Contents Front End 4-12 Professional and industrial display design: the key is the lifetime 4


New iCE40 UltraPlus devices from Lattice Semiconductor accelerate 6 customer innovation in smartphones and IoT edge devides People are buying British again


8 The ‘Digi-Key Difference’ bringing more growth in hopes for


another successful year UK electronic components markets recovery to continue


Interconnection Another league of environment protection


Subsea exploration is now relatively routine in the oil and gas sector, but this doesn’t make it an inexpensive activity. With costs of up to a million dollars a day for vessels, ROVs and personnel, it is essential that mission critical equipment is readily available and does not suffer connectivity issues. Christian Taylor, sustaining engineering team leader at Bulgin, discusses the challenges associated with developing new solutions for this market


Harwin launches secure, space-saving Gecko Screw-Lok 1.25mm 16 pitch connector for harsh environment applications


Switching Technology Current mode switching with ultralow inductor DCR sensing


for high efficiency and high reliability Jian Li, Haoran Wu and Gina Le, Linear Technology Corporation, talks about the advantages of the new current mode switching supply


Optimism for 2017 Medical Electronics The evolution of experience design in Medtech


Over the last 15 years, the process of product development has made huge leaps forward in sophistication and effectiveness. The modern, connected consumer is far more savvy and demanding than they were. This has lead to huge successes in products that deliver a satisfying experience and major failures of ones that do not deliver on user friendliness. Ryan Chessar, mechanical engineer, Plexus, tells us more about the design process of medical products


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Authorised Distributors see continued modest growth in 2017 and predict stronger consistent growth for the rest of this decade


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Communications Technology Preserving information security at data centres Digital Communications Software development trends - and how they impact


embedded developers Sven Erik Knop, Perforce Software, talks about methodologies and tools needed to be integrated into teams with well-managed and clearly-defined approaches, and how, if they take all of that on board, they can contribute a great deal to the bottom line success of any embedded electronics project


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John Parsons of MPE Ltd talks about the dangers of leaking confidential data from data centres and how MPE’s TEMPEST filters can help prevent it


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Wireless technologies for a world full of sugar


As many as one in ten people in Germany and over three million people in the UK suffer from diabetes mellitus, with the number increasing all the time. The number of diabetics is also rising dramatically in countries with growing economic prosperity such as China. While smart devices can enhance the positive care provided to sufferers by their physicians, choosing the right wireless technology is not as easy as it sounds. Bernd Hantsche, marketing director Embedded and Wireless at Rutronik Elektronische Bauelemente GmbH, tells us more


New digital demodulator and JESD204B ultrasound analog front 25 end reduces data rates and interface routing up to 80 per cent A design based on digital demodulator and JESD204B interface for multiple channel ultrasound receive systems is introduced. The design reduces the data rates and simplifies board routing between the Analog Front End (AFE) and digital processing circuits up to 80 per cent


Spotlight on AWS Electronics Group


This month’s spotlight falls on Paul Deehan, CEO, AWS Electronics Group as we talk about the parts he has played through the electronics industry


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