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30th March 2021
An Alternative to Mercury Wetted Reed Relays
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Pickering’s Series 114 reed relays switch up to 40 Watts, 1 Amp and will carrying 2 Amps. Due to this high rating these small relays can, in some cases, be used as a substitute to mercury wetted reed relays. Available in Form A or Form B configurations. 5, 12 and 24 Volt coils with optional diode. Free samples available on request.
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29th March 2021
Available through Powell: Harwin connectors + FPCs for PCB use
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Harwin’s 2mm pitch Datamate J-Tek and 1.25mm pitch Gecko high-reliability connectors with attached flexible printed circuits (FPCs) are ideally suited to aerospace, motorsport, satellite and defence installations. These low profile interconnect solutions, enable PCBs to be stacked much closer together. Using right-angled connections, the components can be kept at the periphery of the board resulting in improved thermal management and simplified connector mating.
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22nd March 2021
Application Note from Laird Thermal Systems
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Thermoelectric Cooling for CMOS Sensors. For nearly 50 years CCD (charge-coupled device) sensors and CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor) sensors have competed on cost and performance in a wide range of digital imaging applications. Peltier coolers (thermoelectric coolers) have cooled both technologies when the requirement demanded high-resolution images. Design engineers opted to use CCD’s for astrophotography, super-resolution microscopy, x-ray crystallography, and spectrophotometric assays. On the other hand, CMOS sensors made inexpensive digital photography a reality.
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30th March 2021
Tech Paper Download from Yokowo Europe
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Reliable Connectivity for Portable Battery Power. The portable device market continues to grow with the improvement of antenna range performance and battery operation longevity. Engineers are developing smaller, more rugged designs to ease the transfer, movement, and use of portable devices. Portable electronic innovations such as mobile computers, delivery drones, robots in smart factories and other IoT devices improve workflow, enhance resources and lower operational costs.
Alternative Energy
28th March 2021
IoT network piggybacking on wind turbines
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When the Port of Moerdijk had a large wind farm installed at the Southern Netherlands municipality in 2020, operated by Vattenfall, one of the European leaders in green energy, officials realised the turbine towers could serve an additional purpose: hosting an IoT network that provides key sensor data to the bustling port 120m below. Kerlink was selected to provide the gateways for the LoRaWAN project.
Alternative Energy
31st March 2021
Ending biomass funding program sets back net zero
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The Government’s planned end to the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (NDRHI) this month will leave manufacturers without a financially viable green alternative to generate heat for many crucial industrial processes. This could force businesses to seek out cheaper, non-renewable sources of energy. Here Luke Worrall, Business Development Manager at NerG, explains why this move will harm the UK’s efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 unless policy gaps are addressed.
Automotive
29th March 2021
TietoEVRY has joined AUTOSAR partnership
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TietoEVRY has joined AUTOSAR, a global development partnership of car manufacturers, Tier1 suppliers and other companies from the electronics, semiconductor and software industries. AUTOSAR aims to contribute to a standardised software architecture in the vehicle and to build the foundation for reliably controlling the growing complexity of electronic and software systems in today's and future vehicles.
Industries
30th March 2021
Government software grants need further support
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Recently announced government software grants of up to £5,000, for productivity enhancing software will not enable companies to embraace new technology and use it to build their companies, say leading tax and advisory firm Blick Rothenberg.
Robotics
29th March 2021
AI-based systems support mesh network drone delivery
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In a bid to realise the future of autonomous airborne delivery, flight system and Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) specialist Airwayz has announced that it is taking part in a two-year pilot program that will see drone delivery with a support mesh network. Drones are operating in mesh networks in Hadera, just north of Tel Aviv, to validate the safe and efficient integration of drone deliveries in urban environments.
Sensors
31st March 2021
W4F miniature smart sensors with powerful optical tech
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SICK has launched the versatile W4F family of miniature smart sensors, developed to achieve next-generation detection performance and incorporating powerful new optical technologies, each purpose-designed to master common sensing challenges in electronics with complete reliability.
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