Ahead of next week’s DAC in Las Vegas, we bring news of a verification app from Synopsys. Our attention was also caught by the ADC from Texas Instruments, claimed to be the industry’s fastest. Connector developments from Hirose and TT Electronics address powertrain and data integrity in rail and industry, respectively. Fischer Elektronik has designed a 19-inch rack and Farnell adds LEDs and optical sensors from Osram Opto Semiconductors.