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Successful Triboelectric Energy Harvesting and Sensing (TENG): What Next?

IDTechEx

The new triboelectrics addresses big issues such as pandemics, air pollution and sensors everywhere so it can create billion dollar businesses. It has already led to sale of self-powered electrostatic face masks that really do filter deadly particulates. It will lead to making electricity where it is needed and self-powered sensors and actuators that signal status. Here comes the world of less battery and no battery.

Datum: 1. 4. 2020 - 3:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 SELČ (20 minut)
Date: April 1, 2020 - 3:00am | 11:00am | 6:00pm CEST (20 minutes)

DFMStream/CAM350 Webinar

DownStream Technologies

At this free webinar you will learn about DFMStream, the new product from DownStream Technologies that provides powerful DFM capabilities in an easy-to- use tool suite. DFMStream bridges the gap between engineering and fabrication, helps save valuable time and reduces new product introduction bottlenecks.

Identifying DFM issues before you start the fabrication process
Preparing PCB design data for manufacturing is a critical step in the new product introduction process. Designs that work in a virtual PCB CAD system may unknowingly break critical manufacturing rules resulting in delayed delivery times as deviations and work-arounds are performed at the manufacturer.

Datum: 1. 4. 2020 - 15:00 SELČ a 20:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 1, 2020 - 6:00AM PDT | 9:00AM EDT | 3:00PM CEST and 11:00AM PDT | 2:00PM EDT (60 minutes)

How to Reduce Battery Cell Manufacturing Time

Keysight Technologies

The traditional calculation method to measure the lithium-ion cell self-discharge is by how much the open-circuit voltage of the cells changes over time.

It can take days or weeks for the open-circuit voltage to change enough to determine whether the self-discharge of the cells is beyond acceptable limits, or not.

In this webinar, we will compare two methods for measuring self-discharge: traditional open-circuit voltage.

Datum: 2. 4. 2020 - 11:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 2, 2020 - 11:00 AM CEST (60 minutes)

Best Practices for Successful Rigid-Flex Design Fabrication

Altium

Altium, a leading global developer of software for electronics design, and Würth Elektronik, a reputable manufacturer of printed circuit boards with three series production facilities in Germany, invite you to participate in a joint webinar "Best Practices for Successful Rigid-Flex Design Fabrication."

As part of the webinar, attendees will be informed of essential best practices to avoid CAM holds and ensure the trouble-free fabrication of rigid-flex boards. Attendees will also observe how rigid-flex boards are designed and managed using Altium Designer.

Datum: 2. 4. 2020 - 11:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 2, 2020 - 11:00 AM CEST (60 minutes)

BluePrint-PCB Webinar

DownStream Technologies

Current tools and methodologies for PCB Documentation are essentially workarounds that, rather than automating, in fact create obstacles to quickly producing detailed and accurate PCB documentation.

What is needed is a new approach to PCB documentation – a standalone PCB document authoring tool, developed in the style of Microsoft Office, which quickly creates electronic drawings to drive the PCB fabrication and assembly processes; a tool that “knows” it is creating a PCB document and leverages the PCB CAD data to automatically create and intelligently link PCB Views, details, document notes, external documents, URLs and multi-media content.

The result should be an electronic document which better articulates the instructions for PCB manufacturing, which can be changed instantly, and will lead to faster and more accurate new product introduction. A new product from DownStream Technologies – BluePrint for Printed Circuit Boards – is just such a product.

Datum: 2. 4. 2020 - 15:00 SELČ a 20:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 2, 2020 - 6:00AM PDT | 9:00AM EDT | 3:00PM CEST and 11:00AM PDT | 2:00PM EDT (60 minutes)

DFM / DFA - What Is It? How Does It Work?

IDTechEx

Sometimes called "spell check" for PCB designs, DFM and DFA software checks can prevent hours to days of holds and delays.

In this this free webinar recording co-presented by Advanced Assembly and Royal Circuit Solutions, learn how DFM/ DFA software checks work, what errors are caught, best practices, design dos and don'ts, plus much more.

Datum: 2. 4. 2020 20:00 SELČ
Date: April 2, 2020 11:00 AM Pacific time | 8:00pm CEST

Bluetooth® LE vs 2.4 GHz Proprietary wireless – the right connectivity for your industrial application

Würth Elektronik

Choosing the right wireless connectivity goes along with determining the reliability of your low-power industrial IoT application. Several choices are available in the globally 2.4 GHz license-free spectrum with a range of standard compliant as well as proprietary options.

In this webinar we present a comparative analysis of wireless connectivity using Bluetooth® Low Energy and 2.4 GHz proprietary wireless technologies. Outlining the key factors such as security, reliability we would like to help you make wise design decisions in choosing the technology suitable to your application. We introduce our new radio modules, Proteus-III/Thyone-I and ease of integration of such a module into your application.

Datum: 7. 4. 2020 - 15:00 SELČ (45 minut)
Date: April 7, 2020 - 3:00 PM CEST (45 minutes)

High speed interconnect EM simulation

Ansys

Highspeed interconnects needs to be carefully matched to the PCB in order to avoid SI/PI and EMC issues.

During this webinar we will demonstrate the ANSYS Electronics Desktop workflow that makes this process easy and accurate. This will enable you to quickly setup a wide range of EM simulations for high speed interconnects.

Datum: 7. 4. 2020 - 19:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 7, 2020 - 10:00 AM PST | 7:00 PM CEST (60 minutes)

Electric Vehicles in Construction, Agriculture, Mining: $100 Billion Market Soon

IDTechEx

Construction, agriculture and mining CAM vehicles have similar technology and are increasingly supplied by the same manufacturers facing a $100 billion opportunity with none of the problems of the car industry. Indeed, the more savvy Tier One car suppliers are successfully moving into this arena.

This webinar shares some of the research for the new IDTechEx report, Electric Vehicles in Construction, Agriculture and Mining 2020-2030, which uniquely addresses a huge opportunity.

Learn how CNH Industrial, John Deere, Komatsu and named others are broadly active. See small businesses prosper from making the new requirements such as drones, mine survey robots and solar weeding robots. See the construction site, farm and mine of the future going electric and how that power will be made on-site off-grid with zero emission. The purpose of the research is to provide uniquely up-to-date, penetrating analysis and forecasts of the CAM EV technology and markets globally for all in the value chain from investors, researchers and materials suppliers to vehicle and microgrid manufacturers and operators, system integrators, facilities managers and legislators.

Datum: 8. 4. 2020 - 3:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 SELČ (20 minut)
Date: April 8, 2020 - 3:00am | 11:00am | 6:00pm CEST (20 minutes)

Measure Noise Figure with Signal Analyzers

Keysight Technologies

Noise figure is one of the fundamental parameters that differentiates one system, amplifier, or transistor from another. To minimize the problems resulting from noise generated in RF systems, you can either make a weak signal stronger or reduce the noise of that system or its individual components. But first, you must be able to measure the noise figure of your system to know how best to fix it. In this webinar, learn how to make accurate and repeatable noise figure measurements.

Datum: 9. 4. 2020 - 11:00 SELČ (50 minut)
Date: April 9, 2020 - 11:00 AM CEST (50 minutes)

Robotic Surgery: Where Are We Today?

IDTechEx

IDTechEx research has determined that the robotic surgery market will exceed $12 billion by 2030. It is very different today than it was five years ago as it is no longer the single company market it once was.

The field is rapidly growing, as new companies are constantly joining the race. Each new entrant is fuelling the diversification of this technology into previously unexplored territories, and the field is becoming increasingly broad and complex. Competition in the robotic surgery market has never been more fierce as each company seeks to disrupt the reign of the current market leader.

The range of capabilities and applications of surgical robots has expanded dramatically in the last decade and, with the range of benefits that they offer, it is only a matter of time before they become widely implemented into operating rooms.

Datum: 9. 4. 2020 - 3:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 SELČ (20 minut)
Date: April 9, 2020 - 3:00am | 11:00am | 6:00pm CEST (20 minutes)

UVM Coding Guidelines: Tips & Tricks You Probably Didn’t Know

Mentor, A Siemens business

Chris Spear, Principle Instructor presents coding guidelines for UVM, the Universal Verification Methodology. He recommends how to create testbench transactions and component classes that are easily debugged and reused. Additional rules are shown for SystemVerilog code to prevent common bugs. These strategies are based on decades of experience with functional verification in Verilog, SystemVerilog, and verification methodologies including UVM, OVM, VMM, and more.

Datum: 10. 4. 2020 17:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 10, 2020 8:00 AM Pacific (60 minutes)

Component selection with REDEXPERT

Würth Elektronik

This webinar will introduce our cost-free online tool REDEXPERT. The tool can be used to select components for your respective applications. Additionally, the tool allows a comparison of different components in order to make the selection as easy as possible.

Datum: 16. 4. 2020 - 15:00 SELČ (45 minut)
Date: April 16, 2020 - 3:00 PM CEST (45 minutes)

USB-C "from layout to production"

Würth Elektronik

USB-C now offers different variants of connectors from USB 2.0 in a type-C housing to type-C for 10 GBit data rate. The housing variants have also become more diverse. From the horizontal hybrid type to vertical variants to the mid-mount type, which is placed in a PCB cutout. All of these types have their own special characteristics, which in many cases must be taken into account in the layout so that problem-free production is possible afterwards.

Datum: 21. 4. 2020 - 15:00 SELČ (45 minut)
Date: April 21, 2020 - 3:00 PM CEST (45 minutes)

Hybrid Techniques for the Modeling/Simulation of PCBs

Ansys

Modeling printed circuit boards (PCB) can be complex and challenging. Board designers and analysts have many questions, including: “Do we need to model every copper feature in the board in detail, or can we use lumped parameter models?”

In this webinar, we will explore Ansys simulation solutions for modeling PCBs and identify which techniques are best-suited for a particular problem. These techniques include detailed trace modeling, trace mapping, reinforcements and lumped material models. Some simulation solutions may require using a hybrid of two or more techniques to get the best results without losing accuracy. We will also discuss how in-development techniques will help revolutionize PCB modeling.

Datum: 21. 4. 2020 - 17:00 SELČ
Date: April 21, 2020 - 11:00 AM EDT | 3:00 PM GMT

Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture: $50 Billion Market Soon

IDTechEx

Agricultural vehicles, from greenhouse robots to outdoor precision farming, tractors, forestry vehicles and turf care, are rapidly going electric. Increasingly they get their electricity off-grid, zero-emission, on-site using technology similar to that in an EV.

Learn which vehicles, when and understand seven key EV enabling technologies for the new agricultural EVs. The market drivers include increasingly ineffective and illegal poisons being replaced by robot weeders, some solar powered. Learn how ageing workforces and the need for better land usage including no soil compaction alter the picture. See which hybrid and pure electric powertrains are coming in for what vehicles and learn why.

This webinar shares some of the research from the new IDTechEx report, Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture 2020-2030.

Datum: 22. 4. 2020 - 3:00 | 11:00 | 18:00 SELČ (15 minut)
Date: April 22, 2020 - 3:00am | 11:00am | 6:00pm CEST (15 minutes)

Design for Additive Manufacturing

Ansys

The first stop in the additive manufacturing journey is “Design for Additive Manufacturing.” You might want to adapt additive manufacturing because of the volume of components, distributed manufacturing or the complexity of design of the component. In this webinar, you will learn how the Ansys Discovery Topology Optimization tool can be used to create lightweight designs and make your parts ready for additive manufacturing.

Datum: 22. 4. 2020 - 17:00 SELČ
Date: April 22, 2020 - 11:00 AM EDT | 5:00 PM CEST

Demystifying the Standards for Automotive Ethernet

Keysight Technologies

As Ethernet celebrates its 40^th anniversary, this webinar will discuss its deployment for automotive applications and the standards related to its implementation. It will explain the role of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), OPEN Alliance, and the Ethernet Alliance in governing the implementation.

Datum: 23. 4. 2020 - 11:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 23, 2020 - 11:00 AM CEST (60 minutes)

6 Ways to Reduce A&D Program Risk

Mentor, A Siemens business

This presentation describes how a development environment (in Aerospace & Defence) employing a complete digital twin of the platform electrical system reduces program risk. It discusses the importance of employing a mature and fully functional, multi-domain digital thread to enrich the digital twin throughout the platform’s lifecycle: from definition, through design, into production and throughout its operating life for sustainment. It covers the role that automation and reuse play in reducing electrical system implementation risk. Finally, it explains how validation techniques with direct, continuous access to the electrical system digital twin can be applied to reduce integration and compliance risk. Those adopting this approach also accrue productivity advantages across the domains of the electrical discipline. Furthermore, they often reduce their cost of quality, achieving functional and compliant first articles with fewer design/integration/production iterations. Many also find that their need for costly ECOs is vastly reduced. However, these are all collateral benefits, subordinate to the ability to de-risk their programs and achieve their expected end.

Datum: 23. 4. 2020 18:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: April 23, 2020 9:00 AM Pacific (60 minutes)

Aviation Electrification: Integrated design of electric motors

Siemens

Motor design is a structured process that is iterative and increasingly collaborative. New tools and techniques can act as disruptors to standard approaches and help streamline the process. In this webinar, we will explore the current trend and best practices for designing and optimizing the performance of rotating electric motors to meet the challenging requirements that are posed by the electrification of the aerospace industry, implementation of “safe failure modes”, weight and efficiency considerations, etc.

Technical application experts will use a case study to demonstrate a number of modern electric machine design software packages (Simcenter Motorsolve, Simcenter MAGNET, Simcenter MAGNET Thermal, and Simcenter 3D),  the system level design software (Simcenter Amesim) and the design exploration and multi-objective optimization software (Simcenter HEEDS), to tackle common design problems.

Datum: 6. 5. 2020 14:00 | 19:00 SELČ (60 minut)
Date: May 6, 2020 9:00 AM | 1:00 PM US/Eastern (60 minutes)