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UK electric vehicle chargers must be remote-controllable by 2028

Steve Bush — Wed, 07 May 2025 14:22:50 +0000

Electric vehicle chargers installed in the UK after the end of 2027, along with heat pumps and grid-connected domestic storage batteries, will have to be remotely controllable by power companies. ...

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IPC sets the industry on the path to sustainability

Caroline Hayes — Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:02:47 +0000

The IPC, the trade association for electronics assembly companies, has released the findings of recent research into the industry’s approach to sustainability. Each year, electronic waste accounts for $57 billion in ...

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JEDEC publishes new CAMM2 memory module standard

Alun Williams — Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:06:52 +0000

JEDEC has published a new JESD318 Compression Attached Memory Module (CAMM2) Common Standard, which defines the electrical and mechanical requirements for Compression-Attached Memory Modules. It covers both Double Data Rate, ...

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Software to scan phones for abuse images is itself open to abuse

Steve Bush — Fri, 19 May 2023 09:23:49 +0000

Software designed to detect child abuse images on smartphones, which could be mandated by governments in some counties, can be covertly repurposed to intrude on personal privacy, according to research ...

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DALI-2 raises the bar for emergency lighting

EW Staff — Wed, 06 Jul 2022 13:39:25 +0000

The lighting protocol DALI now includes emergency lighting control. Paul Drosihn, of the DALI Alliance, explains DALI-2 Emergency. When there’s an emergency in a building occupants need to be able ...

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Wireless-connected EV battery manager has ISO/SAE 21434 cybersecurity

Steve Bush — Fri, 01 Apr 2022 07:01:49 +0000

Analog Devices has had its wirelessly-linked electric vehicle battery management systems certified to the new ISO/SAE 21434 standard for whole-life cyber-security risk management. It is “the highest standard of automotive ...

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Information packages from Microchip ease ISO 26262 applications

Steve Bush — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 10:23:22 +0000

Microchip is offering information packages assist the development of products to ASIL B and ASIL C automotive functional safety levels of ISO 26262. “As the level of sophistication and electronics ...

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Government updates trust framework for digital identities

Steve Bush — Mon, 02 Aug 2021 15:23:50 +0000

Following on from February, the UK Government has published the second version of draft rules governing digital identities – with the aim of making “it faster and easier for people ...

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UK Government aims to make digital identities secure and legal

Steve Bush — Mon, 19 Jul 2021 15:56:46 +0000

The Government is planning to boost the legal status of digital identities to make them “as widely recognised as driver’s licences and bank statements”, according to the Department for Digital, Culture, ...

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JEP181: JEDEC standard for thermal simulation

Steve Bush — Wed, 16 Jun 2021 09:46:50 +0000

JEP181 from JEDEC is a neutral file XML-based standard for thermal models. The chosen file format is ECXML, for ‘electronics cooling extensible mark-up language’. “A de facto standard for a number ...

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