Electronic Product Design & Test

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Realisation of a Sustainable Future in Data Storage

Point of Contact: Providing Robotics with a Human Touch

Principal EMC/ESD Compliance Testing Considerations

Bringing Power to the People

Choosing the Best Embedded Motor Control Approach for Robotic Implementations

How RFID Technology is Revolutionising Healthcare Operational Logistics & Supply Chains

- Cleaning Small-Scale Medical Devices via Vapour Degreasing (02/09/2023)
  
  Wearable medical devices with tiny dimensions are revolutionising healthcare by offering patients portability and comfort benefits. However, for electronics manufacturers, these devices pose significant challenges when it comes to cleaning their internal miniaturised PCBs and other electronics components. To ensure that components are free from production contaminants and residue, advanced cleaning methods and fluids are needed.
- MISRA C - For Today’s Embedded Software Development (01/09/2023)
  
  The MISRA Working Group recently announced 2 updates of its MISRA guidelines, MISRA C:2012 Amendment 4 (AMD4) and MISRA C:2023.
- Dipping One’s Toes in Home Automation Waters (31/08/2023)
  
  Everywhere we look these days, we see new examples of automation within the domestic environment - such as smart thermostats capable of automatically learning and implementing our preferences and smart doorbells that can also be used to remotely lock/unlock doors or check against suspicious activities.
- Tips for Choosing Online Engineering Calculators & Design Tools - Analogue Filters (22/08/2023)
  
  This next Mouser blog post on modern design tools looks at analogue filters. It introduces the basic analogue filter concept before looking at some of the tools available that can help engineers to attain better optimised designs.
- Bandit Country: The Fight Against AI’s Outlaws (15/08/2023)
  
  There are few subjects better able to court controversy on a truly global scale right now than artificial intelligence (AI). On top of the longstanding privacy, public safety, bias and ethical concerns, events that have unfolded in recent months are bringing its effect on various branches of the creative arts to the fore.
- Achieving Clinical-Grade PPG via Wearables (10/08/2023)
  
  Heart rate (HR) and blood oxygen saturation (SpO2) are quickly moving from being ‘desirable’ and going firmly into the ‘expected’ feature sets of health and fitness wearables.
- Assuring EMC Compliance in an Avionics Equipment Context (09/08/2023)
  
  In the IEC 50 (161) documentation electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) is defined as; ‘The ability of a device, equipment or system to function satisfactorily in its electromagnetic environment without introducing intolerable electromagnetic disturbances to anything in that environment.’
- A Gold Rush to D-Band and Beyond (08/08/2023)
  
  Covering 60GHz to 90GHz, the E-band is a well-established high-capacity frequency band capable of accommodating numerous different mmWave applications.
- A Guide on Selecting Connectors for UAV Applications (07/08/2023)
  
  The growing use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the security and defence industry is fuelling demand for military-grade hardware. Applications vary from surveying and mapping through to transportation and combat operations.

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