Front End
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Innovative Centre boosts sensor and imaging design 4 Record growth figures for contract manufacturer Axiom 6 Adam Fletcher looks at the latest market statistics
Medical Electronics Delivering drugs electronically
What are the design issues that have to be taken into account when developing electronically enabled drug delivery systems?
Beating the bugs with protected medical keypads
Specially protected graphic overlays and keypads on medical equipment can play an important role in combating the spread of viruses
Capacitors & Resistors New capacitor technologies for smarter electronics
Feature rich ICs may be at the heart of advanced electronics but improvements in other components, such as resistors and capacitors, are just as critical
Product News
Kemet launches a new high temperature tantalum capacitor; AEL improves the performance of its oscillators for stable femtocell applications and VPG launches a new high precision Z-Foil chip resistor
Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting An exciting prospect
Power Management Product News
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An exciting prospect for those seeking efficient new ways of generating power, Fred Pimparel looks at the power and potential of piezoelectric energy harvesting
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New products released this month include: baseplate-cooled power supply units from Powerstax; a new configurable power supply for medical applications from Excelsys and low profile inductors from Murata
Lighter and smaller
Neil Tyler talks to Dr Bill Macklin, CTO at Nexeon, about the company’s work in developing silicon anode Li-ion battery technology. What are the key technical and manufacturing challenges in bringing this technology to market?
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14 Streamlining the automation process
Michael Barrett considers how the use of rugged portable memory tokens helped streamline the automation process on Sheffield’s Stagecoach Supertram service
Keeping trains on track 28
With money tight train operators are having to look at ways to keep ageing locomotives in operation for longer. Bryan Parry looks at how companies are extending locomotive life in an age of austerity
Display Technology Product News
Going large
Ian Crosby and Dr Andrew Morrison look at how self capacity sensing is helping to bring touch to much larger screen products
Interconnection Product News
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New open-ended card edge connectors from AVX; the latest nano- connectors from Omnetics pass shock and immersion testing while Multi-Contact launches a new range of heavy duty connectors for rugged environments
Automotive Electronics - Comment Manufacturers pay heed!
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Could a l ocal ‘run about’ car become a ‘sports car’ for the weekend? According to Bashyam Anant it could, through a mixture of “platform + apps + services”
Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 42 Bring your own what?
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Losing internet access may be what makes people most frustrated but just think of the fun you can have with ‘BYOD’ or ‘bringing your own device to work’. Steve Rogerson applies his ‘evil scheming mind’ to the prospect
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TI introduces new LED drivers for high-performance lighting while Molex targets medical, industrial and consumer applications with its latest touch screen technology
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Rail Technology
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