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Digi-Key has signed a global distribution agreement with E Ink for its innovative, standard segmented displays. E Ink?s electronic paper displays (EPD) offer ultra-low power performance, a small form factor,...

One of the reasons - apart from pigheadedness - for the continuing existence of traditional fieldbuses is the lack of determinism in ethernet networking. Even industrial variants rarely show the reliability required by extremely timing-critical systems. There are ways to overcome this, e.g. by tweaking networking protocols and fine-tuning software. A wholly deterministic and specialized operating system could do the trick as well. That's just what Belden promises with HiOS, the new operating system for its Hirschmann switches. In addition to management and diagnostic functions, HiOS is supposed to provide precise time synchronization compliant with IEEE 1588v2 plus a variety...

A new threesome has formed: Daimler, Nissan and Ford have agreed on a partnership to accelerate the commercialization of fuel cell electric vehicle technology. That's good news for alternative engine technology since it seems obvious that there is a limit to the number of huge Lithium-Ion Batteries that can be put on the highways of the world. The goal of the collaboration is to jointly develop a common fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) system while reducing engineering investment costs. According to the three-way agreement, each company is going to invest equally. By 2017, the companies intend to launch affordable, mass-market...