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What Do Design Engineers Need to Know about Voice Coil Actuator Technology

VCA technology is for products that requires highly reliable, highly repeatable, and highly controllable motions – Aerospace, Medical, Industrial and other applications
August 9, 2018

Attleboro, MA. – August 8, 2018 – Sensata Technologies, one of the world’s leading suppliers of sensor solutions, industrial controls, power management, and electrical protection, today announced a new white paper (What Design Engineers Need to Know about VCA Technology) that covers the current state of Voice Coil Technologies for a variety of linear motion applications.

Any time an engineer is looking at developing a product that requires highly reliable, highly repeatable, and highly controllable motions, they ought to take a look at VCA. Voice-coil actuators are very simple yet extremely robust and precise.

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Barr Group Releases 2018 Update of Embedded C Coding Standard

BARR-C:2018’s Bug-Killing Rules are Easy to Combine with MISRA-C Safety Guidelines
August 9, 2018

GERMANTOWN, Maryland – August 7, 2018 – Barr Group, The Embedded Systems Experts®, today released an update of the influential Embedded C Coding Standard.  Also known as BARR-C:2018, the latest version of the company’s stylistic coding rules helps embedded system designers reduce defects in firmware written in C and C++.

First published in 2008, the rules of Barr Group’s  … Read More → "Barr Group Releases 2018 Update of Embedded C Coding Standard"

Protect In-vehicle Networks from Hackers with the Industry’s First Automotive Security Development Kit

CryptoAutomotive™ development kit provides OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers with tools to secure existing automotive networks
August 9, 2018

CHANDLER, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2018 —The mass adoption of modern conveniences in automobiles, such as infotainment and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), has greatly enhanced the experience of everyday travel. At the same time, the addition of these consumer amenities has added numerous entry points for hackers, who have repeatedly exploited them. This exposure can and has led to recalls, loss of revenue and tarnished brand reputations across the automotive industry. The question for Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Tier 1 suppliers is no longer if vehicle networks need security but how to implement this security practically and without a … Read More → "Protect In-vehicle Networks from Hackers with the Industry’s First Automotive Security Development Kit"

Advantech Launches 30 IIoT Solutions Through the “Co-creation Model” and the WISE-PaaS Platform and Announces a Large-scale Showcase in November

August 9, 2018

Taipei, June 28, 2018—Advantech, the world’s leading brand in intelligent systems (stock symbol:  2395), has announced the co-creation of IoT Solution Ready Packages (SRPs), which has involved co-creating with various domestic and international companies. Thirty sets of SRPs will be officially released this year, and Advantech will hold the 6,000-participant IoT Co-Creation Summit and AIoT.SRP press conference on November 1 and 2 in Suzhou, China.

K.C. Liu, Chairman of Advantech, pointed out that industrial IoT (IIoT) applications are about to become widely implemented in various industries. However, the key to success … Read More → "Advantech Launches 30 IIoT Solutions Through the “Co-creation Model” and the WISE-PaaS Platform and Announces a Large-scale Showcase in November"

Kubotek’s Kosmos™ Framework Now Available for Licensing

New framework designed to build precise 3D applications and integrate high-fidelity CAD data across CAD formats
August 8, 2018

MARLBOROUGH, Mass., Aug. 08, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Kubotek3D, developer of 3D mechanical Computer-aided design (CAD) software, announced today that the new Kubotek Kosmos™ 3D framework is now available for licensing. The Kubotek Kosmos framework supports precise 3D applications and high-fidelity CAD data from all major CAD formats.

“The Kubotek Kosmos framework is different from other CAD platforms in that it was built by Kubotek from the ground up to fully support 3D data from every CAD platform,” said Ram Eswaran, CTO of Kubotek3D. “Databases … Read More → "Kubotek’s Kosmos™ Framework Now Available for Licensing"

RS Components introduces industry’s first IP54 plug-and-play IIoT development kit from HARTING

Easy to retrofit to existing factory automation systems
August 7, 2018

LONDON, UK, 7 August, 2018 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), a global multi-channel distributor, has launched an IIoT (Industrial Internet of Things) development kit for the HARTING MICA (Modular Industry Computing Architecture) edge computer.

The HARTING MICA CISS (Connected Industrial Sensor Solution) IIoT kit (RS part no. 176-2224) ( Read More → "RS Components introduces industry’s first IP54 plug-and-play IIoT development kit from HARTING"

R&S AREG100A automotive radar echo generator – the reliable and future-proof production tester for automotive radar sensors

August 7, 2018

As essential components for autonomous driving, radar sensors help keep road users safe. With each stage on the way to fully autonomous driving, the number of radar sensors per vehicle rises significantly. Both OEMs and Tier 1 suppliers need reliable test solutions, suitable for mass production, for the large number of safety-related radar-based driver assistance systems. Rohde & Schwarz developed the new R&S AREG100A automotive radar echo generator in close cooperation with the automotive industry. The T&M expert put its decades of experience in millimeterwave technology into designing a test and measurement product precisely tailored … Read More → "R&S AREG100A automotive radar echo generator – the reliable and future-proof production tester for automotive radar sensors"

Ayla Networks Announces New IoT Platform Release With Improved Wireless Module and IoT Application Development Capabilities

Ayla portable agent device and enhanced application enablement will speed time to value and add flexibility for building IoT solutions, especially at scale
August 6, 2018

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 6, 2018 — Ayla Networks, whose Internet of Things (IoT) platform-as-a-service (PaaS) delivers industry-leading device management and application enablement, today announced new capabilities to its IoT platform that will further simplify the ability to gain business value from IoT. This new Ayla IoT platform release overcomes restrictions on choosing wireless modules to connect to the Ayla IoT cloud and streamlines the creation of enterprise applications … Read More → "Ayla Networks Announces New IoT Platform Release With Improved Wireless Module and IoT Application Development Capabilities"

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