GirlCode, in partnership with Absa Group, Truecaller, MTN, SAP Fioneer, RS South Africa and other ecosystem partners, successfully hosted the first leg of the 2026 GirlCode Hackathon.
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congatec has introduced its new COM-HPC Client Size C module with AMD Ryzen AI Embedded X100 Series processors. The application-ready aReady.COM conga-HPC/cRX1 has been specifically designed for compute-intensive physical AI applications.
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A COM-based SBC combines the flexibility of a standard computer-on-module (COM) with a baseboard offering additional I/O, expansion sockets, power supplies, and I/O connectors. The result is a highly flexible, highly expandable, feature-dense product that can be adapted to the widest range of applications, offering maximum product lifetime.
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Powell Electronics has entered into a partnership agreement with IOT Electronics to strengthen its presence across southern Africa.
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The GNA-63-5W+, from Mini-Circuits, is a GaN MMIC Power Amplifier (PA) designed for demanding RF applications requiring high efficiency, excellent linearity, and a compact footprint.
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With the latest STM32H5 lines from STMicroelectronics, you can now scale within the same platform, from a compact 1 Mbyte device to higher-memory MCUs for graphics-rich and feature-heavy designs.
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Würth Elektronik expands its EMC product portfolio with nanocrystalline WE-FNCS sheets.
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With women making up just 16% of registered engineering professionals in South Africa, AvenirHoldings CEO, Tshidi Mndzebele, is calling on women engineers and graduates to pursue formal professional registration as a key step to unlocking career growth and industry leadership.
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   Welcome to the August issue of Dataweek. Peter Howells is still on leave, so I am back for this issue. I hope you enjoy the content and find value in it. August is Women’s Month in South Africa, ...
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For much of the last decade, the industrial IoT industry has been driven by a relatively simple assumption: if a little data is useful, more data must be better. That thinking shaped countless deployments.
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SemiQ’s half-bridge series for data centre power converters and industrial motor drives features low RDSON SiC MOSFETs and parallel SBD diodes for best-in-class power density and conversion efficiency.
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The IR315 combines 4G LTE, Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and VPN technologies into a rugged, industrial-grade platform that enables seamless connectivity across a wide range of applications.
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Conformal coating is widely used to protect electronics from moisture or other environmental hazards. It is critical to know if coatings are properly applied; covering what is meant to be covered and not covering what should be exposed.
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The AM3269 from Mercury Systems is a high-performance RF preselector module designed to improve receiver sensitivity and signal integrity in demanding electronic warfare, signals intelligence, test, and communications applications.
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The Havok PCS.06.A antenna, from Taoglas, is a low profile SMD LTE/cellular 4G/3G/2G embedded antenna designed for direct SMD mount on a device PCB.
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Quectel’s FCM266D combines single-band 2,4 GHz Wi-Fi 6 with Bluetooth LE 5.4 in an ultra-compact LCC package measuring just 20 x 18 x 2,4 mm.
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The Scienscope AXl-6100 series comprises specialised X-ray inspection systems explicitly engineered for the examination of long circuit boards.
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Introducing the CLT-FG, a new series of compact all-in-one SMT placement machines
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