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ELECTRONICS
IN CHALLENGING TIMES
INDUSTRY
ANALYSIS
How COVID-19
Has Impacted the
Electronics Sector
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ELECTRONICA
2020
A Focus on Driving
Sustainable
Progress
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The advantages of Rigid-
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Q&A: Eben Upton
How Raspberry Pi Is
Handling the Crisis
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Q&A: Ryan Cousins
Developing Hardware in
Tough Times
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Q&A: Markus Strecker
From Award-Winning
Start-Up to Scale Up
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Flex PCB
A look at companies
stepping up to COVID-19
Give your products center
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stage!
How Elektor helps in
difficult times
Industry and product
news
Webinars
SENS RS
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MEASUREMENT
The Future with Sensors, RF, and 5G
The Internet of Things (IoT) is loaded with billions of sensors, and it is likely that you have
deployed a few of them yourself. Elektor's editorial and engineering teams are keenly aware
of the importance of sensor and measurement technologies, which is why we developed a
free webinar titled “Sensors and Measurement: The Future with Sensors, RF, and 5G.”
Watch Now
As an electronics designer, you likely work with sensor technol-
ogy and measurement tools on a regular basis. Technicians
use temperature sensors to monitor industrial applications.
Engineers implement proximity sensors in countless aerospace
systems as well as industrial automation facilities. Designers
incorporate RF sensors in many military and surveillance appli-
cations. And those are only a few examples. Several others
will likely come to mind in the next few minutes. In Elektor's
"Sensors and Measurement" webinar, Elektor Labs Technical
Manager Clemens Valens moderates an informative discussion
about sensor technology, RF solutions, and 5G with industry
thought leaders, including engineer/author Robert Lacoste and
engineer/journalist Stuart Cording. The experts cover:
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How are sensors currently used?
How will sensors be deployed in future IoT applications?
What is 5G? Why is it important?
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What are the difficulties associated with 5G?
And more
The Speakers
the Technical Manager of
Elektor Labs. He holds a
BSc in Electronics and an
MSc in Electronics and Infor-
mation Technology. Valens started
working for Elektor in 2008 as editor in
chief of Elektor France, and he has also
worked as an editor for Elektor UK/US
and ElektorMagazine.com. He currently
produces engineering tutorials and product
reviews at Elektor.tv. In recent videos,
Clemens covered the following topics
and more: Arduino compiler optimiza-
tions, GitHub essentials, home automation,
getting started with KiCad EDA, and several
informative product reviews.
Clemens Valens
is
Founder and CEO of Alciom,
a France-based consulting
and design house special-
ized in mixed-signal electron-
ics: wireless and microwaves, antennas
design and optimization, high-speed signal
processing, analog front-ends, sensors,
and more. He graduated from Paris’s Ecole
Polytechnique and ENSEEIHT engineering
school, and he has 30 years of experience in
electronics, real-time systems, and telecom-
munications. Lacoste's books,
The Darker
Side: Practical Applications for Electronic
Design Concepts
(in English) and
Percer les
mystères de l’électronique
(in French), are
available in the Elektor Store.
Robert Lacoste
is the
engineer and journalist with
more than 25 years of experi-
ence in the electronics industry.
He has held positions at National
Semiconductor, Texas Instruments, Micro-
chip Technology, Atmel, iSYSTEM, and
Publitek. Cording's article, "Beyond the
Razzle-Dazzle: 5G in Industrial Automation,"
appears in Elektor Industry 2/2020.
Stuart Cording
is an
Foreword
By
C. J. Abate
Content Director, Elektor
Electronics Innovation
in Turbulent Times
Since late last year, COVID-19 has dramatically impacted the electron-
ics industry. Many manufacturers have scaled back production. Count-
less supply chains have been disrupted. Widespread shutdowns
and government interventions have created logistics problems for
both large electronic component distributors and small online kit
suppliers. Social distancing regulations have created new challenges
for engineers, developers, and researchers used to working along-
side their colleagues. Engineering students have had to leave their
electronics labs and work remotely with their teachers and profes-
sors. These are turbulent times to say the least.
As I write this, the COVID-19 crisis continues to foster uncertainty
in the global electronics industry and beyond, which is why we are
presenting you with this freely available COVID-19-focused edition of
Elektor Industry
magazine. In addition to reviewing the effects of the
crisis, we highlight some of the positive industry-specific develop-
ments and innovations that have emerged over the past few months.
We also provide business insights from executives and engineers such
as Raspberry Pi Founder Eben Upton and krtkl CEO Ryan Cousins.
Looking for an overview of how the crisis has unfolded? In “Industry
and Community Respond to Coronavirus,” Stuart Cording offers some
context and describes how the electronics industry and community
have responded to various challenges. Curious about new electronics
products and “social impact” projects? Wondering about electronica
2020? We have you covered.
I hope you find this free edition of
Elektor Industry
useful and infor-
mative. Next month, we will focus on the topic of Embedded Devel-
opment. Please visit our Elektor Helps page to learn more about
the various ways we are working to help engineers, makers, and
electronics industry companies. Best wishes!
investment
program
We connect start-ups with future
customers, partners and resellers.
Learn about the benefits for both
start-ups and investors.
www.elektormagazine.com/investment-program
The Elektor
July 2020
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CONTENTS
ELECTRONICS
IN CHALLENGING TIMES
Focus
Elektor Industry
Edition 3/2020
Focus:
Electronics in Challenging Times
Regulars
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Foreword
Colophon
Industry Spotlight
Elektor’s Partners in the Electronics Industry
38 Advertisers | Our Contributors | Next Edition
Articles
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10
Industry and Community Respond to Coronavirus
Interview: How Raspberry Pi Is Navigating the
COVID-19 Crisis
Interview: krtkl’s Cofounder on Developing Hardware
in Turbulent Times
Advantages and Uses of Rigid-Flex PCB
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18
20 Interview: From Award-Winning Start-Up to Scale Up:
How an e-ffwd Alum Is Attacking the COVID-19 Crisis with
a Wearable
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Give Your Products Center Stage!
From -50% to +35% turnover with Summer Sale
26 Industry & Product News
Give your products
center stage!
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28 We Get by With a Little Help from Our Friends
36 Interview: A Focus on Driving Sustainable Progress
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July 2020
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COLOPHON
Interview
Eben
Upton
Elektor Industry
3/2020 Focus: Electronics in
Challenging Times
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