Industrial

June 2025
PSDcast – The Science and Benefits of

Felix Kan, the CEO and founder of Cyberbay

­You’ve probably heard the term “ethical hacking” or “white hat hacking,” as opposed to black hat hacking, which are, of course, malicious hacker who aim to infiltrate closed system, cause damage, commit theft, or just sow chaos. But ethical hacking has turned into quite the lucrative industry and a
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Date:
06/30/2025
Red Pitaya & Texas Instruments Team up to Launch Next-Gen STEMlab Boards for High-Performance Data Acquisition

Red Pitaya & Texas Instruments Team up to Launch Next-Gen STEMlab Boards for High-Performance Data Acquisition

­Red Pitaya, a multi-award-winning leader in providing compact, open-source, high-speed signal acquisition and processing boards and services, has announced a new board co-developed with Texas Instruments, a global semiconductor company known for its precision analog and embedded processing technologies.  The new STEMl
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Date:
06/24/2025
STMicroelectronics Launches Feature-Rich, Radiation-Hardened Point-of-Load Converters for Low Earth Orbit Applications

STMicroelectronics Launches Feature-Rich, Radiation-Hardened Point-of-Load Converters for Low Earth Orbit Applications

­STMicroelectronics’ LEOPOL1 point-of-load step-down converter for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) deployments meets the needs of equipment developers targeting the New Space market, now expanding throughout North America, Asia, and Europe. The emerging New Space industry, driven by private-sector companies, is enabli
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Date:
06/19/2025
X-FAB Expands 180nm XH018 Process with New Isolation Class for Enhanced SPAD Integration

X-FAB Expands 180nm XH018 Process with New Isolation Class for Enhanced SPAD Integration

X-FAB Silicon Foundries SE, the leading analog/mixed-signal and specialty foundry, has released a new isolation class within its 180nm XH018 semiconductor process. Designed to support more compact and efficient single-photon avalanche diode (SPAD) implementations, this new isolation class enables tighter fun
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Date:
06/19/2025
KROHNE Dedicates Production Capacity and Establishes U.S. Center of Excellence to Support Explosive Growth in AI-Driven Data Centers

KROHNE Dedicates Production Capacity and Establishes U.S. Center of Excellence to Support Explosive Growth in AI-Driven Data Centers

­KROHNE, a global leader in the design and manufacture of high-quality magnetic flow meters (magmeters), announces a major commitment to the fast-growing data center sector by dedicating a significant portion of its annual production capacity to meet escalating demand. This strategic move is designed to support th
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Date:
06/18/2025
SEGGER’s J-Trace PRO Offers Turnkey Instruction Tracing for ST’s High-Performance STM32N6 Microcontrollers with AI Acceleration

SEGGER’s J-Trace PRO Offers Turnkey Instruction Tracing for ST’s High-Performance STM32N6 Microcontrollers with AI Acceleration

­The STM32N6 series contains an embedded proprietary neural processing unit, multiple graphics accelerators, a computer vision pipeline, and a multimedia encoder and decoder. J-Trace PRO is SEGGER’s streaming trace probe that is capable of capturing full traces over long periods, allowing for recording of hard-t
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Date:
06/18/2025
PSDcast - Data Center Power Demands

Harry Soin from Advanced Energy

­We’ve recently witnessed an exponential increase in data center power demands, driven largely by the equally monumental rise in generative AI. By one estimate, generative AI could add anywhere from $2.6 to 4.4 trillion dollars in global economic benefits annually, and so it’s no surprise that data center po
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Date:
06/18/2025
Andigreen and Data Pioneer Solutions Forge Strategic Alliance to Deliver Integrated Renewable-Fuel Solutions in North America and Japan

Juan Gutiérrez, Director of Andigreen

­Andigreen, the renewable-feedstock subsidiary of Andino Holdings LLC, and Data Pioneer Solutions, LLC (DPS) today announced a strategic partnership to deliver an end-to-end decarbonization solution for refineries in North America and Japan. This alliance combines Andigreen's global feedstock sourcing and
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Date:
06/17/2025
Bourns Introduces Thick Film on Steel Product Line Offering Advanced Capabilities that Support High-Energy Applications

Bourns® Model TFOS30-1-150 Thick Film on Steel

Bourns, Inc., a leading manufacturer and supplier of electronic components for power, protection, and sensing solutions, today introduced its Thick Film on Steel (TFOS) product line that features advanced capabilities designed to support high energy applications. Bourns® Model TFOS30-1-150 is th
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Date:
06/11/2025
Functional Safety Market Size Expected to Reach US$ 13.00 billion by 2031, Experiences Growth Owing to Increased Automation

Functional Safety Market Size Expected to Reach US$ 13.00 billion by 2031, Experiences Growth Owing to Increased Automation

­According to a new comprehensive report from The Insight Partners, the global Functional Safety market is observing significant growth owing to increased automation across industries and stricter regulatory requirements. The report runs an in-depth analysis of market trends, key players, and futur
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Date:
06/06/2025
GENESIS Project Launches to Lead Europe’s Transition To Sustainable Semiconductor Manufacturing

The Five Critical Stages in Chip-Making Lifecycle Addressed by GENESIS

­A pan-European consortium dedicated to developing sustainable processes and technologies for the semiconductor-manufacturing industry today announced the launch of the GENESIS project. This integrated, large-scale initiative aims to enable Europe’s chip industry to meet its sustainability goals—from ma
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Date:
06/06/2025
Cissoid’s Unique Modular SIC Inverter Platform Available from Rhopoint Components

Cissoid’s Unique Modular SIC Inverter Platform Available from Rhopoint Components

­Rhopoint Components, specialist distributor  of precision electronic components, sensors, connectors and modular systems, announces the availability of the Cissoid CMT-PLA3SB12340A Silicon Carbide (SiC) MOSFET Intelligent Power Module. Applications include power systems for Electric Vehicles
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Date:
06/02/2025
Designing to Protect: Industrial Motor Drive Circuits

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Figure 1: The 8/20 µs current waveform is widely used to test overvoltage devices and originates from UL 1449

­Motor drive circuits employed in a wide range of today’s industrial, commercial, and consumer applications are responsible for controlling the speed, torque, and position of electric motors, enabling precise motion and energy efficiency. However, motor drives are often exposed to electrical threats such as
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Date:
06/01/2025
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