CONTENTS
Dear readers,
In its Design & Product sections, our May edition largely covers what will be the
main focus of upcoming Nuremberg-based exhibition PCIM Europe (Power Conversion
and Intelligent Motion) taking place from the 5th to the 7th of June.
Electric Vehicle (EV) and hybrid carmakers are carefully watching how Energy
Storage & Battery Technologies are evolving, with new battery chemistries being
investigated and fuel cell regaining momentum too. But the gains of better battery
design and energy storage wouldn’t be of much relevance without increasingly
sophisticated Power Management solutions.
Month after month, year after year, discover how technology matures and
moves from the lab to the industrialization stage.
Enjoy this edition of eeNews Europe and don’t hesitate to get in touch to tell
us your stories, from starting up a company to developing your first prototypes,
achieving your first product design-in, sharing your insight on this
fast-paced industry or to contribute your expertise on some of the topics
we’ll be covering along the year.
Julien Happich
Editor in Chief
4 - 49: OPINION
Uncommon Market:
How about plastic MEMS?
Last word: Powering the
future with intelligence and
efficiency
6 - 28: NEWS & TECHNOLOGY
Forum goes back to the
future in Antwerp
Research institute IMEC is
returning to Antwerp in May
to host its annual technology
forum, which will provide
a platform for more than
60 experts to discuss the
future of nanotechnology.
Luc Van den hove, CEO of IMEC, discussed some of
the themes coming up at the event and how developments
and areas of interest are changing at the
research institute.
30 - 35: ENERGY STORAGE &
BATTERY TECHNOLOGIES
How can we ensure
batteries don’t get
recycled too early?
The surge in electric
vehicles (EVs) adoption has led to the steady dropping
of prices. However, there is still one main bottleneck
for future owners of EVs – range and battery
lifetime anxiety.
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36 - 41: MICROPROCESSORS
& MICROCONTROLLERS
Strategic MCUthinking
for ultra-low
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power systems
The Internet of
Things (IoT) is
driving a huge demand for a wide assortment of
battery-operated devices. This in turn is driving the
requirement for ever-increasing energy efficiency of
microcontrollers and other system-level components.
42 - 45: POWER MANAGEMENT
Solving networked
sensors’ energy problems
With its ZEPOWEL
lighthouse project, the
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft
aims to develop extremely
energy-efficient and modular
hardware as the basis for a
comprehensive Internet of Things that would be as
sustainable as possible.
46: READER OFFER
This month, TI is giving away
seven LightCrafter Display 2000
Evaluation Modules (EVM)
bundled with a BeagleBone
Black board for eeNews
Europe’s readers to evaluate its
new 0.2-inch DLP2000 chipset.
48: DISTRIBUTION CORNER
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