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Features

- Electronics design demands creativity, as well as logic & precision, according to chip design firm (29/07/2020)
  
  IC design & delivery consultancy, Sondrel is looking for electronic design engineers who can use both left & right brain thinking to become Chip Architects. Read more about their design process...
- Xilinx joins the Open RAN Policy Coalition (28/07/2020)
  
  Further demonstrates commitment to 5G wireless market growth with broad technology portfolio to enable deployment of open networks across multi-vendor ecosystems.
- COVID-19 educational online event watched by thousands of eager students & STEM fans (28/07/2020)
  
  'Big Bang Digital 2020 – science, engineering & Covid-19', the one-day digital STEM event which took place in mid-July, has given almost 50,000 young people the opportunity to listen to and speak with scientists, engineers, technicians, healthcare professionals & students about the essential role of science & engineering during a pandemic. Sessions from the day are now available to view on demand.
- World’s first Adaptive ZeroPower Listening mic enables 'power cord free' smart home devices (28/07/2020)
  
  Power saving architecture extends battery life & reduces 'energy vampires' in your home.
- UK manufacturers well positioned to lead green revolution, growing jobs & GDP, says new report (27/07/2020)
  
  A new report published by the Manufacturing Technologies Association (MTA), 'Decarbonisation: Future Growth for Manufacturing', asserts that, if the UK moves towards green manufacturing, between £8-£20 Billion could be added to UK GDP, as well as up to 1 million new jobs created.
- Filtronic reaches 50k milestone with E-band transceivers for 5G backhaul (23/07/2020)
  
  Filtronic, a designer & manufacturer of RF, microwave & mmWave products for the wireless telecoms, mission-critical communications & defence applications markets, has announced that it has now shipped a total of 50,000 high-performance E-band transceiver modules targeted at the growing 5G backhaul market.
- Online event calling for greater diversity in UK engineering roles to be hosted by RS, in collaboration with the IET (23/07/2020)
  
  ‘REflect’, a digital event hosted by RS Components in collaboration with the IET, will show how organisations that tap into the talents of diverse ethnic groups can help address the UK engineering skills shortage.
- World's first hybrid electric 70+ seater aircraft unveiled by UK's Electric Aviation Group (20/07/2020)
  
  British design offers a blueprint for sustainable mass air transportation, as well as creating more than 25,000 UK jobs & unlocking $5 billion of investment in the UK aerospace industry.
- Obituary: George English, an electronics industry stalwart, 1935-2020 (18/07/2020)
  
  The Leadership Group of electronics industry trade association, the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) was saddened to learn of the death of George English, founder of G. English Electronics Ltd. (GELEC). George died in the ‘Hospice in the Weald’ (Kent) on 1st July 2020, aged 85, after a short illness. George will be sadly missed by his wife, Elizabeth, and children, Susan, David & Tracy, and his six grandchildren.
- Royal Academy of Engineering presents MacRobert Award panel discussion on climate change (16/07/2020)
  
  Live-streamed panel discussion, ‘Powering net zero Britain – the current engineering view’, will debate the engineering innovations that will underpin Britain’s climate change pledges. Physicist & TV presenter, Helen Czerski chairs a panel of leading UK engineers, including this year’s MacRobert Award winner, JCB.
- COVID-19 crisis increases demand for OKW’s medical handheld enclosures (15/07/2020)
  
  During the current Coronavirus pandemic, OKW is seeing rising interest in & demand for its medical electronic enclosures – notably its CARRYTEC handheld cases.
- Disruptive Bizen transistor technology secures Capex investment to expedite delivery of first product (15/07/2020)
  
  Early adopters lining up to use the novel Bizen transistor wafer process technology, which uses quantum tunnel mechanics; silicon data & PDK to be delivered this summer.
- Winners of STEM Extraordinary Engineering Challenge revealed (15/07/2020)
  
  Cleaning the oceans, elderly care and mental wellbeing are all addressed by the winning designs from RS Components' STEM Extraordinary Engineering Challenge.
- Analog Devices to acquire Maxim Integrated, strengthening its analogue semiconductor leadership (14/07/2020)
  
  Semiconductor company specialising in data conversion, signal processing & power management, Analog Devices (ADI) has announced that it is to acquire Maxim Integrated Products, which focuses on IC technologies to make systems smaller & smarter, with enhanced security & increased energy efficiency, in an all stock transaction that values the combined enterprise at over $68 billion.
- QNX RTOS selected to ensure high-reliability in new V2G vehicle-to-grid charge post (14/07/2020)
  
  UK-based embedded systems reseller & technical systems integrator, Direct Insight has announced that a new vehicle-charging system which embraces vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality is available based on QNX RTOS, enabling it to meet mission-critical availability goals and satisfy the needs of consumers reliably & safely.
- Huawei banned from UK 5G network in major government u-turn amid US-China tensions (14/07/2020)
  
  Following a technical review by the NCSC in response to US sanctions, the government has announced a reversal of its previous decision 6 months ago to approve Huawei involvement in the development of 5G networks. The requirement to remove all Huawei 5G kit by 2027 will cost around £2Bn & delay the rollout of 5G by 2 to 3 years.
- Miniature HV reed relay from Pickering Electronics at the heart of On Semi IC test system (14/07/2020)
  
  Custom request for On Semiconductor ATE test system becomes industry’s smallest high voltage (HV) reed relay.
- Minimising redesign costs on mil/aero projects with pre-compliance EMC testing (14/07/2020)
  
  Military specifications for mission-critical applications in defence & aerospace are more stringent and require greater dynamic range & different measurement bandwidths than less exacting commercial standards. The earlier that product deficiencies can be identified during the development process, the easier, less costly & less time-consuming it is to rectify problems. Rework or even redesign at the point of production usually comes at high cost.
- UK power supply manufacturer steps up to support healthcare response to coronavirus crisis (14/07/2020)
  
  As the world’s largest manufacturer of healthcare power supplies, used in critical medical & laboratory applications globally, TDK Corporation's power supply division, TDK-Lambda has stepped up to support the response to the coronavirus challenge. Many of these products are built in TDK-Lambda UK’s factory in Ilfracombe, Devon – and used in critical medical applications supporting the COVID-19 healthcare response.
- NMITE Professor receives prestigious Leverhulme Emeritus Research Grant to study new approach to STEM education (13/07/2020)
  
  New Model Institute for Technology & Engineering (NMITE) will be the host for a prestigious Leverhulme Emeritus Research Grant to observe its pioneering ‘Learning without Lectures’ technique as it is put into practice. The grant was awarded to Honorary NMITE Professor Peter Goodhew who will be leading the research over a two-year period.

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