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Data I/O visits local distributor
26 Jan 2000
The newly appointed Regional Sales Manager of Data I/O, Stuart Jensen, recently took the opportunity to visit Spescom MeasureGraph, local distributor of Data I/O products, to get to know the company and ...

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Donations help train electrical engineering students in Tembisa
26 Jan 2000
Energy Measurements (EML), winner of the President's Merit Award for social upliftment, black empowerment and community development, has donated electrical equipment to Lazarus Technical College in Tembisa ...

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Berkeley engineers boost chip capacity
26 Jan 2000
Scientists claim to have developed a new semiconductor transistor so small that a single computer chip can hold 400 times more of the devices than before. This could have radical implications in faster ...

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SMT connector series meets all relevant safety specs
26 Jan 2000, Actum Electronics
Using fully automatic SMT population only, assembly costs can be reduced considerably. In particular this applies to connectors which, additionally, need to provide functional reliability as well as very ...

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Aerial Empire swops thousands of analog decoders to digital
26 Jan 2000
The first batch of conversions in Sentech's analog to digital satellite TV swop-out have been successfully completed. Aerial Empire, Sentech's installation contractor has installed more than 4000 digital ...

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Conlog identifies contract manfacturing as a growth industry globally
26 Jan 2000
Conlog, a subsidiary of the JSE-listed Conlog Holdings, and one of South Africa's major manufacturers of electronic products, continues to grow its contract manufacturing order book in line with industry ...

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Transponder solution for 200 GB tape cartridges
26 Jan 2000, Altron Arrow
Raltron Electronics is now offering a new family of crystal units Models TT-SMD-E and F. The two are direct form fit, function replacements for the Epson crystal units Models MA-505 and 506. TT-SMD-E ...

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Dual low-power high-speed op-amp drives ADSL upstream
26 Jan 2000
Linear Technology's LTC1402, a 2,2 MSa/s analog-to-digital converter (ADC) features a high-speed serial interface optimised for today's DSP and serial ports. The 80 MHz sample-and-hold bandwidth combined ...

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'Super-iron' battery shows great potential
26 Jan 2000
Researchers at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel, are developing a new battery that looks set to replace conventional alkaline and NiCad batteries. The patented batteries are said ...

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Second source now available for crystal component
26 Jan 2000
Raltron Electronics is now offering a new family of crystal units Models TT-SMD-E and F. The two are direct form fit, function replacements for the Epson crystal units Models MA-505 and 506. TT-SMD-E ...

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Agreement with Avnet Kopp strengthens South African distribution for power conversion specialist
26 Jan 2000
Power conversion specialist International Rectifier has strengthened its South African distribution channel by announcing new agreements with South African Distributor Avnet Kopp. The new appointment ...

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Worlds largest video superscreen heralds the new millennium in.
26 Jan 2000, Opto-Electronics
In celebration of the new millennium, the world's largest video screen was activated at 4 Times Square, flooding the 'Crossroads of the World' with stunning, nine-storey-tall, super-bright images. Created ...

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Y2K spend - was it worth $21 billion?
26 Jan 2000
According to IDC's Project Magellan, which has monitored the impact of Y2K as it passed from time zone to time zone, Y2K-related computer downtime will take $21 billion out of the global economy in the ...

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VEDCO applauds Bill Venter-EIF Scholarship Fund Success
26 Jan 2000
The Vocational Education Development Company (VEDCO) has applauded the success of the Bill Venter-EIF Scholarship Fund, set up two years ago to assist promising young financially disadvantaged South Africans ...

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Intel announces the 1999 ISEF winners
26 Jan 2000
Two young ladies have walked off with the local top awards in the SA leg of International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). This annual international competition has thereby earned them a slot in the ...

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Events list 26 jan 2000
26 Jan 2000, Events
Afritel 2000 22, 23 February 2000 Mount Nelson Hotel, Cape Town 4th Annual event focusses on African telecommunications, how it is progressing and what can be expected for the future. The 21 and ...

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SA economy set to surge
26 Jan 2000
The South African economy is already showing signs of recovery, and real growth of 3,3% is forecast for 2000, according to the Bureau for Economic Research (BER). Speaking at a briefing of exhibitors ...

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