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04 Trend 05 Technology 08 Circuit Drill


By Dr Sulaiman Algharbi Alsayed, Managing Director, Smart PCB Solutions


12 System Security By Hector Tejero, Solutions Architect, Arrow Electronics


40 Products 41 Buyers’ guide 42 Contact directory 43 Web locator


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Features


12 The era of software-defi ned vehicles is upon us By Ta Tran Minh, Vice President and Delivery Head, FPT Global Automotive and Manufacturing, FPT Software


14 A Nissan Skyline gets a power boost with the help of a T24 telemetry unit By Marek Gmitro, Mantracourt electronics engineer and motoring hobbyist


16 ASICs for optimised haptics in vehicles By Richard Mount, Director of Sales, Swindon Silicon Systems


20 Functional safety with added intelligence By Mohammed Dogar, Vice President, Renesas Electronics


22 Sensor technology: on the threshold of a revolution By Dr Hao Pang, CEO and Founder, Quantum Science


24 Electricity-generating fi bres: The development of the PIECLEX fabric for wearables By M. Takumi, engineer, product development and electrical characteristics evaluation, and M. Shiomi, fabric expert and the leader of production and development team, both at Murata


28 The role of connectors in the Internet of Military Things By Alex Raymond, Product Manager, PEI-Genesis


30 M12 Power family of connectors for harsh environments By Graham Ellis, Sales Director, UK and Ireland, Binder


32 ChatGPT’s answers to assembly failure By Ray Rasmussen, Managing Partner, The Occam Group


36 Revolutionising automotive design with sustainable solutions for vehicle front shields By Neil Armstrong, Group Managing Director, In2tec


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IN THIS ISSUE: • Sensor Technology • Automotive Design • PCBs


• Sustainable Solutions • Connectors


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