Front End Farnell launches Arduino UNO Click Shield for the
Atmel Xplained RS signs agreement with Adapteva to deliver
computing platform Can UK plc benefit from “next shoring”?
Automotive Electronics Making talking cars a reality
Quiet driving
By using highly integrated semiconductor technology it is possible, according to Kiran McDonald, to implement more effective automobile biasing and fault detection
MD Interview | David Wall Looking beyond the domestic market
ICs & Semiconductors Product News
Company Focus - Brainboxes Celebrating 30 years in business
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Neil Tyler talks to David Wall, the Managing Director of Kemtron, about the company’s plans for the next five years at the heart of which is a drive to increase exports
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Dialog Semiconductor’s latest family of DSP audio codecs is optimised for superior voice control while Samsung begins mass producing the industry’s first, 20nm 6Gb LPDDR3 mobile DRAM
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As Brainboxes, a company that specialises in the development of serial communication devices, celebrates 30 years in business Neil Tyler went to Liverpool to meet with the company’s founder and driving force, Chairman and Managing Director, Eamonn Walsh
Interconnection A waterproof connector, but not as we know it Product News
Hirose unveils a high-speed connector capable of conveying transmissions up to 5 Gbps; TE offers black zinc nickel plating for connectors and AVX releases a new interactive Industrial Connector Selector Guide
Addressing a diverse market
How using connectors incorporating a variety of inserts can meet the needs of rugged device interfaces for data, power and signals in the industrial space
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David Phillips describes a new waterproof connector that retains protection while unmated and sets new standards in its class
22 Contract Manufacturing 34-35
The benefits for CEMs who share their client’s burden 34 In an increasingly competitive global market, where OEMs face ever-shortening time to market pressures, it is no surprise that many now seek to transfer every greater proportions of their risk management burdens to CEMs
Distribution Democratising the design process
A change in design ethos could meet many of the challenges faced by engineers today, enabling wider collaboration and significantly accelerating the prototyping process and the development of new product concepts
Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 42 Birmingham or Munich - a difficult choice?
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Certainly a tough one, but who thought it was a good idea to run the Advanced Engineering Show in Birmingham on the same days as electronica?
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Maurice Geraets looks at how the automotive industry is working to create a new customised and more entertaining experience for the driver, but which at the same times makes driving both safer and easier
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Medical Electronics
UK electronics firms From the systems required to treat infectious diseases to medical advancements, electronics is becoming increasingly important. John Boston looks at the role the UK can play in this burgeoning market sector
Where reliability is key: wearables in the medical
industry Preventing ESD transient ensures the proper performance of potentially life-saving monitoring devices
Power Management Product News
XP Power unveils the industry’s smallest encapsulated 60 Watt AC-DC supply available in a pcb or chassis mount while Intersil’s integrated Li-ion battery charger can safeguard the backup battery in eCall systems
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