Segger wants to make it easier to get true instruction trace up and running with its new Cortex-M Trace reference board.

Read full article: ARM Cortex-M MCUs get fast trace probes

Dean Miles  describes how an optically isolated probe can overcome common mode interference measurement challenges. Advancements in power conversion components have far outpaced the ability to accurately measure and characterise these designs. Engineers working on power device designs involving GaN and SiC technologies and other high-speed applications currently have no way to accurately measure differential …

Read full article: Optical probes work for high speed measurement, says Tektronix

Prospects of a significant boost to Europe’s industrial electronics markets comes as the industry prepares to travel to Munich for next month’s Electronica exhibition. Europe’s automotive, health, transport and energy sectors could be in line for a €100bn a year windfall following the introduction of 5G mobile communications services. A study for the European Commission …

Read full article: Europe will have a 5G bonanza

The UK’s manufacturing sector is generally reacting positively to the Brexit referendum. New market figures from the electronics supply chain are better than expected, according to Adam Fletcher, chairman of the Electronic Components Supply Network UK manufacturing generally weakens in August each year as a result of organisational summer holidays. According to Fletcher, while overall …

Read full article: Brexit is no big deal for manufacturers

Binstead Designs of Nottingham has developed a way to increase touch-screen resolution without increasing the number of electrical connections.

Read full article: Better touch screens, from Nottingham

Three new tech businesses from the UK were named winners of the 7th annual Cambridge Wireless Discovering Start-Ups competition in London this week in an event hosted by Deloitte.

Read full article: Tech start-ups pick up awards from Deloitte

St. Peter’s Square in Rome is now consuming ~70% less energy following a conversion to LED lighitng, by Osram. The project was conceived concept by the Direzione dei Servizi Tecnici del Governatorato dello Stato della Città del Vaticano, the same organisation that with Osram converted the Sistine Chapel to leds whose spectrum was deigned to …

Read full article: Osram lights St. Peter’s Square

An optoelectronic sensor IC from Osram Semiconductors can be used to monitor heart rate and blood oxygen levels.

Read full article: Heart rate sensor on a chip from Osram

German bombing in WWII exacted a heavy toll which would have been heavier if RV Jones hadn’t figured out a way of diverting it. Jones reckoned the bombers were finding their way by using Lorenz-type radio beams called Knickebein (crooked leg) beams. Called into a Cabinet Meeting at the age of 28 to explains his …

Read full article: The Battle of the Beams

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