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04 Technology 08 Focus: AI governance


10 Column: Silicon systems design by Alpinum


Features 22


EDITOR: Stella Josifovska Tel: 01732 885810 Email: sjosifovska@datateam.co.uk


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16 Why calibrated RF test stations disagree By Tatiana Krasik, PhD – RF Measurement and Automated Test Engineer


22 Precision timing shifts to the centre of system design By Deepak Tripathi, Director of Product Marketing, Communications, Enterprise & Datacenter, SiTime


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26 Space, time and the amazing hydrogen maser By David Chandler, Senior Product Line Manager, Atomic System Clocks, Frequency and Time Systems Business Unit, Microchip Technology


30 Industrial automation and smart agriculture technology crossover By Shammi Thakur, Research Director, Vyansa Intelligence


34 The energy crunch is also a last-mile problem By Bin Lu, EVP Global Power Products, Schneider Electric


36 Designing a reliable interface layer By Darren Hodson, Managing Director, WAGO UK & Ireland


40 Similarities and diff erences in attitudes to connector design-in decisions By Peter Schneid, VP of Marketing, Harwin


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TIMING ELECTRONICS


PRECISION TIMING SHIFTS TO THE CENTRE OF SYSTEM DESIGN


RF AND MICROWAVE WHY CALIBRATED RF


TEST STATIONS DISAGREE


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