Author Archives: Alun Williams

PA’s Raspberry Pi schools competition tackles transport

Travel and transport were the themes for PA Consulting’s 2019 Raspberry Pi programming competition, challenging UK school kids to innovate using the Raspberry Pi. It’s an annual competition that highlights the impressive work that younger students can do around their STEM education. For example, among the projects I saw, there were smart gloves to provide ...

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Sponsored Content: The expanding role of prototyping platforms and development boards in professional design

Sponsored Content: Raspberry Pi, BeagleBoard and Arduino have captured the imagination of students and hobbyists alike with their easy-to-use development platforms. With sales of more than 19 million for Raspberry Pi alone, and a thriving community of enthusiasts, it seems the only question remaining is if this success, built upon capability, small size, low price ...

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Video: RS CEO Lindsley Ruth questions the UK’s vision for engineering

What is the vision for the UK? How can it paint a broader, better picture of what it wants to achieve in terms of attracting people into engineering? These are among the questions asked by the RS Components CEO Lindsley Ruth as he considers the issues around employment opportunities in the electronics industry. And yes, ...

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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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Embedded World: Video Interview – AY Electronics Group expanding into European market

At Embedded World 2019, we caught up with Asaf Mirvis of AY Electronics Group as part of our promotional coverage for the event. He discusses discusses the strengths of being a supply chain management specialist, and how the group has major plans to expand into European market, with a German office in Frankfurt. Thank you ...

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