Farnell InOne has re-energised its dedicated RoHS website with an RoHS first aid kit that provides emergency assistance to design engineers trying to meet the requirements of the July 1 law.

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and DuPont Electronic Technologies have demonstrated a non-destructive method for measuring how temperature affects the electrical properties of three common circuit board materials (ceramic, polymer and glass).

The directors of Compliance Engineering Pty Ltd have announced the launch of Compliance Engineering in the Australian EMC compliance market.

Unispan Instruments Pty Ltd has been appointed distributors of Kimo Constructeur products in Australia.

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed an inexpensive, reliable and easy-to-manufacture class of dielectric films that have the capability of enabling programmable antifuses on integrated circuits (IC) at less cost and using easier-to-manufacture methods.

Electronic circuitry company Qualitec in Rydalmere are moving out of their comfort zone and into electrical and semi-mechanical assembly.

Due to the continual growth of AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty Ltd, the company is again on the move.

Techno s.r.1. of Guanzate Italy have signed Switches Plus Components as their exclusive distributor for the Australian/New Zealand region.

A network processor chip could cut the cost of 10 Gig ethernet to as little as US$400 a port, according to semiconductor company Bay Microsystems.

ARC International and Toshiba Corporation have announced that they have entered into a strategic collaboration that is intended to increase the worldwide semiconductor industry's adoption of configurable technology.

Fluke Australia has teamed up with educators to bring the latest test and measurement expertise into the classroom.

Richardson Electronics has announced a franchise distributor partnership with Radiotronix, of Oklahoma.

Two directives have been introduced that will impact on the export of electrical and electronic devices into the European market:

The Australian Government now regulates the energy efficiency performance of external power supplies, AC charger and AC adaptors.

The global industry - now in its fifth consecutive year of expansion - appears to have shaken off the cycle of boom and bust that characterised its earlier stages said Scott Jewler, chief strategy officer for STATS ChipPAC.