Accelerating IoT development for billions of devices at scale 23rd April 2019

According to the latest research from Strategy Analytics, Infineon Technologies increased its automotive business in Japan by almost 25% in 2018. It thus grew faster than any other of the top ten automotive semiconductor suppliers in the country. Japan accounts for approximately ten percent of global car production. 

Rohde & Schwarz has secured a 5-year Framework Agreement with MAG to supply the latest generation of R&S QPS201 security scanners to Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands airports. MAG is the UK’s largest airport group, with over 60 million passengers every year to its three airports.

A new lineup of its PrestoMOSTM series of 600V super junction MOSFETs that includes 30 new models, has been announced by ROHM. This series increases design flexibility while maintaining the industry’s fastest reverse recovery time (trr) optimised for EV charging stations and motor drive in home appliances such as refrigerators and Air Conditioners (ACs).

In a management reshuffle Tami Newcombe has been promoted to President of Tektronix, and Marc Tremblay who was named that role earlier this year is instead becoming President of Fluke. Both companies are owned by Fortive. Newcombe joined Tektronix in early 2017 as Commercial President and has been responsible for leading global sales and marketing.  

IoT sensors are being infused into just about everything, from industrial equipment to consumer devices, and increasingly these devices are connecting to the cloud. By 2020, Gartner predicts there will be more than 20 billion connected devices. In April 2018, Microsoft announced it is investing $5bn in IoT and the intelligent edge over the next four years. 

According to the company, Phoenix Contact is one of the first companies in Germany to have been certified by TÜV SÜD in accordance with the IEC 62443-4-1 and 2-4 series of standards for IT security. This confirms that the company develops secure by design products in compliance with the IEC 62443-4-1 process and designs secure automation solutions in compliance with the IEC 62443-2-4 process.

Global specialist in CAN gauge and display technologies, Veethree, has announced the release of their R Series of CAN Displays with an exclusive sneak preview during Bauma in Munich. The innovative series of devices are the first gauges of their kind, providing a fully round, edge-to-edge, touch screen display which modernises traditional analogue gauges. 

“World leaders must look towards drone technology as a solution, not a problem, when attempting to solve the decline of the world’s forests as governments are forced to act over climate change before it is too late.” This announcement, from Robert Garbett, Founder and Chief Executive of Drone Major Group, the global Drone and Counter Drone consultancy, comes on the 100th anniversary of the Forestry Commission which has spearheaded the expansion of Britain’s forests and woodland since its foundation in 1919.