Elektor Industry issue 2/2019: Sensors + Test 2019 Special Edition

Elektor Industry, the leading global magazine platform in English and German for talented entrepreneurs, young innovators, designers, start-ups, and scale-ups has published its second issue for the year 2019. It is available both in print and online and you can read it now.

Fast Forward has been in active service since 2016 when the ‘FFWD’ team made a solid impression at the prestigious electronica trade show in Munich. After an even more successful event last year November, FFWD will be rolled out big time again at productronica 2019 in November. We've only one advice to all start-ups in electronics out there: > PARTICIPATE!

Don’t let the wide range of available low-pressure sensors be intimidating. Because of the range, there will likely be a sensor, or combination of sensors, to meet most application requirements. The key is to know your requirements and constraints first.

There is a tremendous amount of pressure on the embedded electronics community for higher efficiencies and better system performance. This is due to multiple factors - from thermal management issues, to increased power densities, to battery life, and more. This pressure to improve is driving development in many areas. Much of the focus today is on advanced materials, topologies, and advanced software-defined architectures.

TRINAMIC Motion Control GmbH & Co. KG announces the PD86-3-1260 PANdrive™ smart motor solution. Extending the range of NEMA23 and NEMA24 motors with a NEMA34 stepper motor, the latest addition is ideal for applications in need of bigger motors, for example in the field of laboratory automation, robotics, manufacturing, factory automation, life science, and test and measurement equipment.

DDR5 is a game changer in DDR memory technology. DDR5 is designed to satisfy large performance demands for data centers. Several key drivers for this technology are smart mobile technology and exascale computing. CPUs in the server and high computing industries are each fueled by GBs of memory. Technologies such as IoT, 100/400GBE and 5G are now connecting the world in real time. Storage architecture has been redefined with nonvolatile memory moving closer to the CPU. Also, the rise of new technology spaces like artificial intelligence and machine learning are defining the role of memory today.

Sensirion’s dust resistance and advanced binning technologies provide added value to applications in several industries, including air quality monitoring, air purifiers and HVAC. A sensor that works over the whole lifetime of a device guarantees good air quality to the final user and increases energy efficiency and sustainable operation. Advanced binning and higher accuracy help to trigger specific actions based on the detected particle composition and improve the monitoring of filter lifetime based on the contaminant type information collected over the device’s operation.

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This is a submission from Rutronik about the new Recom REM2 series. These include modular 2W DC/DC converters with complete medical certification. Thanks to their compact SIP8 package (23.0x8.0x12.2mm) and many variants, they offer developers much freedom in designing their PCB layout.

Ethernet has been equally established as a dependable wired solution in both computer and automation networks. The open standard allows terminals to be quickly and simply connected as well as easily scaled to exchange data with relatively inexpensive hardware. Ethernet was, however, not originally designed to meet the requirements posed by automation technology, particularly in regards to guaranteed and real-time communication. Therefore, various bus systems in automation have evolved using Ethernet on a physical level while implementing proprietary real-time protocols on top. These systems often lead to the exclusive use of the network infrastructure as well as vendor dependencies.