« December 2010 | Main | February 2011 »

January 2011 Archives

January 4, 2011

An Engineer in Wonderland - Alice's LED ceiling is complete (ish)

 

An Engineer in Wonderland has a new home. You can find this particular entry here. If you wish to leave a comment, please do that on the new blog.

 

Ceiling after thumb.JPGI am rather proud of this as there cannot be many fully-LED lit rooms in the world yet.

After a year of contemplation, months of designing, weeks of ordering, days of freezing in the workshop, and hours of wiring in the loft....

Continue reading "An Engineer in Wonderland - Alice's LED ceiling is complete (ish)" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 4, 2011 12:02 PM | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

January 7, 2011

An Engineer in Wonderland - Gorilla Glass

 

An Engineer in Wonderland has a new home. You can find this particular entry here. If you wish to leave a comment, please do that on the new blog.

 

What amazing stuff.

Gorilla Glass is Corning's answer to broken and scratched displays.

It is a flexible glass that is vastly less crackable than more conventional display glasses.

Continue reading "An Engineer in Wonderland - Gorilla Glass" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 7, 2011 10:05 AM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)

January 11, 2011

Thank you to our 3,000 Twitter followers

twitter_logo_125x29 jpg.jpgThank you to all who follow Electronics Weekly's breaking news on Twitter. This is just a quick post to celebrate another milestone - 3,000 followers now bravely surf our corner of the Twitterverse.

If you want to join up, and keep an eye on electronics developments, simply follow ElectronicsNews. Couldn't be easier!

Also if you want to follow Electronics Weekly's editor Richard Wilson, just follow EWcom. Here's the RSS twitter feed.

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 11, 2011 8:38 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 12, 2011

Get in the Test & Measurement Zone

ew-T&Mzone-mpu-rs 200.jpgIf you work in the area of test and measurement, be sure to bookmark our Test & Measurement Zone, a topic-specific section of the site. Don't miss the latest developments.

The section has relaunched, in association with Rohde & Schwarz, and you can bookmark this URL: www.electronicsweekly.com/test-and-measurement-zone

Richard Wilson, editor of Electronics Weekly, edits the page, selecting news, comment and analysis relevant to the subject, which sits alongside RSS feeds of the latest products and news.

The page also features sponsored content, including videos of the launch of their RTO scopes, of  their FSVR real time spectrum analyser, and there is also a photo gallery of the R&S touch screen scopes.



Continue reading "Get in the Test & Measurement Zone" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 12, 2011 10:34 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 10, 2011

Only Connect: Apple's MagSafe connector makes sense

MagSafe connector.jpgWelcome to another post in the series Only Connect. It is written by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has over 15 years of experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly.

As we ease ourselves into 2011 wondering what this year will bring in interconnection and innovation there is news that Apple's iPad &iPhone may soon sprout magnetic connectors for fast disengage.

Patently Apple is reporting that a recent - and apparently rather hastily published - continuation patent application seems to reveal the company's intention to integrate its MagSafe power connector into future versions of portables such as the iPhone and iPad.
 
The MagSafe connector is held in place magnetically so that if tugged on, it disengages from the socket easily and safely, without damaging it or the computer. Thus alleviating the dreaded laptop-hits-floor scenario when someone accidentally pulls or trips on the power cord!
 

Continue reading "Only Connect: Apple's MagSafe connector makes sense" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 10, 2011 10:13 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 11, 2011

Photos: Best Gadgets of 2010

Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W3 100 x 100.jpgThere's a new Photo Gallery uploaded onto the site - featuring a pick of the best gadgets of 2010.

As always, the last twelve months has seen a lot of technological innovation, particularly in the field of tablets.

Gadgets covered include the Microsoft Xbox 360 Kinect, the Samsung Galaxy Tab, the Fujifilm Finepix Real 3D W3, the Dell Streak and the Amazon Kindle...

View the latest gallery >>

View all Electronics Weekly Photo Galleries >>

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 11, 2011 8:56 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

An Engineer in Wonderland - Alice invents a binary joke

 

An Engineer in Wonderland has a new home. You can find this particular entry here. If you wish to leave a comment, please do that on the new blog.

 

Electronics Weekly all-round good egg and webmaster Alun Williams started the world's largest collection of binary jokes elsewhere on this blog, and having scanned the world, we know there are three.

Continue reading "An Engineer in Wonderland - Alice invents a binary joke" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 11, 2011 4:01 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 18, 2011

COMs Insider: The Intel Atom E600 series processor makes a big entry

Intel Atom logo.jpgWelcome to the second post in the new series COMs Insider by Bob Pickles, Congatec UK territory manager.

The recently launched Intel Atom E600 series processor has truly rocked the embedded community. Integrating all key functionalities and I/O blocks into the CPU itself, the E600 series is the first Intel Atom based System-on-Chip and provides significant performance increases over older Atom Z53xx series processors.

The new Intel Atom E600 offers a full FIFTY percent increase in graphics performance, improved thermal performance, faster processing plus a new on-board Controller Area Network or CAN bus which provides additional savings for industrial, automotive and even flight simulator system builders.

Continue reading "COMs Insider: The Intel Atom E600 series processor makes a big entry" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 18, 2011 8:51 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 14, 2011

Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com

electronics weekly logo 120 x 60 png.pngHere are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with the best gadgets of 2010, technologies to watch in 2011 and Rip-Off Britain leading the way...

See what your peers have been reading. In reverse order:

10. Memory And Logic Can Scale Past 20nm

9. Fable: Early Retirement Can Be A Mistake

8. Most Read in 2010 - The Made By Monkeys popularity stakes

Continue reading "Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com" »

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 14, 2011 8:23 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 17, 2011

Only Connect: Product innovation from Space

C&K Components' launch Fast-Locking D-connector System for Satellite Applications.  This innovation enables the user to install their connectors including hybrids onto PCB's in a fraction of the time taken for traditional connectors.

Although this system has primarily been designed for Satellite Applications I can think of many other industrial and Hi-Tec application that this could be used for.   

You can see a video of the product demonstration:



Continue reading "Only Connect: Product innovation from Space" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 17, 2011 11:37 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 19, 2011

Electronics Weekly launches Supplier Ecosystem

tilted logo narrow hompeage 310.jpgElectronics Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of its Supplier Ecosystem, a new section of the site that will provide a one-stop shop for your product needs and distributor information.

The goal is to make it easier to help you source the electronic components that you need.

To start, there are ten featured suppliers: Acal, Arrow Electronics, Avnet Memec, Avnet Silica, Digi Key, EBV, Farnell, Future, Mouser and RS.

All these inter-linked pages are accessible via the Main Directory - simply bookmark www.electronicsweekly.com/ecosystem


Continue reading "Electronics Weekly launches Supplier Ecosystem" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 19, 2011 9:29 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 21, 2011

Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com

electronics weekly logo 120 x 60 png.pngHere are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with Facebook, a Fable, Andy Grove and x86, and the worst gadgets of 2010 leading the way...

See what your peers have been reading. In reverse order:

10. The Billionaire Who Pays Students Not To Go To University

9. LED glut looms

8. Intel to invest $500m in Irish chip plant

Continue reading "Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com" »

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 21, 2011 8:11 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 24, 2011

Only Connect: IPC versus Greenpeace electronics scorecard

greenpeace scorecard 465.jpgWelcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has over 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly.

There is fascinating news that IPC has hit out at faulty science contained in the latest revision of the Greenpeace electronics scorecard.

Greenpeace International (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has for several years produced a scorecard of the top electronics companies ranging from Apple and Hewlett-Packard to Nokia, Samsung and Toshiba. Greenpeace has marked companies down and criticized them for not doing all that could be done to remove toxic and hazardous substances from the manufacturing processes for their products.

You can see their latest report.

Continue reading "Only Connect: IPC versus Greenpeace electronics scorecard" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 24, 2011 1:46 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

An Engineer in Wonderland - When LED lighting glows at night

 

An Engineer in Wonderland has a new home. You can find this particular entry here. If you wish to leave a comment, please do that on the new blog.

 

Having installed a commercial LED ballast and found that the 'off' setting leaves the LEDs glowing faintly, I have heard of a second case of this phenomenon.

The glorious editor (blessed be the ground he walks upon) stayed in a French hotel room that had LED bedside lights, which also continued to glow when 'off'.

Continue reading "An Engineer in Wonderland - When LED lighting glows at night" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 24, 2011 3:38 PM | | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

January 28, 2011

Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com

electronics weekly logo 120 x 60 png.pngHere are the top ten most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com in the last week, with China's IC industry, Steve Jobs, the OLPC project, and the worst gadgets of 2010 leading the way...

See what your peers have been reading. In reverse order:

10. GloFo's Horizon

9. CEO and President of Trident both suddenly leave

8. Qualcomm eyes the e-reader market

Continue reading "Top 10 most popular articles on ElectronicsWeekly.com" »

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 28, 2011 8:29 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

Microsoft's Surface meets Parrot's AR.Drone

A bit of fun for a Friday afternoon. Engadget bills this as "Microsoft's Surface becomes the world's biggest remote control for the AR.Drone"

Check out the video of software running on Microsoft's platform to control the French company's drone, which we've also written about (see Flying iPhone toy looks ripe for AI research).



Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 28, 2011 1:48 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

January 31, 2011

Only Connect: Product innovation - mixing signal

Welcome to another post in the series by Nick Locke, of Nicab Ltd, who has over 15 years experience in the electronics manufacturing industry specialising in interconnection cable assembly.

Have you ever been looking for a connector that mixes signal but never seem to be able to fine ones that have the layout the way you want them?  

Well there is good news for you!  Tyco has introduced its FLATPAQ connector and the DOMINO series connector - the most modular products offered by the TE power interconnect team.

In short it's a modular system where you can mix and match to what ever configuration you choose!

Continue reading "Only Connect: Product innovation - mixing signal" »

Tags:

Posted by Alun Williams - Electronics Weekly.com on January 31, 2011 10:30 AM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

About January 2011

This page contains all entries posted to Electro-ramblings in January 2011. They are listed from oldest to newest.

December 2010 is the previous archive.

February 2011 is the next archive.

More posts can be found on the main index page or by looking through the archives.

Subscribe to this blog's feed
[What is this?]

Search


Powered by
Movable Type 4.37