09/06/2020
“It’s almost Darwinian out there”, according to one CEO who spoke to New Electronics and, with the impact of Covid-19 yet to be fully played out, it’s likely that only those companies that are able to adapt to the changes brought about by the pandemic and the challenges of recession that will be the ones to survive.
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01/06/2020
EnOcean, a pioneer in energy harvesting, has been developing and manufacturing maintenance free wireless switches and sensors for over 20 years, and its products have been installed in over 500,000 buildings around the world.
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21/05/2020
Not so long ago, Industry 4.0 was little more than a buzzword, but today it is fast becoming a global reality.
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14/05/2020
Essentium’s CEO, Blake Teipel, talks to Neil Tyler about how the coronavirus outbreak has impacted the company and the wider supply chain.
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12/05/2020
What are the costs and risks associated with overlooking flash storage technology in industrial applications? New Electronics investigates.
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05/05/2020
Lithium-ion batteries are popular because they have a number of important advantages.They’re lighter when compared to other types of rechargeable battery and lithium, being highly reactive, can store a lot of energy in its atomic bonds.
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04/05/2020
The Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, digital health and greater prevalence of wearable electronics all rely heavily on the use of sensing devices that it simply won’t be practical to plug into a mains socket.
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27/04/2020
Sensor design is often described as straightforward and better performance can usually be achieved in terms of power, measurement time or sensor size.
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24/04/2020
Whilst the advantages of converting from fluorescent lighting to LED technology are substantial, they become far greater when integrated with an intelligent lighting control system, which delivers the correct amount of light where and when it is needed.
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22/04/2020
Over the past decade it’s been estimated that around a quarter of greenhouse gas emissions have been derived from agriculture, forestry and other land use.
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26/03/2020
"For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects," so said Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek.
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25/03/2020
Small is the desirable form factor, whether it is consumer devices or industrial equipment. As space becomes more limited on circuit boards or in automotive systems, it pays to be small.
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24/03/2020
Some electronic components are well known to even complete rookies, not to mention electronic engineers or technicians. They are so common that at some point we stop paying attention to them, even though we have never even thought of finding out the name of their manufacturer. A very good example of such products are the well-known XT30, XT60 or XT90 power connectors (plugs and sockets). Do you know the name of their manufacturer?
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20/03/2020
Industrial organisations pursuing digital transformation are intensively connecting assets to capture data that can help improve activities such as customer support, new product design, and environmental performance
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02/03/2020
The Digital Catapult’s Augmentor programme plays a critical part in developing a connected ecosystem for immersive technologies. By Neil Tyler
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27/02/2020
Now VR and AR are established in several vertical markets, the next stage is adding haptic feedback.
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18/02/2020
The very fabric of our business and personal lives is inextricably linked to two important forces: data and energy.
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28/01/2020
AAEON single board computers (including UPS-P4-A10-08128) have become an indispensable element of applications requiring an efficient and compact device with x86 architecture other than an industrial computer.
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27/01/2020
Jos Martin looks at some of the key trends expected to impact Industry 4.0 in 2020
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09/12/2019
Ever-increasing demand for energy against a background of diminishing resources points clearly in one direction - renewable energies - and a growing number of organisations and businesses see this as the future.
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29/11/2019
Today, there is a growing consensus that the economic model of production and the management of resources, goods and services, which puts short-term consumption ahead of a more sustainable approach, is fast coming to an end and is seen, by many, as no longer fit for purpose.
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26/11/2019
Through the emergence of open source software and low cost development boards, we have already witnessed what can be described as a ‘democratisation’ of electronics.
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12/11/2019
Smart factories rely on real world data from a plethora of sensors, Alex Brinkley discovers how analogue technology adds intelligence to industrial scenarios.
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24/10/2019
Xilinx has established itself as the dominant player in the FPGA market over the past few years and it’s a market which, according to analysts, could be on course to be worth in excess of $120billion by 2026.
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23/10/2019
Celebrating all that is best, most innovative and deserving of praise this year’s British Engineering Excellence Awards, now in its tenth year, lived up to its reputation of applying rigour and a laser-like focus on identifying excellence when it comes to selecting category winners and then deciding on which of those should go on to be declared the winner of the Grand Prix, in essence, the ‘Best of the Best’.
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