It seems that more and more features are being packaged into smaller electronic modules. Due to the ever-increasing power density of such modules, it is difficult for electronics engineers to keep things running cool. Here, I review a thermal design issue whic...

Articles | By Mark Scholton | 21-06-2016

It seems that more and more features are being packaged into smaller electronic modules. Due to the ever-increasing power density of such modules, it is difficult for electronics engineers to keep things running cool. Here, I review a thermal design issue whic...

Insights | By Mark Scholton | 21-06-2016

Significantly increased range, speed and broadcast messaging capacity are some of the attributes that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is promising with the launch of Bluetooth 5. Expected later this year, Bluetooth 5 is predicted to provide reliable...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 17-06-2016

Significantly increased range, speed and broadcast messaging capacity are some of the attributes that the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) is promising with the launch of Bluetooth 5. Expected later this year, Bluetooth 5 is predicted to provide reliable...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 17-06-2016

A convection-cooled modular power supply platform that delivers 600W without fan-assisted cooling has been developed by Excelsys Technologies. Claimed by the company to be the only fanless modular power supply on the market, the CoolX600 comes in an 8.5 x 4.5...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 15-06-2016

A convection-cooled modular power supply platform that delivers 600W without fan-assisted cooling has been developed by Excelsys Technologies. Claimed by the company to be the only fanless modular power supply on the market, the CoolX600 comes in an 8.5 x 4.5...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 15-06-2016

Automotive embedded systems specialist ETAS and embedded software security company ESCRYPT have teamed up with power semiconductor company STMicroelectronics in a development project focussing on secure connected car applications. Automotive engineers increasi...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 14-06-2016

Automotive embedded systems specialist ETAS and embedded software security company ESCRYPT have teamed up with power semiconductor company STMicroelectronics in a development project focussing on secure connected car applications. Automotive engineers increasi...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 14-06-2016

Three companies have got together to launch the first generation of the Qt Automotive Suite. With a background of providing automotive user interface (UI) software to more than twenty automotive customers, the Qt Company along with Pelagicore and KDAB see this...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 09-06-2016

Three companies have got together to launch the first generation of the Qt Automotive Suite. With a background of providing automotive user interface (UI) software to more than twenty automotive customers, the Qt Company along with Pelagicore and KDAB see this...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 09-06-2016

Russian semiconductor foundry Angstrem-T has developed an ASIC based on a Cortus APS 32bit microcontroller core. The development comes following a working relationship between the Russian foundry and Cortus, a company specialising in low power 32Bit processor...

Articles | By Paul Whytock | 08-06-2016

Russian semiconductor foundry Angstrem-T has developed an ASIC based on a Cortus APS 32bit microcontroller core. The development comes following a working relationship between the Russian foundry and Cortus, a company specialising in low power 32Bit processor...

Insights | By Paul Whytock | 08-06-2016