Industry News

February 2015
Mouser launches next-gen robotics tech site

Mouser’s technology site provides developers with the resources they need to learn about the latest advances in robotics technologies

Mouser Electronics announced their new Robotics Technology site at embedded world 2015. Mouser’s technology site provides developers with the resources they need to learn about the latest advances in robotics technologies, and the newest components from Mouser Electronics for building robotics systems. The Robotics
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02/27/2015
Dresser-Rand, a supplier of environmentally friendly technology platforms in power generation for the oil and gas, industrial, institutional, and commercial industries, will introduce a variety of custom energy systems at the POWER-GEN Russia and HydroVision Russia Exhibition 2015 that are designed to help meet cl
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02/27/2015
ON Semiconductor, driving energy efficient innovations, has successfully demonstrated its second generation Phase Detect Auto Focus (PDAF) technology featuring a unique pixel micro-lens technology that enables fast focus at 25 Lux light levels. This unique technology has been successfully implemented on a 13 me
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02/27/2015
To benchmark new technology for electric vehicles it is vital to look at all of the off-road, on-road, water and airborne e-vehicles analysed in the IDTechEx report, "Electric Vehicle Forecasts, Trends and Opportunities 2015-2025". For example, electric cars will have at least six types of energy harvesting va
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02/27/2015
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Nanotechnology Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2015 titled, “Nanotechnology — State and Federal Activities.” The session will take place on March 18, 2015, from 8:30 a.m. to 10:10 a.m., at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, No
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02/27/2015
Siemens and Electro-Matic Products will host the Manufacturing in America Symposium at Ford Field in Detroit. The two day event, being held March 11-12, will bring together manufacturing and automotive industry executives, technology leaders, educators and students to explore technologies and best practices dr
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02/25/2015
IBC SOLAR to attend Japanese PV EXPO in Tokyo

The photovoltaic power plant Sakura with 2.3 MWp

IBC SOLAR, a leader in photovoltaic (PV) systems, will be attending the PV EXPO 2015, Japan’s largest international exhibition for the PV industry. From February 25 to 27, the German solar expert presents its services at a joint booth (E27-5) with the Japanese company Yokohama Kankyo Design (YKD). Besides, IB
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02/23/2015
AVX, a leading manufacturer of passive components and interconnect solutions, has been invited to present three technical presentations and chair a conference session at the 19th annual Components for Military & Space Electronics Conference & Exhibition (CMSE 2015), which will take place March 2–4, 20
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02/23/2015
The PCIM Asia 2015 international exhibition and conference for power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy and energy management will take place from 24 – 26 June in Shanghai. The focus is on power electronic components and systems and the special requirements for applications in China and Asia. The highlight
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02/23/2015
Stadium Power taps Gary Howse to be managing director for global ops

Gary Howse, Managing Director, Global Power

Stadium Power, a leading provider of power supply solutions, announced the appointment of Gary Howse to the role of Managing Director, Global Power. The appointment builds on recent positive developments in Stadium’s power products business. Based primarily at the Stadium Power facilities in Diss and Norwi
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02/20/2015
The Midwest Energy Research Consortium (M-WERC) welcomes a new collaborative partner, the Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (MEEA), based in Chicago, IL. “The Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, the Midwest's largest & most diverse membership organization of its kind, is working to accelerate the adoption of
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02/20/2015
Jensen Transformers announced the launch of the company's new website. According to Dave Hill, General Manager: "The new website has been a long time in coming and represents a phenomenal resource for our customers. Jensen Transformers has a profile on the world stage and our new website will greatly support our
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02/20/2015
Excelsys Technologies announced that the company has been awarded the CPD (Continuing Professional Development) Accredited Employer standard by Engineers Ireland. Excelsys, a leading power supply manufacturer and designer of high efficiency, low profile power supplies for a variety of markets, recognizes the va
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02/20/2015
Prime time for printed sensors

Various examples of printed sensors demonstrated at events

When I explain printed electronics, I like to distinguish between the old kind printed electronics and the new ones. A decade ago, people were trying to replace silicon by organic semiconductors - materials that could be directly printed. This idea that you could make transistors in a roll-to-roll fashion just li
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02/20/2015
In this episode of PSDtv Research conducted by the element14 Community, an online community of more than 300,000 electronics engineers, has revealed high consumer interest worldwide in the Internet of Things (IoT) and a huge potential value to developing economies. The study, conducted as part of element14
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02/20/2015
The Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Semiconductor Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2015 titled, “Latest Advances in Power Semiconductors, a Less Biased Discussion.” The APEC session will take place onTuesday, March 17, 2015, from 8:30 a.m.-11:55 a.m. at the Charlotte Convention Ce
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02/18/2015
Leader program to promote efficiency in China’s white goods

China White Goods Shipment Forecast (Thousands of Units)

China’s status as the world’s largest home appliance market and its huge demand for electricity are key factors driving the country’s introduction of a new program to improve energy efficiency across high-energy-consuming industries, including the home appliances sector, according to IHS Technology. The Implement
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02/18/2015
STMicroelectronics, a semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications and a leader in ICs for Power Conversion, and Flextronics, an innovative supply-chain solutions company that delivers design, engineering, manufacturing and logistics services to a wide range of industries an
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02/18/2015
DoE Announces 2016 Collegiate Wind Competition participants

This wind tunnel constructed by NREL engineers will test the small wind turbines designed by 10 university teams competing in DOE's Collegiate Wind Competition.

Ten small wind turbines will go blade-to-blade in wind tunnel tests at the inaugural DOE Collegiate Wind Competition (CWC) that runs concurrently with the AWEA 2014 WINDPOWER Conference, May 6-7, at the Mandalay Bay Conference Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Designed by university teams, these wind turbines will co
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02/18/2015
Lattice Semiconductor, a leader in ultra-low power, small form factor, customizable solutions, announced that it will be unveiling new programmable industrial automation solutions focused on vision, video and display and real-world industrial bridging and interface solutions. Embedded World runs February 24-26, at
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02/16/2015
Inverter load rejection overvoltage (LRO) tests completed by the Energy Department's National Renewable Energy Laboratory as part of a cooperative research agreement with SolarCity have proven so successful that a testing partner, Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO), has proposed to double its hosting capacity for
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02/16/2015
TE Connectivity, a leader in connectivity, announced a plan to create a standard for a new 100Gb/s form factor pluggable interconnect with the functionality of QSFP28 in a thermally enhanced package approximately the size of the SFP form factor by way of a new MSA (multi source agreement) group. “Customers are lookin
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02/13/2015
In accordance with Governor Andrew M. Cuomo’s NY-SUN initiatives that are expanding New York’s clean energy industry and the US Department Of Energy’s (DOE) Sunshot Initiative to reduce solar energy installation costs to 6 cents per kWh by 2020, the US Photovoltaic Manufacturing Consortium (PVMC) has successfully de
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02/13/2015
Mouser Electronics, a leading authorized distributor with the latest semiconductors and electronic components, announced that it has reached a distribution agreement with Digilent, a subsidiary of National Instruments. Diligent is a leading engineering design company serving students, universities, engineers, an
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02/13/2015
Power Sources Manufacturers Association (PSMA) Energy Efficiency Committee is sponsoring an Industry Session at APEC 2015. The session, titled “Mission Critical Power Systems,” will cover topics including the application space where these systems are used and the different architectures that help ensure ap
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02/11/2015
The California Lighting Technology Center (CLTC) at the University of California, Davis announced the publication of five downloadable lighting design guides to help builders, contractors, and other lighting industry professionals meet or exceed California’s 2013 Building Energy Efficiency Standards (Title 24
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02/11/2015
Come visit TE Connectivity (TE) at booth #1140 at Strategies in Light. See TE’s latest electrical interconnect solutions, and learn how TE is helping to inspire new designs in connected lighting systems by enabling “plug-and-play” lighting that allow for more modularity and flexibility in building spaces. Plug-and-play systems u
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02/11/2015
The Energy Department announced $13 million in funding to help communities across the country reduce market and policy barriers to solar deployment and recognize communities for taking the initiative to go solar. This investment will make it faster, cheaper, and easier for Americans to install affordable solar en
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02/06/2015
At this year's CeBIT, CODE_n15 will focus entirely on the Internet of Things. Four enormous industrial robots will form the central anchor point. Internet users around the world will be able to access the machines via the www.robochop.com website, where a 3D web app will enable them to design small furniture ite
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02/05/2015
The 7th LOPEC, the International Exhibition and Conference for Printed Electronics, opens its gates at the Messe München trade fair center from March 3–5, where companies and research organizations from around the world will demonstrate that printed electronic components are making their way into a number of
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02/05/2015
The System Management Interface Forum (SMIF) in conjunction with representatives from several of its member companies, will be presenting a number of papers centered around Power Management Bus (PMBus) standards and applications at this year’s Applied Power Electronics Conference and Exposition (APEC). The ev
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02/02/2015
Exelon announced that it is partnering with Anbaric, a leading developer of innovative energy infrastructure projects, to create a series of microgrids in the state of New York. A microgrid is a localized power system with the ability to self-supply and operate independently of, or in concert with, the main gr
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02/02/2015
According to a recent study by reports.com, the global light-emitting-diode-based lighting market, which totaled less than $5 billion as recently as 2013, will reach $25.7 billion in 2015 and $63 billion by 2020—a combined aggregate growth rate of 45% per year.1 Patrick J. Clouden, CEO and Co-founder of Commercial En
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02/02/2015
Doble Engineering, a subsidiary of ESCO Technologies, announced that it has acquired the assets of ENOSERV. The acquisition positions Doble to more comprehensively meet the testing needs of electric power organizations facing changing regulatory, business and industry environments.   “ENOSERV is one of the fi
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02/02/2015
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