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Tommy Cummings is a freelance writer/editor based in Texas. He's had a journalism career that has spanned more than 40 years. He contributes to Texas Monthly and Oklahoma Today magazines. He's also worked at The Dallas Morning News, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, San Francisco Chronicle, and others. Tommy covered the dot-com boom in Silicon Valley and has been a digital content and audience engagement editor at news outlets. Tommy worked at Mouser Electronics from 2018 to 2021 as a technical content and product content specialist.

New Tech Tuesdays: Military-Aerospace Solutions to Keep Designers Busy

On June 14, 2021 in All, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Design engineers have plenty of development opportunities in the military and aerospace electronics sectors. This is despite these industries experiencing bumpy rides resulting from the economic impact of the pandemic.

Tagged With: mil-aero, power

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 GNSS Modules to Keep Track of Where We Are

On June 8, 2021 in All, General, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

To develop products with global positioning system (GPS) functionality, design engineers have a vast selection of GNSS modules for scores of applications, including navigation, surveying, and mapping.

Tagged With: applications, gnss, mapping, modules, satellites

New Tech Tuesdays: When Resiliency and Power is Needed, Call on Wide Bandgap

On June 1, 2021 in All, Automotive, General, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Design engineers can employ WBG semiconductors in diverse applications, ranging from motor drives and power supplies to automotive and transportation systems, including hybrid and electric vehicles, aircraft, and ships.

Tagged With: 650v silicon carbide power mosfets, gallium nitride, gan, gan041-650wsb gan fets, nexperia, uf3c sic fets, unitedsic, wbg, wbg semiconductors, wide bandgap, wolfspeed

New Tech Tuesdays: Durability, Reliability Power Entertainment@Amphenol Connectors

On May 24, 2021 in All, Connectors, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Entertainment@Amphenol's circuit-breaking HPT Series power connectors feature higher duty cycle ratings and labor-saving, high tensile-strength stainless steel bead chain or self-closing spring cover designs, delivering lower costs of ownership.

Tagged With: amphenol, amphenol audio, circuit breaking, connector, connectors, durability, entertainment@amphenol, hot swap, hpt, hpt series, in-line, ip65, panel mount, power, powercon true 1 top replacement, reliability, sine, ul 50e type 4, vde

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 Small RF Passive Components That Keep Circuits Intact

On May 17, 2021 in All, Circuit Protection, Computing, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays, RF by Tommy Cummings

RF passives might not be flashy, but they play an essential role in RF and microwave circuits. New Tech Tuesdays examines AVX inductors, Murata capacitors, and Vishay resistors, three new-to-market RF passives for design engineers to consider.

Tagged With: avx lcci multi-layer ceramic chip inductors, capacitance, capacitor, capacitors, circuits, inductors, mic thin film microwave resistors, microwave, mif, murata bbec silicon capictor, resistors, vishay mib

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 Camera Solutions from Big Names in the Field

On May 10, 2021 in All, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays, Sensors by Tommy Cummings

Design engineers can configure optical devices for countless solutions—from smart applications such as facial recognition and sensors to high-performance machine vision systems for industrial automation safety and monitoring.

Tagged With: automation, basler ace 2, camera, cameras, facial recognition, flir systems tg165-x thermal camera, imaging, intel®, realsense™ id f450 f455, sensors, solutions

New Tech Tuesdays: These 3 EMI-Sensitive Solutions Can Manage the Static

On May 3, 2021 in All, Automotive, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

The automotive electrical environment has a lot going on, with several applications being electromagnetic interference (EMI) sensitive. This means deploying switching regulators that limit the noise and don't exacerbate EMI concerns for design engineers.

Tagged With: analog devices, applications, controller, converter, converters, efficiency, emi, emi sensitive, frequencies, input, lmq62440-q1, ltc3310s, max25431, maxim integrated, mhz, mosfet, output, silent switcher, step-down, switching, texas instruments

New Tech Tuesdays: RISC-V Designers Can Turn to These Development Tools

On April 26, 2021 in All, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Developers have these RISC-V development tools to design new custom processors to handle the requirements of newer workloads.

Tagged With: sifive hifive unmatched linux, applications, computer, developers, development platform, iar systems i-jet trace, i-jet trace, isa, processor, processors, risc-v, sipeed longan nano development board, tools, workloads

New Tech Tuesdays: SIM Cards and LTE-Enabled Module Provide Cellular Solutions

On April 19, 2021 in All, General, IoT, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

Let's evaluate three products that are crucial to machine-to-machine and Internet of Things project development.

Tagged With: 5g, cards, connectivity, developers, devices, evaluation kit, hologram euicc global sim cards, internet, iot, lte, lte cat m1, m2m, module, nb-iot, sequans monarch gm01q module, solutions

New Tech Tuesdays: 3 Connectors That Keep the Current Safely Flowing

On April 12, 2021 in All, Connectors, General, Maker, New Tech Tuesdays by Tommy Cummings

To address the simple diversity of connectors, let’s examine three different types of connectors and how design engineers can optimize them for connection solutions.

Tagged With: battery, connector, connectors, designers, developers, harting han s modular battery storage, hybrid, phoenix contact e-mobility charx charge inlets, storage, te connectivity's dynamic d8000 pluggable, tech, tuesdays

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