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Features - Analogue

- The next generation oscilloscope for accelerated insight (01/11/2022)
  
  Electronics & wireless T&M expert, Rohde & Schwarz is extending its oscilloscope portfolio with the R&S MXO 4 series, which it says represents a once-in-a-decade engineering breakthrough.
- The amazing technology behind EV batteries (01/11/2022)
  
  Unlike a single energy storage element, such as a fuel tank, electric vehicle (EV) battery packs consist of hundreds of individual lithium-ion (Li-Ion) battery cells in a long series. When not operated within a carefully controlled range, the capacity & lifetime of these battery cells can diminish & diverge over time & operating conditions.
- Industry urged to showcase engineering during the 10th Tomorrow’s Engineers Week (27/10/2022)
  
  Employers & engineers are being asked to flood social media with positive images, stories & messages about engineering careers to show young people the real face of engineering.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2023 to integrate recent Nineteen Group event acquisitions (24/10/2022)
  
  Nineteen Group will integrate recent acquisitions into its manufacturing & engineering event series. Smart Factory Expo will move from its current November date & location to run during Manufacturing & Engineering Week in June 2023 at The NEC in Birmingham. The newly acquired Drives & Controls, Fluid Power Systems & Airtech events will also feature as part of M&E Week, with a dedicated zone in 2023, before returning as standalone events in June 2024.
- Analog Devices & Keysight join forces to advance adoption of phased array technology (13/10/2022)
  
  Semiconductor firm specialising in sensing, data conversion, signal processing, RF & power management, Analog Devices Inc. (ADI) & electronics design, validation & test firm, Keysight Technologies have announced their collaboration to advance the adoption of phased array technology, which is key to realising ubiquitous connectivity & sensing by simplifying development stages associated with creating satellite communication, radar & phased array systems.
- Big Bang is inviting young people to get involved in STEM projects (06/10/2022)
  
  The Big Bang is inspiring students to think big, problem solve and come up with amazing ideas to solve real issues in science & engineering. Young people can get creative following easy step-by-steps with The Big Bang Challenge, a new resource to guide students through the stages of STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) project work.
- mmWave micro-radar for situational awareness & drone navigation (01/10/2022)
  
  Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs – also known as drones) have taken off in a big way, from low-cost hobby use through package-delivery trials & filming entertainment or sporting events to front-line military use in Ukraine.
- Top research institutions try to unlock 6G (01/10/2022)
  
  Researchers in academia are already attempting to resolve issues surrounding next generation 6G telecommunications, technical writer, Greg Rankin & Diane Kees, COO (Chief Operating Officer) at RF (radio frequency), microwave & millimetre-wave (mmWave) components specialist, Micro Harmonics Corporation (MHC) tell us here – but a deficiency of mmWave-capable components could delay the next leap forward in wireless communications…
- Meeting 5G mobile communications & data centre demands with advanced power management technologies (01/10/2022)
  
  Perched atop a 25 metre mast on the edge of the Mojave Desert, a 5G radio transceiver is exposed to searing heat. The smaller & lighter its radio components, the more efficient its electronic systems, the less heat they generate – and the easier it is to keep the system cool & functioning. At a data centre spread out over 1,000 acres, banks of servers execute millions of searches & high demand workloads to feed an ever-expanding information hungry world.
- Show preview: electronica returns to showcase the future of electronics – sustainably (01/10/2022)
  
  After a tough period for industry trade shows & live events – with most having to cancel or postpone events during the COVID-19 pandemic & global lockdowns, and many offering digital alternatives – electronica (forced to cancel its usual biennial in-person event & move to a virtual event in 2020), the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics, finally returns from November 15-18 2022 at Messe München, the renowned exhibition halls in Munich, Germany.
- ‘Infrastructure Time Machine’ enables fabs to reduce chip production times 10-fold & increase net profit 40-50 times (29/09/2022)
  
  Bizen® wafer process used to build Zpolar Transistors with Zpolar® Tunnel Logic (ZTL) potentially ends monopoly of Taiwanese & Korean chip producers & addresses semiconductor shortage crisis.
- Farnell looks to bright future as global HQ re-opens after multi-million pound redevelopment (07/09/2022)
  
  500 staff return following £6million of improvement works to make the Leeds, UK global Head Office more sustainable, comfortable & fit for modern ways of working.
- Supply chain intelligence: Allocation is back on the table (01/09/2022)
  
  There may be electronics design engineers reading this tutorial that haven’t ever experienced allocation during their time working with their purchasing departments or electronics manufacturing service (EMS) provider. Here, Matt Carefoot, Purchasing Manager at electronics manufacturing service provider, SMS Electronics starts off by explaining exactly what allocation is…
- STEM subjects on the rise at A Level, new IET research reveals (18/08/2022)
  
  New research from the IET also reveals that the gap between the proportion of girls and boys who want to pursue STEM careers is shrinking.
- Mouser breaks ground on major new expansion of global distribution centre (18/08/2022)
  
  Electronic components distributor, Mouser Electronics is greatly expanding its large global headquarters & distribution centre to continue meeting the needs of its customer base well into the next decade. The company recently broke ground on a 416,000-square-foot, 3-story building that will expand its distribution centre, located south of Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, USA.
- Digi-Key celebrates ribbon cutting of Product Distribution Center expansion (17/08/2022)
  
  The 2.2 million square foot facility makes Digi-Key one of the 10 largest warehouses in North America.
- Revolutionary air flow fitness tracker: the world's first wearable to unlock the power of breath (09/08/2022)
  
  Design 1st innovates with Calibre: a next-generation fitness wearable that measures breath flow & composition for advanced calorie burn, respiratory performance & metabolic tracking in real-time.
- Last chance to participate in Farnell’s Global Women in Engineering Survey 2022 (09/08/2022)
  
  Farnell’s global survey is designed to gather direct insight from the electronics/engineering industry to better understand the current barriers to achieving equality in the workplace.
- EPDT August 2022 issue (inc. Displays + Medical features) now available online (02/08/2022)
  
  This month’s issue, now available in print or digital editions, contains features on Displays technologies & Medical applications...
- UK’s first magnet refinery gets financial boost as first-ever strategy for supply of critical minerals published (22/07/2022)
  
  Multi-million pound investment in UK’s first-ever magnet materials refinery – the second-largest outside of China – launches alongside UK Critical Minerals Strategy.

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