Contents
04 Trend Here’s to a better 2022!
05 Technology 08 Going Green
ESG for a better world
By Andrea Barrett, Vice President for Social Responsibility and Sustainability, Electrocomponents Group
10 JESD204 standard: Common design questions about working with the JESD204B interface
By Ian Beavers, Product Engineering Manager, Automation Energy and Sensors Team, Analog Devices
Features
20 Testing the principles at the heart of the interoperable world By Philip Makedonski, Vice Chair, ETSI TC MTS (Technical Committee Methods for Testing & Specifi cation)
22 Ensuring the accuracy of non-contact temperature measurements By Joris Rols, Marketing Manager Temperature Sensors, Melexis
24 Digital predistortion for improved power amplifi er effi ciency By Steve Summerfi eld, Director of Algorithm Implementation, and Frank Kearney, Director of Systems Architecture, Analog Devices
28 Guide to specifying medical connectors By David Phillips, Managing Director, Binder
30 Interconnects in quantum computers By Martin Spooner, Engineering Director, Intelliconnect (Europe)
13 Circuit drill
Does constant current supply generate constant current across all loads? By Sulaiman Algharbi Alsayed, Managing Director, Smart PCB Solutions
14 Electronics design
General I/O monitor for the ECIO40P development board
By Martin Whitlock, Applications Engineer, Matrix TSL
16 NEW REGULAR COLUMN Optical isolation
Optically-isolated analogue input/output modules
By Professor Murat Uzam, Yozgat Bozok University, Turkey
59-62 Products / Directory / Web locators
32 Protecting IIoT devices from cyber attacks By Michael Barrett, Managing Director, Nexus Industrial Memory
34 Embracing the edge in industrial settings By Johan Jonzon, CMO and Co-Founder, Crosser
36 Companies are moving to condition-based maintenance – and this is why By Ankush Malhotra, President, Fluke Reliability
38 Staying abreast of the ever-evolving automotive electronics By Neil Ballinger, Head, EMEA, EU Automation
42 Reappraising the diff erential complementary folded cascode as the sole voltage gain
By Michael Kiwanuka,
B.Sc. (Hons) Electronic Engineering
56 LTE for specialised applications By Edward Young, Senior Vice President and General Manager at CommAgility
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