Contents Front End 4-13 The Electronics Industry Awards - putting the power in your hands 4
Production risk eliminated for users of advanced EMI shielding 6 polymers and thermal interface materials as Parker Chomerics extends its integrated assembly services globally
Reed relay is differentiating factor for ultra-high-density PXI matrix 8 Has spring ‘sprung’ in electronics components markets?
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The development of smart lighting Batteries & Fuel Cells
Increasing power demands for robots 12 15-16 15
Maximise the run time in automotive battery stacks even as cells age 16 Enclosures
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Smart ways to purchase electronic enclosures Verotec and mass spectrometry is a great match Rittal cooling units now with new output class
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Rittal has extended their range of cooling units with a launch in this quarter of 2018 Interconnection
Navigating a sea of change for better marine connectivity Next day delivery on standard products assure thanks to
improvement at Lane Electronics MPUs & MCUs
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Select and apply the right low-power microcontroller for the IoT 27 PCBs
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The technologies lighting up the PCB market How clean are your boards?
Plug in with confidence Spotlight On A spotlight on Lucid Electronics
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David Westwood, sales & marketing manager, KSM Superclean talks about the effects of not cleaning bare board PCBs
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Test & Measurement Testing time for PCB manufacture
Printed circuit board assemblies are central to the operation of virtually all electronic devices so their reliability is a fundamental requirement. But reliability, says Offshore Electronics’ Dae Cleal, technical director, depends on the way assemblies are tested during and after manufacture
New probe helps minimise power consumption of wireless devices 39
A short overview of the two most common cooling technologies 41 for thermal chuck systems Industrial
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The impact of the maker movement on electronic component distribution
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