Electro Ramblings
Archive for January, 2012

Only Connect: UL markings

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…

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Gadget Master compo sees Android IOIO board up for grabs

Just a quick post to flag that you can win an Android-related piece of kit on another Electronics Weekly blog – check out the current compo on Gadget Master.Specifically, up for grabs is the IOIO board (pronounced “YoYo”), from SparkFun. It is an easy way to get I/O…

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Picture Gallery – CES International 2012

It’s like with London buses – you wait ages for one Picture Gallery and another one comes along straight after it!Following on from the recent Spy Glider series, check out our picture gallery of a certain consumer electronics show that took place in Las Vegas.Take a look at…

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Only Connect: On education in electronics

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.They say that if you always run your car on empty eventually it wall cause damage to the engine and cost…

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OhmArt Cartoon: Logic Families

It’s well overdue time for another in our series of posts featuring the excellent electronics cartoons from OhmArt! Check out more on Barney’s blog, too…This one takes us into the rather strange world of Logic. Grandfather Aristotle has a lot to answer for…

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Updated: The market capitalisation of the UK electronics industry

Updated 19/1/2012: Did I say £18bn? Make that £800bn! Thanks to Ciaran for pointing out the omission of CSR (!) and there is also e2v and BAE Systems to add to the mix. They make a big difference! Hopefully we have now reached a good set working set for…

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Picture Gallery – Spy-in-the-sky circuit-board glider

I’m pleased to flag another new photo gallery, this time concerning a spy glider that uses circuit boards for wings… See Picture Gallery – Spy-in-the-sky circuit-board gliderThe US Navy has tested a spy-in-the-sky glider 30cm across made from circuit boards. Its lack of…

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Elektra 2011 Winners in video form!

The Elektra 2011 winners share their thoughts!After receiving their trophies at the recent Elektra 2011 European Electronics Industry Awards the winners were whisked away for some post award video interviews. And here they are…You can view the full set of interview questions, or see further below for the…

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Only Connect: Quality of workmanship and value of UK Manufactured

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.Having recently completed another round of IPC Training I am furthermore reminded that we are really very good at what we…

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Elektra Awards 2011 in photo form

Just a quick post to flag we have updated the Photo Galleries index with Elektra Awards 2011 content.The gallery of attendees went live last year but the gallery of winners has just gone live, as well. Look out for more pictures of the winners in the coming issue of…

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