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An innovative SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) solution will be showcased at DSEI 2015 by Smiths Connectors. The Nebula Series is a highly reliable SATA 6.0 Gbps connector for high-speed data rates with 100ohm impedance matching and minimal losses. The connector utilises the industry standard PCB soldering footprint ensuring no need for change or modification of SATA drive layouts.

Improved picking procedures in its Maybrook warehouse that support a new market leading product label and despatch note have been introduced by Farnell element14. The picking procedure will further enhance a pick accuracy of 99.75% resulting in even fewer incorrect orders for customers. Farnell element14 will be attending DSEI 2015 at Excel, London (Sept 15-18) in the Tri-Service Zone.

Metcal has announced that Paul Wood is speaking at the BEST Tech Symposium on Small Package Challenges, scheduled to take place 1st October, 2015 at Pinstripes, South Barrington in South Barrington, Illinois, USA. Mr. Wood will present Hand Soldering Techniques for Small Packages.

Both Management and Production personnel from the electronics and electrical engineering industry can update their skills, easily and directly, right from their desk during the second half of the year with webinars from the ZESTRON Academy.

Speaking ahead of his forthcoming CWIEME Chicago seminar, Timothy Gill, Deputy Chief Economist, NEMA, has revealed the construction sector as the new major growth driver in the North American electrical manufacturing industry. Despite having emerged from the Great Recession more than six years ago, growth in the US economy is still subdued, casting a shadow of uncertainty over the homegrown electrical manufacturers and component suppliers gather...

Plessey has announced that it will be exhibiting at the LuxLive event from 18th to 19th November at London's ExCeL arena. LuxLive is Europe's biggest annual lighting event. Plessey will be showcasing its latest GaN on silicon LED solutions. This year, LuxLive will be co-located with Strategies in Light and the combined event will feature the best from the entire industry supply chain, ranging from chip manufacturing, through to design and end use...

The 6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition (DS15), jointly organised by Cambridge Wireless (CW) and SETsquared, has already seen tech start-up entries from across the UK and Europe from mobile apps and IoT to Big Data and software solutions for education and healthcare. Today is the last chance for early stage tech companies, digital entrepreneurs and SMEs to win the chance to pitch their business ideas to an expert panel of judges and VCs represe...

A wideband transistor optimised for DC-2.7GHz operation has been introduced by M/A-COM Technology Solutions. The NPT2024, which uses MACOM’s proprietary Gallium Nitride on Silicon (GaN on Si) process, is now sampling. The device supports CW, pulsed and linear operation, boasting output levels up to 200W.

Wind River has announced its participation at IoT Solutions World Congress, taking place in Barcelona, 16th to 18th September. Together with parent company Intel, Wind River will be exhibiting a range of IoT product demonstrations including real-life implementations within a smart city on booth B200.

Computer Simulation Technology (CST) will unveil its Characteristic Mode Analysis tool for CST STUDIO SUITE 2016 at European Microwave Week (EuMW) 2015, booth 311. Antenna engineers, in particular in the mobile communications industry, are faced with the challenge of optimising antenna performance while complying with the functional and geometrical constraints of integrating multi-band antennas into compact devices.