Electronic Specifier Insights

In the past, remote working has posed a challenge for the manufacturing industry, with many of its tools and processes being rooted in old-fashioned workflows. The COVID-19 mitigation measures, which have led to vast swaths of the engineering workforce forced out of the factories and offices, have driven the need for a more flexible, distributed mode of operations. Computer-Aided Engineering and s...

ITSA exists to provide a favourable operating environment for the benefit of the interconnect market and to provide a dynamic network for exploring and co-operating on mutually beneficial opportunities. Key to this success is the collation of key technology and market statistical data. At a gathering in London, John Biggs, Chairman of the association, and a selection of association members includi...

In this period of uncertainty and even fear, it’s perhaps easy to get caught up in the myriad of negative headlines, and worst-case scenario outlooks. And not without good reason. Humanity is facing its greatest peace time crisis in several centuries. And when it’s all over, society as we know it is unlikely to ever be the quite the same, with a clear dividing timeline between BC (Before COVID-19)...

The coronavirus pandemic has rapidly shifted from being a mild inconvenience to something that is dominating our every waking moment - particularly given the UK Government's decision over the last 48 hours to close all pubs, bars, clubs and restaurants. In last month’s issue of Electronic Specifier Design magazine, we spoke about the cancellations, postponement, or depletion of certain trade shows...

In the circumstances this was a decent effort, especially with the cancellation of Mobile World Congress hanging over proceedings. As it was over 900 exhibitors decided to attend. The test and measurement, software, boards and modules and interconnect sectors were particularly well represented.  The ranks of the semiconductor manufacturers and component distributors were heavily depleted. No Texas...

At productronica, Electronic Specifier’s Mick Elliott caught up with all of the latest news, especially the exciting new announcements from the Keysight Technologies stand; listen to the podcast below to find out more about Keysight Technologies’ innovations launched at the show.  Keysight Technologies also confirmed that next year they would be returning to Munich for the electronica 2020 show. ...

Heat sensors were certainly redundant at this year’s show. No one needed a sensor to be told that it was 36°C in Nuremberg. However, the extreme weather didn’t seem to deter the attendees turn up in good numbers for the biggest sensors show on the continent. Sensors have of course been the stars of the electronics components market in recent years, and no wonder. The automotive sensors market is p...