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Features - Test/Measurement

- LIVE & updated! All the latest EPDT COVID-19 electronics industry news & stories... (02/12/2022)
  
  As the coronavirus pandemic outbreak continues to dominate the news cycle & media channels, EPDT is trying to feature all the best & latest COVID-19 electronics & manufacturing news, stories & updates for you – and now, we're collecting it together in one place for you in a regularly updated summary with links to the original posts...
- ecsn releases 2023 forecast for UK & Ireland electronic components market (01/12/2022)
  
  Authorised distributors forecast single digit growth in 2023…
- Wi-SUN enables interoperable, secure wireless mesh networks (01/12/2022)
  
  Wireless technology is a key enabler for many major current tech trends, including the internet of things (IoT) – and smart cities, homes & meters. With 4.2 billion people worldwide living in cities, there is huge demand for connectivity across many different applications. And there are, of course, many competing wireless standards, which all have distinct advantages & drawbacks for different use cases.
- Developing safer, more secure software for Industry 4.0 (01/12/2022)
  
  Industry 4.0 introduces the exciting concept of connecting people, machines & other physical assets into one seamless digital ecosystem. However, this means that, more than ever, there is massive dependency on software – particularly embedded software – and connectivity. And, while software & connectivity accelerate Industry 4.0’s potential, they also introduce more safety & security risks.
- Headphone & earbud audio testing (01/12/2022)
  
  EPDT readers may be aware of the basic method used for loudspeaker testing: at its simplest, a measurement microphone is placed a standard distance from a loudspeaker in an acoustically appropriate space, while the speaker is driven by a test signal. The microphone acquires the acoustic output of the speaker & passes it to an analyser.
- Accessing inclusivity: why digital accessibility matters for consumer electronics manufacturers (01/12/2022)
  
  June 2022 saw the arrival of the deadline set by the EU’s European Accessibility Act (EAA), whereby all EU (European Union) member states are expected to introduce their own digital accessibility policies & sign them into law. This represents a significant step towards greater inclusivity, recognising how seriously this issue needs to be taken by smart device manufacturers worldwide...
- Ready for Warehouse 4.0? (01/12/2022)
  
  Since the pandemic – and Brexit, the shortage of warehouse workers in the UK has been well documented. But recently, industrial workplace standards body, the RTITB claimed that digitalisation could be the key to tackling the gap, having found a solution that gets forklift operators into warehouse and logistics operations faster, reducing lost days by 89%.
- Coexistence testing: helping multi-technology devices work together with thorough testing (01/12/2022)
  
  Today, as Martin Varga, Wireless & Custom Engineering Team leader at wireless communications T&M specialist, Anritsu tells us here, there are more wirelessly connected devices than ever before. Found everywhere, they range from consumer electronic devices such as laptops, smartphones & wireless headsets, to household appliances such as fridges & washing machines...
- Southern returns in February 2023 (24/11/2022)
  
  Spanning both the mechanical engineering & electronics sectors in approximately equal measure, Southern Manufacturing & Electronics is the UK’s largest annual engineering & technology exhibition and a must-see event. As usual, it will co-locate with AutoAero, a specialist theme devoted to the aerospace & automotive industries.
- Engineers climb the ratings to become Britain’s second most trusted profession (23/11/2022)
  
  Almost 9 in 10 people (87%) trust engineers to tell them the truth, putting them just ahead of doctors (85%) – topped only by nurses (89%). Engineers are one of only three professions whose trust score has improved since 2021.
- electronica confirms its status as the world’s leading trade fair for electronics (18/11/2022)
  
  The global electronics industry met again in person from November 15-18 2022 as electronica returned to Munich, Germany. 2,144 exhibitors, 64% of whom came from countries outside of Germany, showcased innovations that covered the entire spectrum of electronics to around 70,000 visitors from around 100 countries at this world-leading trade fair.
- NECTO Studio 2.3.0 IDE from MIKROE adds Red Pitaya enabling signal analysis to be performed without expensive lab equipment (16/11/2022)
  
  Planet Debug – industry’s first hardware-as-a-service platform – now adds remote signal analysis to remote development & debugging.
- “Electronics industry paves the way for climate protection” finds electronica Trend Index (11/11/2022)
  
  In the run-up to electronica, an online survey of participants was carried out to investigate some sustainability aspects of the electronics industry – which will meet in mid-November in Munich, Germany at the world’s leading trade fair & conference for electronics. This year, the show's focus is, among other things, on a future vision of an all-electric society based on CO2-neutral energies.
- Spotlight on T Levels awareness during 10th annual Tomorrow's Engineers Week (09/11/2022)
  
  T Levels have the potential to deliver the much-needed skilled engineering workforce in the UK; however, a new report published today by EngineeringUK highlights that awareness among young people & employers is surprisingly low.
- Rewilding, better CGI & mechanical bees top students' ideas for the future (07/11/2022)
  
  During Tomorrow's Engineers Week (#TEWeek22) this week, we are celebrating 10 years of inspiring young people about STEM (science, technology, engineering & mathematics) – and engineering careers. Thousands of students around the world are tuning in to watch the Future Minds broadcast – and voting on their favourite ideas that will shape the future of engineering.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week 2023: 'The Glastonbury of the industrial sector' (07/11/2022)
  
  Award-winning trade show organiser, Nineteen Group has announced the return of Manufacturing & Engineering Week in June 2023. The week-long festival combines both live & digital events celebrating the best that the UK industrial sector has to offer. The centrepieces of the week are four co-located exhibitions taking place at Birmingham’s NEC:
- A quarter century of T&M innovation! NI's PXI celebrates 25 years of being the leading industry standard for automated test (07/11/2022)
  
  At this year’s NI Connect event in Munich, customers will join computer-based, software-centric T&M firm, NI to celebrate the 25th anniversary of PXI, a core technology that revolutionized test and measurement (T&M) engineering.
- Editor’s comment: Engineers will save the day… (02/11/2022)
  
  Regular EPDT readers will know that I often write about the key role engineers play in addressing the grand challenges facing society – from improving energy security & confronting climate change, to ensuring universal access to clean drinking water & maximising the benefits of AI for all. Engineers are tasked with creating, developing, building & maintaining the technologies to solve these problems & improve everyday life...
- A hotbed of innovation: New research reveals engineering adds up to an estimated £645bn to the UK’s economy annually (02/11/2022)
  
  On National Engineering Day, new research from the Royal Academy of Engineering has revealed that the UK is an engineering powerhouse, with the profession generating up to an estimated £645bn gross value added (GVA) to the UK’s economy annually – equivalent to 32% of the country’s economic output.
- “15 minutes bakers, 15 minutes!” Bake Off stars join forces to create an edible, working clock to celebrate National Engineering Day (02/11/2022)
  
  Engineers & former Great British Bake Off (GBBO) contestants Rahul Mandal, Andrew Smyth & Giuseppe Dell’Anno created the cake to celebrate National Engineering Day.

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