Passives

Guest columnist Robin Butler, sales and marketing director at Sherborne Sensors, investment in R&D has broadened the scope of sensor applications in military systems

Safer Birmingham Partnership, a joint partnership between West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council, has deployed technology which can detect gun shot fire from up to two kilometres away within a 25-metre radius.

Chomerics is aiming Soft-shield 4850 EMI shielding material at medical equipment by replacing nickel with silver. "Contact with nickel, commonly used in shielded gasket materials, has been shown to cause...

Guest columnist Naoyuki Kobayashi, senior product manager at Murata says that one problem frequently encountered when designing LED lighting circuits is that the capacitors in the circuit experience very high voltages which can cause them to fail

The average lead-time for aluminium and ceramic capacitors is now 18 weeks, while for tantalum capacitors it is over 20 weeks, says iSuppli.

Signal distribution company Arqiva has attracted BT and security specialist Detica as partners to address communications for the UK's £10bn smart meter roll-out programme.

“We have received a steady stream of customer inquiries, which led to more focus on anti-sulfurated resistor research and development,” said the company

The full product range includes six models in the P Case, ranging from 20V/10µF to 2.5V/330µF, and four types in the M Case, which range from 16V/10µF to 4V/100µF

Glenn Palmer, Managing Director of Murata Electronics UK, talks to Electronics Weekly about the advantages possessed by the UK electronics industry, market opportunities for RFID, and the demands customers are making for the development of passive components...

Chichester-based ship maker based ASV turned to Variohm EuroSensor to provide rotary position feedback for actuators in its 6000 coastal semi-submersible vehicle. Designed for hydrographic...