A workforce that fears it will be replaced by machines is nothing new – in fact there is a repeating pattern. It is time to inject digital technologies into the UK’s manufacturing base. Other countries are set on transforming their manufacturing industries with new techniques such as 3D printing, robotics and simulation testing. There is an opportunity for manufacturers in ...

Portsmouth-based Harwin has presented Avnet Abacus with its annual sales excellence award.   Harwin was particularly impressed by the sales growth that the distributor has achieved in all key European markets, across products ranging from its high reliability connectors to PCB hardware.  “The distributor has managed to realise a 70% year-on-year increase in sales revenue, said Harwin. Gavin Darling, head of sales ...

Omron Electronic Components Europe has introduced a new version of its USB multi-function environmental sensor that that can monitor seven parameters. The 2JCIE-BU01 offers multiple sensors in one unit that has built-in memory and connectivity through beacon communication. It  measures 14.9 x 29.1 x 7.0mm and can monitor temperature, humidity, light, UV, barometric pressure, noise, seismic and air quality (VOC ...

Arrow Electronics will now supply the DH electronics range of embedded modules.  These are scalable and customisable embedded systems which Arrow will offer throughout Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The DH electronics range comprises three main product families: DHSOM system-on-modules (SOM), which are compact embedded computers that can be plugged in or soldered to carrier boards; DHMI touch panel ...

A high performance CompactPCI computer board has been introduced by Concurrent Technologies. It has a 6-core processor Intel Xeon processor E-2176M, which means it is significantly higher performance than previous generation 6U CompactPCI boards. The result, says Concurrent Technologies, it should be possible to extend the life of existing deployments based on this long-established form factor. With this in mind ...

Farnell element14 is stocking products from the Microchip 8-bit PIC and AVR ranges of MCUs. The latest additions to the PIC/AVR range include: The megaAVR 0-series: The ATmega3208/3209/4808/4809 microcontrollers broaden the effectiveness of real-time control systems with a combination of intelligent hardware peripherals alongside the low-power architecture of the 8-bit AVR processor.  PIC18 64-Pin Controllers: The PIC18(L)F65/66K40 microcontrollers combine large ...

Airbus has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Autodesk in an educational initiative which taps into the excitement of space exploration. The Airbus Foundation, ESA and Autodesk have launched an educational online competition called Moon Camp, aimed at fostering interest amongst school students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).  The “Moon camp” competition will ask school ...

Microchip has introduced the next generation of its MPLAB X Integrated Development Environment (IDE) which supports designs based on its AVR microcontrollers.  This release, MPLAB X version 5.05, will allow designers who traditionally used PIC microcontrollers and developed with the MPLAB ecosystem to evaluate and incorporate AVR MCUs into their applications.  Microchip said that design support for additional AVR MCUs ...

Smiths Interconnect has introduced a range of DC – 20GHz wideband surface-mount fixed attenuators for applications in the defence market.  Designated, the TT9 the attenuators have power handling capability of 500mW. Both fixed and temperature variable designs in the same footprint are available. The attenuators are available in dB values from 0 to 10dB in 1dB increments. These devices measure ...

Anritsu has introduced a range of W1 coaxial components that are  designed for high-frequency measurements.  The W1 range includes a three-resistor power divider, two-resistor power splitter and a set of attenuators that provide coverage from DC to 110GHz, along with a 20-110GHz directional coupler with typical performance down to 110MHz.  The components are designed with W1 connectors (1.0 mm compatible) ...