Europe
Membership to ECSN opens new collaboration opportunities
May 1, 2012 5:35 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsUK distributor Gateway Electronic Components has joined the Electronic Components Supply Network (ECSN) UK trade association. As a full member, Gateway will bring a breath of industry expertise and best practice in supply chain solutions and in return will benefit … Continue reading
Amantys software simplifies design-in of IGBT modules
May 1, 2012 5:33 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsFollowing the launch of Amantys’ Power Drive in November, the intelligent power switch company has launched its Amantys Power Insight software, delivering real-time power switch performance metrics through the existing control interface. Amantys Power Insight enables the export of six … Continue reading
UK court tells service providers: Block Pirate Bay
April 30, 2012 2:35 pm | by JILL LAWLESS, Associated Press | News | CommentsBritain's High Court has ordered the country's Internet service providers to block file-sharing website The Pirate Bay, the U.K.'s main music industry association said Monday. A High Court judge told Sky, Everything Everywhere, TalkTalk, O2 and Virgin Media on Friday to prevent access to the Swedish site, which helps millions of people download copyrighted music, movies and computer games.
Future mobile augmented reality and location services to be powered by 4 billion MEMS sensors by 2016
April 30, 2012 11:18 am | News | CommentsA new report from Juniper Research finds that future mobile augmented reality and location based services will be powered by over 4 billion MEMS (Micro Electro Mechanical Systems) sensor devices including accelerometer, gyroscopes, magnetometers and others such as pressure, humidity & temperature sensors.
Harting get a visit from Angela Merkel and Wen Jiabao
April 30, 2012 5:58 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsGerman Federal Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao paid a visit to Harting’s booth at the Hannover Messe last week. China is the partner country of the Hannover Messe this year and a large Chinese delegation accompanied the … Continue reading →
Neul launches world’s first city-wide white space network
April 30, 2012 5:17 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsNeul has deployed the world’s first city-wide, fully-functional wireless network in white space in Cambridge, UK. To demonstrate this network Neul, in collaboration with Bglobal Metering, showcased the world’s first-ever smart electricity meter reading over a white space network. The … Continue reading...
Invisibility field cloak a reality
April 27, 2012 2:03 pm | News | CommentsScience fiction fans are one step closer to having their dreams realised thanks to Slovak and Spanish electrical engineers who have developed a prototype invisibility field. The researchers used simple materials, such as a superconductor, and ferromagnetic materials that are freely available on the market to create an invisibility field...
Robotic arm with tact and finesse, the EU way
April 27, 2012 1:56 pm | News | CommentsEuropeans are strong innovators, and the latest example of their hard work is a robotic hand able to hold and grasp bottles and cups. The novel 'helping hand' is an outcome of the DEXMART ('Dexterous and autonomous dual-arm/hand robotic manipulation with smart sensory-motor skills...
First Mars Express gravity results plot volcanic history
April 27, 2012 1:25 pm | News | CommentsFive years of Mars Express gravity mapping data are providing unique insights into what lies beneath the Red Planet’s largest volcanoes. The results show that the lava grew denser over time and that the thickness of the planet's rigid outer layers varies across the Tharsis region.
TTI named ‘Distributor of the Year’ by Molex
April 27, 2012 11:49 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsTTI has been named Distributor of the Year 2011 by connector giant Molex. At the ceremony to present the trophy, Mark Davies, Molex’s Distribution Corporate Account Manager – Europe commented: “At the end of our financial year Molex reviews the … Continue reading →
Silica plans biggest European MCU training roadshow so far
April 27, 2012 11:46 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsSilica has announced its largest European training series so far, visiting twenty venues throughout Europe. Joining forces with Cypress, Freescale, Infineon, Intel, Microchip, NXP, Renesas, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and ARM, around 1000 design engineers are expected to attend between June …
Swiss scientists demonstrate mind-controlled robot
April 26, 2012 2:51 pm | by FRANK JORDANS, Associated Press | News | CommentsSwiss scientists have demonstrated how a partially paralyzed person can control a robot by thought alone, a step they hope will one day allow immobile people to interact with their surroundings through so-called avatars. Similar experiments have taken place in the United States and Germany, but they involved either able-bodied patients or invasive brain implants.
UK calibration service covers all EMC test products and antennas
April 26, 2012 2:22 pm | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsTeseq now has UKAS accreditation for on-site calibration of all EFT, PQT, Surge, pulse generators, Harmonic & Flickers analysers and offers “no down time” antenna calibration in its new purpose built chamber, avoiding delays caused by weather on open-field test … Continue reading
OLED microdisplays enable enhanced digital image fusion
April 26, 2012 11:50 am | 3M Electronics Solutions Division | Product Releases | CommentsMicroOLED today announces that the company will demonstrate, at SPIE DSS in Baltimore, two prototype 5.4M dot 0.61-inch diagonal OLED microdisplays in bicolor and tricolor. The microdisplays are designed to enhance image resolution and lower the power consumption of digital image fusion used in defense, security and medical applications.
NXP and ON Semi to offer KNX eval board for building automation networks
April 26, 2012 5:14 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsON Semiconductor and NXP have introduced an evaluation board and complete reference design for power efficient Twisted Pair (TP) networks. The evaluation board, which will be available in May, is undergoing the final phases of formal KNX certification. “This new … Continue reading
Harting breaks ground on new 8-million-Euro Quality and Technology Centre
April 26, 2012 5:11 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsHarting has held a ground breaking ceremony for its new Quality and Technology Centre (HQT centre) in Epelskamp, Germany. The site has historical significance for the Harting family since company founder Wilhelm Harting built the company’s first production hall in … Continue reading
Camera platform features USB3.0 and latest CCD sensor-based camera
April 25, 2012 5:09 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsImage processing specialist Framos has announced its new Visiosens VF camera series – a flexible and customisable image capture platform with more than 140 camera variants per image sensor. Its new key features include the Mini-B USB2.0 and the latest … Continue reading
Methodology supports ISO 26262-compliant design of mixed-criticality automotive electronics
April 25, 2012 5:07 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsSymtavision’s SymTA/S methodology now supports the design of ISO 26262 compliant mixed-criticality automotive electronics systems. SymTA/S overcomes inherent safety versus efficiency conflicts, especially when ‘freedom from interference’ must be realised between software partitions with different criticality levels. The SymTA/S methodology …
Cappuccino and croissant? Just tap and go
April 24, 2012 5:03 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsLong waits and rummaging for small change to pay for coffee and a newspaper on the way to work? Potentially a thing of the past in Germany’s Hanover, Braunschweig and Wolfsburg areas. The German Banking Industry Committee (Deutsche Kreditwirtschaft) has … Continue reading →
NXP launches Tech Bench iPad app with access to full product portfolio
April 24, 2012 5:01 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsNXP’s mobile app, ‘Tech Bench’, will help engineers more easily browse, store and link products to projects. Tech bench is an intuitive, feature-rich iPad app allowing engineers to access NXP’s full product portfolio; to collect datasheets, application notes and quality … Continue reading...
UK regulator investigating Sky News over email hacking
April 23, 2012 11:12 am | by Kate Holton, Reuters | News | CommentsThe judge presiding over an inquiry into British press standards on Monday rebuked the head of Sky News, the influential news channel of Rupert Murdoch-controlled BSkyB, for breaking the law by hacking into emails to generate a story.
"Granny Nav" to guide elderly drivers on the road
April 23, 2012 11:09 am | by Li-mei Hoang, Reuters | News | CommentsOlder drivers may now be able to stay on the road for longer thanks to new technology being developed by scientists that uses pictures of mail boxes or pubs as visual turning cues. Nicknamed "Granny Nav", the technology is being developed as part of a 12 million pound ($19.34 million) program by the UK's Research Council...
Zytronic expands R&D team for advanced touchscreen development
April 23, 2012 6:57 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsZytronic has expanded its research and development (R&D) team with the addition of two experienced electronics engineers. The additional resources will be used to advance our touchscreen development addressing the rising demand for the company’s product range. Phil Rudland, software … Continue reading →
Digia announces Qt training for embedded applications
April 23, 2012 6:56 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsDigia, Qt Commercial is now offering an in-depth training course in London, UK on the use of Qt and the QML modelling language for embedded applications. Qt is an established UI and application framework used in the automotive, medical, aerospace … Continue reading →
RS/Microchip European seminars will focus on controlling the cost of electronics design
April 20, 2012 5:21 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsRS Components is to host a series of one-day seminars in conjunction with Microchip Technology. Designed to provide electronics engineers with the tools and knowledge required to control the cost of electronics design, sessions will focus on practical information and … Continue reading →
