PCB design for construction safety equipment
04 November, 2013 by Mansi GandhiAustralian technology design company Lockie Safety Systems usually designs PCB layouts in-house but when the company started a new project that required radically different architecture, it decided to engage external experts.
element14 launches new design challenge
27 September, 2013element14 has launched the Smarter Life Challenge, a global design competition which will encourage participants to develop forward-thinking products.
element14 extends design support for STM32 ARM Cortex-M microcontrollers
26 September, 2013CooCox, the integrated ARM Cortex-M design environment (IDE) from element14, has been extended to support the new STMicroelectronics Value-Line of microcontrollers (MCUs).
Marque Magnetics transformer design and prototyping services
29 July, 2013Marque Magnetics has added technical consulting to its product range, offering a design service for custom transformers, inductors and specialty coils.
HeTech industrial design solutions
23 July, 2013HeTech, an Australian design and manufacturing solutions (turnkey) company, is adding a new service to its portfolio - industrial design.
Aldec Spec-tracer unified requirements life cycle management application
23 July, 2013Aldec’s Spec-tracer is a unified requirements life cycle management application designed specifically for FPGA and ASIC designs. Spec-tracer facilitates requirements capture, management, analysis, traceability and reporting that seamlessly integrates with windows-based HDL design and simulation tools.
Electrolube hexane-free flux remover
19 July, 2013Electrolube has developed a hexane-free flux remover (HFFR) for use during PCB manufacturing. HFFR is a fast-drying cleaning solvent that eliminates the use of the hazardous material n-hexane. Flux removers commonly consist of a blend of solvents, which can contain low levels of n-hexane - a solvent that has been identified as hazardous to human health.
Heineken’s LED interactive beer bottle
03 July, 2013Dutch brewer Heineken has introduced the world’s first smart beer bottle - Ignite - that can interact with other Ignite bottles, its environment and the people around it. The interactive bottle uses microsensors and wireless networking technology to sense the moment when a bottle is being used to say ‘cheers’.
Shrinking labs to the size of a computer chip
02 May, 2013Microfluidic devices are allowing microelectronic engineers to shrink laboratories to the size of a computer chip. By ferrying reagents through a series of microscopic channels and reservoirs carved into a flat plate, researchers can develop new chemical reactions or monitor the cellular effects of drugs on a much smaller scale, potentially saving time and money.
Upgraded PCB design
08 April, 2013Hybrid Electronics Australia manufactures thick film hybrid (hybrid) electronic circuits which can replace PCBs, be integrated with PCBs or upgrade PCBs.
Lattice Semiconductor iCE40 LP384 FPGA
04 April, 2013The iCE40 LP384 FPGA from Lattice Semiconductor is the smallest member of its expanding iCE40 family of ultralow-density FPGAs.
International Rectifier Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) selection tool
22 March, 2013International Rectifier has enhanced its Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) selection tool that enables design optimisation in a wide range of applications including motor drives, uninterruptable power supplies (UPS), solar inverters and welding.
Pushing the bounds of superconductivity
08 March, 2013A multiuniversity team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real-world applications.
Microchip BodyCom uses human body as a secure, low-power communication channel
05 March, 2013Microchip Technology has announced its BodyCom technology, which provides designers with a framework for using the human body as a secure communication channel. Compared to existing wireless methods, BodyCom technology provides lower energy consumption, while further increasing security via bidirectional authentication.
RS Components mbed application board
04 March, 2013RS Components has available an mbed application board that supports rapid prototyping.
