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Features

- EPDT October 2019 issue (inc. Sensor & Automotive features) now available online (02/10/2019)
  
  This month’s issue, available in print or digital editions, contains features on Sensor technologies & Automotive applications.
- SOE Women in Engineering event to be hosted by Channel 4 News presenter, Cathy Newman (02/10/2019)
  
  Journalist & Channel 4 News presenter, Cathy Newman will host a SOE Women in Engineering event & panel discussion in London this November.
- Using ferroelectric memory to enhance reliability of automotive systems (01/10/2019)
  
  Non-volatile memory (NVM) plays a key role in nearly every embedded system design – but many designs have increasingly stringent NVM requirements in terms of data write & access speed, data retention & low power. This is particularly the case in automotive applications, where design engineers are looking to build in more advanced features, such as mission critical advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS).
- Transfer function measurements address test challenges for smart speakers (01/10/2019)
  
  Transfer function measurement simplifies the measurement of frequency response in smart speakers & other speech communication devices, especially those that are difficult to test using sinusoidal signals, explains Joe Begin, Director of Applications & Technical Support at audio test experts, Audio Precision.
- EMC/EMI & magnetic sensing in modern automotive applications (01/10/2019)
  
  Efficiency is the ‘watchword’ in automotive circles these days, driven by environmentally aware consumers, legislation & rising fuel costs. The industry is looking to technology to deliver the required advances, whether this is in the development of the latest hybrid or electric vehicles (HEVs/EVs), or finding ways to make internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles more efficient.
- How smart SPICE software can save you time & money for thermometer sensor testing (01/10/2019)
  
  In today’s digital age, it’s no surprise that thermometers are also making the jump from analogue to digital, promising greater accuracy and wider applications as a result. Since accuracy is vital, it’s essential to ensure the development of thermometers happens in a way that leaves little margin for error.
- Delivering continuous lane-accurate positioning for autonomous driving (01/10/2019)
  
  Today’s state-of-the-art, single-band GNSS receivers fulfil accuracy requirements for V2X, ADAS & autonomous driving in ideal open-sky conditions. But to reliably serve these use cases everywhere, all the time, they need to overcome their limitations in urban & other challenging environments.
- Sensors: the unsung heroes of digital transformation (01/10/2019)
  
  As the digital economy has grown over the last few decades, data has become a key commodity – to be captured, funnelled through wireless networks & processed by high-performance supercomputers into valuable intelligence that can be shared & displayed across numerous interconnected devices.
- The future of electronics production on display at productronica 2019 (01/10/2019)
  
  This year, it’s the turn of productronica to pack the halls of Messe München in Munich, Germany, from November 12-15. Alternating annually with its larger sister expo, electronica, productronica claims to be the world’s leading trade fair for the electronics production industry.
- One-millionth gallium-nitride (GaN)-based InnoSwitch3 IC delivered by Power Integrations (30/09/2019)
  
  Partnership with Anker Innovations helps Power Integrations drive GaN (gallium-nitride) revolution in mass-market AC-DC power adapters.
- Digital Academy launched to nurture next gen of engineering & tech talent (20/09/2019)
  
  Siemens has launched a new undergrad sponsorship programme to uncover, inspire & nurture the next generation of engineering & tech talent. The Digital Academy funds selected students £3k pa from year 2 of university, as well as up to 12 weeks' paid summer placement. Students will have the chance to join Siemens’ Graduate Scheme on graduation.
- Bringing BBC micro:bit to millions of students across the globe via Farnell STEM programmes (19/09/2019)
  
  Latest Farnell programme to support STEM learning provides BBC micro:bit classroom technology to 2,400 secondary schools across Norway.
- Make UK/Santander analysis shows Europe remains dominant market for UK goods & manufacturers (16/09/2019)
  
  New analysis from Make UK, in association with Santander, shows Europe remains the dominant market for UK goods, with UK manufacturing also remaining in top ten of world rankings.
- TE Connectivity meet demanding energy supply requirements at Middle East airport (13/09/2019)
  
  This case study outlines how TE Connectivity (TE) medium voltage joints & separable connectors can withstand extreme humidity, salinity & high temperatures to meet electrical requirements at Muscat International Airport.
- National day for engineering announced to combat narrow perceptions of profession among young people (13/09/2019)
  
  Engineering could be one of the most poorly understood careers in the UK, according to new research. The Royal Academy of Engineering has highlighted that misconceptions about engineers and lack of understanding of the profession means young people are missing opportunities to make a difference to our world.
- The car of the future on Europe’s roads: 3Ccar project enhances reliability & robustness in highly automated vehicles (10/09/2019)
  
  By 2030, it's estimated that 50% of newly registered vehicles will be electrically powered, connected or automated. This dramatic upsurge requires a new system approach in vehicle architecture to support electromobility & highly automated driving. European project, '3Ccar' was set up to tackle this challenge.
- UK consumers excited by 5G, biometrics & wearables – but fearful of driverless cars & AI, according to new survey (10/09/2019)
  
  A new survey of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Studio Graphene, has uncovered public perceptions towards different emerging technologies. It found UK consumers are excited by biometric technologies, the arrival of 5G & wearable tech, but fearful of driverless cars & artifical intelligence.
- Quantum sensors market to grow 13% annually through 2024, boosted by R&D & IoT (09/09/2019)
  
  Extensive global R&D activity & growing demand for increased security in IoT networks are two factors driving sustained growth in the quantum sensors market, according to a report by BCC Research, “Quantum Sensors: Quantum Entanglement for Communications & Beyond”.
- Competition to win InstaLab Kit & SNAPTAIN drones at UK Freshers' Week (09/09/2019)
  
  Digi-Key announce partnership with Student Circuit on competition to win 10 SNAPTAIN drones & one InstaLab Kit will take place at 10 UK university Freshers' Week events this autumn.
- Editor's comment: Engineers on a mission... (03/09/2019)
  
  Initial plans for this year’s Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (which will run from 4-8 November 2019, #TEWeek19) have been announced, with ‘Engineers on a mission’ set to be its theme, focusing on the impact engineers make on the nation’s health & wellbeing.

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