When developing a new product and then introducing it to the market there are a number of steps that need to be completed once the development nears completion. One of these steps is determining the conformance requirements necessary for the product and market into which it will be placed… Continue reading Product labelling for UKCA and CE
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E-Textiles and Printed Electronics
Over the past few years there has been a lot of discussion around the development and use of e-textiles. E-textiles typically take the form of yarns, threads and fabrics that have conductive properties i.e. they conduct electricity. The different materials can be conductive, resistive or piezo-resistive. By putting these materials together in different combinations we… Continue reading E-Textiles and Printed Electronics
Designing for Brushless DC Motors (aka: Digital motors)
The brushless DC motor (BLDC) is becoming increasingly popular when designing products for markets such as automotive, domestic appliances, tools and industrial systems because it does away with the mechanical commutator (brushes) used in traditional motors, replacing it with an electronic device that improves the reliability and durability of the unit. Another advantage of a… Continue reading Designing for Brushless DC Motors (aka: Digital motors)
Dealing with post pandemic chip shortages
Over the last few years it has been all too easy to design new products and get them into the market quickly but all that changed in 2020. The onset of COVID-19 sent shockwaves around the world with country after country imposing lockdowns. At that time many industries reacted quickly and started to cancel the… Continue reading Dealing with post pandemic chip shortages
Using LIN Bus for locker systems
LIN (Local Interconnect Network) is a serial network protocol used for communication between components in vehicles. LIN is a low cost communications solution as it requires only 3 connections; Ground, Power and signal. These same 3 connections can be daisy chained to multiple slave devices which is therefore much cheaper than running individual cables to… Continue reading Using LIN Bus for locker systems
Giving old equipment a face lift
There are many examples of industrial equipment that were designed may be 20 or 30 years ago that work perfectly well and do the job they were intended for efficiently but on which the user interface is very dated. In today’s world of smartphones and tablets most people expect a certain ‘look and feel’ when… Continue reading Giving old equipment a face lift
Low Power Card Detect – Friend or foe?
Historically if you were designing a contactless card reader then to detect cards you needed to poll periodically by turning the RF field on and sending out polling requests (REQA for ISO14443A for example). This is fine for USB or mains powered readers but for battery operated devices this becomes challenging. If you have a… Continue reading Low Power Card Detect – Friend or foe?
COLLABORATION LEADS TO SUCCESS FOR DYNAMIC NEW GAME
Nottingham based Near Field Solutions (now Touché Technology) are no strangers to facing obstacles in developing new products and services. The team are frequently challenged to design innovative solutions and are known as leaders in Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth Smart (also known as Bluetooth Low Energy), IoT, antenna modelling and printed electronics. Having been… Continue reading COLLABORATION LEADS TO SUCCESS FOR DYNAMIC NEW GAME
Bluetooth protocol testing
Most Bluetooth controllers have mature software stacks integrated which takes care of all the Bluetooth communications meaning that the application you are developing is relatively isolated from the data that actually gets transferred over the air and so you never need to worry about it. But, if you are developing a Bluetooth Smart (aka Bluetooth… Continue reading Bluetooth protocol testing
DropMix – pushing the boundries of Bluetooth Low Energy
DropMix is a dynamic, fast-paced music-mixing game that allows players to blend popular songs from award-winning artists to create amazing mixes. The DropMix Music Gaming System includes the DropMix game board and 60 DropMix song cards. Each card activates a part of a song track, and every track blends seamlessly with others to create unique… Continue reading DropMix – pushing the boundries of Bluetooth Low Energy