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Bench Talk for Design Engineers

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Bench Talk for Design Engineers | The Official Blog of Mouser Electronics


Steven Keeping gained a BEng (Hons.) degree at Brighton University, U.K., before working in the electronics divisions of Eurotherm and BOC for seven years. He then joined Electronic Production magazine and subsequently spent 13 years in senior editorial and publishing roles on electronics manufacturing, test, and design titles including What’s New in Electronics and Australian Electronics Engineering for Trinity Mirror, CMP and RBI in the U.K. and Australia. In 2006, Steven became a freelance journalist specializing in electronics. He is based in Sydney.


Multi-Sensor Modules Ease Indoor Agriculture Design Challenges
On October 5, 2018 in All, IoT, RF, Sensors, Wireless by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Multi-sensor modules, such as TE Connectivity’s AmbiMate, are simplifying the engineering involved in the global enterprise of controlled-environment agriculture (popularly known as vertical farming).
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Tagged With: Agribusiness, AmbiMate, Arable land, CEA, Cloud connectivity, Controlled-environment agriculture, Crops, Farm, Harvest, IIoT, Industrial Internet of Things, Land, Mesh network, MS4 series, Multi-sensor modules, Plants, Sensors, TE Connectivity, Technology, Traditional farming, Vertical farming, Wireless
Wireless Tech Helps Protect Healthcare Budgets
On September 17, 2018 in All, IoT, Low Power, Medical, RF, Wireless by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
An aging population is increasingly suffering from chronic diseases, and frequent hospitalization puts an additional load on stressed healthcare budgets. However, wireless technology is enabling good symptom management, keeping seniors safe at home and protecting budget concerns.
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Tagged With: BLE, Blood pressure, Bluetooth low energy, Bluetooth SIG, Bluetooth Special Interest Group, Diabetes monitoring, Disease management, Healthcare, Heart rate monitoring, Internet of Things, IoT, Medical, Sensors, Thread, Vital signs, Wearables, Wi-Fi, Wireless technology, ZigBee
Li-ion Batteries Overcome Renewable Energy Uncertainty
On July 19, 2018 in All, Power by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Renewable energy (RE) promises much, but it has yet to make a significant impact on world demand. Variability and uncertainty make it impossible to guarantee RE resources will be available when peak demand occurs. However, pilot operations have demonstrated that energy storage using Li-ion batteries could provide a solution to RE variability and uncertainty by smoothing the differences between supply and demand.
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Tagged With: Li-ion batteries, RE, Renewable energy, Smart grid
Smart Monitoring Counters VOC Concerns
On July 11, 2018 in All, Industrial, IoT, RF, Sensors by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution is on the rise. Certain illnesses and cognitive impairments reveal a link to these chemicals, and modern energy-efficient buildings are making the problem worse. Miniaturized sensors offer a solution by indicating when concentrations breach safety levels.
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Tagged With: Air pollution, Airpocalypse, Internet of Things, IoT, Sensors, Smart buildings, VOCs, Volatile organic compounds
Lithium, Cobalt, and Lithium-Cobalt Prices, Demand Drive EVs
On March 21, 2018 in All, Automotive, Power by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
The price of Lithium has tripled since 2016 as electric vehicle batteries compete with mobile consumer electronics for the material. But the escalating price, driven by a threat of shortage of supply, is unlikely to dampen EV demand. Cobalt, another vital ingredient of Li-ion batteries, is another matter, and researchers are working hard to find cheaper alternatives, including Lithium-cobalt.
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Tagged With: Battery technology, Electric vehicles, EVs, Lithium-Cobalt cathode, Lithium-ion cell, Lithium-Iron cathode, Portable power, Power electronics
Biometrics Address Password Flaws
On March 2, 2018 in All, Computing, Security, Sensors by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Password security is flawed—as Hawaiians recently found to their cost—because it relies on humans to create a memorable yet tough-to-hack secret phrase. Biometrics, pioneered by the smartphone’s fingerprint scanner, offers a better alternative.
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Tagged With: biometrics, Cyber security, fingerprint scanners, iris scanners, passwords, smartphone design
Collaborative Robots: Combining Machine Muscle with Human Dexterity
On February 26, 2018 in All, Automation, Industrial, Robotics, Sensors by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
While industrial robots dominate—as the best option for low-volume, high-mix assembly in mass-manufacturing—in comparison to human dexterity, a new generation of lightweight robots promises to marry the best of man and machine.
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Tagged With: automation, cobots, collaborative robots, Industrial robots, machine design, occupational health and safety, robot design, workspace ergonomics
Microgrid Vision Stalls but Smart Automation Offers Reboot
On February 12, 2018 in All, Power by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Microgrids are the key to integrating green energy. But engineers must embrace smart grid technologies before the hype becomes reality.
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Tagged With: distribution automation, electrical power, electricity, electricity generation, fossil fuel, IED, Intelligent Electronic Device, microgrids, nanogrid, photovoltaics, RE, renewable energy, smart grid, solar power, wind power
LEDs and Wireless Tech Combine to Build Intelligent Lighting
On January 3, 2018 in All, IoT, Lighting by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
Both LED lighting and low-power wireless technology have been decades in gestation. Although originally developed for different applications, the two technologies have converged to revolutionize lighting applications that provide more than just illumination.
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Tagged With: Arthur Schawlow, Bluetooth low energy, LED, Light Emitting Diode, mesh networks, Nick Holonyak, Roland Haitz, smart lighting, Wi-Fi, wireless technology, Zigbee
Enterprise Drives Augmented Reality Demand
On October 20, 2017 in All, Empowering Innovation, Industrial, IoT, Medical by Steven Keeping
Steven Keeping
While many things that Google comes up with seemingly turn to gold, Google Glass wasn’t one of them. In fact, according to Forbes magazine, the company’s augmented reality (AR) headset will go down in the annals of bad product launches. But the launch of “Glass Enterprise Edition” targets industrial workplaces and boasts several upgrades over the consumer product—including a better camera, faster microprocessor, improved Wi-Fi, and longer battery life—which offer new potential for the technology.
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Tagged With: AR, augmented reality, Glass Enterprise Edition, head-up display, wearables

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