s Contents Regulars
04 Trend 11 Technology
06 Cover Story By Rochester Electronics
26 Time to Bridge the Terahertz Gap By Greg Rankin, Houston-based freelance writer
42 SPE 6-part series - Article 1: Introduction to Single Pair Ethernet and Its History By Ruud Van Den Brink, product manager industrial communications and Manuel Ruter, senior principal engineer
44 Products 45 Buyer’s guide 46 Contact directory 47 Web locator
Cover story by Rochester Electronics, More on pages 6-7 Features SENSOR TECHNOLOGY
08 Vision, colour and contrast sensors – operation and main applications By TME, Electronic Components
10 Flipping human motion detection on its head
By Gabriele Fulco, product marketing manager, Omron Electronic Components Europe B.V
14 The future of building automation: AI and sensing technology creating smarter buildings
By Andy Camsell, technical consultant at Sontay
16 Revolutionising environmental monitoring
By the technical writers at Fibox, Enclosure specialists
AUTOMOTIVE DESIGN
18 Accurate silicon timing boosts smart-driving systems By Sumeet Kulkarni, director of product marketing, Automotive, SiTime
22 Higher voltage programmable power supplies assist 800V electric vehicle development
By Mohamad El Boubou, product marketing manager for Programmable Products, TDK-Lambda EMEA
PCB’S
24 Contrinex’s Inductive Sensor’s Keep Their Cool on Solder Refl ow Oven
By Mark Weymouth, managing director, PLUS Automation
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS
28 Edge computers for the digitalisation of construction machinery, when BIM meets IIoT, new added value is created By Jesse Kettunen, head of machine control hardware development, Novatron and Timo Poikonen, senior key account manager Nordics, congatec
32 How integrated on/off controllers contribute to energy effi cient system designs
By Bryan Angelo Borres, product applications engineer, and Noel Tenorio, product applications manager, Analog Devices
36 Maximising the lifetime value of components to reduce E-waste By Liam Kilmister, senior marketing strategist, Component Sense
CONNECTORS
38 Medical Device Technology: Connectors in patient monitoring
By David Phillips, managing director, binder UK
40 Connector specialist, Lane Electronics, looks into some of the more popular connector specifi cations required for a wide range of high-performance applications By Nick Wheeler, sales director, F.C. Lane Electronics Ltd
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