Printed electronics often involves simple things such as printed conductive patterns to counter the pollution, unreliability, bulk, weight and cost of wires, solder and etched patterns. As with every other segment of the display industry, outdoor digital signage is experiencing significant growth and is currently worth more than US$1.5bn AUS startup is focussing on Europe for its international expansion to tackle the complexity of embedded software. Antenna Products Corp substantially improved the performance of a high-frequency collinear dipole array antenna by using MicroStripes electromagnetic (EM) simulation to evaluate a wide range of potential designs. When it comes to emerging markets, India and China usually are at the top of the list. However, Eastern Europe, once concealed behind the so-called Iron Curtain, has become the new contender in the global competition for electronics manufacturing dollars, according to iSuppli Corp. There are many available references on amplifier theory and design, but they often leave a gap between theory and practical considerations. Anurag Bhargava explains Design tool developer Altium has added a range of new capabilities to its Designer environment that handles both FPGA and board designs. The new conga-B945/64 sets a new performance standard for COM Express embedded computer modules. Compared with the current proliferation of more than a dozen different computer on modules (COM) concepts, CompactPCI and CompactPCI Express are founded on solid, and worldwide accepted standards that are observed by more than 100 manufacturers. Suppose a backlight designer wants to use hemispherical bumps on a light-guide to uniformly illuminate an LCD panel. Processor designer AMD is backing an organisation that aims to make its parts redundant. AMD is the first sponsor for OpenFPGA, a non-profit consortium developing high performance computing by running algorithms directly on FPGAs rather than processors It is no accident that printed circuit board (PCB) design was one of the first electronics design tasks to which computer technology was applied in an effort to automate the process. Rob Irwin looks at what makes for good design automation and how this influences the way computer-based tools will continue to evolve in the future Global Display Solutions Ltd (GDS), which designs and manufactures industrial displays, has announced the launch of its 32-in and 46-in large screen colour TFTs specifically designed for outdoor installation. prev    next