Eighteen years ago, the printed circuit board (PCB) manufacturing industry in South Africa had five large and a dozen or so small PCB manufacturing plants. Today, it has dwindled to two large manufacturers and a hand full of smaller companies. With that reduction, a large number of job opportunities were lost and also the ability for […]
The goal of minimising the time and cost for engineering a new product and getting it to market before the competition is a constant struggle for developers of leading-edge electronic products. The complexities of the electronic component supply chain, reductions in qualified staff, and managing globally distributed engineering teams are just a few of the […]
Technicians such as mobile phone mast riggers are responsible for the use of finely engineered RF field test equipment that offers very high levels of accuracy and precision, while also being portable and rugged. The handheld spectrum analyser, for instance, is a mainstay of the technician’s toolkit. With a rugged plastic housing and a […]
Technology advancements have succeeded in lowering the power consumption in electronic components, which has enabled battery suppliers to offer increasingly dense and larger storage capacity lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery cells. This is good news for portable consumer electronics manufacturers developing more compact yet feature-rich devices. Users also benefit from extended battery life. Li-ion has become […]
PCB Power Transformers is one of four successful bidders to be City Power’s (Johannesburg) supplier of mini substations built to their new specification. The company prides itself in the fact that it was the first supplier to have manufactured the new specification mini substation and have it approved by City Power. The mini substation […]
In 1956, when HG Verheul manufactured the first printed circuit boards (PCBs) in South Africa, little could he have imagined that 60 years later the company would have grown to a multi-million rand manufacturer run by his three sons; at one time employing over 100 staff. Now it is nearly time to hand over […]
Researchers from the Wits Experimental High Energy Particle Physics group (University of the Witwatersrand) showcased the benefits of collaboration between science and industry when they displayed a South African-made prototype of a high-tech electronics board at the International Conference on Research Infrastructure (ICRI) held in Cape Town last year. But what is more important, […]
The benefits of IP convergence, such as enhanced efficiency, improved manageability, and lower total cost of ownership, have long been the driving force behind the impressive growth in the number of industrial Ethernet deployments for supervisory and control-level applications. According to studies conducted by IMS Research, the global number of industrial Ethernet nodes at […]
Infrared inspections often involve analysing temperature variations on something extremely small or too far away to see the needed detail with standard lenses. Two new lenses for Fluke infrared cameras bring those worlds into sharper focus. The 25 micron macro lens can identify defects that might otherwise be too small to see on targets […]
Taoglas, known for its internet of things (IoT) and machine to machine (M2M) antenna solutions, recently launched the PA.26A Anam antenna, a 4G LTE footprint compatible version of its successful PA.25a Anam antenna. The Anam series of antennas are high efficiency onboard surface mount electro-ceramic PIFA antennas measuring 35 x 6 x 5 mm. They are mounted on the main […]
