Contents
Regulars 04 Trend
2022 predictions for automotive, hyperscale computing and aerospace and defence systems
05 Technology 09 Going green
The UK needs a resilient battery supply chain to transition to greener energy storage By Kevin Brundish, CEO, AMTE Power
10 Optical isolation
Optically-isolated 0-5V analogue input modules 3 and 4
By Professor Murat Uzam, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Yozgat Bozok University, Turkey
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16 ASIC-underpinned position sensors for robots By Dr Mike Coulson, Analogue Design Manager, Swindon Silicon Systems
18 Design tips of using brushless DC motors in automotive applications By Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer, Digi-Key Electronics
24 Automotive radio equipment compliance By Craig Ormerod, Senior Manager, TÜV SÜD
26 The biggest questions about EV charging in the UK now By Matthew Lumsden, CEO, Connected Energy
28 Filtering common-mode noise in automotive environments By Jeff Elliott, US-based technical writer
32 RF circuit simulation
By Eamon Nash, Applications Director, RF amplifi ers and beamformers, Analog Devices
38 Powering LEDs with movement By a research team at Chung-ang University in the Republic of Korea, in cooperation with South Korea and US researchers, with Professor Sangmin Lee as team lead
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