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IET Innovation Awards 2011 open for entries
April 21, 2011
The popular and highly respected IET Innovation Awards are now open for entries. With a broad range of categories that recognise science, engineering…
UMR confirms UK events
April 20, 2011
It's great to see that some people can still run successful events in the UK! UMR has confirmed the following event dates for 2011: Embedded…
FindChips.com launches mobile application
April 20, 2011
The popular FindChips.com website has launched a mobile app, making it much easier to use site to find distributors with stock of a particular…
New Electronics launches online forums
April 9, 2011
New Electronics has just announced the launch of discussion forums on their website. I think this is a great move: it not only will increase…
FreeRTOS opens releases to sponsorship
April 6, 2011
Arguably the world's favourite RTOS (based upon the embedded.com surveys), FreeRTOS.org has decided to offer "release sponsorship". This would…
No more printed catalogues from Digi-Key
March 28, 2011
Mick Elliott reports that Digi-Key has announced that they will stop producing a printed catalogue. This is an interesting move - the pile of…
Another successful show!
March 27, 2011
Hot on the heels of the impressive showing by DATE 2011, another specialist event has reported an increase in attendance. SMART SYSTEMS INEGRATION…
DATE increases exhibition attendance by 40%
March 25, 2011
Whether it was the choice of Grenoble as the location, the improved economic climate or some other factor, it's clear that the DATE 2011 was a real…
Power Systems Design launches online community
March 24, 2011
A new online "community" for power electronics engineers has been launched by Power Systems Design on their English website. After registration,…