5G: The Future is Now
5G infrastructure will address the speed, latency and bandwidth issues that restrain today’s 4G networks. The advantages of 5G are significant: it is intended to offer huge increases in data rates—in excess of 10GBps—extremely low latency, and uniform coverage over a wide area, as well as a thousand-fold increase in capacity….In many respects, however, 5G will be a two-edged sword in that customer demand for new 5G mobile phones in 2019/20 is going to put additional strain on capacity within the electronic components supply network as components manufacturers and their distributors struggle to keep up with demand.
Report from Vision Show in Stuttgart Last Month
November’s Vision show in Stuttgart felt like a key moment of change for the industry. Four big themes came to fruition at the event, at least two of which felt like science fiction at the last Vision show in 2016. In fact, the show’s strapline, ‘Be Visionary’ has never felt so appropriate. Here, Stephen Hayes, […]
Solving Redesign Issues Affecting In-Circuit Testing
If a product is improved or obsolete components have to be replaced, these changes will affect every process in electronics manufacturing. From solder paste printing to assembly, inspection, and testing, none of these remain the same. In-circuit testing (ICT) is often….
iNEMI Announces End of Project Webinar on Reuse & Recycling Metrics, Phase 2
End-of-Project Webinar:Reuse & Recycling Metrics Project, Phase 2 January 23 & 24, 2019 (two sessions) The iNEMI Reuse and Recycling Metrics project team has been developing a practical means for assessing the circular economic value of information and communication technology (ICT) products. The the team is proposing to incorporate a score factor metric that assigns […]
National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) Updates Navigation Suite for IoT
Rockport, ME –The National Marine Electronics Association (NMEA) has published a new version of NMEA 0183—Version 4.11, which replaces Version 4.10 and includes updates to the entire suite of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) sentences. This includes interface clarification for the use of GPS (US), GLONASS (Russia), GALILEO (Europe), BDS (China), QZSS (Japan), and NavIC […]