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Foundation Stone for Indian Society Laid

 

Senior director, Department of Electronics and IT, Government of India, BM Baveja said that Union Minister of Communications and Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad would lay a foundation stone for the SAMEER (Society for Applied Microwave Electronics Engineering and Research) Visakhapatnam Centre at Port Kalavani auditorium on February 18. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu … [Read more...]

EMC Directive 2014/30/EU Becomes Mandatory April 2016

 

Elite Electronic Engineering highlights some of the changes between the current EMC Directive 2004/30/EC and the new EMC Directive 2014/30/EU in a white paper published October 14, 2014. It’s time for manufacturers, importers, and distributors to adapt their CE Marking conformity assessment processes to the new directive by April 2016. The new directive will be required for … [Read more...]

CISPR provides "Guide to EMC in Smart Grid"

 

CISPR has prepared a "Guide to EMC in Smart Grid”, which gives insight into issues which should be taken into consideration when designing and developing equipment for connection and inter-operation with the Smart Grid. SmartGrid systems must be immune to sources of interference from a wide array of wanted RF signals and RF disturbances and other events which occur … [Read more...]

Popular Wall Plug Adapters Being Recalled and Replaced

 

Apple has determined that, in very rare cases, the two prong Apple AC wall plug adapters designed for use in Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Argentina and Brazil may break and create a risk of electrical shock if touched. These wall plug adapters shipped from 2003 to 2015 with Mac and certain iOS devices, and were also included in the Apple World Travel … [Read more...]

New Formats in Firmware Upgrade for Spectrum Analyzer

 

Jason Chonko, applications and support engineer for Rigol North America, announced a new firmware upgrade for the DSA815 spectrum analyzer. The new firmware adds JPG and PNG formats to the Quick Print Options. Prior to this, the only screen print format was BMP, which doesn’t import very well into Microsoft Word. To change the Quick Print format, press SYSTEM > Down Arrow … [Read more...]

New Broadband Preamplifier Announced

 

Langer EMV has announced a new broadband preamplifier, model PA 306, designed to boost the signal from near field probes. The frequency range is 100 kHz to 6 GHz with gain of 30 dB and noise figure of 3 dB, typical. The PA 306 amplifies weak signals from near-field probes or antennas. The preamplifier features a low noise figure performance in combination with a high dynamic … [Read more...]

How White Hat Hackers Stole Crypto Keys from an Offline Laptop in Another Room

 

In recent years, "air-gapped" computers, which are disconnected from the internet so hackers can not remotely access their contents, have become a regular target for security researchers. Now, researchers from Tel Aviv University and Technion have gone a step further than past efforts, and found a way to steal data from air-gapped machines while their equipment is in another … [Read more...]

Hackers Take Hospital Offline, Demand $3.6M Ransom

 

For more than a week, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has been in a state of emergency after a malware attack shut down the network unless a ransom of $3.6 million was paid. The attack has compromised the hospital’s ability to care for patients as medical professionals have been unable to access patient records such as lab reports, X-rays and MRI results. Currently, the … [Read more...]

Swedish Transport Administration Leads Fight Against Mobile Interference

 

The International Railway Journal reports that 4G and 3G mobile networks are causing severe interference to safety-critical GSM-R radio communications. Sweden's railway sector is currently engaged in an intensive programme to combat the problem by a self-imposed deadline of July 1st. Kevin Smith, of Trafikverket, reports on the project's progress, "For mission-critical radio … [Read more...]

Additional Shielding Technology on New Smartphone

 

Korea IT News reports that Apple is applying a shielding technology that blocks EMI in the iPhone 7. It is a measure to increase performance while decreasing electromagnetic interference to major chips and to solve people's fear on electromagnetic waves from smartphones. The shielding is being applied to variety of digital chips, radio frequency (RF) connectivity (wireless … [Read more...]

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