Front End Conflict minerals: good intentions under pressure
Neil Tyler finds out how companies are responding to the need to report on how they source ‘conflict minerals’
REACH rethink urged Distribution
Wither distribution in 2012? 8
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CIE talks to Premier Farnell about the key trends they are seeing, and those they expect to see over the coming months and years, in the global distribution industry
Distribution News
Profile - Robert Wainwright Polishing a diamond
Appointed last year to drive through its next ambitious phase of development, Robert Wainwright, general manager of BVM Ltd, talks to Neil Tyler
Defence and DSEi Special DSEi 2011 – A global defence industry
Greater accuracy and a simpler set up is making RF amplifier testing more effective
Product News from DSEi
Designing usable electronic warfare systems
What are the constraints design engineers face when developing effective electronic warfare systems for troops on the ground?
Breaking Free
Vicor’s Kai Johnstad considers how high-density modules meet military PSU mandates
Defence procurement 26
What have been the changes in defence procurement over the past 25 years and how have small business adapted in order to survive?
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Neil Tyler assesses this year’s DSEI, Europe’s leading defence exhibition RF amplifier testing
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Power Supplies Design for life
Reliable memory
CIE finds out how to power, but also terminate, DDR II and III memory systems
Power when it’s needed
Super capacitors are increasingly being used to meet peak power requirements in portable devices, as Markus Huschens explains
Interconnection Product News
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New products announced this month include a new power connector system that can handle up to 100A; ITT launches its new range of Trident connectors and Harting unveils a gigabit connector module for rail applications
Power Management Product Focus - Feeling the squeeze Product News
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How is it possible to squeeze isolated power from an Ethernet cable but by only using a single chip solution?
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RECOM releases new micro-size DC/DC converters; a new ultra-low dropout regulator from Diodes uses only 220mV at 1.5A and Intersil develops an AEC-Q100 qualified version of its popular ISL8088 regulator
EDA & Development Solving the design reuse dilemma
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In electronics design the drive to reuse assets is a compelling one but, as Rob Evans explains, confidence in the integrity of the recycled element is the key to success
Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 50 Seasonal greetings
Christmas carols in
July...bar humbug! Steve Rogerson takes a look at the off-beat in July
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