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Community Manager | RS Components
Favourite things are Family, Music and Judo. Also, I have the ability to retain and quote useless facts, something that pleases me but can annoy others. My engineering hero - Isambard Kingdom Brunel
DS Level
146
DS Team member
Earned 04/01/2018
Community spirit 50
Earned 09/04/2019
Inquisitive
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Author 25
Earned 03/01/2018
All star profile
Earned 04/01/2018
Wise one
Earned 04/09/2020
Maker
Become a member of a Maker community.
Pete and Greet
Earned 04/01/2018
Social
Earned 27/07/2018
Toolbox
Earned 27/07/2018
User support
Earned 27/07/2018
Project
Publish a project.
Hackaday Ireland
Earned 09/04/2018
RS Partner Day
Earned 17/04/2018
History Makers Live
Earned 27/07/2018
Wuthering Bytes 2019
Earned 05/09/2019
Published Content
5 days ago
The benefits of using IO-Link industrial sensors
IO-Link offers much more opportunity for industrial control than traditional IO. It's easily integrated and allows you to take advantage of the benefits offered by smart sensing. Learn more about IO-Link basics here.
1 day ago
How will AI evolve?
AI is one of those key buzz terms associated with future technology. For some, it's a term to use for marketing electronic devices and services, "with built-in AI to recognise your preferences". But what is the future for AI how will it evolve?
1 week ago
What you need to know about battery-powered vs fossil fuels
Electric or fossil fuel-powered vehicles is a topic that most of us have either read about or have or will be considered in the near future. Purchasing a new car now means a further consideration, fossil, hybrid or electric powered.
1 week ago
What engineers need to know about additive manufacturing
Additive manufacturing presents a whole host of opportunities for engineers. In this article, we look at five common methods used in this transformational technology area.
2 weeks ago
Designing smart wearable connected devices for medical monitoring
Intelligent and wireless health wearables provide the benefit of remote monitoring, meaning health vitals are available in real-time to clinicians, plus giving you the opportunity to react to any changes locally.
2 weeks ago
Ask the Expert - Mini I/O with TE Connectivity
Ruud van den Brink joined DesignSpark for a conversation on industrial connectivity. We were keen to understand more about TE Connectivity and their Mini I/O range. With 25% space-saving and other benefits, Mini I/O certainly has a lot to offer.
3 weeks ago
What engineers need to know about graphene
Graphene is the super material that could change engineering but at the moment harvesting in scaleable quantities is the barrier that needs to be removed. The hardest known material, Graphene contains properties that engineers dream of, learn more.
3 weeks ago
IO-Link and Single Pair Ethernet, two recent networking protocols for improved industrial connectivity
Industrial improvement and efficient transformation allow you to remain competitive. In this article, we look at two keys areas of IO-Link and Single Pair Ethernet and how they support IIoT deployments and deliver Industry 4.0 effectiveness.
3 weeks ago
Ask the Expert - Motor Control Panels with Siemens
We are looking at motor control within the control cabinet and why it's critical to ensure that a robust infrastructure within the panel is taken into consideration. In this talk we look at how Siemens are helping panel builders.
4 weeks ago
An engineer's guide to single-pair Ethernet
Single Pair Ethernet is taking us toward the IoT goal of Industry 4.0 connectivity in the automation world. Using SPE, endpoint data can be delivered from physical devices to data centres in a super fast and reliable way. Learn more about SPE here.
1 month ago
Where did AI come from?
There may or may not be evidence of life on Mars, but there is intelligence. AI is now everywhere, even on other planets in our solar system, but where did it come from and what makes it so special?
1 month ago
Ask the Expert - Functional Safety with Microchip
Ask the Expert, what is functional safety, which standards and safety levels do you need to employ for circuit design? These are just some of the questions being answered by Microchip in this edition of Ask the Expert.