Spirent Communications has styled itself as a design verification test firm for connected vehicles and it is working with Aston Martin Racing. The test systems supplier is working with Aston Martin Racing during testing to evaluate accuracy and performance of GPS receivers and interference monitoring on the 2016 V8 Vantage GTE race cars. These cars …
Brexit threatens engineering sector, says head of the IET
Exiting the EU would be a risk to the UK’s engineering sector, warns Naomi Climer, president of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). The UK’s main organisation representing 100,000 engineers believes that the interests of UK engineering would be best served by remaining in the EU. “Given the considerable challenges already facing UK engineering …
One for football obsessives
Nothing to do with leds, but just in case you wish to support Germany in the European Football Championships to the nth degree, or have another reason for loving the German flag, how about some custom car headlight bulbs from Osram. Available soon in H4 and H7 versions, they are the Light Champion Deutschland Edition in black, …
Electro Rent will sell Anritsu comms testers
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 …
PCIM 2016: Your Electronics Weekly guide
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 …
Intel Severance Terms Laid Out
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 …
LED business news: Philips gets secretive over divestiture, LEDVANCE separation remains on course (UPDATED)
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.
Directory Service Console Enables DNS IP Address Updates in AD Connector
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.
Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts are now available in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region
You can now provision M4, C4, R3, I2, and D2 Amazon EC2 Dedicated Hosts in the Asia Pacific (Seoul) Region. Dedicated Hosts are physical servers with EC2 instance capacity fully dedicated for your use. Dedicated Hosts can help you reduce costs by allowing you to use your existing server-bound software licenses, including Windows Server, SQL Server, and SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, and can also help you meet compliance requirements. For more information on Dedicated Host availability and pricing, visit the Dedicated Hosts pricing page.
Remote Pressure Monitoring Helps Louisiana Parish Meet State Drinking Water Requirements
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.