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10 EMC
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12 Optical Isolation
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17 Electric Vehicles By Vicor design engineers 19 Event Southern Manufacturing and Electronics 2023
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20 A control panel for driving the world By Bernardo Kastrup, System Development Engineer
24 Embedded systems for robotic applications By Display Technology technical team
26 Test and measurement requires high-accuracy and high-precision data acquisition solutions By Maithil Pachchigar, System Applications Engineer, Analog Devices
32 Smart sensors in industrial applications keep the pressure off By Richard Mount, Sales Director, Swindon Silicon Systems
34 Make linear actuator design fl exible with non-contact position sensing By Anders Karlsson, Product Line Manager for linear actuators, Thomson Industries
38 5G growth in aviation applications By Future Market Insights analysts
40 Plasma treatment for wire bond improvement By Henniker Plasma design and development engineers
44 The life and times of the RJ45 connector By Tom Hennessey, Business Manager, GTK
46 Condensation-free enclosures protect electrical components, indoors and outdoors
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