Front End
Infineon pays top dollar for International Rectifier Connected cars face security and privacy hurdles The seven stages of collaboration
Distribution Distribution News
The basis for the Smart Factory
As networking increases so special M2M SIM cards and chips are required to ensure uninterrupted network coverage
Bluetooth Smart just got smarter
Bluetooth Smart is opening up a host of new opportunities across a range of vertical markets, according to Future’s Allen Cabreros
Space Electronics Accurate current sensing in spacecraft
Steve Munns looks at direct current sensing using a shunt resistor. What are the alternatives and the design trade-offs that need to be taken
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Interview: Charlie Peppiatt A year of change
It’s been a year of considerable change at Stadium Group. Charlie Peppiatt, the company’s CEO, talks to Neil Tyler
Display Technology 3D gesture recognition in a single chip
Andreas Guete discusses an innovative technique called E-Field that is providing contact-free position tracking, gesture recognition and approach
detection Wireless Infrastructure
Addressing the demands of LTE
Kinana Hussain explains how to optimise Doherty amplifier performance as the wireless industry works to address the rapid growth of LTE
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The Issus, the strainwave and the cameraman
Just how is the technology behind precision gears used in camera systems derived from the Issus, an insect found in nature?
Interconnection Product News
Circuit Components Product News
New products include think-film resistors from Arcol and an NTC chip that brings accurate temperature measurement to robotic assemblies
EMC & Circuit Protecton ‘Form in place’ starts to attract attention Mind the gap
Engineers often overlook the importance of addressing EMC issues when it comes to enclosures, as David Ward explains
Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 50 Getting your fax right
Back from the almost dead - Steve Rogerson receives his first fax in years
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How is ‘form-in place’ technology able to outperform traditional pre-formed gaskets when it comes to equipment shielding and sealing?
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New this month: Cambridge Connectors unveils a low profile connector for high speed, low definition ports and GCT releases a re-engineered Nano SIM connector
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Honeywell is re-writing the rules for sensor design as it combines the mechanical and electronic worlds into a single device
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Anglia Live 2.0 offers forward ordering, faster search and volume contracting while Conrad Business Supplies forges close links with Rittal
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Power Management Product News
Measurement Techniques
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