Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2011 Winners

Posted on January 25, 2012 by simon

The awards ceremony took place on 14th December at the Park Plaza Hotel in London.

Caltest were proud to sponsor the Passive and Electromech award at the Elektra Awards 2011 in a joint venture with LeCroy.

The 2011 winners were:

Business Awards

  • Design Team of the Year – ByteSnap Design
  • Distributor of the Year – RS Components
  • Environmental Award - Axiom Manufacturing Services – Programme to cut carbon emissions by 40% (Will add the complete list)
  • Manufacture Export Award – IQE
  • New Company of the Year – United EMS

Engineers of the Future

  • Rising Start New Engineer of the Year – Adrian Carter
  • Educational Support Award – The MathWorks – Funds graduate fellowships and studentships at 12 universities
  • University Department of the Year – University of Cambridge

Product Technologies

  • Design Tools and Development Software Award – Microchip Technology – MPLAB X open source integrated development environment.
  • Embedded System Product of the Year – Xilinx – Zynq-7000 extensible processing platform.
  • Passive & Electromechanical Product of the Year – Harting – Han-Yellock connector system
  • Power System Product of the Year – TDK-Lambda – EFE400M digitally-controlled medical power supply.
  • Renewable Energy Design Award – National Instruments – cRIO modules used by Whitfield Solar
  • Semiconductor Product of the Year – Analogue- austriamicrosystems – AS540x 3D Hall magnetic encoder
  • Semiconductor Product of the Year – Digital – Altera – 28nm FPGA product ranges
  • Solid-State Lighting Application Award – Analog Devices – ADP8866 programmable LED driver
  • Test Product of the Year – Tektronix – MDO4000 series mixed domain oscilloscop
  • Product Innovation Award, Readers Choice – EnOcean – ECT 310 voltage converter energy harvesting for wireless sensors
  • Company of the Year – RS Components
  • Life Time Achievement Award – Dick Skipworth

Congratulations to all the winners and all the 2011 Shortlist contenders.

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Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards 2011

Posted on December 5, 2011 by simon

Remember the Elektra Electronics Industry Awards 2011 is on Wednesday 14th December 2011.

Caltest are proud to present and sponsor the Passive and Electromech award at the Elektra Awards 2011 in a joint venture with LeCroy.

The awards ceremony is to take place on 14th December at the Park Plaza Hotel in London.

Now in their 9th year the Elektra European Electronics Industry Awards will once again be the high point of the year for the European electronics industry.

For more information vist – http://www.elektraawards.co.uk/

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New Jobs Service Launches on Electronics Weekly

Posted on December 5, 2011 by simon

Don’t miss out on the new job service that has launched on Electronics Weekly – make sure you visit www.electronicsweekly.com/jobs to see what’s new!

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EU Project Develops Graphene Supercapacitor

Posted on December 5, 2011 by simon

A European Union-funded collaborative research project is intended to develop supercapacitor energy storage technology for use in hybrid electric vehicles.

The ElectroGraph project is investigating technology for the development of both electrode materials as well as the electrolyte solutions as required for optimising the overall performance of supercapacitors.

The focus of the research is the combination of graphene and graphene-based material as electrode materials, and use of room temperature ionic liquids (RTILs) as electrolyte is the target of development.

These materials will be demonstrated in the functional model of supercapacitor.

For more information visit – http://www.electronicsweekly.com/Articles/05/12/2011/52451/eu-project-develops-graphene-supercapacitor.htm

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Google Green Energy Program is Cut as Company Narrows Focus

Posted on November 25, 2011 by simon

Google Inc. says it is abandoning its ambitious program to drive down the cost of renewable energy, one of seven major initiatives canceled by the Internet giant this week as it looks to focus on its core projects.

Launched four years ago through Google.org, the company’s philanthropic arm, the so-called Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE < C) initiative included a team of engineers dedicated to researching renewable energy technologies, with a focus on solar energy.

For more information visit – http://blog.cleantechies.com/2011/11/25/google-green-energy-program-is-cut-as-company-narrows-focus/.

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Only Way to Stop Greenhouse Gas Emissions is to Use Clean Electricity, Study Finds

Posted on November 25, 2011 by simon

Is it possible to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 80% below 1990 emissions levels by 2050? Maybe, according to a study done in California. The study was jointly conducted by consulting firm Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc. (E3) and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and focused on using current technology to meet the emissions goals.

The study implies that electricity is the way out of excessive greenhouse gas emissions – specifically, moving away from oil and toward carbon-free electricity generation.

For more information visit – http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/25/only-way-to-stop-greenhouse-gas-emissions-is-to-use-clean-electricity-study-finds/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+IM-cleantechnica+%28CleanTechnica%29

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Samsung uses Dialog audio chip for S-5368 smartphone

Posted on November 25, 2011 by simon

Samsung has designed Dialog Semiconductor’s system-in-package (SIP) level power management and audio ICs in to its S-5368 TD-SCDMA smartphone.

The Android-based smartphone is targeted at the Chinese market and will be distributed via China Mobile, the largest Chinese mobile phone operator.

Accoding to Dialog, an important factor for the Samsung design was the device’s combination of a configurable platform with a low power class D audio codec IC that includes a digital signal processor in a single package.

“This is a significant milestone for Dialog as we extend our leadership in power management ICs and high quality audio for smartphones,” said Jalal Bagherli, CEO of Dialog.

The S-5368 is a fully featured smartphone, offering full touch phone capability and is based on the popular Android 2.3 operating system.

For more information visit – www.dialog-semiconductor.com

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Quick Facts

Posted on October 18, 2011 by simon
  • The UK electronics industry is worth approximately £23 billion a year and the fifth largest in the world in terms of production.
  • The UK is a centre for global electronics development companies with major research and development or manufacturing bases – for semiconductors almost 80% of the activity comes from foreign direct investment.
  • 40% of European semiconductor design revenue comes from the UK.
  • The UK is home to 40% of Europe’s semiconductor design houses.
  • UK has a high content of analogue, mixed signal and RF capability
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National Strategy for Power Electronics demonstrates opportunity for UK to lead sector

Posted on October 18, 2011 by simon

The National Strategy for Power Electronics was launched today at the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills’ London headquarters.

The consultation was carried out under the leadership of BIS and NMI. Expert insight was collated to determine how the UK power electronics sector can best meet the threats to future growth and identify ways the UK government can support this expansion. Representatives from over 50 companies and 16 universities gave their input, with examples from transport, consumer/lighting, energy and industrial drives.

The report highlights that whilst the UK is ideally placed to lead the world in the power electronics sector, worth £135 billion per year, the market is a highly competitive one and the UK community faces three key threats:

•              The emergence of disruptive technologies that can rapidly transform sectors of the market away from the UK’s existing strengths

•              A graduate skills shortage affecting UK industry’s ability to keep pace with incremental innovation

•              A lack of strategic funding for highly innovative, relatively high-risk projects, stifling the aspirations of SMEs and start-ups.

For more information on this topic then visit – http://www.nmi.org.uk/publications-and-downloads/press-releases/National-Strategy-for-Power-Electronics-demonstrates-opportunity-for-UK-to-lead-sector

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GW Instek have announced a new product range – The AFG-2100/2000 Series Arbitarary Function Generator

Posted on October 7, 2011 by simon

The AFG-2100/2000 Series Arbitrary Function Generator is a DDS (Direct Digital Synthesized) based signal generator designed to accommodate the Educational and Basic Industrial requirements for an accurate and affordable signal source covering the output of Sine, Square (Pulse), Ramp (Triangle), Noise and Arbitrary waveforms. The 20M Sa/s sampling rate, 10 bit vertical resolution and 4k point memory of the AFG-2100/2000 Series provide user with a flexible environment for creating the specific waveform output as needed. The 0.1Hz resolution of Sine, Square and Triangle waveforms and the 1% ~ 99% adjustable duty cycle of Square

(Pulse) waveform are the remarkable features to greatly extend its application range in various fields.

The AFG-2100/2000 Series includes 6 models in three frequency bands of 25MHz, 12MHz and 5MHz. Besides the basic features of the whole AFG-2100/2000 Series, AFG-2100 also carries additional features of AM/FM/FSK Modulation, Sweep, and Frequency Counter.

The friendly human interface of AFG-2100/2000 Series allows user to set waveform parameters, including waveform type, frequency, amplitude, DC offset, modulation type, and duty cycle, through keypad entry and/or the knob selection, and display the set parameters on the 3.5″ LCD screen. The AFG-2100/2000 Series is equipped with a USB Device interface for remote control and waveform editing through a PC. A waveform editing software is provided to facilitate the waveform creation on the PC. After the waveform editing is done, the user is able to download the waveform data from PC to the AFG-2100/2000 Series for signal output.

Product Description

  • AFG-2125, 25MHz Arbitrary Function Generator with Frequency Counter, Sweep, & AM, FM, FSK Modulation
  • AFG-2025, 25MHz Arbitrary Function Generator
  • AFG-2112, 12MHz Arbitrary Function Generator with Frequency Counter, Sweep, & AM, FM, FSK Modulation
  • AFG-2012, 12MHz Arbitrary Function Generator
  • AFG-2105, 5MHz Arbitrary Function Generator with Frequency Counter, Sweep, & AM, FM, FSK Modulation
  • AFG-2005, 5MHz Arbitrary Function Generator

Key Features

  • l 20MSa/s sampling, 10 bit vertical resolution and 4k point memory for Arbitrary Waveform
  • l 1% ~ 99% adjustable duty cycle for Square Waveform.
  • l Waveform parameter setting through numeric keypad entry & knob selection.
  • l Amplitude, DC Offset and other key setting information shown on the 3.5″ LCD screen
  • Simultaneously.
  • l AM/FM/FSK Modulation, Sweep, and Frequency Counter functions (AFG-2100 only).
  • l USB Device interface for remote control and waveform editing.

For Further Information or to request a quotation please contact us.

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