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Printed journals are still important in the digital age
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
With South Africa becoming increasingly connected, the question is often asked whether there is still room for printed journals. A recent web-based readers' survey conducted by EE Publishers showed that there is a healthy balance... ( more) |
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Q&A: Devices and connected "things"
by Jessica Ekholm, Gartner
The mobile app marketplace, dominated by the Apple App Store and Google Play, is a focal point for smartphone users. After eight years of searching for, downloading and using smartphone apps, users are maturing in their usage behaviours... ( more) |
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In conversation with Mike Banda
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
The industrial internet of things is creating a crossroad in today's industrial landscape. With the current focus on the internet of things, the industrial internet of things (IIoT) and Industry 4.0, we cannot afford to lose sight of the fact... ( more) |
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It's 2016 and you aren't using encryption. Why?
by Neil Cosser, Gemalto
All breaches aren't created equally. Encryption, not breach prevention, separates damaging hacks from annoying intrusions. Encryption has this kind of reputation that it's complicated. It's not. It's very, very simple... ( more) |
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Panel discussion: Should C&I be recognised as an engineering discipline in SA?
Compiled by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
Internationally, control and instrumentation (C&I) is recognised as an engineering discipline. In South Africa it is not. The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) does not have a registration category for C&I, although some discussion has recently been initiated... ( more)
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Survey reveals uptake of Industry 4.0 in South Africa
by Joanne Taylor, EE Publishers
The Industry 4.0 digital operations survey, released by PwC, highlights that the repercussion for smaller groups of companies that are not digitising, will be that they are put out of business. Industry 4.0 focuses on the end-to-end digitisation of all physical assets and... ( more)
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A new era of initiatives for the next industrial revolution
by Martin W. Krueger, Rainer Drath, Heiko Koziolek and Zied M. Ouertani, ABB
A new era of industrial innovation is upon us. Referred to as the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0), the deeper meshing of the digital world with the world of machines holds the potential to bring about profound transformation to global industry... ( more)
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Simple, open and standardised cloud connectivity
by Sven Goldstein, Beckhoff Automation
As information technology and automation technology continue to converge, cloud-based communication and data services are increasingly used in industrial automation projects. Beyond the scope of conventional control tasks, applications such as... ( more)
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Analogue signal chain calibration
by Gautam Das G and Praveen Sekar, Cypress Semiconductor
Analogue signal chains are prone to gain and offset errors that can propagate through the signal chain and reduce accuracy. Even a simple signal chain, such as one consisting of a sensor whose weak analogue signal is first amplified and then fed to... ( more)
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Getting the calibration you need
Information from Keysight Technologies
If your organisation is like most technology companies, test equipment is an important part of ensuring the quality and performance of your end products. One of the fundamental values of test equipment is the confidence you gain from the measurements... ( more)
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Software migration to 64-bit ARM heterogeneous platforms
Information from Xilinx
This article details how UltraScale+ MPSoC devices provide a robust platform upon which system architects can innovate without concern about loss of investment in their existing software infrastructure. The ARMv8 architecture at the heart... ( more)
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The advantages of moving from a VHDL to a UVM test bench
by Shaela Rahman, Baker Hughes
FPGA designs are becoming too large to verify by visually checking waveforms, as the functionality has become beyond easy comprehension. They are also part of more complex systems that require long lab integration times. FPGA design and verification teams needed... ( more)
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Challenges of networking the smart oil field
by Thomas Nuth, Moxa
Falling global oil prices continue to have a back-breaking effect on cost-intensive upstream oil operations and the economies that are heavily dependent on oil production. As prices fall below 50% of those experienced in 2014... ( more)
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The drivers and benefits of edge computing
by Steven Carlini, Schneider Electric
Internet use is trending towards bandwidth-intensive content and an increasing number of attached "things". At the same time, mobile telecom networks and data networks are converging into a cloud computing architecture... (more)
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Digital radio - an option for South Africa?
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
Radio technology has seen very little innovation and development since FM stereo was introduced in the 1960s. It was the sound revolution of the time but FM also caused the demise of the AM and shortwave services of the SABC and LM Radio... (more)
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Intelligence driven identity and access management
Information from RSA-EMC2
The way organisations manage access to their critical applications and data is becoming unwieldy and overly complicated. That's because traditional identity and access management (IAM) solutions, which were supposed to help organisations guard their IT systems... ( more)
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Biometric technology: how fail-proof is it?
by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
Over the past few years the use of biometrics as an access and authentication mechanism has grown in popularity. The question is often asked "how fail proof is it?" There are several forms of biometrics, including fingerprint identification... (more)
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Compiled by Hans van de Groenendaal, EE Publishers
- Dock and charge
- So easy to scan a book page
- Get closer to action
- Radio wave power computer... (more)
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Compiled by Aim�e Clarke, EE Publishers
- Kenyan government boosting public WiFi
- Ghanaian pupils learn about ICT
- Network modernising for Tanzania
- Partnership brings basic internet services to Nigerians
- Tanzanian government to crack down on fake phones
- New 4G/LTE provider in Algeria
- Digital payments invaluable in Sierra Leone
- Conference on digitalising African identity cards
- Augmented reality growing in Africa... (more)
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