Sydney student's UAV autopilot wins global award
29 April, 2014University of Sydney robotics researcher and PhD candidate at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics (ACFR) Daniel Wilson has been awarded first place in the 2014 International Simulink Challenge.
Registrations open for 2014 LabVIEW Developer Days
29 April, 2014National Instruments has announced open registrations for the company's annual user conference series focused on building local engineers and scientists proficiency using LabVIEW for their application development.
element14 expands passives portfolio
24 April, 2014 | Supplied by: element14element14 has expanded its portfolio of tape and reel passives, discretes and connectors for electronics design and production, including 10,000 high-performance passives from global suppliers such as AVX, Epcos, Kemet, Panasonic and Vishay.
Communications systems forecast to drive regional IC sales
24 April, 2014Communications systems are forecast to be the driving force for IC sales in three out of the four major global geographic regions and overtake computer systems to become the largest system application for ICs for the first time in 2014, according to IC Insights.
Freescale and Farnell collaborate on MagniV development kit
24 April, 2014element14 has partnered with Freescale to launch the MagniV S12ZVML-MINIBRD variable speed motor control development kit.
KORE Wireless announced as finalist for CeBIT Business Awards
17 April, 2014For the second consecutive year, KORE Wireless has been short-listed at this year's CeBIT Australia Business Awards.
Electric vehicle standards
17 April, 2014Nine Australian Standards relating to electric vehicles have been released for public comment, Standards Australia has announced.
SiTime MEMS-based timing products now available from Digi-Key
14 April, 2014Electronic components distributor Digi-Key has announced a global distribution agreement with analog semiconductor company SiTime.
Embrace change and stay ahead
14 April, 2014When EziKey, an Australian smart key management system company, was looking to unlock some serious quality and warranty problems, it contacted Successful Endeavours, a small, privately held, Australian electronics company.
Wearables market to reach $3bn
11 April, 2014Wearable devices, including smart glasses, fitness bands and watches, are likely to sell around 10 million units, generating $3bn, according to Robert Hillard Deloitte Consulting's Managing Partner, Technology Agenda.
RS Components and Fairchild collaborate to offer evaluation boards
11 April, 2014RS Components and Fairchild Semiconductor have collaborated to create a set of complete reference designs for seven of Fairchild's most popular evaluation boards.
element14 acknowledges TE Connectivity and Texas Instruments
10 April, 2014element14 acknowledged TE Connectivity (TE) and Texas Instruments with two awards at Electronica China 2014.
Webinar on inductive sensing technology
08 April, 2014element14 will be hosting a webinar on Friday 11 April 2014 on the world's first inductance-to-digital converter, presented by Andreas Kraemer from Texas Instruments.
Traditional programming languages still preferred by engineers
07 April, 2014Despite the plethora of programming languages in modern electronics today, C and C++, first developed in the 70s and 80s, are still viewed as the most important starting points for electronics engineers.
Growing SSL adoption to drive LED investment
04 April, 2014 by Clark Tseng, SEMI Industry Research & Statistics GroupLED chip makers and packaging houses from Taiwan are posting much stronger revenue growth in the first quarter of 2014 compared to the same period last year.
