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Features

- Using specialised power converters to bridge the dual 12v to 48v gap in automotive systems (01/10/2020)
  
  As Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer at electronics component distributor, Digi-Key explains, with the additional electronics, motors & actuators increasingly being added to internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, the conventional closed-circuit 12-volt automotive electrical system – based on a lead-acid battery, charged by the alternator – is revealing its limitations.
- Wireless charging evolution can help speed EV acceptance & viability (01/10/2020)
  
  Range anxiety is a familiar term in the context of battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs) – and for some, presents a barrier to more widespread adoption. Two things that can overcome resistance to emerging technologies are reason and, of course, engineering improvements that address valid concerns.
- Decentralised power supplies for smart manufacturing: the heart of the system continues to evolve… (01/10/2020)
  
  Demand for flexible, modular systems is transforming the world of manufacturing engineering as we know it, with the decentralisation of industrial system components shaping up to be a major development in this regard.
- New IET President champions STEM difference makers to inspire next generation of engineers (01/10/2020)
  
  Professor Danielle George MBE FIET, the new President of the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET), will use her year-long term of office to champion STEM 'difference makers' in a bid to get more young people interested in engineering & technology and inspire them to solve engineering grand challenges.
- Meeting critical automotive safety standards: a case for automated FMEDA (01/10/2020)
  
  The safety & comfort of cars has increased dramatically over the past decade. Nowadays, even economy class vehicles feature advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) that, in certain conditions, can control not only acceleration & braking, but also steering.
- Virtual driving: testing telematics services over cellular networks (01/10/2020)
  
  Let’s face it: modern cars have become mobile computing devices on wheels. Many of the services provided by smartphones have been ported or tethered to the infotainment interfaces on board.
- TDK invests in UK power supply manufacturing & design capabilities (01/10/2020)
  
  TDK-Lambda, with a UK manufacturing & design base in Ilfacombe, North Devon and an advanced research facility based at Bristol & Bath Science Park, is Britain’s largest designer & manufacturer of configurable power supplies. As parent company & electronics giant, TDK Corporation announced an £11.5M investment package to redevelop the Ilfracombe facility, EPDT Editor, Mark Gradwell talks to TDK-Lambda UK Managing Director, Geoff Wilby, Marketing Director, Martin Southam and
- New PIC24F MCUs feature low power animated display driver for battery-powered devices (01/10/2020)
  
  Low power MCU family offers power-saving peripherals, hardware safety & secure code protection.
- electronica 2020 goes digital… (01/10/2020)
  
  As travel restrictions across Europe continue to tighten in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the organisers of electronica, the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics components, systems & solutions, have confirmed that ‘electronica virtual’ will now replace its usual biennial in-person trade fair in Munich this November, with an expanded digital offering & online conference programme.
- Advancing 5G with new state-of-the-art Gallium Nitride (GaN) fab in Arizona (29/09/2020)
  
  NXP high-volume manufacturing facility is the most advanced GaN fab for RF in the United States.
- Industry 4.0 & digital transformation key to manufacturing & supply chain fortunes in post-COVID world (29/09/2020)
  
  As manufacturers & supply chain partners look to recover from the economic uncertainty precipitated by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, ABI Research’s Digital Transformation Summit will provide 3 days of actionable intelligence to guide technology providers, partners & end users to success.
- Siemens & VSI Labs partner to advance autonomous vehicle development (29/09/2020)
  
  Industrial automation & digitalisation expert, Siemens Digital Industries Software & VSI Labs, a researcher of active safety & autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies, are partnering to further advance development of self-driving car technology.
- Silicon Labs & STRATIS bring smart home solutions to apartment communities (28/09/2020)
  
  New smart home solution uses Silicon Labs’ multiprotocol SoCs to enhance smarter apartment communities.
- Xilinx & Continental collaborate on first production-ready 4D imaging radar for autonomous driving (23/09/2020)
  
  Xilinx & Continental have announced that Xilinx will power Continental’s new Advanced Radar Sensor ARS540 with the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC platform, creating the automotive industry’s first production-ready 4D imaging radar. The collaboration enables newly-produced vehicles equipped with the ARS540 to realise SAE J3016 Level 2 functionalities and will pave the way toward Level 5 autonomous driving systems.
- SUBARU selects ON Semi image sensing tech for its next-gen EyeSight Driver Assist platform (23/09/2020)
  
  ON Semiconductor & SUBARU redefine leading-edge ADAS capability with new machine vision algorithms & sensing technology.
- ADI & Microsoft collaborate to mass produce state-of-the-art 3D imaging solutions based on Kinect (23/09/2020)
  
  Analog Devices has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to leverage its 3D time-of-flight (ToF) sensor technology, allowing customers to easily create high-performance 3D applications that bring higher degrees of depth accuracy & work regardless of the environmental conditions in the scene.
- Semtech & Amazon collaborate to provide low power connectivity for Amazon Sidewalk (21/09/2020)
  
  Semtech’s LoRa devices provide long range, low-bandwidth connectivity for Amazon Sidewalk, a neighbourhood network designed to help customer devices work better both at home & beyond the front door. LoRa devices' key features – long range, low power – make it an ideal solution for low-bandwidth outdoor & indoor smart home & smart community products.
- UK PM meets team behind Vaccines Manufacturing & Innovation Centre (18/09/2020)
  
  UK Prime Minister, Boris Johnson today visited the construction site of what is rapidly becoming the UK’s Vaccines Manufacturing & Innovation Centre (VMIC). He met with scientists, engineers, development & construction teams at the site on Harwell Science & Innovation Campus, where he discussed their response to COVID-19 & the fast tracking of the high-tech manufacturing facility.
- Anatomy of new supercapacitor industry revealed by IDTechEx Research report (17/09/2020)
  
  Surprises abound in IDTechEx Research's new report, “Supercapacitor Markets, Technology Roadmap, Opportunities 2021-2041”. In 2010, there were no Chinese manufacturers in the top 10 supercapacitor manufacturers – but by 2020, 40% of them are Chinese.
- Murata’s RFID technology helps Bayer revolutionise transparency of pharmaceutical supply chain (17/09/2020)
  
  Murata ID Solutions has helped life sciences giant, Bayer’s Italian division leverage RFID tracking in the first large-scale application of the technology in the pharmaceutical supply chain. The pioneering project has enabled Bayer to gain real-time visibility over its distribution processes to optimise customer service, improve product security & asset tracking, and enhance response to unprecedented threats – such as the coronavirus pandemic.

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