From the editor's desk: Is the current AI really what we want? 30 May 2025, Technews Publishing The companies that develop LLMs need to change direction and concentrate on freeing up our time, not so that we can have more time to do the tasks we don’t want to do in the first place, but rather to allow us more time to do what we love.
ICs vs modules: Understanding the technical trade-offs for IoT applications 30 May 2025, NuVision Electronics, DSP, Micros & Memory As the IoT continues to transform industries, design decisions around wireless connectivity components become increasingly complex with engineers often facing the dilemma of choosing between ICs and wireless modules for their IoT applications.
Why bis means business for LTE Cat 1 IoT connections 30 May 2025, NuVision Electronics, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT Tomaž Petaros, product manager IoT EMEA at Quectel Wireless Solutions explains why the market for Cat 1bis IoT connections is getting busy.
Interview with Brian Aziz, vice president of global sales, Iridium 30 May 2025 ridium is the leading satellite IoT player. Their network consists of 66 active low Earth orbit satellites covering every inch of the globe and are used for IoT and emergency services worldwide.
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.
