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• Yokogawa boosts power analyser accuracy to ±0.03%

  21-09-2018 13:23 via electronicsweekly.com
  Yokogawa is claiming the highest accuracy yet available from a power analyser, for its new WT5000. On ac measurements, accuracy is 0.03% – made up of 0.01% of reading plus 0.02% or range (44-66Hz). Power factor influence is 0.02% of S. It is slightly less accurate on dc: 0.02% of reading plus 0.05% of range. The ...
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• No-deal Brexit will make business “untenable” for 1 in 6 manufacturers claims news research

  21-09-2018 12:19
  
  According to research published today (21st September) by EEF, one in six manufacturing businesses said business would become untenable for them if the UK reverted to WTO tariffs, increased border checks on people and increased border checks on goods.The EEF-commissioned ComRes survey of 500 manufacturing business decision makers finds with just six months to go until Britain leaves the EU, four in five (83 per cent) say that they are currently not prepared for a no-deal Brexit. Two in five comp
  
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• No-deal Brexit will make business “untenable” for 1 in 6 manufacturers claims new research

  21-09-2018 12:19
  
  According to research published today (21st September) by EEF, one in six manufacturing businesses said business would become untenable for them if the UK reverted to WTO tariffs, increased border checks on people and increased border checks on goods.The EEF-commissioned ComRes survey of 500 manufacturing business decision makers finds with just six months to go until Britain leaves the EU, four in five (83 per cent) say that they are currently not prepared for a no-deal Brexit. Two in five comp
  
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• What do the British public think about manufacturing?

  21-09-2018 11:14
  
  A new survey on public attitudes to manufacturing reveals support and ignorance in almost equal measure writes Stephen Phipson, CEO of EEF
  As our politicians enjoy their conference season and consider the potential implications of a ‘no deal’ Brexit on the future of our economy they might do well to take notice of a survey that we’ve carried out with our partner law firm Womble Bond Dickinson.
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• Element14 launches Sixth Sense Challenge

  21-09-2018 10:57 via electronicsweekly.com
  element14.com has launched the Sixth Sense Design Challenge to create a small remotely-operated or autonomous vehicle, such as a drone, robot or a tunnel exploration device. As an added twist, the project should showcase a “sixth sense” by displaying the capabilities of STMicroelectronics and TE Connectivity products to improve remote vehicle sensing and data collection. Ideas ...
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• Digital sensor system for powered wheelchairs will use AI for driver assistance

  21-09-2018 08:51
  
  Intelligent powered wheelchairs that adapt the level of support they offer users depending how skilled they are as a driver or how tired they become, could offer disabled people the opportunity for greater independence.Researchers at Portsmouth University, led by Dr David Sanders and Dr Martin Langner, have previously developed low-cost analogue collision avoidance systems for powered wheelchairs, based on the use of simple proximity sensors.
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• August SEMI billings down on July, up y-o-y.

  21-09-2018 08:25 via electronicsweekly.com
  August billings for semiconductor manufacturing equipment were $2.24 billion – down 5.9% on July’s billings of $2.38 billion but up 2.5% on  the $2.18 billion billings of August 2017. “Global billings of North American equipment suppliers declined in August when compared to July, although they remain above August 2017 billings,” says SEMI CEO  Ajit Manocha,  “industry ...
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• Molex and Ixia collaborate on 4G Ethernet

  21-09-2018 07:23 via electronicsweekly.com
  Molex and Ixia  to use Ixia’s K400 QSFP-DD to generate and receive 400 Gigabit Ethernet line rate traffic over Molex’s 3-meter Direct Attached Cable (DAC). Real-time analysis on K400 will showcase test results of pre-FEC (forward error correction) per lane BER (bit error rate) of around E-9. The superior performance of the “inherent” BER of the ...
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• Murata expands SimSurfing tool

  21-09-2018 07:09 via electronicsweekly.com
   Murata has added extra functionality to its  ‘SimSurfing’ ( https://www.murata.com/en-global/tool ) tool for simulation of the company’s capacitor, inductor and filter components. The previous version of the tool allowed visualisation of individual component performance characteristics for impedance, transmission and reflection variation, with frequency and other operating conditions. The new tool features simulation of the application circuits, ...
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