Lou Frenzel

Industry magazines are mainly taken for granted, but they’re more important than you realize.

Expectations are high for communications technology in 2022. Of course, there’s the anticipation of more ubiquity with 5G, but look for major developments in satellites and drones… and holographic cellphones?

Single-pair Ethernet makes possible cloud-to-sensor connections that enable full TCP/IP, and it’s revolutionizing factory automation.

An EMP is our worst nightmare of EMI. What would be the outcome of such an event and what protective steps can be taken?

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: Ideal for applications aimed at smart cities or the smart grid, the self-forming, self-healing Wi-SUN mesh network is scalable to several thousand nodes.

Electric vehicles are making headway, but sales lag as concerns still abound regarding cost and infrastructure, among other issues. As for autonomous vehicles, they remain in the “work in progress” stage.

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: With the driver ICs available today, brushed DC motor control is a snap to integrate in building-, home-, and industrial-automation applications.

Sponsored by Digi-Key and Texas Instruments: What are some of the key trends in robotics and automation? This article highlights technologies that will tie AI to the data needed to give robots their smarts.

Sponsored by Texas Instruments: As automotive radar becomes more sophisticated, new approaches are needed to handle the complexity. Two recent techniques zero in on this issue, and perhaps negate the need for LiDAR altogether.

Although the heyday of AM radio has passed, it remains an integral part of many lives as a means of communication in third-world countries, or simply tuning in for local news and weather.

Lessons of a successful electronic business—an interview with Chas Gilmore, former Heath executive.

The trio credited with the milestone may not be a threesome after all. With that in mind, how accurate are the accounts regarding other famous discoveries in electronics, and ...

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