Elektor to Host EEI #59 on DIY Synths and the Formant
Elektor is hosting Engineering Insights #59 on April 29 to explore the Elektor Formant, a legendary DIY modular analog synthesizer first released in the late 1970s. The online session, free to register, will feature Girts Ozolins and Jacq Noise discussing the Formant’s revival, modern kit updates, and its role in hands‑on electronics education. The event costs €25 (about $27.5) for the live stream and includes a chance to win an Elektor Audio DSP FX Processor board. The show highlights how vintage synth design still resonates with today’s maker community.
ADIOS First Order Tops $1 Million as Supply Risks Rise
ADIOS Electronics, the new outsourcing and broker unit of Anglia Components, secured its first $1 million order less than a year after launching. The company positions itself as a hybrid between traditional authorised distributors and flexible brokers, holding stocked inventory of...
AECC Rolls Out Data First Architecture for Automotive Services
The Automotive Edge Computing Consortium (AECC) released a white paper outlining a data‑first architecture for automotive services. The model distributes data processing across vehicle‑to‑vehicle links, edge nodes, and cloud platforms to handle the tens of gigabytes generated per car each...
Chinese Chip Tool Makers Hit Record 2025 Revenues
Chinese domestic semiconductor equipment suppliers posted record revenues for the first three quarters of 2025, with Naura reporting roughly 27.1 billion yuan (about $3.8 billion), while AMEC and Piotech saw revenues rise more than five‑fold and 13‑fold respectively since 2020. The surge...
Key Quantum Innovations Covered by eeNews Europe
World Quantum Day on April 14 highlighted a surge of commercial‑grade quantum activity. Rigetti Computing unveiled a 108‑qubit superconducting processor aimed at research and enterprise workloads, while Finland’s IQM raised €50 million (about $55 million) to fast‑track its roadmap. Parallel advances include...
MIT Underwater Robot Teaming Targets Cable Inspection
MIT Lincoln Laboratory is developing a human‑machine system that teams divers with autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) to inspect subsea power and telecom cables. The AUV maps the cable, pinpoints likely faults and guides the diver to the exact location, combining...
SEALSQ and Kaynes Advance India’s PQC Chip Hub
SEALSQ announced a joint venture with Kaynes Semicon to open India’s first post‑quantum cryptography (PQC) personalization center inside Kaynes’s new OSAT plant in Sanand, Gujarat. The facility will assemble, test and cryptographically provision SEALSQ’s QS7001 microcontroller chips on‑site, eliminating the...
Stryten Launches E-Series AGM Batteries for Telecom and Utility Reliability
Stryten Energy has launched the E‑Series AGM160 and AGM190 multi‑terminal batteries, targeting telecom and electric‑utility backup power. The sealed, maintenance‑free VRLA units can operate at up to 80% depth of discharge and charge rapidly, offering long discharge cycles for harsh...
Pasqal Partners with True Nexus on Quantum Food Protein Design
Quantum computing firm Pasqal has teamed up with computational‑intelligence specialist True Nexus to use Pasqal’s neutral‑atom quantum processors for protein modeling in alternative food systems. The partnership will develop the first fully vectorized, dynamic 3‑D model of protein gelation, integrating...
The Race to Secure Data
Chip makers are racing to secure data both at rest and in motion as AI models expose software flaws faster than ever. Broadcom’s SecureHBA line now embeds post‑quantum cryptography on 64‑Gb/s Fibre Channel adapters and has taped out 128‑Gb/s silicon...
Low-RDS(on) MOSFETs in Automotive Power Systems
STMicroelectronics has launched a new series of low‑RDS(on) MOSFETs built on its Smart STripFET F8 platform, beginning with the STL059N4S8AG – a 40 V, 420 A N‑channel device featuring a 0.59 mΩ on‑resistance and housed in a compact PowerFLAT 5×6 package. The technology reduces conduction...
Eclipse hawkBit 1.0 Released for Open-Source IoT Software Updates
Eclipse Foundation announced the 1.0 release of hawkBit, its open‑source over‑the‑air (OTA) update platform for IoT devices. The milestone marks the project’s promotion to Mature status after years of development, 84 contributors, nearly 4,000 commits and 20 prior releases. hawkBit...
Intel and SambaNova Target Agentic AI Inference with Xeon 6
Intel and SambaNova announced a heterogeneous inference architecture that pairs GPUs, SambaNova’s Reconfigurable Dataflow Units (RDUs) and the upcoming Xeon 6 processor. The design allocates prefill, decode and control tasks to the hardware best suited for each stage, aiming to boost...
Vadzo Publishes GMSL Camera Guide for Embedded Vision
Vadzo Imaging has released a technical guide that demystifies Gigabit Multimedia Serial Link (GMSL) camera technology for engineers building embedded‑vision systems. The guide explains how GMSL’s serializer/deserializer architecture delivers uncompressed video over long cable runs with sub‑microsecond latency. It compares...
ThunderX Uses SAFERTOS for Cockpit-ADAS Fusion
ThunderX announced the integration of SAFERTOS, a pre‑certified real‑time operating system, into its next‑generation AI domain controller platforms built on Qualcomm SA8775P and SA8650P automotive SoCs. The safety‑focused RTOS will run in selected safety‑critical subsystems of the AIBOX family, supporting...
Samtec Launches Upscreen Testing Service to Accelerate Mil/Aero Development
Samtec has launched an in‑house Upscreen Testing service to certify commercial off‑the‑shelf interconnects for military and aerospace applications. The offering blends traditional Lot Screen Testing with a Qualification Conformance Inspection that adds shock, vibration, and extended life tests. Test data...
EU Approves €144m French Hydrogen Project for Fertiliser Industry
The European Commission has cleared a €144 million ($155 million) state‑aid package for HyforSeeds to install a 50 MW renewable hydrogen electrolyser at LAT Nitrogen’s fertilizer plant in eastern France. The hydrogen will replace up to 15% of fossil‑based feedstock in ammonia production,...
400kW EV Charger Supports Denser Charging Sites
SK Signet has launched a 400 kW all‑in‑one ultra‑fast DC charger that integrates silicon‑carbide power modules and dispenser hardware in a single unit. The design achieves 96.5% power conversion efficiency while shrinking the installation footprint by 54% compared with its previous...
Nanopower Moves nPZero IC Into Volume Production for Ultra-Low-Power IoT
Nanopower Semiconductor announced that its nPZero power‑saving IC has entered volume production, moving from evaluation kits to large‑scale deployment. The chip targets battery‑powered and energy‑harvesting IoT devices by handling sensor polling independently of the host MCU. By using user‑defined thresholds,...
Cisco Appoints Pete Shimer as Board Member
Cisco announced that former Deloitte executive Pete Shimer has been appointed to its board of directors, effective immediately. Shimer, who spent four decades at Deloitte—including stints as COO, CFO and interim CEO—will serve on the company's Audit Committee. The hire...
Dealing with Jamming and Spoofing — the Growing Importance of Civilian GNSS Resilience
Civilian reliance on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) has exploded, making accurate position, navigation and timing (PNT) essential for sectors ranging from aviation to finance. However, GNSS signals are vulnerable to jamming, spoofing, space weather and urban multipath, which can...
IBM and ElevenLabs Add Watsonx Orchestrate Voice AI
IBM and ElevenLabs have integrated ElevenLabs' text‑to‑speech and speech‑to‑text engines into the watsonx Orchestrate platform, delivering over 10,000 synthetic voices across 70 languages. The joint offering targets enterprise‑grade voice agents for customer service, internal support, sales and public‑service workflows. IBM...
NXP Introduces Omlox Starter Kit for Industrial RTLS Deployment
NXP Semiconductors has launched the omlox Starter Kit, a turnkey solution that merges UWB hardware, software and analytics into a single platform built on the omlox open standard. The kit centers on NXP’s Trimension SR048 UWB SoC and MCX W72...
New: Elektor’s Robotics and Automation Special
Elektor International Media has released a new special edition focused on robotics and automation, targeting engineers and hobbyists. The issue features practical projects built with affordable platforms like Arduino and Raspberry Pi, ranging from a drawing robot to a Mars rover...
Rutronik Adds DIN-Rail Power Supply Modules
Rutronik has broadened its industrial offering by introducing the RECOM‑developed RACPRO1 series, a modular DIN‑rail solution for 24 V power and protection. The lineup includes single‑phase RACPRO1‑S units for compact or decentralized cabinets and three‑phase RACPRO1‑T models that add monitoring and...
Reference Platform Targets Robust 10BASE-T1S Ethernet Design
A collaborative reference design, REF_SPE_T1S, aims to speed Single‑Pair Ethernet (SPE) adoption in industrial and building‑automation sectors. The platform combines Microchip’s LAN8670 10BASE‑T1S PHY, an Amphenol IEC 63171‑6 connector, and Bourns’ integrated transformer‑plus‑common‑mode‑choke magnetics. It demonstrates that transformer‑based isolation markedly improves...
EU Approves €500M Luxembourg Cleantech Manufacturing Scheme
The European Commission has approved a €500 million Luxembourg state‑aid scheme under the Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework (CISAF). The programme will fund direct grants for companies expanding production of solar, wind, heat‑pump, battery equipment and related raw‑material processing. Running...
Arcas Partners with Seekr to Deliver Sovereign AI for EU Enterprises
Arcas has partnered with US‑based Seekr to deliver a sovereign, explainable AI platform for European enterprises ahead of the EU AI Act’s phased enforcement starting August 2026. The joint solution merges Arcas’ governed‑AI expertise with SeekrFlow, an AI operating system...
Keysight Introduces SBOM Manager for Cybersecurity Compliance
Keysight has launched an SBOM Manager platform that automates the creation and upkeep of software bills of materials for manufacturers facing tighter cybersecurity regulations. The tool scans binaries, firmware and containerised applications, linking components to multiple vulnerability databases and supporting...
IQM Raises €50M to Boost Quantum Computing Roadmap
Finnish quantum computing firm IQM has raised €50 million from BlackRock‑managed funds to speed its technology roadmap and global expansion. The financing strengthens its capital structure, supports R&D of full‑stack superconducting quantum computers, and underpins plans for a public listing via...