The Valeo Group has opened its new global Electronics Expertise Center in Shenzhen, China, which will offer electronics engineering services and is equipped with hardware test benches and thermal chambers. The new Electronics Expertise Center will be staffed by a team of more than 100 engineers by the end of the year and 200 by 2015 and will be dedicated to electronic hardware … [Read more...]
Milton Keynes, UK Installs Electric Vehicle Charging Posts
The first three electric vehicle charging posts have been switched on in Milton Keynes this month – a milestone in creating the UK’s most connected city for electric vehicles. The posts, catering to up to six vehicles and offering electric vehicle drivers free charging as well as free parking, are the result of Milton Keynes’ participation in Plugged-In Places and support the … [Read more...]
Researcher Awarded Navy Grant to Fund Fiber-Optic Microphone Study
A University of Nebraska-Lincoln assistant professor of electrical engineering has received $100,000 from the U.S. Department of the Navy to fund his work on developing a fiber-optic microphone. Ming Han says that fiber-optic microphones are attractive for applications in military settings because they are robust and immune to electromagnetic interference.Learn more from UNL. … [Read more...]
Company Acquisition Will Result in No Engineering Job Losses
Texas Instruments plans to buy National Semiconductor. The move would make TI the world's third largest chipmaker. The semiconductor firm immediately assuaged concerns about engineering layoffs by noting, "TI's goal is 100 percent retention of the product, engineering, manufacturing and sales functions." Texas Instruments says it also plans to spend money to upgrade National … [Read more...]
Light Painting Wi-Fi
In the video “Immaterials: Light Painting Wi-Fi,” a team of Norwegian researchers combined long-exposure photography with Wi-Fi signal detection to plot what happens to wireless signals when they intersect with common objects. To achieve the layering of electromagnetic terrain on top of everyday scenery, the three filmmakers constructed a 4-meter-tall Wi-Fi measuring rod. A … [Read more...]
20 Companies Receive Preferred Quality Supplier Award
Intel Corporation announced 16 recipients of the Preferred Quality Supplier award. These companies are distinguished from thousands of suppliers that work with Intel and have exceeded high expectations and tough performance goals while demonstrating an industry-leading commitment to quality. In addition to the PQS award, Intel celebrates extraordinary supplier accomplishments … [Read more...]
LED Backlighting Lowers EMI
Sharp Microelectronics’ new large-format LED-backlit LCD product line are ideal for industrial applications including Factory Automation, Gaming, Medical Devices, Point of Sale Terminals, Transportation, Test and Measurement, and many others. LED backlighting in LCDs helps lower power consumption and reduces electromagnetic interference compared to CCFL-based products. LEDs are … [Read more...]
Shielded Plastics for Electric Vehicles
SABIC Innovative Plastics is collaborating with IAV GmbH to develop advanced thermoplastic solutions that can replace metal in electric vehicle and hybrid powertrain components. The company says that in hybrid-electric vehicles, the higher the voltage, the more important electromagnetic interference/radio frequency interference shielding becomes to control the potential … [Read more...]
Electrical Fast Transient/Burst Immunity Test Standard Released
IEC 61000-4-4 ed2.1 Consolidated with am1, Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) - Part 4-4: Testing and measurement techniques - Electrical fast transient/burst immunity test, establishes a common and reproducible reference for evaluating the immunity of electrical and electronic equipment when subjected to electrical fast transient/bursts on supply, signal, control and earth … [Read more...]
Cell Phone-Cancer Studies Pose More Problems than Answers
In an expansive New York Times article that examines the possible links between cell phones and cancer and reviews the various studies performed on the subject over the last decades, Siddhartha Mukherjee, an assistant professor of medicine in the division of medical oncology at Columbia University, determines that, thus-far, “this extraordinarily wide-cast net has yet to find … [Read more...]
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