April 22, 2008
[Mark David's Blog] Saving The Earth And Inspiring Young Engineers
In past columns, I’ve talked about how “green solutions” and a sense of urgency about climate change can be the calling that will motivate more young students to become engineers. Engineering TV recently visited CSU’s Engines and Energy Conversion Laboratory where I was blown away by both the exciting research projects and the fantastic opportunities for young engineers.
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Mark David
March 6, 2008
[Technology In The News] Sony Leads In Greenpeace Electronics Survey
The Sony Vaio TZ11 notebook, the Sony Ericsson T650i mobile phone, and the Sony Ericsson P1i PDA led the way in Greenpeace’s “Searching for Greener Electronics” survey, even though each scored just over half the 100 points available to win.
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ED News Staff
February 27, 2008
[Product Picks Online] MOSFETs Log On As Market's Smallest
Addressing ever-shrinking portable devices, the PMZxxx family of small signal MOSFETs debuts in one of the smallest packages to available, the SOT883 measuring 1 mm x 0.6 mm x 0.5 mm. Freeing up more board space, the devices have no leads. Other features ...
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Staff
January 31, 2008[Engineering Feature] Energy Efficiency Moves Up The Industry's "To-Do" List
Environmental issues continue to highlight the agendas of design strategy meetings. But it’s no longer just about “getting the lead out.” Now the focus is on optimizing energy efficiency in new chip and system designs. Increasingly, the world’s leading companies are acknowledging that power matters. As a result, companies are aggressively making a conscious effort to address tight power budgets and significantly reduce power consumption. “Things are...
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Ron Schneiderman
August 3, 2007
[Web Exclusive] Defense And Aerospace Try To Get The Lead Back In
The defense and aerospace industries need highly reliable leaded parts, but they also want to buy commercial off-the-shelf components. The problem is that most parts suppliers have shifted to lead-free versions, leaving defense and aerospace scrambling for older leaded inventory or switching to more expensive components that meet military specifications. And it all began with the $900 hammer...
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Rob Spiegel
July 5, 2007[Engineering Feature] The EU's Effect On Green Design
It has been just over a year since the industry had to formally adopt the European Union’s Restrictions on Hazardous Devices (RoHS) directives. Other countries, including China and Korea, have come up with their own versions of RoHS since then, forcing much of the industry to scramble to first understand and then meet their requirements. Unlike the EU’s RoHS, China RoHS requires the marking and certification of electronic information products. China...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 5, 2007[Engineering Feature] It Isn't Easy Being Green
Now that the dust is beginning to settle on the European Union’s Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive, what’s next? What new environmental legislation will change the way the indus- try designs its products? It pretty much comes down to two key words: energy efficiency. The EU will phase in its Energy-Using Products (EuP) directive beginning in August 2007. Like RoHS when it was first introduced, the EU is still tweaking the language...
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Ron Schneiderman
February 28, 2007
[Electronic Design UPDATE] Electronic Design UPDATE: February 28, 2007
A strategic Alliance between Discera Inc. and Vectron International has led to the introduction of the first MEMS-based CMOS timing circuit that can directly replace traditional quartz crystal oscillators. Other oscillator technologies the MOS1 can replace are ceramic, film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR), and surface acoustic-wave (SAW) timing devices.
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Roger Allan
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September 1, 2006[TechView: The Industry] RoHS Is In Effect, But What About China?
China has taken a different approach to the European Union's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation in a number of critical areas. These include the date the restrictions become effective, labeling and testing requirements, and exemptions. The broad scope of the directive drafted by China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII), known as the Management Method for Controlling Pollution Caused by Electronic Information Products (or "China RoHS"),...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 6, 2006[Engineering Feature] Lead-Free Means You're Still In The Game
Did your company make it? We're about a week past the July 1, 2006 deadline for compliance with the European Union's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive. Yet some companies still are working to ensure their products are lead-free. Getting the lead out under the EU's demanding new environmental rules hasn't been easy, especially for OEMs, who have ultimate responsibility for RoHS compliance. "This is a big challenge for them because they're...
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Ron Schneiderman
July 6, 2006[Editorial] The World Is Ready For RoHS (Whether You Are Or Not)
The deadline for compliance with the EU's Restrictions on Hazardous Substances has arrived. Are your products RoHS ready? A survey of Electronic Design readers reveals a mixed bag (see the figure). The elimination of lead and other hazardous substances has created some significant challenges for both chipmakers and OEM manufacturers. The additional costs and efforts have been worth it, though, because the RoHS directive...
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Mark David
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