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Eskom hands bursary to promising engineering student
15 May 2013
The young engineer spent 11 months developing a prosthetic hand to help lower-arm amputees who cannot afford expensive prosthetics.

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TI craves a slice of Raspberry Pi’s market
15 May 2013, EBV Electrolink, Design Automation
The new BeagleBone Black announced by Texas Instruments is a credit-card-sized Linux computer aimed at developers, makers, hobbyists and students, and is selling for just $45 – half the price of the original ...

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New IPC certification programme aids IP protection
15 May 2013
To help combat the growing threat of intellectual property theft and counterfeiting, IPC recently launched a certification programme that allows printed board manufacturers to demonstrate a commitment ...

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Electronics news digest
15 May 2013
South Africa The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has issued a call for any firms wishing to explore the opportunities for their products and/or services in the Chinese market to apply to be part ...

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Win a microcontroller development board
1 May 2013
The Explorer 16 is a low-cost development board to evaluate Microchip’s 16-bit PIC24 microcontroller and dsPIC33 digital signal controller families.

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Change at the top of Avnet Kopp
1 May 2013
Albert Kopp, long-serving leader and current CEO of Avnet Kopp, will be stepping down at the end of June, to be succeeded by Hannes Taute.

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Cape Town schools trial Internet over TV white space
1 May 2013
The trial is attempting to show that broadband can be offered over white spaces without interfering with licensed spectrum holders.

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ZigBee Alliance releases IPv6-based spec
1 May 2013
The new specification lays the foundation for an Internet of Things without the need for intermediate gateways.

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Q&A with Microchip’s European director
1 May 2013
During a recent trip to South Africa, Dataweek conducted a Q&A session with Microchip’s European Director.

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Wi-Fi radios get ICASA approval
1 May 2013, Conical Technologies, Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT
Conical Technologies announced that the Quadraflex outdoor Secure Wireless Network radios, developed by Datasat UK, have received Independent Communications Authority of SA (ICASA) approval. Designed ...

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New distributor of Philips Lumileds
1 May 2013
Philips Lumileds has reached an agreement to distribute its LED products in EMEA through Silica. By virtue of the fact that Silica is an Avnet company, this deal extends to the South African market through ...

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Appointment
1 May 2013, Otto Online
Greg Parker, with over 30 years of experience in the electronics distribution industry, has joined Otto Wireless Solutions as senior accounts manager.   

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The lesson of the grasshopper
1 May 2013, EDA Technologies
As a youngster, I had the privilege of not having too many electronic gadgets to keep me indoors. Catching grasshoppers was a common pastime. I often placed the grasshopper in a jar whose lid had many ...

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Electronics news digest
1 May 2013
Overseas    Business TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.) announced net sales for March 2013 of approximately NT$44,13 billion, an increase of 7,2% from February 2013 and an increase of 18,9% ...

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Future leaders graduate from CoachLab programme
17 April 2013
A group of 31 postgraduate students celebrated their graduation from the CoachLab leadership programme in a ceremony at The Innovation Hub attended by the Gauteng MEC for Economic Development.

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Agilent recognises top EDA experts
17 April 2013, RF Design
Eligible participants include individuals demonstrating a high level of expertise – both theoretical and practical – in applying Agilent EEsof EDA tools for product design and modelling.

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Renesas PLC solution wins smart metering award
17 April 2013, Hi-Q Electronics
The solution is based on a highly flexible concept with a combined hardware architecture and software framework that allows for flexible standards support.

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Communications Minister cries blackmail
17 April 2013, Technews Publishing
Minister of Communications Dina Pule lashed out not only at the Sunday Times and specific journalists who work for the newspaper, but also at those with “business and political interests related to the multi-billion rand set-top-box tender and related issues” as being complicit in a blackmail plot against her.

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The dti invites SA companies to exhibit in China
17 April 2013
Targeted sectors include electrotechnical, energy and renewable energy, and information communication technology, among others.

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Bidirectional testing for fibre characterisation
17 April 2013, Lambda Test, Test & Measurement
EXFO announced the addition of bidirectional testing capabilities to its innovative intelligent Optical Link Mapper (iOLM) fibre characterisation technology. The new, patent-pending functionality simplifies ...

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