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Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Expanded Digi-Key Facility Opens—Boosts Shipping to 81k Boxes Daily

Digi-Key Electronics opened its new distribution center this week at its headquarters. The new facility triples the location’s shipping rate to 81,000 boxes per day of electronic parts.


News Aug 19, 2022 by Jeff Child
Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

Not Limited by Wavelength, OmniVision Shrinks Down to “World’s Smallest” Pixel

OmniVision keeps shrinking the pixel size of its complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) image sensors by introducing its latest sensor with the "world’s smallest" pixel size.


News Aug 17, 2022 by Jake Hertz
MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED Devices Integrating Microlenses May Sharpen the AR Experience

MicroLED developer MICLEDI is getting even more granular with microLEDs—now, with integrated microlenses.


News Aug 15, 2022 by Jake Hertz
E-bag Tags and Personalized Flight Info Displays Coming to Airports Soon

E-bag Tags and Personalized Flight Info Displays Coming to Airports Soon

Catching a flight is a time-consuming process. Now, airlines are modernizing harried check-in and navigation processes to speed things up.


News Aug 10, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

Team-ups and Sensors—ADAS Ramps Up Sensing Solutions

One new type of sensor and two novel automotive processing approaches might be the key to limiting traffic accidents.


News Aug 05, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics Launches an Era of Programmable Photonic Processors

iPronics is bringing FPGA concepts to the world of photonics.


News Aug 03, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Tin Selenide Brightens the Future of Photonics, Penn State & MIT Posit

Tin Selenide Brightens the Future of Photonics, Penn State & MIT Posit

Amid the semiconductor shortage, researchers are honing in on tin selenide as a low-energy means to compute, transmit, or store information using light


News Jul 28, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic License Plates Set Out to Be More Than Just a Display

Electronic license plates won't just give drivers more personalization. They can keep registration up to date via an app and even prevent vehicle theft.


News Jul 21, 2022 by Biljana Ognenova
Sony Balances Data and Detail With Latest Security Camera CMOS Image Sensor

Sony Balances Data and Detail With Latest Security Camera CMOS Image Sensor

A new CMOS image sensor from Sony aims to provide high-performance and quality security cameras with the latest video streaming and STARVIS technology.


News Jul 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

imec-spinoff Swave Builds Holographic Chip to Enhance Metaverse

The startup’s unique approach to extended reality displays is garnering interest from investors.


News Jul 18, 2022 by Jake Hertz
The Tech Behind James Webb Telescope’s Stunning New Images

The Tech Behind James Webb Telescope’s Stunning New Images

The most detailed space images yet are the result of several key imaging technologies on the James Webb Telescope.


News Jul 14, 2022 by Jake Hertz
FIFA Shoots to Score by Adopting Semi-automated Offside Technology

FIFA Shoots to Score by Adopting Semi-automated Offside Technology

Technology finds use in all sorts of places, especially in sports. Recently, FIFA has spurred sports tech with a system to generate automated offside alerts in future contests.


News Jul 07, 2022 by Jake Hertz
LiDAR’s Future Looks Bright With New Tech Demos at Sensors Converge 2022

LiDAR’s Future Looks Bright With New Tech Demos at Sensors Converge 2022

The All About Circuits team reviews just a couple of the many demonstrations of new LiDAR technologies from this week’s Sensors Converge conference in Silicon Valley.


News Jun 29, 2022 by Dale Wilson
Intel Showcases a Photonics “First” — an Eight-wavelength Laser Array

Intel Showcases a Photonics “First” — an Eight-wavelength Laser Array

Intel Lab researchers push photonics one step further by demonstrating a tightly controlled, highly integrated eight-wavelength laser.


News Jun 28, 2022 by Jake Hertz
“World’s First” Organic BJT—Could Organic Transistors Take Off?

“World’s First” Organic BJT—Could Organic Transistors Take Off?

Researchers at TU Dresden have created the "world's first" efficient organic bipolar junction transistor (OBJT).


News Jun 27, 2022 by Jake Hertz
ST and Metalenz Bring “First Optical Metasurface” to Consumer Markets

ST and Metalenz Bring “First Optical Metasurface” to Consumer Markets

STMicroelectronics has joined forces with Metalenz, a Harvard spin-out, to develop the "world’s first optical metasurface technology" for consumer devices.


News Jun 18, 2022 by Ikimi .O
Qualcomm Spurs AR/VR Development With XR Dev Platform

Qualcomm Spurs AR/VR Development With XR Dev Platform

Qualcomm takes a swing at opening up the world of AR/VR hardware development with its Snapdragon Spaces XR Developer Program.


News Jun 07, 2022 by Arjun Nijhawan
Flexible Sensor Prototype to Discretely Monitor the Inside of Pipes

Flexible Sensor Prototype to Discretely Monitor the Inside of Pipes

A new optical sensor prototype is said to provide real-time chemical composition data without directly interacting with the substance being monitored.


News Jun 03, 2022 by Kristijan Nelkovski
“World’s Smallest LBS Display” Could Lead to More Comfortable AR Headsets

“World’s Smallest LBS Display” Could Lead to More Comfortable AR Headsets

TriLite and Dispelix teamed up for a new, ultra-compact projection display aimed at augmented reality (AR) headsets.


News May 26, 2022 by Jake Hertz
Salience Labs Marries Photonics and Electronics in AI Processor

Salience Labs Marries Photonics and Electronics in AI Processor

Oxford-based startup Salience Labs is rethinking multi-chip processors, combining the merits of photonics and electronics on a single chip.


News May 19, 2022 by Ikimi .O