News
Electronex – Australia’s largest Electronics Expo in September
July 31, 2017Comments 0Australia’s only dedicated trade event for the electronics industry, Electronex,- Electronics Design and Assembly Expo will be held in Melbourne on 6 -7 September. Over 90 ...Read More
PC/104-Plus computer features Intel “Kaby Lake” processor
May 11, 2017Comments 0Unitronix has released VersaLogic’s Liger a rugged new PC/104-Plus single-board computer (SBC) based on Intel’s new high performance “Kaby Lake” processor.Liger combines high processing and video ...Read More
Mini circuits BW-VX-1W54+ series operate to 50GHz
May 11, 2017Comments 0Mini-Circuits have introduced the BW-VX-1W54+ series – a precision fixed attenuator that operates from DC to 50GHz.They are available in multiple attenuation configurations from 3 dB ...Read More
Whizz! Bang! Wow! – CeBIT 2017
May 11, 2017Comments 0The best of Australian and global technology innovations will be on show at CeBIT Australia this month, including automated and futuristic public transport, driverless cars, remote ...Read More
Swedish workers volunteer to get micro chipped
May 10, 2017Comments 0It sounds like something out of a Dystopian novel or movie – Swedish company Epicenter has injected some of its staff with microchips.Before civil rights’ activists ...Read More
Rugged panel widescreen PCs for easy maintenance
May 08, 2017Comments 0B&R has expanded its range of automation-ready Panel PCs with a new series of widescreen formats ranging from 7″ WVGA to 24″ Full HD.These Panel PCs are ...Read More
Connector range extended
May 08, 2017Comments 0RS Components has added 180 new products to its portfolio of connector devices from TE Connectivity.A number of the new connectivity devices are manufactured from Glow ...Read More
New record for IBC mono-crystalline silicon solar cell
May 08, 2017Comments 0Trina Solar has announced that its State Key Laboratory (SKL) of PV Science and Technology (PVST) has set a new record of 24.13 per cent total-area ...Read More
Features
Invisible radar a boost for defence
April 21, 2017Comments 0New radar technology developed in Australia promises comprehensive surveillance of enemy troops without compromising safety.South Australian startup Silentium Defence has developed a passive radar that uses ...Read More
Report shows 3 million people affected by outages in 2016
April 03, 2017Comments 0Power management company Eaton has launchd its annual Blackout Tracker Report for Australia and New Zealand (ANZ), which has revealed 3 million people were affected by ...Read More
How to keep your mobile phone connected when the network is down
March 30, 2017Comments 0When Tropical Cyclone Debbie hit Queensland this week, one of the casualties was the region’s mobile phone network.Phone ...Read More
How small can superconductors be?
March 27, 2017Comments 0For the first time, physicists have experimentally validated a 1959 conjecture that places limits on how small superconductors can be. Understanding superconductivity (or the lack ...Read More
How Lean manufacturing saved an electronics company
February 23, 2017Comments 0Two years ago the Morris Group of companies was at a turning point. The Newcastle-based manufacturer found that the mining turndown, mixed in with some archaic ...Read More
Electrical fingerprint technology helps with energy savings
February 16, 2017Comments 0CSIRO will partner with start-up company Ecocentric on a system that recognises the electrical ‘fingerprint’ of individual appliances to increase energy efficiency in buildings.Under a licencing ...Read More
Good news for component suppliers on home entertainment front
January 29, 2017Comments 0Research and Markets’ Home Entertainment Devices Market Report, forecasts that the global market is expected to reach almost $295 billion by 2022, which is good news ...Read More
A genuinely believable CGI actor? It won't be long
January 18, 2017Comments 0The recent release of Rogue One (2016), has sparked an unexpected controversy. The film features Peter Cushing, a familiar face from the original Star ...Read More
Products
Schneider Electric releases new circuit breakers
May 04, 2017Comments 0The new circuit breakers offer the most reliable protection with a design based on the roto-active breaking technology.aThe Compact NSXm circuit breaker is suited for low-voltage ...Read More
Installation of smart home sensors to reach 4.5 billion by 2022
April 12, 2017Comments 0Up to 4.5 billion smart home sensors will be installed in buildings globally by 2022, according to ABI Research, a company that specialises in analysing the ...Read More
A long-term stable metal-oxide gas sensor
April 04, 2017Comments 0The SGP gas sensor is a multi-pixel platform, which integrates four gas sensing elements into a very small 2.45 x 2.45 x 0.9 mm3 DFN package ...Read More
Rugged Windows tablet with low power consumption
March 15, 2017Comments 0Backplane Systems Technology has released Winmate’s M101B 10.1″ High Brightness Rugged Windows Tablet.The tablet uses the latest Intel Celeron N2930 1.83GHz quad-core Bay Trail processor that ...Read More
Companies
Resources
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DCM for Tethered UAV Applications
March 13, 2017Comments 0The use of drones or UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) is increasingly common in industry, with these acting in some situations as the “eyes and ears” of ...Read More 
Three Hidden Oscilloscope Specs That Really Matter
February 13, 2017Comments 0All oscilloscopes are listed with specifications like sampling rate, bandwidth, and voltage range, but are those the best specifications to use when you choose a new instrument? Although these ...Read More
Oakley Die & Mold
May 06, 2016Comments 0In the tool and die industry, precision is everything. Moulds for today’s medical device and high-end machine tool manufacturers often have critical tolerances measured in thousandths ...Read More
If you want a solid network...put a ring on it
April 27, 2016Comments 0ERPS (Ethernet Ring Protection Switching), sometimes referred to as G.8032 and defined in ITU-T G.8032, provides redundant path technology at the Ethernet layer with very low ...Read More