Electronics Articles

This week Nokia has announced its new collaboration with Broadcom to solve their ongoing 5G issues. Why has this move been needed, and what problems do FPGAs provide for designers? Custom Hardware Solutions One of the key design challenges for any engineer whe...

By Robin Mitchell | 26-06-2020

Point.Iot is a new programme set up to encourage upcoming engineers and entrepreneurs to develop tech solutions utilising IoT and the European Galileo satellite navigation system. What does this competition include, and what are the potential rewards? The Gali...

By Robin Mitchell | 25-06-2020

Qualcomm has announced its first range of Wi-Fi 6E products to take advantage of Wi-Fi 6E. What do these new devices contain, and what is Wi-Fi 6E? Wi-Fi 6E Wi-Fi has gone through several historical changes since its introduction back in 1998. The first releas...

By Robin Mitchell | 24-06-2020

A team of researchers have developed a formula which may help to improve the performance of 5G. What does this formula do, and how is machine learning involved in the process? Machine Learning Machine learning is a field of engineering that has dramatically ma...

By Robin Mitchell | 22-06-2020

This week Infineon have announced their latest CoolSiC 1700V devices. But what are SiC devices, and how do they compare to traditional silicon-only MOSFETS? What is SiC? Silicon Carbide is a semiconductor material that has been in development since the 1990s a...

By Robin Mitchell | 22-06-2020

Researchers at Tohoku University have announced their development of a Magnetic Tunnel Junction (MTJ) with an access time of 10ns with features as small as 1x nm. What is MRAN, and how will it play a role in future electronics? MTJ Basics Magnetic Tunnel Junct...

By Robin Mitchell | 19-06-2020

China has been the centre of worldwide manufacturing for decades, and with China beginning to develop their products as well as shifting towards the service industry should the rest of the world embrace this? Why are countries hesitant to allow China to provid...

By Robin Mitchell | 18-06-2020

Siren, a medical company, have produced a sock that can help to prevent diabetic Neuropathy by detecting temperature changes in real-time. What implications will this technology have and how can wearable technology be expanded? Diabetic Neuropathy While diabet...

By Robin Mitchell | 17-06-2020

The race is on to develop a new range of mechanical Direct Current (DC) circuit breakers. While the significant power users depend on alternating current (AC), which cycles on and off 60 times per second, DC is used to power devices such as flashlights, smartp...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 16-06-2020

Artificial intelligence (AI) is often depicted as harming humanity in science fiction. The Stanley Kubrick-directed sci-fi masterpiece “2001: A Space Odyssey” found the HAL 9000 killing off its space crew, while the “Terminator” franchise centers on AI-powered...

By Moe Long | 11-06-2020

The fabrication of flexible, yet strong, nanomaterials has ushered in a new age of electronic devices. Flexible and wearable electronic devices are some of the most talked about technology developments today and could play a major role in the healthcare and fi...

By Liam Critchley | 10-06-2020

Infrared contactless measurement technology, with a response time measured ‘in milliseconds’, is a solution to the growing need for non-invasive temperature sensing. Contactless thermometers measure the infrared (heat) radiation given off by objects without to...

By Nnamdi Anyadike | 09-06-2020