Contents
Front End Where are wearables heading?
EMC test lab leads the way The brightest coders in the Emerald Isle Protecting the future of electronic development
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Grexit and the global electronic components market 8 Training
Education, education, education 12
Even though it’s nearly two decades since Tony Blair’s famous speech at the 1996 Labour Party Conference, its implication still has resonance today within the electronics industry. Here Robert Owen, manager, worldwide university programme, Imagination Technologies, explains
Aerospace & Defence Exploring the Big Bang with Big Data
Most scientists believe that the universe was created with a big bang slightly less than 14 billion years ago. While they have evidence that suggests this is the case, they cannot absolutely nail it down as an indisputable fact. Wayne Warren, chief technical officer of Raima is following many of the projects that are homing in on the answer
Data processing onbroad
As Xilinx explain, new space grade Virtex FPGAs will accelerate the acquisition of image data and enable in-flight processing on scientific space instruments
High-tech packaging under extreme conditions
Electronics in aviation applications are subjected to extreme stresses and strains. Not only absolute reliability, but also economically viable solutions in compliance with standards are called for. In this article Ahmet Tasseki and Maximilian Schober from the Polyrack Tech Group explain more
A microwave technology revolution
The latest generation of satellite-on-the-move systems are squeezing complex hardware into an ever-more restricted space. Here, Steve Cranstone, managing director of Link Microtek, looks at the impact on a key component of such systems - the microwave rotary joint
EDA Linux software development tools and support
Farnell element14 has added Timesys Professional Linux Support and TimeStorm IDE seats to help engineers bring their custom embedded Linux products to market faster and more cost effectively
Wearable Electronics
Athletes, runners, joggers - lend me your ears! 22 A PhD student at the Technical University of Munich has evolved the traditional chest strap heart rate monitor typically worn by athletes into a sensor to be worn in comfort and inside the ear. The tiny heart rate monitor has gone into mass production, and Nordic Semiconductor and Rutronik were at the birth
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‘Wearable’ is a term that was predominantly associated with the clothing industry. However, as Electrolube explain, it is now trending for a whole new reason. Harnessing the electronic functions used in everyday life and incorporating them into devices and accessories that can comfortably be worn on the body, is leading us into the era of wearabletech
Embedded Technology Housings for embedded platforms
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Hitaltech is offering a range of DIN-rail mounting enclosures produced specifically to house the embedded platforms that are on the increase within industrial control applications. This enclosure range (manufactured by Italtronic) is being continuously increased in order to offer design engineers a DIN-rail mounting case to suit their requirements
Wireless Technology End to end support for wireless applications
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Cypress Semiconductor has introduced a Bluetooth Smart module that provides an end to end Bluetooth low energy solution. The new, small form factor EZ-BLE PRoC module - based on Cypress’s PRoC BLE Programmable Radio-on-Chip solution - includes Bluetooth 4.1 qualification and worldwide regulatory certification, simplifying design and cutting time to market
Reliable antennas for smartphones
Key to the ability of modern smartphones is still the antenna. Here, Jiangsheng Zhou, principal engineer for the wireless terminal design team, Jiang Nan Electronic and Communication Research Institute, explains the current challenges faced with antenna design
Enclosures Keeping equipment safe 32
One of the most important things to remember when specifying an electrical system integration is the system enclosure and its ancillaries. The enclosure design is vital to protecting system longevity and ensuring the effective performance of the drives within. Philip Glenister, product manager of Rittal, explains the art of good enclosure design
Ask the manufacturer to configure enclosures - it makes perfect sense
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As Russell Irvine of Hammond Electronics explains, standard enclosures have a number of attractive characteristics. However, the fact that they are ‘standard’ means that they may have to be modified to meet the individual requirements of a specific project
Interview - Itron
Complete solutions offer autonomy to customers 36 CIE magazine editor Joe Bush caught up with Andy Stubbings, director of Itron, to discuss the complete display technology solutions on offer from the company plus the wide array of applications where the technology is being employed
Who? What? Why? Where? When? & How? 42
This month Steve Rogerson has some major issues at customs and gets frustrated over some rather major diary clashes in 2016!
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