July 2023

Toshiba Electronics Europe GmbH (“Toshiba”) has announced Peter Lieberwirth as the new President and CEO, effective 1st July. In his new role, he will lead the development and execution of Toshiba’s strategy for its electronic components business in Europe. He takes over from Tomoaki Kumagai, the outgoing President, who has been promoted to a global

Independent distributor, Rutronik, has signed a franchise agreement with fabless semiconductor company, MediaTek to distribute MediaTek’s portfolio of IoT chipsets in Europe and Israel.  Its Genio processors offer fast multi-core performance with high energy efficiency, making them suitable for robotics, industrial automation and IoT applications.  The agreement adds another semiconductor company to Rutronik’s linecard. MediaTek

A motor driver designed to optimise the thermal valves of electric vehicles (EVs) has been launched by Melexis. The MLX81334 optimises thermal valves to ensure accurate battery temperature control. It also optimises the EV’s expansion valves in the heat pump refrigeration loop. This optimisation enables a longer range for EVs.  The LIN-based MLX81334 is a

Mouser Electronics has teamed up with Microchip Technology to provide the engineering community with a new free webinar titled “Optimising Sensing Applications with PIC and AVR Microcontrollers”. The webinar will be streamed live at 16:00 CEST on Tuesday 11 July 2023.  The webinar will cover enhancements on modern PIC and AVR MCUs, including advanced analogue

Active noise cancellation (ANC) is incorporated into the latest Xensiv MEMS microphone by Infineon. It uses advanced ANC technology, said Infineon, instead of passive damping methods to “significantly reduce” the vehicle weight, which benefits vehicle efficiency.  The IM68A130A MEMS microphone has a flat frequency response to frequencies below 10Hz. It also features a stable phase