The top ten development boards of 2018 19th June 2018

  Every year Arrow Electronics release a list of the top ten dev boards on the market today. To help make 2018 your most innovative year yet, here are the top ten development boards and kits of 2018.

Glenn Palmer, President of Murata Europe, talks about the European electronics industry and Murata’s place in it.

The case sizes of Multi-Layered Ceramic Capacitors (MLCC) available today are seemingly ever shrinking, which coupled with a long term reduction in manufacturing capacity for legacy commodity products and dramatically increasing manufacturer lead times is creating a supply headache for customers in Europe. In this update Adam Fletcher, Chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network (ecsn) examines the current issues and suggests how they may be overcome.

Experts from the UK’s energy industries and research institutions met at the launch of the Harwell Campus EnergyTec Cluster and the opening of the Faraday Institution’s headquarters. Both organisations restated their commitment to solve the energy challenges laid out in the UK’s Industrial Strategy and in the ongoing search for solutions to the world’s energy problems.

The reasoning behind the emergence of smart cities is, of course, very well understood. Based on research conducted by the United Nations, it is expected that within the next 30 years over 65% of the human populace will be living in urban environments (it could potentially be as much as 86% in regions like South America by that time). Guest blog written Mark Patrick, Mouser Electronics.  

The 2018 Impax Ashden Award for Energy Innovation has been awarded to Upside Energy for its approach to balancing the grid. Its Virtual Energy Store shifts electricity use in line with demand by aggregating flexibility from a variety of devices and systems. This reduces stress on the grid and increases opportunity for renewable energy capacity, thereby reducing reliance on power from fossil energy. 

In 2017, the UK Government proposed the implementation of the Security of Networking and Information Systems (NIS) Directive, with the aim of improving the security of essential services such as water and energy. Should providers fail to protect their systems, a £17m penalty could be enforced. Author: Nick Boughton, Sales Manager at Boulting Technology

  SDChain Alliance recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Guangzhou Robustel. The MoU was signed on 16th May 2018 during the SDChain German Community Conference 2018 held at Berlin.