SAY GOODBYE TO CROSS-COUNTRY ROAD TRIPS OFFICIALS ESTIMATE it will cost $50 billion to field the chargers needed for the expected number of electric vehicles on U.S. roads by 2030. But it’s possible that spending every penny of this amount won’t prevent the extinction of the cross-country road trip. Here’s the logic behind that statement:…
February 2020 Special Edition: Power Electronics Handbook
Why we don’t need energy efficiency standards for lighting HEADLINES WERE MADE RECENTLY when two national associations dropped a lawsuit attempting to squash light bulb efficiency standards in California. The California standards supposedly save Californians billions of dollars on their energy bills and avoid millions of tons of carbon- warming pollution. The suit was brought…
IoT Design & Development
Moving (mostly) beyond the hype and hyperbole around the Internet of Things, the electronics engineering community has begun to tackle the real challenges and opportunities behind those billions of connected devices. It wasn’t that things weren’t connected before — it’s just that the things that are expected to be connected now involve more intricate designs […]
Automotive Electronics Put Pedal To The Metal
Whatever high-end phone or tablet or laptop a consumer may own, perhaps no electronics device is as sophisticated, complicated, or as rapidly evolving as the automobile. Today, we drive from point A to point B on what is basically a computer on four wheels. And to do that safely for ourselves and others, in the […]
August 2019 Special Edition: Autonomous & Connected Vehicles
V2Clueless – Next generation of connected apps If you had been watching the Saturday Night Live TV show in mid January of 2012, you would have seen a skit called the Headz Up App. It was an ad for a fictional app aimed at people so distracted by texting on their smartphone that they were…
Digital Manufacturing for all Industries
DEVELOPMENT SPEED and a well-designed, user-centric final product are critical to the success of companies launching consumer and computer electronic products and devices to different markets. Technology-enabled manufacturing processes can accelerate design cycles, lower development costs, and help support more SKUs and product customization that consumers now demand. From airplanes to automobiles to hospitals, electronics […]
June 2019 Special Edition: Test & Measurement Handbook
Will 5G be lethal? Peruse a certain kind of website these days and you’ll find warnings about the lethality of RF transmissions in the frequency ranges slated for 5G networks. One site quotes Devra Davis, director of the Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology of the U.S. National Research Council, who warns that our sweat…
April 2016 Special Edition: Internet of Things Handbook
Everything you thought you knew about IoT security is wrong Listen to the advice being given for securing IoT devices and you are likely to be told that the level of security should be scaled to meet the probable threats. Internet-connected home thermostats, for example, should be designed to prevent compromise by hobbyists and serious…
