Front End
Stay calm, plan to survive, and carry on! Planning for a slowdown
Test & Measurement
4-9 Consider the risks before looking to re-shore prduction 6 8 10-13
Spansion comment - HMI MPUs & MCUs Embedding safer driving in silicon
How high-performance, multi-parallel image processing is allowing camera- based Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) to support enhanded safety features
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Powering the next electronic device user interfaces 24 Spansion’s Alvin Wong explains to CIE why the user interface (UI) is the next battlefield for consumer electronics manufacturers
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Intelligent bandwidth optimisation The clock is ticking
Reg Waller looks at how non-intrusive tools can be used to relieve the pressure on engineers of prototype board bring-up
Beware of over testing
Erring on the side of caution many manufacturers tend to over test their products, but are those tests strictly necessary or are they being duplicated elsewhere?
Profile - Geert-Jan Davids “I love what I do, it’s totally fastcinating!”
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Neil Tyler talks with Geert-Jan Davids, the founder and CEO of EquipIC supply chain, a company that provides turnkey ASIC services for fabless semiconductor companies
A designer’s guide to building smart batteries into applications
Product news
Battery Technology & Power Management 16-19 16
Rob Phillips guides design engineers through the process of embedding batteries in medical, military or automation applications
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Announcements this month include: new miniature power MOSFETS from Renesas for portable devices; an integrated power controller for automotive applications from Texas Instruments and a LNBR voltage regulator IC for satellite TV receivers
Interconnection 20-23 Taking the initiative
Bill Henderson, Hypertac’s business development director, explains to Neil Tyler how the company has adapted to the changing connectors market
Product News 22
Among the products released this month are: a new 100% “green” universal contact Z Series for hand-held devices from ITT Interconnect and Intelliconnect extends its range of high-reliability Triaxial connectors
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Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 42 Football, motor-racing and a famous throne
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Intelligent bandwidth optimisation is vital if service providers are to combine quality of experience with minimal operating expenses, as Richard Benson explains
Circuit Components Product News
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Vishay introduces a slim polypropylene film capacitor for DC-Link applications; AVX delivers the world’s first validated conflict-free tantalum capacitors and Syfer’s ProtectiCaps save on the production stage
Security & Surveillance Fighting crime, one frame at a time Power to the people
Founded in 2009 Jabbakam has developed a unique web-based video surveillance system, which combines IP camera technology with social networking
Sub-Assemblies Product News
Product announcements this month include: OLED displays compatible with alphanumeric LCDs from Densitron; a new ELO Touchsystems AccuTouch 5-wire touchscreen from TE Connectivity and Sony extends its range of FCB block cameras
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By working together, AMD and MotionDSP have been able to push the boundaries of video for the U.S. Department of Defense
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