Now it is wind-up batteries 12 September 2001 Radios and torches can be charged by hand in a matter of seconds, according to the developers, Atkin Design & Development (AD&D)
Electronics News Digest 12 September 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
Grintek Power Technologies has grown sales of its DC power solutions to the telecoms industry from R23m last year to R67m this year. The company has secured new business from Siemens ...
Major Tech launches new 'cable care systems' subsidiary 29 August 2001 Emery Flex has been appointed to distribute the Cabelok range of cable ties and self-adhesive mounts into the electrical industry throughout the southern African market via its branches in Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
Free embedded tools for the Motorola Coldfire 29 August 2001 One of the best development tool sets available can now be downloaded - for free - off the Internet with excellent support provided by the online community that uses it
Professional mobile radio expo to showcase communication technologies 29 August 2001 PMRA Expo '01 promises to be a unique business-to-business event attracting decision-makers from a variety of industries. Exhibitors on board include: Siemens, Sentech, Webb Industries, Marconi Communications, ...
Vishay ships 150 billionth glass diode 29 August 2001 Vishay Intertechnology shipped its 150 000 000 000th Vishay Telefunken MELF glass diode on 31 March. A ubiquitous component used for applications from high-speed switching in computers, cellphones and ...
Cable could become obsolete as wireless takes off 29 August 2001 The business case for cable-based networks in certain market sectors will be rendered redundant in two years, by when wireless networks will come to dominate the market as a more useful, convenient and ...
Electronics News Digest 29 August 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
In line with its stated policy of disinvesting from noncore business activities, Spescom has announced the sale, subject to Competition Commission approval, of its 50% shareholding in ...
Network processor adoption continues, says IDC 15 August 2001 NPUs are clearly focused on replacing the datapath ASIC opportunities within WAN system applications, with this segment accounting for approximately 64% of all NPU design wins
Intersil forges stronger partnership with EBV-Electrolink in South Africa 15 August 2001, EBV Electrolink "The ADEC exhibition has been an excellent format to emphasise the strong partnership between our two companies, and EBV-Electrolink looks forward to further enhancing the partnership, and indeed expanding Intersil's market share of its products in South Africa," concludes Stafford
Definitive DSP solutions from Kreon Technology 15 August 2001 Being involved right from the concept phase allows Kreon to develop its own test equipment and allows it to ensure that every board and device meets the required specifications
Reducing skew in high data rate cables 15 August 2001 The less time that can be budgeted to cable means more time available for set-up, hold, ISI and jitter
Automation E-News launched 15 August 2001 Universal Instruments recently introduced a new, monthly e-mail newsletter titled, 'Automation E-News.' This is a 'customisable' newsletter created specifically for electronics manufacturing professionals. ...
Electronics News Digest 15 August 2001, Electronic News Digest Southern Africa
The Competitions Commission has given the green light to ALSTOM to acquire the assets of Northern Engineering Industries Africa (NEI). In terms of the acquisition agreement, ALSTOM South ...