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- Robust automotive supply protection for ISO 7637-2 and ISO 16750-2 compliance (03/04/2017)
  
  Automotive power supplies produce formidable transients that can readily destroy exposed onboard electronics. Over time, as electronics have proliferated in vehicles, automotive manufacturers have duly noted failures, compiling a rogues’ gallery of the responsible power supply transients.
- Making the move from machine monitoring to SMART manufacturing (06/01/2017)
  
  It is hard to open an Industry newsletter or visit an equipment manufacturer’s website without coming across a mention of the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, SMART Manufacturing or ‘big data’.
- Exploring alternatives to ozone-depleting HCFC-225 as global phase-out nears (05/01/2017)
  
  The phase-out of the last major ozone-depleting solvent, HCFC-225, finally has begun. This is going to be good for the planet but tough for companies with complex cleaning requirements.
- How software can protect IoT manufacturers from grey market counterfeiting (05/01/2017)
  
  Over the next decade, more or less everything (at least everything interesting from a technology perspective) will contain a semiconductor part.
- The challenges of obsolescence and how to address them (15/12/2016)
  
  Ask any electronic components manufacturer what is the number one issue that currently concerns them and it won’t be Brexit or production lead times, or keeping up with the latest technology or the component supply chain – nor the growth of the electronics industry in China or even counterfeiting.
- Automating cleaning processes for quality and volume (03/11/2016)
  
  The consistent purity of materials used to fabricate components of electronic devices can have a critical impact on their performance.
- Manufacturing the connected car (03/11/2016)
  
  Designers, engineers, supply chain experts and production organisations all collaborate in the first stages of automotive manufacturing to ensure the final product functions well, is appealing to its target market and will not become a victim of obsolescence.
- Calls for new thinking on education to close the UK STEM skills gap (03/11/2016)
  
  A shortage of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) skills is a major concern for the UK, and was addressed at last week’s MATLAB Expo, one of the biggest annual gatherings of STEM professionals and academics in the UK.
- A new approach to waterproofing smartphones (05/09/2016)
  
  Redux recently commissioned research into the issue of waterproofing smartphones, and found that 58% of 18–24s claim to have damaged a device by dropping it in water or by spilling liquid on it.

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