Accelerating AI adoption in MCU manufacturing 30 April 2025, AI & ML To gain the value of ML functionality, designers of MCU-based devices have to adopt a new development method and accept a new type of probabilistic rather than deterministic output.
The superpower driving the future of low carbon electricity 30 April 2025 Modularity is a superpower. The advantage lies in smaller units that can be built, tested, refined, adapted, improved repetitively, allowing many experimentation and learning iterations.
Eskom’s evolution sparks hope 30 April 2025 Eskom’s evolution has sparked hope that a large corporation can change and learn to think outside the grid.
Potential risks of plasma treatment on PCBs 28 March 2025, MyKay Tronics Plasma treatment involves exposing PCBs to an ionised gas, known as plasma, but despite many advantages, several risks must be managed to ensure safe and effective plasma application in EMS.
X-band radar 28 March 2025, RF Design, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT X-band radar systems, particularly those leveraging beamforming ICs (BFICs), advanced gallium nitride (GaN) and gallium arsenide (GaAs) components, are leading the way in providing the high-performance radar capabilities required for modern defence and surveillance.
LED driver for industrial power supply indication 28 March 2025, Altron Arrow, Circuit & System Protection A simple and small solution for driving an LED to provide visual feedback in the presence/absence of a system’s power using a chip not originally designed for this purpose.
Case Study: Siemens Valor automation solution 28 March 2025, ASIC Design Services, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services Electronics manufacturer BMK used Siemens Valor to enhance accuracy and speed up bill-of-materials quotations.
Accelerating RF PCB design in a 5G world 28 February 2025, ASIC Design Services, Design Automation Billions of IoT devices coming online in the coming years will require RF design capabilities that support ultra-fast 5G speeds.
Achieving lowest cost, scalable and dynamic wireless mesh network installations 28 February 2025, CST Electronics, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT In many situations it is desirable for sensors to be connected wirelessly in a mesh network as this saves infrastructure and cost since long cabling runs are not required.
Residues on PCBs – Causes and remedial measures EMP 2025 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Electronic Industry Supplies, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services Soldering with wire and iron leaves process judgments up to individual operators, and can produce a wide variety of defects, scrap, or long-term quality issues.
Improving solder paste printing with squircle aperture designs EMP 2025 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Truth Electronic Manufacturing The squircle consistently has the highest transfer rate, and comparable or lower variation than when using squares or circles.
How AI and ML are enhancing predictive maintenance EMP 2025 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Schneider Electric South Africa, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) is significantly transforming the management of utilities by providing advanced technology that delivers real-time insights into the operational conditions of facilities.
3D electronics/additive electronics EMP 2025 Electronics Manufacturing & Production Handbook, Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services IDTechEx’s report “3D Electronics/Additive Electronics 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, and Markets” analyses the technologies and market trends that promise to bring electronics into the 3D realm.
The new era of low-code and no-code software development 29 November 2024 With the vast selection of cloud platform-as-a-service solutions, low-code and no-code development platforms, and software-as-a-service offerings available today, business users are more able than ever to create software functionality without turning to the IT department.
Supply chain: Finding opportunity in the weakest link 29 November 2024 Issues in a global supply chain can significantly impact businesses, especially SMEs which often lack the resources to navigate disruptions as effectively as larger corporations.
PCIe 7.0 technology. Too soon or not fast enough? 29 November 2024, Spectrum Concepts Data scientists, AI system architects, IC designers, optical engineers, interconnect providers like Samtec, and other solutions providers, are rethinking system topologies.
