Analogue, Mixed Signal, LSI

• I/O controllers

• LVDS digital isolators

Circuit & System Protection

• DC axial fans

• Varistors handle high surge currents

Design Automation

• Free DFT tool for XJTAG and Altium users

• Microchip’s IDE launches into the cloud
• Universal input reference design

DSP, Micros & Memory

• Automotive Flash memory

• Low-power microcontrollers

Editor's Choice

• PCB design intelligence avoids last-minute mistakes

Enclosures, Racks, Cabinets & Panel Products

• Battery holders for electronics cases
• Cases for wearable gadgets
• Development board enclosures

• Rugged door enclosures
• Shielded box for RF testing
• Stomp boxes

Interconnection

• Connectors for transportation

• Mini PCI Express sockets

Manufacturing / Production Technology, Hardware & Services

• 3D scanner enters beta testing
• Component mounter handles large PCBs
• Equipment for hardening coatings and adhesives
• Fast and first for Cape-based CM
• Flux goes pink
• Growth of 3D printing in MEA to outstrip global pace
• High-power soldering station

• Hot-air set
• Improved heat dissipation for multilayer PCBs
• Peelable solder masks
• Research study into stencil printing reliability
• Selective soldering machine
• Solderability tester
• Wearable electronics must endure unique conditions

Passive Components

• MLCCs for high temperatures

• Polymer chip caps for automotive

Power Electronics / Power Management

• AC-DC converters
• High-density buck converters

• PCB mount power supplies
• Pushing USB current limits to charge portable devices
• Traction inverter employs CeraLink DC link capacitors

Switches, Relays & Keypads

• Solid state relays

• Vandal-proof piezo switches

Telecoms, Datacoms, Wireless, IoT

• Antennas for LPWA comms
• GNSS module with untethered dead reckoning
• GNSS receivers
• IO-Link transceiver

• Isolated RS-485 transceivers
• Low-cost Wi-Fi module
• NFC controllers
• Sub-GHz RF transceiver
• Wi-Fi module

Test & Measurement

• 6-in-1 oscilloscope
• Accelerometers for rail transportation

• Electronic tilt sensor
• Remote controller/monitor for automation systems
• Signal analysers with multi-touch UI