Altium to relocate PCB CAD Division to the US
07 May, 2014Australian-listed electronics design software company Altium has announced that it intends to relocate the management of its PCB CAD division and its core research and development team from Shanghai, China, to San Diego, USA.
The wearable future of healthcare
05 May, 2014 by Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechExAs the wearable electronics business powers from over $14bn in 2014 to over $70bn in 2024, the healthcare sector, which merges medical, fitness and wellness, will remain a dominant sector.
Power electronics market to reach $36.86bn
02 May, 2014The power electronics market is set to grow to $36.86bn in 2020, from $21.66bn in 2014, according to research firm MarketsandMarkets (M&M).
Becoming a nation of innovation
01 May, 2014 by Mike Smyth, specialist technical writerNow that the furore over the closure of Holden, Ford and Toyota seems to have subsided a little and now that we have stopped crying into our beer, gnashing our teeth and swearing into the sunset, we might pause for a moment and consider.
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.
