exponentially and the supply chain is getting more complex. Having the right supply chain strategy can make the difference between success and failure. Tim Kolbus, Arrow We sat down with Tim Kolbus, vice president of Global Logistics Services at Arrow Electronics to find out his thoughts on…
DetailsDallas, Tex. – Texas Instruments (TI) launched a highly integrated battery management solution that features a linear charger, configurable LDO, load switch, buck converter, pushbutton control and battery voltage monitor in one solution. The bq25120 claims the industry’s lowest quiescent current (Iq) at 700 nA with the buck converter, operating at 1.8 V. The configurable…
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“Culture will eat strategy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, anytime.” This was the first sentence that the professor of marketing and strategy uttered during our first MBA class at Georgia Tech. He underlined his point with the story of how Kellogg's tried to conquer the Indian market with its breakfast cereal. (Source: Pixabay) The company…
DetailsIrvine, Calif. — Toshiba America Electronic Components, Inc. (TAEC) launched a new family of NAND flash memory products for embedded applications. The new devices are compatible with the widely used serial peripheral interface (SPI). The serial interface NAND flash memory devices can be used in a wide range of consumer and industrial applications, including flat screen TVs,…
DetailsSan Jose, Calif. – mCube claimed the industry’s first 3-axis MEMS accelerometer that measures less than a cubic millimeter in total size (0.9mm3). Housed in a 1.1- x 1.1- x 0.74-mm package size, the MC3551 is 75 percent smaller than current 2-mm x 2-mm accelerometers, enabling developers to design high-resolution 3-axis inertial solutions for products that…
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PALO ALTO, Calif.—Although the PC market is in a historic decline, innovations in wearables, the Internet of Things and 3-D printing will drive computing forward, says Shane Wall. The chief technologist of HP Inc. officially takes on his role next month when the company starts its life as a standalone maker of PC and printers.…
DetailsMouser Electronics, Inc. is now shipping the new Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D1000, designed for Internet of Things (IoT) architectures and applications. Announced at Intel’s IoT Insights event in San Francisco, along with Intel® Quark™ microcontroller D2000 and the Intel® Quark™ SE microcontroller for IoT, this new technology extends intelligent computing to a new spectrum of data actuation applications and devices that require lower…
DetailsMilpitas, Calif. – Intersil Corporation offers two new high-performance, single-output low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators that tout best-in-class dropout and transient performance for noise sensitive loads. The ISL80510 and ISL80505 deliver 1-A and 0.5-A of continuous output current and ultra-low-dropout of 130 mV and 45 mV at full load, respectively. The ISL80510 LDO regulator’s maximum dropout is nearly…
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