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Electronics & Computers

Lucid Motors’ David Moseley: EV or ICE, “It Is All Physics”

As Director, Powertrain, CAE Crash & Safety for electric-vehicle startup Lucid Motors, David Moseley may hold one of the most intriguing—and possibly even...

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Electronics & Computers

High-Power Wireless Charging Technology

Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (Oak Ridge, TN) 20-kw wireless charging system has achieved 90% efficiency at three times the rate of the wired charging systems commonly used for electric vehicles...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Signal Conditioning, Filter and Instrumentation Amplifier

Alligator Technologies (Costa Mesa, CA) offers x10000 amplifier gain enhancement for the company’s USB controlled USBPIA-S1 single channel programmable signal conditioning...

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Supplier Eye
Manufacturing & Prototyping

Smaller Suppliers Facing Global Challenges

Are you willing and prepared to follow your customers around the world to support their global product initiatives?

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Nanotechnology

Hard, Slick and Ready to Roll

Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory have developed a new breed of nanocomposite coating.

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Manned Systems

Fingerprint-Free Coatings

NBD Nanotechnologies (Boston, MA) features a new coating solution that renders fingerprints invisible on metal and glass surfaces. According to the company, its patented InvisiPrint solution allows manufacturers to...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Plasma Polymerization Deposition Systems

The PD Series Plasma Deposition Systems family from Nordson MARCH (Concord, CA) uses plasma polymerization to deposit thin films uniformly during precision manufacturing and assembly processes to change...

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Propulsion

Chicago Auto Show: Dodge Puts 375-Hp Hemi V8 in Durango SRT

“Performance” SUVs are not a new concept, but FCA’s Dodge brand opens a new niche-within-a-niche with the unveiling of the 2018 Durango SRT at the 2017 Chicago auto show,...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Mobileye on the Road

Amnon Shashua, co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Israel-based Mobileye, tells a story about when, in the year 2000, he first began approaching global carmakers with his vision—that cameras, processor chips...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Design Tip: 3D Printing

A basic tenet of traditional manufacturing says that as part complexity increases, so do machining and assembly costs. But what if there were a different way to produce metal parts, one with fewer limitations than...

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Test & Measurement

Stationary Laboratory Data Acquisition System

Diversified Technical Systems' (Seal Beach, CA) SLICE PRO LAB system offers the same electronics and flexibility as its crash-hardened SLICE PRO data acquisition modules, but in laboratory...

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Automotive

Nissan's New King Cab Full of Patent Potential

For OEMs, promoting a competitive advantage is just as vital as protecting innovative technologies on vehicles—especially on high-profit trucks.

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RF & Microwave Electronics

Shifting to an E-Mobility Product Portfolio

How does a traditional powertrain component and systems supplier stay relevant in an electrified- and autonomous-mobility future? Horst Binnig, CEO of Rheinmetall Automotive AG (formerly KSPG), a...

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Propulsion

Silent Timing Chain

Designed for lighter weight, smaller space and lower cost than gear drives, BorgWarner’s (Auburn Hills, MI) silent chains technology provides durable performance, even under high speeds typical in hybrid applications. The...

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Electronics & Computers

High-Temperature Pressure Sensor

The Endevco model 8523 high-temperature pressure sensor from Meggitt Sensing Systems (Irvine, CA) uses silicon strain gages to enable gage and differential measurements. Designed for static or dynamic...

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Software

Visteon Tests Augmented Reality HUD for Level 4 Autonomy

Augmented reality (AR) head-up displays are emerging as critical equipment for SAE Level 4 autonomous driving, where the operator must completely trust that the vehicle's ADAS sensors...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Linear Potentiometers

H.G. Schaevitz LLC Alliance Sensors Group (Moorestown, NJ) expanded its sensor product offering by adding resistive technology to its portfolio of linear position products. Environmentally sealed to IEC IP-64, the LP-22...

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Automotive

All-New 2018 Ford Expedition Gets Aluminum Body, 10-Speed

When Ford Motor Co. leadership made the bold decision to invest in aluminum body structures for its F-Series pickups, they made sure the Expedition was integrated into the product...

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Manufacturing & Prototyping

Advancing 3D-Printed NdFeB Magnets

Magnet Applications, Inc. (DuBois, PA), a Bunting Magnetics Co., has made a technology advancement in 3D-printed neodymium iron boron (NdFeB) magnets. According to Magnet Applications, engineers from the...

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Communications

Open Standard Middleware Enables New HPEC Solutions

The military embedded computing landscape has been transformed from where it was 20 years ago — and that has been almost entirely enabled by the ability of prime contractors, systems...

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Aerospace

Cooling Your Embedded System: What Can Your Open Standard Architecture Handle?

Embedded computing systems for Mil/Aero applications are often conduction-cooled in an ATR or nonstandard chassis. However, there are many designs that require 19"...

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Defense

Evaluating Key Certification Aspects of Multicore Platforms for Safety Critical Avionics Applications

High performance, low power consumption and small footprint requirements imposed by the embedded market on the processor industry is causing a...

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RF & Microwave Electronics

The Ins and Outs of Spaceflight Passive Components and Assemblies

RF and microwave components deployed in spaceflight applications can experience hundreds of degrees of temperature variation, massive amounts of radiation, and can be expected to...

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Aerospace

Simulating and Analyzing Flow for an Air-to-Air Refueling System

Long-range bombers may have missions halfway around the world. Fighter jets may have to stay in the air longer than their relatively small fuel tanks will allow, or may find they...

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Defense

Upgraded Electronic Flight Bag System

Astronautics Corporation of America Milwaukee, WI 414-449-4000www.astronautics.com Astronautics Corporation of America has been selected to provide an improved and upgraded electronic flight bag (EFB)...

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Defense

Helicopter Vibration Control System

LORD Corporation Cary, NC 877 ASK LORD (275 5673)www.lord.com LORD Corporation recently announced product qualification for their Improved Vibration Control System (IVCS) for the Boeing H-47 Chinook helicopter. Under contract with Boeing since Sept. 2013, LORD has now completed all program milestones and received...

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Electronics & Computers

Silicon Based Mid-Infrared SiGeSn Heterostructure Emitters and Detectors

Enhancing the performance of GeSn p-i-n photodiodes using gold metal nanostructures. The goal of this research project was to advance the science and technology of...

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Electronics & Computers

Development of High Quality 4H-SiC Thick Epitaxy for Reliable High Power Electronics Using Halogenated Precursors

Development of robust semiconductor devices with high energy efficiency and reliability is a key objective towards 'Energy...

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Electronics & Computers

Reconfigurable Electronics and Non-Volatile Memory Research

The purpose of this research was to investigate non-volatile memory device technologies that could be applied to reconfigurable electronics applications to provide power reduction,...

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