Contents Front End Anglia workshops demonstrte cloud-based application


development using Renesas Synergy RS Components launches History Makers podcast New ideas and advanced solutions for Li-Ion protection ICs Sales solve everything…?


Interview ADLINK taking a new stance on IoT solutions 4-10 4


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ADLINK acquired PrismTech back in December 2015. Lawrence Ross, vice president and general manager software & solutions, ADLINK Technology IoT Solutions and Technology business unit, talks to CIE editor Amy Wallington about ADLINK’s new strategies since acquiring PrismTech


Display Technology 15-21


Higher drive for touch controllers transforms the industrial user 15 Choosing the right display for IoT devices


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Scott Soong, CEO, Pervasive Displays, edited by Rich Miron, applications engineer at Digi-Key Electronics, talks about what displays are best for different IoT devices


The growing potential for MOEMS deployment A custom or customised display solutions?


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Display choice is arguably the most complex buying decision on a project and your instinct might be to go for a standard, off-the-shelf display, but wait, have you considered the benefits of a custom or customised display solution?


Industrial


House and garden go wireless Retrospective digitalisation


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According to the Annual Manufacturing Report 2018, four in five manufacturers believe that smart factory technologies will improve their supply chain relationships. The proposed benefits of data collection from smart sensors are huge, but some manufacturers still feel that a smart factory is out of their reach. Here, Nick Boughton, digital lead at systems integrator Boulting Technology explains how plants with legacy equipment can retrospectively upgrade their facility to a smart factory


Distribution


The evolution of distribution in a smart era with expanding IIoT capabilities


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Channel reorganisation improves focus for Smiths Interconnect 28 Giuseppe Lancella, vice president Business Development at Smiths Interconnect talks to CIE editor, Amy Wallington about the reorganisation over the last couple of years


How to cope with component shortages 30


CIE Magazine exclusively interviews Paul Bentley, managing director of GD Rectifiers on the measures you should take to avoid dealing with component shortages


Optoelectronics OMC - masters in the art and science of controlling light 32-35 32


Used in a vast range of industries including aerospace and defence, research, power distribution, medical, petrochemical, robotics, instrumentation and transportation, optoelectronics controls much of our world in invisible ways The sourcing, detection and control of light is still considered a “black art” by many and one that few have mastered


New at FRAMOS: ON Semiconductor’s latest EMCCD imager


increases NIR image quality with improved quantum efficiency Spotlight On


A Spotlight on 4D Systems 35 36-37 36


Following an explosive adoption of intuitive GUIs into commercial and industrial products, 4D Systems is at the heart of this trend, developing leading display technology – modules, graphics processors and IDE for almost any application. Here, we shine September’s spotlight on Markku Riihonen, business development manager at 4D Systems who talks about the growth and how he became involved in the industry


EMC & Circuit Protection Can extended warranty ever equal reliability? 38-41 38


Does the increasingly common practice of offering an extended warranty with a new EMC or EMP filter make that filter any more reliable or long-lasting? No, argues Paul Currie, sales and marketing director of the EMC, EMP and TEMPEST filter designers and manufacturers MPE Ltd. In this article, Paul highlights the reasons why the answer has to be no, and goes on to discuss the practical implications and real costs of a filter failing in situ at different stages of its life


Solving IEC system protection for analog inputs Thermal Management


Effective cooling using heatsinks 40 42 42


In the innovation area to improve the level of effectiveness of electronic components, the different approaches for cooling these components have not provided a solution. the only things that have changed are how, where and the way various cooling concepts are used. The safe function of the components with a long service life thereby entails great effort for cooling and comprehensive knowledge about the inner-relationships


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