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EPDT's H1 2021 IoT & Industry 4.0 supplement now available online

EPDT June 2021 issue (inc. RF & Wireless + Industrial features + IoT & Industry 4.0 supplement) now available online

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- Design Engineering Expo: Propelling the future of design (01/06/2021)
  
  Design Engineering Expo, part of Manufacturing & Engineering Week, is the brand new event for the sector, taking place at the NEC, Birmingham on the 7-8 June 2022.
- Tutorial: EtherCAT primer – real-time industrial Ethernet for automation (01/06/2021)
  
  The foundations of Ethernet for Control Automation Technology (EtherCAT) were established nearly 40 years ago. Today, the Ethernet-based fieldbus system is standardised in IEC 61158 and is indispensable in a wide array of advanced industrial automation applications. Here, Rolf Horn, Applications Engineer at electronic component distributor, Digi-Key Electronics outlines the origins, core elements, timeline & current status of the real-time industrial E
- Moving on up in frequency: D-band mmWave technology for next gen 5G xHaul (01/06/2021)
  
  The deployment of 5G networks has brought a demand for high-capacity, high-speed wireless links for backhaul. While E-band (71-76GHz & 81-86GHz) links remain in widespread & growing use, providing 10-20Gbps wireless connectivity for backhaul, fronthaul & midhaul (collectively known as xHaul), a recent GSMA report highlighted that evolution towards higher frequency bands will be essential to make a wider amount of spectrum available & to meet future xHaul requirements up to 100Gbp
- New EV design concept capable of 30% longer range unveiled (01/06/2021)
  
  Automotive innovation start-up, Page-Roberts has revealed its patented design concept for an electric vehicle (EV) capable of travelling up to 30% further than current EVs on the market, using batteries of the same size or smaller.
- High quality sapphire components support fundamentals of electronics & fluid analysis (01/06/2021)
  
  Sapphire bonding technology from Kyocera enables utilisation of the material’s chemical resistance, high strength, plasma resistance & translucence for usage in cutting-edge semiconductor, fluid analysis & applied physics applications.
- Manufacturing & Engineering Week launches at NEC, Birmingham, June 2022 (27/05/2021)
  
  A brand new industry event celebrating the best in UK manufacturing & engineering excellence & innovation launches at the NEC, Birmingham in June 2022, comprising of three sector specific events: Design Engineering Expo, Engineering Expo & Manufacturing Expo.
- Scientists to cut the ‘key’ to an unhackable 5G network (27/05/2021)
  
  Heriot-Watt University joins Innovate UK funded BT project for end-to-end quantum-secured communications.
- New strategy to kickstart a decade of ethical transformation for engineering from EWB UK (26/05/2021)
  
  2021-2030 strategy launched by Engineers Without Borders (EWB) UK calls for the sector make social & environmental justice a cornerstone of engineering to help reach UN Global Sustainable Development Goals.
- End-of-line electronics testing boosted with new automated solution (25/05/2021)
  
  New investment in advanced electrical safety testing technology from Seaward is helping leading pump manufacturer, Salamander to upgrade & automate its production line electronics testing procedures.

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