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TVS diodes target high reliability applications
Upscreened for use in aerospace, military, industrial and medical applications, two series of high reliability TVS diodes have been introduced by Littelfuse. The SMCG-HR and SMCG-HRA series devices are designed specifically to protect sensitive electronic equipment from voltage transients induced by lightning surges and other transient voltage events.
Drone catcher captures suspicious aircraft using nets
In January 2015, a Washington, DC, hobbiest accidentally flew his DJI Phantom quadcopter drone over the White House fence and crashed it on the lawn. Two years earlier, a prankster sent his drone toward German prime minister Angela Merkel during a campaign rally.
Air Mule 'drone ambulance' makes first flight
An unmanned air ambulance has been filmed taking off, untethered, for the first time. The AirMule, developed by Tactical Robotics and long proposed as a means of extracting soldiers from a battlefield without risking further loss of life, has been in development for close to a decade.
What’s the key selection criteria for powering electric motorcycles?
Takayuki Tange, Product Design Engineer, Komatsu Murata Manufacturing, explores how DC/DC converters are used to power the host of auxiliary devices that contribute to the make-up of today’s electric bikes.
Up close and personal - getting the best from your assets
Electronic Specifier Editor Joe Bush talks to Graham Grose and Espen Olsen of IFS Aerospace & Defence, about the company’s IFS Applications enterprise software and how it is assisting clients in the aerospace and defence sector to improve the management of their assets.
Hardware design conference explores solutions for IoT security
Microsemi have announced that they will be giving a technical presentation at HW/Expo, a hardware developers’ conference taking place near Cambridge, UK, in April 2016. Peter Trott, a Senior FAE at Microsemi will explain and demonstrate SmartFusion2, a System-On-Chip device that is being widely used to ensure network security in industrial, military and medical systems.
LED dual red/white strobe is IR-equipped
Dialight has launched the Vigilant LED Dual red/white strobe with IR obstruction lighting system. The Dual IR flash head and systems are approved through Intertek to the FAA AC 150/5345-43G and Engineering Brief No. 67D standards, with the addition of the IR LEDs to the standard red night operation to enhance visibility and safety for pilots, including those who utilise Night-Vision Goggles (NVGs).
Bolt tensioning device slashes power station downtime; improving safety and usability
Two major power stations in South Korea have installed Technofast’s innovative hydraulic CamNut EziJac bolting system with outstanding results in both reducing production downtime and improving safety levels for their maintenance engineers.
Innovative companies of 2015 – the top 10
Lux Research, a research firm specialising in emerging technologies, profiled 1,189 companies across 20 different emerging technology domains during 2015 as part of its ongoing intelligence services. Lux Research provides information and analysis on firms developing emerging technologies that impact global megatrends like energy and infrastructure, health and wellness, and information meets matter.
Power supply to become more efficient, more stable & more secure
Highly developed societies require a stable power supply that also protects the environment. The goal then is to generate electricity in as targeted and sustainable a way as possible and to transmit it and use it as efficiently as possible. The research project "E2SG" (Energy to Smart Grid) supports these goals.