Self-Assembling Robots

By Dan Crippen

Self-assembling robots have always always been a sci-fi milestone that science in the real world could never really achieve. One team at MIT has achieved just that, a group of robots that work together to reconfigure themselves. They are called M-Blocks and although they are nothing like what you’d see in Hollywood they are a…

DDN EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

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Quantum Crushes Record

By Dan Crippen

Quantum dots are making a comeback! After a few years of humbled excitement over quantum dots there comes a record breaking performance in speed of light emissions. What the researchers did was construct a plasmonic metal structure with certain characteristics that the quantum dots could be embedded into. The total speed that they achieved was…

Diodes, Inc. EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

These PDNs were published on 02/19/2015 and 04/29/2015 and list all parts with the LTB dates 08/19/2015 and 10/25/2015. Component Publish Date Replacement LTB Date MBR10100CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR10150CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR20100CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR20150CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR2045CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR2060CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR3045CTP 2/19/2015 N/A 8/19/2015 MBR3060CTP 2/19/2015 N/A…

Infineon EOL Notices

By Dan Crippen

These PDNs were published on 04/13/2015, 06/01/2015, 07/01/2015, 07/06/2015, 07/13/2015, 07/20/2015, 07/21/2015, 08/04/2015 and 12/16/2013 and list all parts with the LTB dates 10/31/2015, 12/01/2015, 01/01/2016, 1/31/2016,  02/15/2016 and 06/30/2016. Component Publish Date Replacement LTB Date SAE800 4/13/2015 SAE800G 10/31/2015 SCR-100024-00 4/24/2015 N/A 10/31/2015 SCR-100027-00 4/24/2015 N/A 10/31/2015 TCA785 4/13/2015 N/A 10/31/2015 12MS06012L43G24965 6/1/2015 6MS24017E33G32859…

FluidWRITER: 6-Axis Printer

By Dan Crippen

A truly incredible feat of machining, this cutting edge printer called the FluidWRITER contains a 6-axis robotic arm. The purpose of this machine is to advance the technology used to mass produce semiconducting components such as antennas for consumer electronics. It uses a silver ink which is sprayed using an inkjet much like most household…