Category: Electronics Design
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PCB Design could be changed forever
Carbon Nanotubes replace Solder Pads Recent breakthroughs in nanotechnology could change the way Printed Circuit Boards, PCBs, are made and this could start happening soon. If you either the Design PCBs or Manufacture PCBs then you will want to keep up with this new technology that uses Nanotape PCB Pads. Here is a picture…
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Paper Electronics
Paper Electronics Devices Recent breakthroughs at Harvard Labs have led to the creation of a paper based accelerometer that matches the sensitivity of silicon based MEMS accelerometers so common in air bags and the Nintendo Wii system. The full article can be read on the IEEE website at Paper Accelerometer Could Mean Disposable Devices. …
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Casey Electronics Design Business in the News
Casey Business Awards We already let you know that we are finalists in 2 of the 9 categories for the City Of Casey inaugural Casey Business Awards in our post about being Casey Business Awards Finalists. The Casey Business Awards categories we are finalists in are: Manufacturer Of The Year Business and Professional Services The…
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Australian Engineering Week 2010
Australian Engineering Week 2010 Today begins Australian Engineering Week 2010. You can get a full run down on all the events at Make It So which you might recognise as a tribute to the Star Trek series. It got me thinking about why I got started in Engineering. It was music. I had done…
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High Voltage Power Electronics
Safety in High Voltage Power Distribution My thanks to Tim Heemskerk of ABB High Voltage Division in Lilydale for this clip. It shows how dangerous High Voltage power can be in Electric Power Transmission Systems and why ABB take so much care in how they handle High Voltage Switching, Power Factor Correction and Fault Isolation…
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Local Casey Electronics Business Wins National Awards
We have been pretty busy so far this year preparing several new products for both the Australian and International markets including an advanced DNP3 enabled power controller for the American Smart Grid initiative. So it was a pleasant interruption to this when we received news that our local Council wanted to run a feature on…