Arduino is driving down the cost and complexity of embedded system development, and this means processing, sensing and communications all for €30, writes Mark Patrick. Open source hardware has been a major democratising factor in electronics design. Only a relatively short time ago, proprietary development tools were the order of the day. Trouble is, they …

Intel, NXP and Microchip love Arduino

Researchers from the University of Surrey, led by Professor Alan Dalton and in collaboration with an Oxford touch-sensor manufacturer M-SOLV, looked to alternative materials to overcome the challenges of ITO, which is suffering from supply uncertainty. Alternative materials investigated as ITO replacements have included graphene, carbon nanotubes and random metal nanowire films. This study showed …

Surrey researchers use silver as ITO replacement in nanowires

The 12,000 Intel employees being laid off will get at least eight weeks pay, some long-time employees will get a year’s pay, a proportion of of their bonuses plus at least six months health insurance, reports The Oregonian which has seen a copy of an internal Intel memo. However there is steel in Intel’s proposals …

Intel Severance Terms Laid Out

The annual PCIM show covers power electronics, intelligent motion, renewable energy and energy management. It runs from 10 – 12 May in Nuremberg, this year. For our full coverage, simply bookmark: www.electronicsweekly.com/tag/pcim PCIM 2016 – Latest News 11 May 2016 Toshiba super-junction mosfets cut resistance and noise Toshiba has announced its next generation of super-junction deep …

PCIM 2016: Your Electronics Weekly guide

Electro Rent UK will sell test equipment from Anritsu following the signing of a distribution agreement between the companies. Electro Rent already provides rental, lease, rent-purchase and rent-to-own services on Anritsu test systems. The Anritsu products the distributor will sell in the UK include a range of microwave, RF and mobile protocol cable, spectrum, and …

Electro Rent will sell Anritsu comms testers

In the latest LED business news, regulatory financial guidelines presumably are dictating the secretive actions of Philips in its attempt to divest the lighting businesses, while Osram has said it is on schedule for the LEDvance carve-out.

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Starting today, you can use the Directory Service console and update the Domain Name Service (DNS) Internet Protocol (IP) addresses that are used by your AD Connector.

Located just east of the central coastal region of south Louisiana, Assumption Parish is bordered by the Mississippi River’s industrial corridor to the north and the Gulf’s oil and gas industry to the south.

The city engaged Black & Veatch, a leading global engineering, consulting and construction company, to lead project design.