Trends in embedded systems
VP of Advanced Applications Group, Tria (an Avnet Company), Jim Beneke, shortlists trends defining future embedded system development practices. Most electronic products on the market today can be described as embedded systems. Their diversity in form and function brings challenges when looking at new developments. However, look a little closer and trends influencing product roadmaps emerge. Trend and product form a virtuous circle. With momentum, trends become the new normal, redefining how future solutions are conceived and executed. Long term, trends may become normal practice—but short term they can present opportunities and threats. The software focus is cybersecurity, with ever higher levels…
SEGGER to offer Microsoft exFAT with emFile
SEGGER announces support for Microsoft exFAT with emFile, SEGGER’s fail-safe file system for embedded systems. emFile is optimized for minimum…
Infineon adds new automotive-grade laser driver to leading REAL3™ Time-of-Flight portfolio
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Boldly leading the way in the German economy: Rutronik acquires stake in AI specialist collective mind
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A variety of industry standard connectors and cable lengths. Cliff Electronics leaders in the design, development and manufacture of connectors and…
Learn to master the airspace spectrum with Rohde & Schwarz
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High power PCB relay provides enhanced carry current within the same lightweight and compact footprint
Omron Electronic Components Europe has launched the G7EB-E2 high power PCB relay. The relay is a new, higher capacity variant…
u-blox extends reach of PointPerfect GNSS correction service via RTCM RTK data format
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Dawn of surgical robotics
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Highest power density DCDC converters
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Stock availability of ultra-broadband resistors
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Dawn of surgical robotics
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Are you being tricked or treated?
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Don’t fear the dip
I first encountered electronic components in a business environment when I started my engineering career at a robotics and automation company in the late 1980s….
Dawn of surgical robotics
This month, John Denslinger investigates how AI is being deployed before, during and after surgical procedures to help improve efficiency, precision and patient outcomes. Of all the applications benefiting from…
Barcode turns 50 this year
In this article, John Denslinger waves goodbye to the barcode, replaced by QR codes and RFID tags, and ponders whether AI will enhance and refresh both for another 50 years….
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Specialist distributors expect another strong year for sales
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Distributors see rising sales from auto industry
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DRAM price increases will ease
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Lead times will remain long for discretes through 2022
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NAND flash memory market soars as demand rises
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