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What steps are necessary to keep counterfeit components out of the supply chain?

kpanetta — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:36:42 +0000

What steps are necessary to keep counterfeit components out of the supply chain? Are more industry standards needed?

Reference design delivers ultra-wideband Doherty amplifiers

cwarner — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:29:07 +0000

NXP Semiconductors N.V. announced the availability of its ultra-wideband Doherty reference design using the BLF884P and BLF884PS – asserted to be the industry’s first wideband Doherty power amplifiers capable of broadband operation (470 MHz to 806 MHz).

ITO coatings provide optical and electrically conductive properties

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:06:29 +0000

Utilizing the latest in thin-film vacuum deposition technology, Dontech’s CAR-Series and VC1-IM-Series index-matched ITO coatings on glass filters provide exceptional optical and electrically conductive properties.

Power supply offerings include multiple volt/amp combinations up to 1200 W

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:55:57 +0000

B&K Precision expands its DC system power supply offerings with the introduction of the model 9115 multi-range programmable DC power source. The 9115 can deliver up to 1200 W in multiple combinations of voltage up to 80 V and current up to 60 A.

DC-DC converter series provides efficiencies up to 89 percent

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 18:38:14 +0000

MORNSUN launched its 4200VDC Isolated 20W DC-DC converter URF series which is aimed at applications which require high isolation such as electric power monitoring systems & medical equipment. With high power of up to 20W, the unit satisfies the demand of an extended load in one system with efficiency up to 89%.

Kickstarter of the Week: Turn your smartphone into a laptop

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:57:59 +0000

Today on PD&D's Kickstarter of the Week, we use the Casetop from Livi Designs to turn our Smartphones into a Laptop. From the bottom up, the Casetop is simply a dock for your smartphone, turning it from a handheld device into a fully functional laptop. The Casetop is compatible with any Smartphone that has a video out option and Bluetooth....

Iron-platinum alloys could be new-generation hard drives

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:30:19 +0000

Meeting the demand for more data storage in smaller volumes means using materials made up of ever-smaller magnets, or nanomagnets.

UC Davis engineers create on-wetting fabric drains sweat

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:24:17 +0000

Waterproof fabrics that whisk away sweat could be the latest application of microfluidic technology developed by bioengineers at the University of California, Davis.

Entrepreneurs need to balance risk of persisting with payoff of succeeding

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:16:28 +0000

In a new business, sometimes the better part of wisdom is knowing when to quit, a new study concludes.

Even though persistence is a key to business success, entrepreneurs might be more successful if they not only knew when to start a business and take risks, but also knew when to abandon it and find something that provides a greater opportunity, researchers said.

It may be human nature to want to make an idea work, but it can also be a poor business decision to stay wedded to an idea if the evidence suggests it's not working as well as another potential opportunity.

Army Ground Combat Systems adopts Sandia tool for choosing future warfighting vehicles

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 21 May 2013 17:09:52 +0000

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Imagine trying to solve this complex problem: You have to modernize a fleet of combat vehicles, such as tanks, tracked howitzers and infantry fighting vehicles, choosing from among more than 50 ways to update them to meet future threats. Each modernization option can be configured differently to meet a variety of missions around the globe. You are constrained by schedule milestones and the costs for research and development and maintenance and operations, and your budget can change without warning.