Recently, Rohde & Schwarz announced that, effective immediately, it has exclusive global sales rights for the PiMPro Tower Series PIM analyzer.Passive intermodulation (PIM) effects have developed into a challenge for network operators wanting to ensure the quality of their networks. Developed by Communication Components Inc. (CCI), a provider of radio access network … [Read more...]
Würth Electronics and Texas Instruments Team to Host 2nd INNOposium 2016
The INNOposium, a Würth Elektronik and Texas Instruments forum for decision-makers in the electronics sector, was held for the second year running on 4 October 2016 in the Kulturbetrieb Wagenhallen in Stuttgart. This time around, the motto was “Sensorfusion – innovation in automotives and the factory of tomorrow”.Various topics were presented, including sensor innovations … [Read more...]
Composite Testing: A Reality at New Laboratory
Retlif Testing Laboratories, an independent EMI/EMC and Environmental (ESS) testing and compliance laboratory, has officially launched its new dedicated Composites Testing Laboratory.A state of the art facility, the new Retlif Composites Testing Laboratory provides testing for Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymers (CFRP), Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers (GFRP), Aramids (Kevlar), … [Read more...]
EMI is Major Issue at IEEE Broadcast Symposium
(October, 12, 2016) An increase in the overall RF noise pollution throughout the electromagnetic spectrum, at least through 1 GHz, was one of the main topics of discussion at the recent 2016 IEEE Broadcast Symposium held in Hartford, CT, this past October, as reported by Radio World.Increasing RF noise pollution is a concern to almost everyone now, stated Steve Johnston, … [Read more...]
HERMES Program May Offer Increased Bandwidth for Wireless Communications
A team of researchers at the University of California, San Diego, working with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s HERMES program, say they may have found an answer to keep the multitude of signals from UAVs to embedded sensors and smart devices of all kinds.According to DefenseSystems.com, "HERMES, which stands for Hyper-wideband Enabled RF Messaging, was … [Read more...]
Germany Pushing EU to Ban Internal Combustion by 2030
(October 8, 2016) Members of the German Bundesrat have just passed a resolution to ban the sale of internal combustion engines in the European Union by 2030. According to the resolution, only zero-emissions vehicles would be allowed on the market after that time.While the Bundesrat has no direct authority over the EU, and cannot demand changes to the EU's transportation … [Read more...]
The Possibly Perfect Shielding of Electromagnetic Interference
A group of researchers at Drexel University and the Korea Institute of Science & Technology are creating a thin coating of a nanomaterial called MXene in order to contain 'electromagnetic pollution'.The proliferation of electronics in recent decades has contributed both to the volume of radiation generated and its affect on communications and broadcast receivers. This … [Read more...]
CST Acquires Aurora Software and Testing
Computer Simulation Technology AG (CST) has recently announced the acquisition of Aurora Software and testing, SL (AURORASAT), a technology leading provider of tools for the analysis, synthesis and design of passive microwave components.AURORASAT software products have been serving the RF and microwave industries for the last 10 years. FEST3D is a tool for the analysis and … [Read more...]
FCC Concerned Journalists Had To Pay $200 For WiFi At Presidential Debate
Journalists and citizens attending this week's Presidential debate at Hofstra University found out that WiFi at the event would cost them $200, Techdirt reported.According to Techdirt, the college was going around with a WiFi signal detector to identify those using their smartphone as a mobile hotspot, and encouraging them to instead shell out the fee for a few hours of … [Read more...]
World’s Largest Radio Telescope in Service
(September 25, 2016) Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope (FAST) is the most advanced radio telescope ever built by humans with a dish of 500 m across, and is now the largest filled-in, single-dish radio telescope in the world.Located in remote mountainous region in southwestern China to ensure the area would be free from radio interference, the radio telescope … [Read more...]
