13 November 2013: Feature Articles

• SA gets the smarts
• Clean bill of health for Sentech
• Products of the Year
• Carrim drafts DoC strategy through 2014 elections
• Locally made antennas to go supersonic
• Expanding Turkish manufacturing sector covets SA market

23 October 2013: Feature Articles

• Digital laser invented at CSIR
• Poynting eyes bold path to growth
• Scientists create lightsaber tech, sort of (probably not)
• UFS develops eye tracking technology
• Just Batteries company profile

9 October 2013: Feature Articles

• Local company rolls out proprietary wireless network
• ASIC Design Services and XJTAG bosses talk boundary scan
• Using open source operating systems for embedded system development
• Dutch government aids SA companies looking to export to EU
• Just Batteries completes contract for military battery, charger and analyser units

18 September 2013: Feature Articles

• Altech UEC boosts capacity with R50 million upgrade
• iCORP distributing Quectel M2M modules
• Legrand buffs up its Sandton premises
• New Wi-Fi product range available through Otto Wireless

4 September 2013: Feature Articles

• New science campus for Unisa
• Microtronix adds new Universal production line
• productronica 2013 to focus on PCB and EMS
• RS launches online resource for open source design

21 August 2013: Feature Articles

• Altron consolidates, launches new division
• Multisourcing in the South African technology sector
• New DStv decoder being assembled in East London
• SA to trial digital radio

7 August 2013: Feature Articles

• The true cost of manufacturing in South Africa
• Survey shows SA expats eager to give back
• Communications bill proposes wireless spectrum trading
• Uniross back in industrial battery business after 5-year recharge

24 July 2013: Feature Articles

• Q&A on SA’s smart ID cards
• And the winners are...
• Actum now distributes Exxelia’s product range in SA
• Mantech owner becomes Mobicon director

10 July 2013: Feature Articles

• Minister of Communications axed
• Local tech companies must heed Samsung vs Apple
• SA students supercompute their way to the top
• Hisense opens Western Cape manufacturing plant
• Projects24 earns ISO 9001 certification

26 June 2013: Feature Articles

• In memoriam: Philip du Preez
• Communications minister to more actively engage with state-owned companies
• Samsung providing learners with hands-on electronics skills
• Technology innovation competition launched
• Ribbon-cutting ceremony at South African PV module maker

12 June 2013: Feature Articles

• Pule offers optimism for digital migration
• Smart ID card rollout commencing in July
• ABB to make PV inverters in SA

29 May 2013: Feature Articles

• Electronics expo enjoys strong Cape début
• Beta LAYOUT: more than just a prototype PCB supplier
• Vodafone certifies u-blox 3G modules for M2M
• Webb wins major contracts for in-building solutions
• Bulls score NFC ticketing system

15 May 2013: Feature Articles

• Will SA miss the digital deadline?
• MCU market continues migration towards 32-bit and ARM cores
• Eskom hands bursary to promising engineering student

1 May 2013: Feature Articles

• Change at the top of Avnet Kopp
• Cape Town schools trial Internet over TV white space
• Win a microcontroller development board
• Q&A with Microchip’s European director
• ZigBee Alliance releases IPv6-based spec

17 April 2013: Feature Articles

• National Electronics Western Cape Expo Preview
• Communications Minister cries blackmail
• The dti invites SA companies to exhibit in China
• Future leaders graduate from CoachLab programme
• Agilent recognises top EDA experts
• Renesas PLC solution wins smart metering award

3 April 2013: Feature Articles

• Tellumat opens new TV manufacturing plant
• No local manufacturing for VDSL rollout
• Report analyses embedded system trends
• Agilent triples instrument warranty period

20 March 2013: Feature Articles

• Global M2M service platform launched by Vodacom
• AAD announces distribution agreement with Microchip Technology
• High-tech locking system made in SA enjoys global success
• Microchip makes use of the human body for secure wireless communications
• Atmel introduces wireless phase-difference ranging

6 March 2013: Feature Articles

• Solar panels being manufactured in KZN
• Altium Designer 2013 released
• Win an Android accessory development kit from Microchip
• Databeans tips 7% chip market growth for 2013

20 February 2013: Feature Articles

• It's in the stars - SKA project takes off
• Deman expands production capacity
• Altium encourages third-party and customer developments
• Otto Wireless Solutions taps new industrial modem supplier
• IPC offers market research subscriptions

6 February 2013: Feature Articles

• SABLE Accelerator forms host of new partnerships
• Gauteng Innovation Competition winners announced
• Radio amateurs celebrate a century of disaster communications
• Hi-Q to distribute Energy Micro chips

23 January 2013: Feature Articles

• Cause of tin whiskers identified
• New IEEE standards target wireless smart grids
• Actum acquires specialist instrumentation supplier
• Suntronika joins the Mobicon family
• New light source may challenge LEDs