With its new Sustainable Mobility Program, Mastercard wants to promote sustainable, secure and user-friendly mobility and create consumer-friendly payment systems at e-charging stations. The program starts in Germany and is to be rolled out throughout Europe.

The popular Raspberry Pi is now also available as a desktop version. The inexpensive Raspberry Pi 400 is available as a ready-to-use kit and is suitable for use at home or in the educational sector as well as in industry and commerce.

The DC link capacity in a flyback converter is determined by the worst case, i.e. at minimum input voltage. However, this is oversized for the typical case. With the MinE-CAP, Power Integrations presents an IC that reduces the volume of power adapters up to 70 W by up to 40 percent.

Like with Siri or other virtual assistants, drivers want to interact with their cars. For comfort and safety, automotive manufacturers, too, rely on voice assistants. Information-based ‘voice brokers’ help to overcome the special challenges of integrating voice-based dialogue systems.