Straightaway from China's recent issuing of its
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long overdue)…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on November 9, 2009 at 2:00pm —
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Based in western Massachusetts, wiring harness maker
MicroTek exemplifies the idea that
diversity in the workforce is what makes companies stronger.
The company was founded 26 years ago with the sole purpose of providing a meaningful workplace for people with disabilities, according to CEO Anne Paradis. After weathering the economic storms of earlier this y…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on October 27, 2009 at 11:17am —
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Posted by Matt Vincent on October 26, 2009 at 11:00am —
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According to reporting in UK trade publication
Mining Weekly.com:
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A copper supply shortage is looming, but top tier copper resources that could fill the supply gap are not only hard to find, but would take time to turn to account.
Independent consultancy GFMS says a copper deficit of 88,000 tons is likely, which, it says, is likely to push the copper price t… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on October 5, 2009 at 2:48pm —
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Glad I waited a bit bit before posting on in Intel's
newly announced and
much ballyhooed optical interconnect technology for PCs,
Light Peak.
Why, say you? Because, at least
according to a recent… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on October 2, 2009 at 10:51am —
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A
great article here from
Connector Specifier's sister site,
RenewableEnergyWorld.com. Here's an excerpt:
By JUSTIN MORESCO -- In years past, solar photovoltaic (PV) installations were largely done in a piecemeal fashion,… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on August 18, 2009 at 9:01am —
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The UK Website
Processingtalk recently
reported that Siemens Milltronics has released a book titled
Catching the Process Fieldbus: An Introduction to Profibus, written by James Powell and Henry Vandelinde. Geared toward beginners, the book addresses and seeks to make accessible the combination of fieldbuses, software packages and media that define in…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on July 6, 2009 at 3:30pm —
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AllPinouts is a Web-based free content project to collect and list all known pinouts.
Pinout or pin-out is a term used in electronics to describe how an electrical cable is wired, or the function of each wire (pin) in a connector.
AllPinouts collects information about hardware interfaces of modern and obsolete hardware, including pinouts of ports, expansion slots, and other connectors of computers and different digital devices…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on June 23, 2009 at 1:55pm —
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Over at
Connector Specifier's sister site,
Lightwave, editor-in-chief Stephen Hardy spoke with John D'Ambrosia, head of the task force charged with creating the 40- and 100-Gigabit Ethernet standards, about 100G chip requirements. During that conversation,
recounted on Stephen's Lightwave blog, D'Ambrosia offered a few opinions about optics for these emerging applications.
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Posted by Matt Vincent on May 22, 2009 at 10:30am —
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It really should be noted here that
WHMA [Wiring Harness Manufacturer's Association], on its
website, now offers quite an extensive
online listing of excess inventory and equipment on sale for and by the makers of wiring harnesses.
Products for sale include wire and cable, connectors/hoods, terminals, contacts, and a variety of tools and miscellaneous items such as locks, seals, brackets, ho…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on May 20, 2009 at 10:14am —
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Nikkei’s Tech-On! reports that Molex and other companies, such as Japan's Yazaki Corp. and Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, have prototyped mini-HDMI connectors for compact applications such as mobile phones and digital cameras. Japan Aviation's prototype connector targets the automotive segment. Like current Type A HDMI connectors, the mini-HDMI Type D connector has 19 pins, but at half the size -- about the same siz…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on May 12, 2009 at 3:28pm —
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Here's a
highly informative article by Sam Barrett of
IPC Association Connecting Electronics Industries:
Electronics manufacturers stand to benefit from a number of provisions in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, or the economic stimulus bill. "The bill has a lot of aspects that are designed to help many businesses, including printed circuit board and electronics assembly manuf… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on April 21, 2009 at 3:25pm —
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A
super-provocative article by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard of
Telegraph.co.uk:
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A 'Copper Standard' for the world's currency system?
Hard money enthusiasts have long watched for signs that China is switching its foreign reserves from US Treasury bonds into gold bullion. They may have been eyeing the wrong me… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on April 17, 2009 at 11:02am —
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The iPod accessories marketer
ezGear has unveiled a video cable for the iPod and iPhone. The cable incorporates Apple’s proprietary authentification chip, allowing video stored on an iPod/iPhone to be played on any video display device.
The 3-foot cable includes an iPod dock connector on one end, and four connectors for video signal, left and right audio channels, and a USB charging port, on the other. The USB port charges the devic…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on April 16, 2009 at 10:35am —
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In
today's news from
Connector Specifier's sister site,
Renewable Energy World.com:
Leading companies in the U.S. wind energy market maintained their top positions in several categories even as other leaders emerged in new categories, while 24 states saw new wind turbine… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on April 14, 2009 at 10:00am —
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Solving the dilemma of having to carry an assortment of battery chargers for multiple portable devices,
the Zelite mini portable charger incorporates a lithium-polymer battery along with one USB cable, two Nokia connectors, two Sony-Ericsson connectors, one Samsung connector, one Motorola/mini USB connector, and an AC adapter.
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Posted by Matt Vincent on April 13, 2009 at 9:39am —
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According to a
February report in
TelecomPaper:
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The European Commission plans to force mobile phone manufacturers to manufacture one mobile phone charger for all mobile phones, according the European Commissioner for Industry, Gunther Verheugen, in an interview with the German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Verheugen said that his patience has been tested enough by the mobile phone industry, which was… Continue
Posted by Matt Vincent on April 8, 2009 at 10:35am —
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Here's some
eye-opening analysis by Adam Pick, principal analyst of EMS/ODM services at the tech research company
iSuppli.
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Once viewed as a promising emerging market with massive growth potential for the global electronics contract manufacturing business, Russia now is facing a cessation of new investment, along with shutdowns in existing facilities and delays in new ones."
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Posted by Matt Vincent on April 7, 2009 at 2:30pm —
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Provocative article in Nikkei Electronics Asia's April 2009 edition, by Tadashi Nezu.
"Universal Serial Bus (USB) and High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI), the two interface standards that have grown with the home audio-visual (AV) equipment industry, are in direct competition with each other. The battlefield is the mobile equipment market."
Full story:…
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Posted by Matt Vincent on April 7, 2009 at 10:02am —
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Posted by Matt Vincent on April 6, 2009 at 12:17pm —
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