Watch and read all about the Hardware Design webinars of E&A 2021

Despite the fact that Electronics & Applications 2021 could unfortunately not take place physically, an online conference program around the theme of Hardware Design was held with five participants during the original trade fair week. The impact of Hardware Design on the time to market was the main theme.

Patrick Winkelaar and Johan Vonk of Betronic BV opened the sessions on Thursday. Their central proposition: the design of the electronics no longer has an impact on the time to market. In the online poll, 57 percent of the viewers agreed with this. Things like software development take up much more time these days. It is important that components are purchased on time. But the software component in particular is a point of attention, was the closing message.
(Read our interview with Patrick Winkelaar or watch the webinar back)

Jan Kuper, co-owner of QBayLogic, outlined the rise of the FPGA, which is currently used for AI, physics simulations and, a specific application that Kuper mentioned, satellite communication with laser beams. But unlike regular CPUs, FPGAs are quite difficult to program and therefore expensive to develop. With the Clash compiler co-developed by Kuper based on the Haskell programming language, programming FPGAs can be considerably easier. At the same time, this shortens the time to market.
(Read our interview with Jan Kuper or watch the webinar back)

On behalf of Eurocircuits, Dirk Stans discussed how, in his view, the gap between CAD and CAM can be closed. Because a lot is involved in designing and producing a PCB. With the Visualizer Smart tools, this is made easier for Eurocircuits customers and 'Right First Time' for production is achieved.
(Read our interview with Dirk Stans or watch the webinar back)

Peter van Oostrom, Romex, talked about the testability of a product. There are various test technologies available. By combining these, many production errors are recognized in time and repair costs remain manageable. Van Oostrom gave an example of electrical tests with a pin bed.
(Read our interview with Peter van Oostrom or watch the webinar back)

The closing lecture was given by Bert van den Berg of 3T. Together with Sirius Medical, 3T developed an innovative medical device for tumor localization. Van den Berg spoke about the design challenges and requirements with regard to the medical guidelines.
(Read our interview with Bert van den Berg or watch the webinar back)