UK ELECTRONIC COMPONENT MARKET CONTINUES GROWTH IN 2015 A
ccording to the manufacturers’ authorised distributor (afdec)
group within the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) the UK & Ireland electronic component market is set to continue its steady if unspectacular growth in 2015. The forecast, recently released by
the association indicates that the market will continue to grow in the range 0%-to-3% in 2015, achieving a mid-point of 1.5% and confirming members' confidence that the
gradual recovery is likely to continue in-line with improvements in the macroeconomic environment. The overall UK/Ireland Distributor
Total Available Market (DTAM) in 2014 is expected to grow by 3% when compared to the previous year. The forecast for 2015 predicts a further Distributor Total Available Market growth of around 1.5% to give a market value of around £1.1bn within a Total Available Market result of circa £2.9bn. Presenting the forecast, Aubrey
Dunford, ecsn Market Analyst confirmed that the UK/Ireland electronic components markets performed at the bottom end of the range of guidance provided in the association’s forecast for 2014, principally because the predicted growth in the second half of the year was not as strong as expected due to sluggish growth in the global markets, especially in the key market of Europe. Dunford said “Higher growth in some sectors of the market such as
Automotive where Distribution is not so strong means that we estimate that the TAM has increased by more than the DTAM at 6%.” “Returns from our members
indicate that the UK/Eire electronic componentmarket is likely to stall slightly in the first half of 2015 as stock in the supply chain is rebalanced and then we expect to see modest growth return in the second half.
ecsn-uk.org
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PERSPEC SYSTEM VERIFIER DELIVERS GREATER PRODUCTIVITY Solver technology has been
The latest Perspec System Verifier platform from Cadence automates system-level coverage-driven test development using constraint- solving technology, which is claimed delivers up to 10 times productivity improvement in SoC verification versus typical manual test development. This latest release joins the
company's existing system development suite, which is designed to reduce complex test development from weeks to days, while also allowing design teams to reproduce, find and fix complex bugs to improve overall SoC quality. Key features of this latest release
include a Unified Modeling Language (UML) based view of system-level actions and resources that, combined with powerful solver technology, creates an intuitive view of complex and hard-to-test system-level use-case interactions.
included to automate the generation of portable tests to deliver complete coverage of system-level scenarios based on chip constraints and the scope of the scenarios to verify SoC-level features for functionality, performance and power Tests. These run on all pre-silicon verification platforms including simulation, acceleration and emulation, and virtual and FPGA prototyping, which can be further used to validate actual silicon.
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The Model 702902 and 702906 from Yokogawa are 10:1 passive oscilloscope probes that operate over a wide temperature range from - 40°C to 85°C. As a result, they are ideally suited to use in accelerated testing and validation methods where temperature cycling is part of the test procedure. The 702902 is designed for use with the isolated BNC input modules of the company’s DL850E ScopeCorder family, whereas the 702906 is intended to be used with the non-isolated BNC inputs of the DLM4000 and DLM2000 Series of oscilloscopes from the company.
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teady growth in 2015 is expected to continue for the
UK electronics component market says afdec in its recent forecast. Whilst Electronica 2014 that took place in November reflected a significant amount of positivity in what companies were reporting as a buoyant year in 2014, with promise that 2015 will continue this progress. For 2014 the major catalyst
driving many industrial segments was that of “The Internet of Things”. More recently this has seen things like industry 4.0, the connected everything from cars to smart homes all become now almost commercially viable or available. Michelle Winny - Editor
4 DECEMBER/JANUARY 2015 | ELECTRONICS
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Linear Technology Corporation has released the LT8640, a 5A, 42V input capable synchronous step-down switching regulator. A unique Silent Switcher architecture, combined with spread spectrum frequency modulation, reduces EMI/EMC emissions by more than 25dB even with switching frequencies in excess of 2MHz, enabling it to easily pass the automotive CISPR25, Class 5 peak limits. Synchronous rectification delivers efficiency as high as 95% with a switching frequency of 2MHz.
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The new Han M Plus range of connectors from Harting incorporates effective protection against extreme environmental influences through the use of an additional polyurethane coating. This new coating not only increases the connectors' impact resistance but also protects them from extreme mechanical and chemical influences. s a result, this housing series is ideally suited to applications in transportation, the maritime environment, and the mining and petrochemical industries. Connectors are subjected to impact and shocks, as well as aggressive environmental influences, and must be effectively protected.
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