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EPDT November 2019 issue (inc. RF & Microwave + Medical features) now available online

Enhancing functionality of health & fitness wearables with graphene

The ‘Knot patch’ personal stress sensor: from design spec to functioning PCB

2019 winners of Create the Future Design Contest congratulated by principal sponsor, Mouser

EPDT October 2019 issue (inc. Sensor & Automotive features) now available online

Using ferroelectric memory to enhance reliability of automotive systems

- EMC/EMI & magnetic sensing in modern automotive applications (01/10/2019)
  
  Efficiency is the ‘watchword’ in automotive circles these days, driven by environmentally aware consumers, legislation & rising fuel costs. The industry is looking to technology to deliver the required advances, whether this is in the development of the latest hybrid or electric vehicles (HEVs/EVs), or finding ways to make internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles more efficient.
- How smart SPICE software can save you time & money for thermometer sensor testing (01/10/2019)
  
  In today’s digital age, it’s no surprise that thermometers are also making the jump from analogue to digital, promising greater accuracy and wider applications as a result. Since accuracy is vital, it’s essential to ensure the development of thermometers happens in a way that leaves little margin for error.
- Delivering continuous lane-accurate positioning for autonomous driving (01/10/2019)
  
  Today’s state-of-the-art, single-band GNSS receivers fulfil accuracy requirements for V2X, ADAS & autonomous driving in ideal open-sky conditions. But to reliably serve these use cases everywhere, all the time, they need to overcome their limitations in urban & other challenging environments.
- Sensors: the unsung heroes of digital transformation (01/10/2019)
  
  As the digital economy has grown over the last few decades, data has become a key commodity – to be captured, funnelled through wireless networks & processed by high-performance supercomputers into valuable intelligence that can be shared & displayed across numerous interconnected devices.
- The future of electronics production on display at productronica 2019 (01/10/2019)
  
  This year, it’s the turn of productronica to pack the halls of Messe München in Munich, Germany, from November 12-15. Alternating annually with its larger sister expo, electronica, productronica claims to be the world’s leading trade fair for the electronics production industry.
- Bringing BBC micro:bit to millions of students across the globe via Farnell STEM programmes (19/09/2019)
  
  Latest Farnell programme to support STEM learning provides BBC micro:bit classroom technology to 2,400 secondary schools across Norway.
- National day for engineering announced to combat narrow perceptions of profession among young people (13/09/2019)
  
  Engineering could be one of the most poorly understood careers in the UK, according to new research. The Royal Academy of Engineering has highlighted that misconceptions about engineers and lack of understanding of the profession means young people are missing opportunities to make a difference to our world.
- The car of the future on Europe’s roads: 3Ccar project enhances reliability & robustness in highly automated vehicles (10/09/2019)
  
  By 2030, it's estimated that 50% of newly registered vehicles will be electrically powered, connected or automated. This dramatic upsurge requires a new system approach in vehicle architecture to support electromobility & highly automated driving. European project, '3Ccar' was set up to tackle this challenge.
- UK consumers excited by 5G, biometrics & wearables – but fearful of driverless cars & AI, according to new survey (10/09/2019)
  
  A new survey of 2,000 UK adults, commissioned by Studio Graphene, has uncovered public perceptions towards different emerging technologies. It found UK consumers are excited by biometric technologies, the arrival of 5G & wearable tech, but fearful of driverless cars & artifical intelligence.

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