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20 Advances in isolator design make possible stratospheric operating frequencies
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24 Interactive displays at the heart of fuel stations of the future
26 Filtering common-mode noise in automotive environments
29 Enabling AI productisation
32 Training neural networks for machining applications
37 Building safe, secure, connected cobots 40 Robotics technologies are here to stay
42 Battery requirements for next- generation mobile robots
44 Verifying RISC-V SoCs
48 Avionics successes at the heart of autonomous vehicles
52 Bipolar power solutions for precision test and measurement systems
54 The evolution of television control using voice technology
56 Cost-eff ective interconnects for autoclaved medical devices
04 Trend 2020 trends in application software
05 Technology 08 NEW: DC-DC converters 10 Design problem solvers 14 Research notes 15 NEW: Software
16 Q&A
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