Video: Tackling issues around Employment and Careers in Engineering

At the EW BrightSparks 2019 selection panel meeting, this week, we tapped into the expertise of the industry figures taking part. Hear them discussing opportunities for employment and careers within engineering. For example, what makes a good engineer in the first place? What is the UK’s vision? How young do the students need to be ...

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DesignSpark hosts connectivity resource centre

RS Components has partnered with connector and sensor company, TE Connectivity, to launch TE Learning Centre, an online, interactive educational resource for connectivity and sensor technologies. The Centre is available now on DesignSpark, RS Components’ community for design engineers. There will be a series of interactive micro-courses, lasting between five and 10 minutes, with information ...

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Stratasys invests in UK AM sector

Offices in Cambridge and Derby have been opened by Stratasys to drive the adoption of additive manufacturing (AM). The new offices will house technical and business consultants and software developers from GrabCAD, Stratasys’ software start-up, a cloud-based CAD file sharing system. In Derby, strategic consultants will help UK businesses implement AM strategies for 3D printing ...

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Distribution enters a transition phase

Randall Restle, vice president, applications Engineering at Digi-Key Electronics considers how the industry continues to change and what support is required for customers today. “While it might be true that classical, board-level designers are aging, there is an explosion of people entering embedded design.  This is forcing a change in how customers are supported,” Restle ...

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Mouser brings edge computing via krtkl signing

Following the signing of a global distribution agreement, Mouser announced three boards from embedded hardware and software company, krtkl. The company specialises in edge computing applications from mechatronics and automation to computer vision and remote sensing.  The boards now available from the distributor are the snickerdoodle black system on module (SoM), the breakyBreaky breakout baseboard ...

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AP shipments to fall; Qualcomm and HiSilicon to extend market shares

Shipments of smartphone APs are expected to fall for the second consecutive year in 2019, says Digitimes Research, although Qualcomm and Hisilicon are still expected to see their market shares edge up slightly in 2019. As well as 5G opportunities, Qualcomm has secured additional AP orders out of the current top-five smartphone vendors, with its overall ...

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Mouser signs krtkl

Mouser has signed a global distribution agreement with embedded products supplier  krtkl. Mouser now stocks three krtkl products, including its popular embedded platform, snickerdoodle. krtkl’s snickerdoodle black system-on-module (SoM) is a prototype-to-production platform for building high-integrity Internet of Things (IoT) products. Built on a Xilinx Zynq-7020 system-on-chip (SoC) and a Texas Instruments WiLink 8 wireless ...

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75Ω BNC FeedThrough connector from Cliff provides 12GHz connectivity

Cliff Electronics of Redhill has introduced a Gold Plated 75Ω BNC connector offering a 12GHz bandwidth suitable for 4K format video and other high frequency signals. The BNC to BNC FeedThrough connector is mounted in a recessed socket plate which fits the industry standard 24mm XLR panel cut-out adding this BNC connector to the very ...

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