Luke James

About:

Luke James graduated from the University of Central Lancashire with a bachelor's degree in law in 2016, and he is currently pursuing a master's degree in law at the University of York. He's a freelance writer who specialises in law, cybersecurity, and compliance. Luke currently resides in the UK.

Articles

SECO Acquires the Entirety of InHand Electronics in Strategic Move to Increase Presence in U.S. Market

SECO has signed an agreement to acquire InHand, a Maryland-based provider of low-power embedded systems and software to manufacturers of portable, battery-powered, and IoT devices.

2 months ago
News

Alliance Memory’s DDR4 SDRAMS Bolster Product Line Up

Alliance Memory's new DDR4 SDRAMs combine low 1.2V power consumption with fast data transfer rates to 2400Mbps/pin and 2666Mbps/pin for increased efficiency and performance.

2 months ago
Product Highlights

Rigol’s DS1202Z-E Affordable Digital Oscilloscope for Hobbyists and Embedded Engineers

The new DS1202Z-E 200MHz oscilloscope from Rigol joins the DS100Z family of digital oscilloscopes as an affordable option that target hobbyists, embedded engineers, entrepreneurs, and educators.

2 months ago
Product Highlights

Environmental Sensors and Monitoring Systems May Replace Standalone and Integrated Sensors

Environmental sensors and monitoring systems are undoubtedly going to become more prevalent in the future as global power consumption grows—and great efforts are made to reach and maintain optimal levels of efficiency.

2 months ago
Opinion

Keithley 4200A-SCS High Performance Parameter Analyzer from Tektronix

The Keithley 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer is an accurate research tool that facilitates reliability and failure analysis studies of semiconductor devices, materials, and process development.

2 months ago
Product Highlights

GlobalFoundries and TSMC Settle Dispute With Patent Cross-License Agreement

GlobalFoundries and TSMC announced their settlement and dismissal of all litigation between them, as well as those that involve their customers, on October 28.

2 months ago
News

Texas Instruments’ TPS2596xx 2.7V to 19V eFuses for Consumer Appliances

Texas Instruments' TPS2596xx family of 2.7V to 19V eFuses provide highly integrated circuit protection and power management in a small package for a range of primarily consumer applications.

about 3 months ago
Product Highlights

ANSYS Partners With Motor Design Limited to Add Motor-CAD to Simulation Tool Portfolio

The combined ANSYS and Motor-CAD solution creates a comprehensive end-to-end workflow by adding Motor-CAD electric motor design software to ANSYS' existing simulation tools.

about 3 months ago
News

The UK Visa System: Why is the UK Turning Away the Engineering Talent That it Needs?

It is no secret that the UK's visa system and all its red tape makes it difficult to address its own engineering skills shortage. With thousands of STEM professionals refused entry last year, why is this happening and what can be done to address it?

about 3 months ago
Opinion

Renesas Expands Access to its Portfolio of Highly Sought IP Licenses

Additional IP solutions include the latest cutting-edge 7nm process to help designers meet a range of customer requirements in a dynamic and constantly evolving industry.

about 3 months ago
News

Boost Reliability with Advanced Linear Devices’ Overvoltage Protection PCBs

Advanced Linear Devices (ALD) has added over-voltage protection to its new SABMBOVP and SABMBOVP2XX family of PCBs to boost reliability for products that require low-loss energy power.

about 3 months ago
Product Highlights

Loughborough University and Ford Collaborate to Replace EV Prototyping with Modeling and Simulation

The £39m Virtual Vehicle Integration and Development (ViVID) Project aims to replace EV prototyping with modeling and simulation.

about 3 months ago
News

OMC Fibre Optic LED Emitter With Next-Gen Infra-Red Die Technology

OMC's new fiber-optic LED emitter sends data over greater distances whilst being more energy and cost-efficient by generating less heat in sensitive and enclosed designs.

about 3 months ago
Product Highlights

University Carlos III de Madrid to Implement 5G Technology in Four Different Test Working Environments in Europe

Coordinated by the University Carlos III de Madrid, 5Growth will implant 5G technology across four European working environments with a view of validating the functioning of new telecommunication networks.

about 3 months ago
News

Eaton’s Range of Multilayer and Wirewound Chip Inductors: A Variety of EMC Options for RF Applications

Eaton's multilayer and wirewound chip inductors provide new EMC options for RF wireless circuits.

about 3 months ago
Product Highlights

Brixton Residents Are First in the UK to Trial Smart ‘Flexible Energy’ Project

Residents living in a block of flats in Brixton are set to be the first in the UK to trial a new 'flexible energy' project headed by UK Power Networks in partnership with EDF Energy and Repowering London.

about 3 months ago
News

Terasic’s DE5a-Net-DDR4 Arria10 FPGA Development Kit for High-Capacity Designs

The DE5a-Net-DDR4 Development Kit is perfect for high-capacity designs and can accelerate and compute for best-in-class performance, all while being ideal for high-performance computing (or HPC).

about 3 months ago
Product Highlights

UK-Based Highview Power to Pioneer New ‘Liquid to Gas’ Cryogenic Battery Initiative

UK battery tech pioneers plan to build Europe's largest energy storage project using a 'liquid to gas' cryogenic battery ('cryobattery') that is capable of storing renewable energy for weeks.

3 months ago
News

Renesas Electronics Unveils Family of MCUs for Intelligent IoT Applications

Renesas' new MCUs target secure IoT with their open software platform. The MCUs combine advanced security and connectivity with a flexible software package and a comprehensive partner ecosystem.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Google Proclaims Quantum Supremacy with the Sycamore Quantum Supercomputer

Google attempts to establish "quantum supremacy" by unveiling its landmark 'Sycamore' chip, a quantum computing chip now being prepared for preliminary electrical testing.

3 months ago
News

Digi-Key Electronics Partners with Analog Devices to Develop Innovative MeasureWare Platform

Developed for the partnership between Digi-Key and Analog Devices, MeasureWare enables Digi-Key customers to hastily kickstart designs by providing immediate and seamless access to availability and pricing of products.

3 months ago
News

ADO300 Series DC-DC Converter for Data Processing and Telecommunications

The ADO300 Series from Artesyn comprises low profile units that are ideal for systems with demanding inter-board spacing requirements.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

AImotive and ON Semiconductor Collaborate on Next Gen Sensor Fusion Platforms for Automotive Applications

ON Semiconductor and AImotive have recently announced that they will collaborate to develop prototype sensor fusion platforms for use in the automotive space.

3 months ago
News

Qorvo’s QPA2308 5 to 6GHz 60W GaN Power Amplifier for RF-based Designs

The QPA2308 microwave monolithic integrated circuit (MMIC) power amplifier from Qorvo is targeted towards commercial and military applications. The MMIC power amplifier provides high-power density and power-added efficiency for 5 to 6GHz RF-based designs.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Renewable Energy Has Overtaken Fossil Fuels in the UK for the First Time

According to new research, renewable energy sources have now generated and provided more electricity to UK homes and businesses over the last quarter than fossil fuels—for the first time ever since the Industrial Revolution.

3 months ago
News

Diodes Incorporated’s Automotive-Compliant MOSFETs in a Minuscule DFN2020 Package

Diodes Incorporated’s MOSFETs (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) offer industry-leading performance and power management in a minuscule DFN2020 package that occupies up to just 10% of the board space of competing devices.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

German Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems Develops Ultrasound Transducer to Assist in Medical Diagnosis

A brand-new type of ultrasound otoscope has been developed at the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS) and is expected to facilitate faster and more reliable diagnoses of middle ear infections.

3 months ago
News

Power Integrations’ GaN-Based InnoSwitch3 IC Delivers Significant Benefits Over Silicon Alternatives

Power Integrations' InnoSwitch3-CP, InnoSwitch3-EP, and InnoSwitch3-Pro ICs combine primary circuits, secondary circuits, and feedback circuits in a single surface-mounted package (SMP).

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Altium Launches Altium Designer 20, the Latest Version of its Flagship PCB Design Software

Altium is furthering its lead in PCB design with the release of the newest version of its PCB design software: Altium Designer 20.

3 months ago
News

Socionext’s SC1230 Series Radar Sensors for IoT Networks

Socionext’s SC1230 Series of radar sensors can detect location, movement, plus presence, direction, and distance—opening up a whole host of potential applications.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

How European Engineers Can Overcome Language Barriers When Working Abroad

Unlike in the U.S.—where most, if not all, skilled workers can communicate proficiently in English—in Europe, language barriers can be a major problem. So, what can engineers do to overcome these inherent barriers that are prevalent across the entire continent?

3 months ago
Opinion

Murata BLF03VK Series of Compact Noise Filters for 5GHz Wi-Fi Band Impedance

The BLF03VK Series is the world's first range of noise filters designed specifically to guarantee impedance in the 5GHz Wi-Fi band.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Zynq UltraScale+ Multiprocessor SoCs From Xilinx for Heterogeneous Multi-Processing

The new UltraScale+ MPSoCs (Multiprocessor system on chips) extends Xilinx's existing SoCs to enable true heterogeneous multi-processing for smarter systems.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Synopsys Fusion Design Platform Has Been Qualified by GloFo for Its 12 nm FinFET Process

GloFo (GlobalFoundries) has qualified Synopsys' Fusion Design Platform for its 12nm FinFET (fin-field effect transistor) process. Qualification includes leading products Design Compiler NXT, IC Compiler II, PrimeTime, and StarRC.

3 months ago
News

An Arm-Led Group is to Develop APIs that Sit Above Underlying AV Hardware

At the Arm TechCon earlier this month, a group of automotive and technology companies declared their support for the new Arm-led Autonomous Vehicle Computing Consortium (AVCC).

3 months ago
News

RS Components Introduces IIoT Development Box from TOI

RS Components has introduced the 4ZeroBox IIoT box from Italian manufacturer Things on Internet (TOI) that integrates sensors, actuators, and cloud services into new and legacy industrial equipment.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Diodes Incorporated MIPI PHY Switch: Fast Switching for Connected Modules

Diodes Incorporated recently announced its five-lane MPI 2:1 switch that can switch physical layers that comply with C-Phy or D-Phy serial interfaces.

3 months ago
News

Radiocrafts’ RC1701HP-WIZE High-Power RF Transceiver Module

The RC1701HP-WIZE is part of a compact surface-mounted Wireless M-Bus product family. It contains a communication controller with embedded Wize protocol and 500 mW output power.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

TSMC Fights Back Against GlobalFoundries As Legal Battle Continues

GlobalFoundries (GloFo) filed patent claims against TSMC and its customers in the U.S. and Germany earlier this year for patent infringement. TSMC has now hit back with a lawsuit of its own.

3 months ago
News

Flex Power Modules’ BMR490 DC-DC Converter to Satisfy Demanding Datacom Applications

Flex Power Modules' BMR490 DC-DC Converter features active current sharing that allows 2 or more converters to be used parallel to one another for even the most demanding data communications applications.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

RICOH’s 1525 LDO Voltage Regulator for Automotive Applications

The R1525 is a low supply current (42 V input 200 mA) voltage regulator designed for automotive applications.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Alibaba Unveils the Hanguang 800 — Its First Home-Grown AI Chip

Chinese e-commerce conglomerate Alibaba unveiled its Hanguang 800 12nm AI chip, featuring a total of 17 billion transistors. At present, it is only for use in the company's own cloud servers.

3 months ago
News

Georgia Tech Develops a Wireless Sensor to Heal Brain Aneurysms

The university has developed a wireless sensor that is small enough to be implanted in the blood vessels of human brains.

3 months ago
News

XMOS Secures $19 Million in Funding to Support the Company’s Expanding Global Footprint

The funding is expected to be used on XMOS' further expansion into areas such as Hong Kong, and for use in continuing to attack the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) space.

3 months ago
News

Swiss Chip Manufacturer Kandou Secures $56 Million in Series C Funding

The investment by both new and existing investors which will be used to expand Kandou's interconnect devices brings the company's total funding to near $100 million.

3 months ago
News

Microprecision’s Miniature MP83 Microswitch for IP40 Protection

Microprecision, a Swiss manufacturer of precision microswitches designed for demanding applications, unveils its low-cost, versatile snap action switch for use in general purpose applications.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

The PAN1326C2 Series Bluetooth Dual-Mode Module from Panasonic

Panasonic's relatively new PAN1326C2 is a Bluetooth Low Energy 4.2 dual-mode module that supports both Basic Rate and Enhanced Data Rate and certified for use in the EU, U.S., and Canada.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Elmos Semiconductor Agrees to Sell Silicon Microstructures to TE Connectivity

TE Connectivity is set to acquire Silicon Microstructures—a California-based MEMS pressure manufacturer—from German semiconductor company Elmos Semiconductor.

3 months ago
News

Spectrum Instrumentation Releases Mixed Mode Option for Digitizers and AWGs

Designed for its latest range of 16-bit digitizers and AWGs, Spectrum Instrumentation has released a mixed mode option that adds 16 synchronous data lines to the analog data.

3 months ago
News

MACOM’s MAAM-011238 Wideband Amplifier for 5G Applications

MACOM's MAAM-011238 is an easy-to-use wideband single amplifier for 5G applications that span sub-6 GHz to mmW frequencies.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Bel Power Solutions’ ABE1000 Series and MBE1000 Series of 1000W Power Supplies

Bel Power Solutions announced two power supply series for medical and industrial applications on September 19th 2019, the 1000 W ABE1000 and MBE1000. AC-DC enclosed power supplies that act as high-power density solutions.

3 months ago
Product Highlights

Oracle Builds Supercomputer With 1,060 Raspberry Pi’s

Oracle's Raspberry Pi 3 B+ supercomputer, the world's largest Pi cluster according to the company, should provide over 4,200 cores' worth of processing power.

3 months ago
News

ROHM Debuts Automotive-Grade Backlight LED Driver for Automotive LCDs

ROHM's new LED backlight has been optimized for use in electric vehicle LCD panels between three and 12 inches. The new backlight driver enables common control board designs.

3 months ago
News

Integrating Automation and IoT into the Engineering Design and Manufacturing Process

Engineering has always been a diverse industry in which to work, however, emerging technologies are changing the status quo as the digital age continues to grow at a rate many would have thought impossible just a decade or two ago.

3 months ago
Opinion

STMicroelectronics to Supply Silicon-Carbide Power Electronics to Renault for High Speed Battery Charging in EVs

STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader, has announced it will supply these electronics to Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to enable high-speed charging in the next generation of electric vehicles.

3 months ago
News

Synopsys’ ARC Embedded Vision Processors Delivers Industry-Leading 35 TOPS Performance for AI

The DesignWare EV7x Vision Processors' architecture integrates vector DSP, vector FPU, and a neural network accelerator to provide a scalable solution that features more than a four-times performance increase for AI-intensive applications and emerging AI applications.

about 4 months ago
News

Paving the Way for Lighter and Smaller Wireless Audio Devices with the TMD2635 IR Proximity Sensor Module from ams

The new TMD2635 from ams is the world's smallest digital IR proximity sensing module, occupying a volume of 1mm3.

about 4 months ago
Product Highlights

IoT Start-Ups Fleet and Astrocast Working to Meet Increasing Demands for IoT Satellite Networks

Fleet Space Technologies and Astrocast of Australia and Sweden respectively have raised a total of $16.5 million from funding rounds.

about 4 months ago
Product Highlights

Coilcraft’s Range of DC-DC Flyback Transformers

Coilcraft's range of flyback transformers can be used to provide voltage transformation and circuit isolation in flyback converters.

about 4 months ago
Product Highlights

Matrix Industries Matrix Mercury DC/DC Boost Converters

Matrix Mercury DC/DC Boost Converters are ideal for deployment in circuits where the harvesting and management of surplus energy from low input voltage sources is required.

about 4 months ago
Product Highlights

The University of Warwick Trials Cybersecurity Research Projects for Connected Autonomous Vehicles

With autonomous vehicles expected to become more and more widespread as manufacturers work hard to bring their own designs to market, the security of the connected systems that power them are a major concern for researchers.

about 4 months ago
News

Renesas Electronics Family of 15Mbps Photocouplers with Low Threshold Input Current Ratings

The photocouplers deliver low-threshold input current, high common-mode rejection, and the smallest footprint for harsh industrial environments and applications.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

Qualcomm’s State of Play Report Reveals What Consumers Value Most in Audio Applications

Qualcomm's 2019 State of Play report has revealed that, among other things, it is audio quality that consumers reportedly value the most in audio devices and applications.

4 months ago
News

BAE Systems Purchases UK-Based Aerospace Tech Startup Prismatic to Develop Solar-Powered UAVs

BAE has reached an agreement with Prismatic, a British SME, to acquire its operations as the two companies work together to further develop UAV technology.

4 months ago
News

Increase Performance of Battery-Powered Products with IXYS SolarMD Modules

With a name inspired by the use of multiple dies (MD) in 1 module package, the SolarMD product line from IXOLAR is famed as the go-to solution for various battery-powered, handheld, and wearable consumer products—plus, it suits applications across industry and the charging of backup batteries or small off-the-grid products.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

Samsung, Qualcomm, and Huawei Unveil Integrated 5G Chips

Qualcomm, Huawei, and Samsung have unveiled their 5G at the Berlin IFA Consumer Electronics Show—although certain standards are yet to be finalised.

4 months ago
News

Silicon Labs’ Si834x Family of Smart Switches

Silicon Labs recently introduced its Si834x family of compact and robust smart switches. Designed for use in harsh industrial environments, they drive resistive and inductive loads.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

The Molex Micro-Fit Connector System Series for Power and Signal Applications

The Micro-Fit product family consists of 3.0mm pitch connectors that are available in multiple variants and have a maximum current rating of 8.5A.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

Toshiba Memory Acquires Taiwan-based Lite-On SSD Manufacturer

Toshiba Memory, rebranding as Kioxia Holdings Corporation on October 1st, announced that it had signed an agreement with LITE-ON to acquire its SSD business.

4 months ago
News

A Comparison of the Issues of Market-Dominating Tech Firms and Chip Manufacturers

At the end of July 2019, the U.S. Justice Department announced their review of the practices of market-leading online platforms. Should chip manufacturers be paying close attention to this?

4 months ago
Opinion

Mitsubishi Develops the First Compact Metal Corrosion Sensor

Mitsubishi has developed what is thought to be the world's first compact metal corrosion sensor that is small enough to be mounted on circuit boards.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

UC Berkeley Develops Wearable Sensors That Analyse Sweat Composition

A team of scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, is designing and developing wearable sensors that can detect what's in your sweat.

4 months ago
News

Researchers Have Developed A RISC-V-Compliant Processor Using Carbon Nanotubes

Researchers have used carbon nanotubes to create a RISC-V-compliant processor that handles 32-bit instructions and performs 16-bit memory addressing.

4 months ago
News

Xilinx Debuts Its New FPGA Designed for ASIC and SoC Creators

The Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P by Xilinx, a 35 billion transistor device, enables prototyping and emulation of the most advanced ASIC and SoC technologies.

4 months ago
News

Volocopter’s Fully Electric 2X eVTOL Flies for First Time in Controlled Airspace

Volocopter's 2X air taxi is now the first electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicle to fly at an airport. What could this mean for autonomous aircraft?

4 months ago
News

MikroElektronika’s EasyPIC Eighth Generation Development Board

Announced in July 2018, the board has been released in response to the growing number of engineers who require industrial single board computers (SBCs).

4 months ago
Product Highlights

BD83070GWL DC/DC Converter from ROHM for Wearables and Portable Devices

This product highlight will cover the major qualities of ROHM's buck-boost DC/DC converter with integrated MOSFET, such as notable efficiency and low-power consumption making it ideal for use in wearables and portable devices.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

The CP6940 Ethernet Switch for CompactPCI and VME Embedded Systems

The CP6940 Ethernet switch has been specifically designed and optimized for multicast applications, long-term programs, and for use in harsh environments.

4 months ago
Product Highlights

Addressing How Popular 3D Printing Has Become in the Engineering Field

There is no shortage of people who live and breathe for 3D printing, but is all its hype warranted? Is 3D printing truly a process with unlimited potential?

4 months ago
Opinion

Melbourne’s RMIT University Has Developed a Method for Producing E-Textiles With Embedded Energy Devices

Researchers from Melbourne's RMIT University have developed a rapid, cost-effective, and scalable method for printing textiles with embedded energy storage devices.

4 months ago
News

Lithium-Metal Batteries Are Closer to Becoming a Reality

New research has brought safe, lightweight, and long-lasting lithium metal batteries closer to being a reality, and they could disrupt the $30bn lithium-ion battery market.

4 months ago
News

The LUXEON 5050: Lumileds Brightening Emitter for Lighting Applications

The LUXEON 5050 by Lumileds boasts the industry's highest flux and efficacy in a robust package that enables brighter, longer-lasting light fixtures.

4 months ago
News

GlobalFoundries Files Patent Claims Against TSMC and Customers

GlobalFoundries has filed multiple patent infringement lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany against TSMC, alleging that their microchip manufacturing technologies infringe 16 of their patents.

4 months ago
News

Robotics in Medical Procedures: Is the Technology Safe Enough Yet?

Medical robotics has played an increasingly important role that has grown throughout the past decade. Applications include urology, orthopedics, laparoscopic surgery, and others, but is the technology safe enough?

4 months ago
Opinion

Addressing Energy Inefficiency in Wi-Fi Systems and Infrastructure

The intensive use of Wi-Fi communications has led to the growth of W-Fi infrastructure worldwide. Due to the huge amounts of data transmission, however, these consume a whole lot of power that is lost as heat. This shouldn't (and doesn't need to) be the case.

4 months ago
Opinion

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