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1 week ago | eeworldonline.com | Aimee Kalnoskas

OKW has introduced a new machining service for LED backlighting as part of its enclosure customization options. This service addresses ingress protection challenges of fitting LEDs and light pipes to a housing’s front panel. The backlighting solution enables designers to add visual indicators to their devices. Numbers and letters appear only during illumination and remain invisible when LEDs are off.

1 week ago | eeworldonline.com | Aimee Kalnoskas

By Karsten Köhler, Business Development Manager at TDK-MicronasThe auto industry is amid two transformative trends: the gradual transition from internal combustion engines (ICE) to electric motors and drivetrains and the ongoing development of driver assistance and self-driving features. Sensor technology is famously integral to both trends, but electrification and assisted driving account for only some application areas where sensors are integrated into modern automobiles.

1 week ago | eeworldonline.com | Aimee Kalnoskas

Abracon has released several new lines of MEMs oscillators for the electronics market. The company’s portfolio now includes over 1,700 distinct part numbers designed to address specific requirements in engineering applications across various electronics sectors. The expanded MEMs oscillator catalog features devices with frequency ranges from 1 MHz to 725 MHz, phase jitter as low as 0.1 ps, and stability options between ±10 ppm and ±50 ppm across commercial and industrial temperature ranges.

1 week ago | eeworldonline.com | Martin Rowe

RF components such as connectors, cables, antennas, and PCB traces need characterizing so you know how they will perform. That’s where a vector network analyzer (VNA) can help. Signal Hound, well known for its USB spectrum analyzers, has introduced the VNA400, a 40 GHz VNA that connects to and gets power from its single USB-C port. The two-port VNA400 lets you send a signal to your device under test (DUT) and measure its response, producing S-parameters.

2 weeks ago | eeworldonline.com | Bill Schweber

The 50-ohm impedance is standard in RF design, while 75 ohms is also used, so it’s important to understand the attributes of each and not confuse them. One of the issues that beginning electronic engineers must grasp is the concept of impedance and impedance matching, especially concerning transmission lines, cables, and connectors. This FAQ will look at the two most commonly used “standard” impedances of 50 Ω and 75 Ω, why they are what they are, and the role of each.