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Smart ID card rollout commencing in July
12 June 2013
New applicants as well as those looking to replace their old identification will receive the new cards as part of a phased rollout from the department’s 27 regional offices.

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ABB to make PV inverters in SA
12 June 2013, ABB South Africa
The line for its PVS800 range of central inverters will produce 630 kW, 875 kW and 1000 kW models and will have an aggregate capacity of approximately 500 MW a year.

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Pule offers optimism for digital migration
12 June 2013, Technews Publishing
Pule stated that in the order of R8 billion will be needed over the next three years in order to successfully roll out DTT and meet the 17 June, 2015 deadline set by the International Telecommunications Union.

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IPC updates PCB library documentation and tools
12 June 2013
IPC has teamed up with PCB Libraries to provide updated library documentation and more powerful PCB library tools to support users of IPC-7351: ‘Generic requirements for surface mount design and land ...

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Bluetooth location stickers use Nordic chip
12 June 2013, RF Design
Measuring 24 mm in diameter (roughly the size of a two rand coin) and 4 mm in thickness, StickNFinds allow users to track up to 20 location stickers on a smartphone app. They can be used to track keys, ...

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Electronics news digest
12 June 2013
South Africa    TRX Electronics, which is partnered with TTI and Mouser, now has a permanent representative based in Durban in the form of Pieter Wolmarans, who was previously based in the company’s Gauteng ...

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Samsung providing learners with hands-on electronics skills
26 June 2013, Technews Publishing
The academy was launched in South Africa in 2011 as part of the company’s broader goal to develop 10 000 service technicians and electronic engineers across the continent by 2015.

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Beta LAYOUT: more than just a prototype PCB supplier
29 May 2013
Ian Fennell, plant manager at the company’s Cape Town facility, took time out to discuss what he sees as the factors that have supported the company’s success, as well as explain the latest developments.

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Electronics expo enjoys strong Cape début
29 May 2013, Technews Publishing
There was certainly a lot more buzz than there was at last year’s Johannesburg event, with a nearly constant stream of feet through the door.

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Bulls score NFC ticketing system
29 May 2013
The system allows supporters to simply purchase their tickets on their mobile phones or via the Internet prior to the match.

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Vodafone certifies u-blox 3G modules for M2M
29 May 2013, RF Design
The certification allows global customers to design LISA-U2 modems into M2M devices operating over Vodafone’s extensive 3G network in Europe, Asia, Africa, Australasia and the Americas.

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Webb wins major contracts for in-building solutions
29 May 2013, Webb Industries
Webb Industries’ in-building coverage solutions are already successfully in use at a number of shopping centres, offices, hospitals and guest houses around the country.

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SKA Organisation opens international HQ
29 May 2013
Although South Africa and Australia will have the honour of jointly hosting the SKA, the control hub of the revolutionary project will be housed at the UK site located near to, and with views of, the ...

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TI enhances engineer community website
29 May 2013
Texas Instruments has made several design updates to TI E2E Community, its popular engineer-to-engineer online design community that now connects more than 120 000 engineers. TI has expanded the site’s ...

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Energy Micro supports ARM’s university programme
29 May 2013, Hi-Q Electronics
Energy Micro has been selected by ARM to help extend its university programme through a focus on the ARM Cortex-M series processors. ARM has chosen Energy Micro to be one of its first partners in this ...

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TI continues domination of analog IC market
29 May 2013
Worldwide economic uncertainty has given the analog IC market plenty of ups and downs over the last several years; however 2012 was one of the worst years for this segment. Analog was down 7% from ...

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National Electronics Western Cape organiser's report
29 May 2013
The first regional National Electronics Western Cape exceeded expectations and welcomed visitors from around South Africa. Despite the heightened security onsite at Cape Town International Convention ...

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Electronics news digest
29 May 2013
South Africa JSE listed Altron announced its annual results for the year ended February 2013. Revenue increased by 6% to R25 billion and earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) ...

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Will SA miss the digital deadline?
15 May 2013, Technews Publishing
The original adjudication of the appointment of manufacturers was originally set for December 2012, then revised to March 2013. The DoC has since requested the STB manufacturers to extend the validity of the RFP until mid-June 2013.

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MCU market continues migration towards 32-bit and ARM cores
15 May 2013
In 2012, microcontrollers turned into a convoluted marketplace with unit shipments surging 16%, but total revenues declining 3% and average selling prices (ASPs) plunging 17%.

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