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From the editor's desk: Tech entrepreneur vs. electronic engineer
13 September 2017, Technews Publishing
I was fortunate to be invited to a business breakfast hosted by AREI (Association of Representatives for the Electronics Industry) at which the guest speaker was renowned businessman and entrepreneur, ...

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Minister emphasises sustainability during National Science Week
13 September 2017
Eastern Cape learners turned up in their thousands to attend the launch of the 2017 National Science Week (NSW) at the newly renamed Nelson Mandela University. Hosted at the institution’s Missionvale ...

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Readers invited to attend PCB design summit
13 September 2017, EDA Technologies
Altium has announced its first annual PCB design conference created to help engineers grow their design expertise and contribute to the advancement of the electronics design community. The AltiumLive ...

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Farnell positions itself for development
13 September 2017
Premier Farnell is a global technology business with over 80 years’ experience in high service distribution, supporting a broad range of customers from hobbyists to engineers, maintenance engineers and ...

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RS celebrates 80th anniversary
13 September 2017, RS South Africa
In September RS Components celebrated 80 years since opening its first business operations in London, UK. Founded as Radiospares, in 1937, the company started as a supplier of parts to the burgeoning ...

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Electronics news digest
13 September 2017
Overseas    Business • ON Semiconductor announced financial results for the second quarter of 2017. Total revenue was $1,34 billion, up approximately 52% compared to the same quarter last year, but was ...

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Ghana repurposes communications antenna for astronomy
16 August 2017, Editor's Choice
The 32 metre converted telecommunications antenna will be integrated into the African VLB Network in preparation for the second phase construction of the Square Kilometre Array.

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Practically educating Gauteng’s technical educators
16 August 2017
The annual Gauteng Department of Education training, which has been running for three years in partnership with Resolution Circle, took place in July.

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Bluetooth updated for mesh networking
16 August 2017, Editor's Choice, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
A highly anticipated mesh networking standard has been introduced to the Bluetooth specification by the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG).

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From the editor's desk: Fake chips aren’t going away
16 August 2017, Technews Publishing
Anyone who’s designed and tested electronic circuits will tell you, having a circuit that doesn’t work is not the worst that can happen; it’s the intermittent faults that really hurt. For a product that’s ...

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Altair student day inspires STEM interest
16 August 2017
Altair South Africa recently hosted a group of potential engineering students as part of its STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) initiative to expose them to the opportunities available ...

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Wage negotiations deadlocked
16 August 2017
At the time of writing, wage negotiations are ongoing in the engineering and steel industries. While trade unions have applied for a certificate to launch strike action within the South African engineering ...

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Locally-made fixed-wireless router
16 August 2017
Huge Software and Technologies, a sister company of Huge Telecom – the provider of full suite telephony services to corporate organisations and residential homes – has successfully developed its own fixed-wireless ...

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Win a Microchip MCP9600 evaluation board
16 August 2017
Microchip’s MCP9600 evaluation board is used to digitise the thermocouple EMF voltage to degrees Celsius with ±1°C accuracy. The device also supports types J, T, N, E, B, S and R. Each of these types ...

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Electronics news digest
16 August 2017
South Africa • The CEO of ICASA has been placed on formal suspension. A statement read: “The Council of the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA) hereby notifies all stakeholders ...

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From the chairman’s desk: Manufacturing in South Africa
19 July 2017, Editor's Choice, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Warren Muir reflects on his attendance at the 2017 Manufacturing Indaba, and how it fits in with arei’s plans for the South African electronics industry.

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SA antennas used in major European tunnel project
19 July 2017, Inteto Connect
The Gotthard Base Tunnel, the world’s longest and deepest train tunnel through the Swiss Alps, makes exclusive use of technology from Poynting Antennas to ensure a seamless digital communication service underground over a route length of more than 57 km.

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Training structure the key to successful content
19 July 2017, Editor's Choice
The structure and assessment of training programmes are just as important as their content when it comes to up-skilling production staff, explains Bob Willis.

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Altron appoints executive committee members
19 July 2017
Altron announced the appointment of Collin Govender and Zipporah Maubane as group executive: shared services, and group executive: marketing, PR and corporate communications, respectively. The company ...

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Robots race it out in Tshwane
19 July 2017, RS South Africa
The fifth annual EECE Race Day was held at the University of Pretoria this year, giving third-year microcontroller students at the department of electrical, electronic and computer engineering the opportunity ...

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