What caught your attention this week? (NI, AlN, Raspberry Pi, maritime spaceport)

THE Weekly electronic The team shares some notes – their picks of the week, in terms of announcements, developments, product releases, quotes or anything else that caught their attention in the wide world of electronics…

Caroline Hayes, editor
There was NI and AI, with its CTO of technology and innovation, Kevin Shultz, speaking to Weekly electronic on what the role of AI in testing will be.

David Manners, Component Editor
What caught my attention this week was the successful IPO of Raspberry Pi.

Steve Bush, Technology Editor
Wafer manufacturer Crystal IS has achieved 99% usable area on experimental 100mm diameter aluminum nitride (AlN) single-crystal substrates. AlN is an interesting material, with a bandgap of ~6eV – much higher than GaN and SiC. These wafers are intended for manufacturing 260-270nm germicidal LEDs, but RF, high-voltage, and high-temperature transistors are other potential applications.

Alun Williams, Web Editor
What caught my eye was the US government’s funding of the development of a mobile offshore spaceport for orbital launches, by The Spaceport Company.