Author: Ray Keefe

  • Smart 100 2018

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    Smart 100 Each year Australian Anthill look select their Smart 100. This year the arcHUB Smart Cities Sensor Suite was selected as a Smart 100. This is an IoT (Internet of Things) device that is Designed in Australia, and Made in Australia.   You can read the full list of Smart 100 finalists 2018. Judging…

  • Electronex 2018

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    Electronex 2018 Electronex is on again and in Sydney from 5-6 September at Rose Hill Gardens.   Successful Endeavours will be exhibiting there and looking forward to celebrating Australian Electronics Manufacturing which is currently growing strongly. Please consider registering and attending. Registration is free.   Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development, focusing on products that…

  • Endeavour Awards Winners 2018

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    Endeavour Awards 2018 Tonight was the awards dinner for the Endeavour Awards 2018. We are finalists in three categories and one of our clients, IND Technology, is a finalist for Outstanding Startup of the Year. On this occasion we didn’t win but our congratulations goes out to those that did. Here is the list: Technology…

  • Writing Better Code

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    What is Code? Those who write software refer to source code. This is human readable instructions for a computer to execute. Which either gets compiled to machine code in the instruction set the computer can execute, or is interpreted directly by a virtual machine. Java and Python are 2 languages that commonly use virtual machines. Whereas…

  • Sodium Ion Batteries

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    Battery Technology Batteries have come a long way. There are still a lot of things we can do with existing technologies and this was covered in Making Batteries Better.   Lithium Ion Battery The leading Rechargeable Battery Technology at present is the Lithium Ion Battery because of the high energy density and reduced weight compared…

  • Endeavour Awards Finalist 2018

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    Endeavour Awards 2018 We are excited to announce that we are finalists in three categories for the 2018 Endeavour Awards. These are run by Manufacturers’ Monthly.   The categories are:   Environmental Solution of The Year Australian Industrial Product of The Year Most Innovative Manufacturing Company Award And our clients are also in the award…

  • Improving Power Distribution

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    Electrical Power Distribution Electricity is essential to the modern world. It is the power source behind the vast majority of modern appliances. And for large quantities of it, we are currently mostly burning things to produce heat to run generators to create AC power to transformers to high voltage power lines to more transformers, low…

  • A Better Diode

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    What is wrong with Diodes? At one level, nothing. The humble Diode conducts current in one direction only, can have very large voltage blocking capabilities and a Schottky Diode can have lower forward voltages so it dissipates less heat.   All very well and good while currents are modest. But very high currents lead to…

  • Australian Manufacturing Growth Continues

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    Australian Manufacturing PMI   Unlike what you are probably hearing from politicians, Australian Manufacturing is one of the current success stories of the Australian economy. Currently the second highest growth sector in Australia, Australian Manufacturing has been in growth every month bar one since mid 2015. Check out the chart below from Trading Economics Australian…

  • Samantha Gash

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    Samantha Gash At the most recent Casey Cardinia Business Breakfast I had the opportunity to hear Samantha Gash speak about her life and discovery of running.   Life beyond the comfort zone From a high school student who was always the last one picked for a sports team, she was not renowned for her physical…