Technical Articles

Cable harness manufacturing in Bulgaria
The activities of the major part of the companies operating in Bulgaria are directed towards the manufacturing of cable harnesses for the automotive industry with main clients such as Volkswagen Group, Renault, Ford, Daimler and others ... more
How to prevent dropped communication in critical IoT applications
Networks like those offered in the ATSAMR30 family of MCUs with sub-GHz radio help ensure critical pieces are in place for information to be reliably transferred in changing environments when needede, all while sustaining long battery life ... more
Semiconductor switches for electronic fuses
The thermal characteristic of the protected object is crucial; for example the electric cable, the wiring harness or the semiconductor switch in the connected control unit. Instead of safety fuses or electro-magnetically triggered mechanical contacts, electronic fuses contain semiconductor switches along with their control logic including protective and diagnostic functions ... more
IoT security requires an end-to-end approach
One approach to enforcing secure boot and key storage is to incorporate all of the required blocks into a microcontroller. However, such secure microcontrollers are not available in the many variants that embedded designers can come to expect, which can increase the system cost ... more
Sheet metal processing industry in Bulgaria
The majority of Bulgarian companies engaged in sheet metal processing use high-tech CNC machine tools, allowing them to achieve the desired levels of quality, precision and characteristics of the finished product ... more
Pharmaceuticals manufacturing in Greece
According to data, published by the Greek government, through the years the country’s pharmaceutical industry has remained a relatively strong sector, annually contributing about EUR 2,8 billion to GDP ... more
The Croatian brewing sector
According to a paper on beer production in Croatia, published by Flanders Investment & Trade, the country’s market is dominated by three major breweries owned by global companies, and additionally features a dozen medium-sized, small and microbreweries ... more
Energy sector development in Türkiye
Turkey is a fast-growing economy with rapidly increasing energy demand. However, by implementing a variety of interlinked measures, the country’s energy reforms have provided the needed energy security ... more
Remote Diode Conditioning ICs Provide Cost Effective Alternatives to Traditional Temperature Sensing Solutions
The article discusses the benefits, limitations and cost efectiveness of remote diode temperature monitoring ICs versus other traditional temperature sensing technologies such as silicon ambient temperature sensor ICs, thermistors Resistive Thermal Detectors (RTDs) and thermocouples ... more
Food and beverage sector in Romania
Over the last few years the food processing industry in Romania has experienced a rapid development as a lot of significant investments have been made in order to optimise the production flows ... more
Medical equipment and supplies market in Bulgaria
The coronavirus outbreak has had a tremendous effect on the global supply chain and logistics in the medical equipment industry ... more
Electrical lighting equipment production in Türkiye
Turkey’s lighting equipment sector is in need of a breakthrough in terms of technological development in order to catch up with the new global trends and remain competitive with Asian manufacturers in particular ... more
Sustainable energy development in the SEE region
The region possesses considerable renewable energy potential and experts think that that the coming years could prove to be pivotal for the energy sector in SEE ... more
Ultrasonic Measurement with Microchip’s PIC and AVR Microcontrollers
Today ultrasonic measurement is used in a wide range of applications. The main advantage of ultrasonic is that it is contactless and it is used in various levels of measuring applications as nearly all materials can be detected ... more
Circular economy opportunities in the European machine tool sector
A recently published report on the European machine tool sector, conducted and published by CECIMO, defines the sector as an industry having high potential to benefit from circular economy practices and approaches ... more

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