Finally, it´s time again: the summer!
The whether is sunny and hot tem-
peratures let us sweat in the offices
during daytime at work but after work
it´s a pleasure to visit beer gardens,
swimming pools or lakes to refresh
swimming in the cool water. And
summer is like every year the time
where the ECE/B&S magazines pub-
lish their yearly edition including, the
Yellow pages 2017
(starting page 26)
This year’s edition of our Embedded Companies Directory is split
into 2 sections. The first part provides you with short company pro-
files, including a QR code which leads you to the full company profile
(including overview about products & services, contact information,
product news…). The second part of the Yellow Pages is a reference
list showing in which product categories the companies are active.
But as usual there is once again much more useful information col-
lected for you in this edition. A good example is our cover story
(starting at page 6) which describes the requirements of designing
robust embedded products for extremely harsh environments. It
says that delivering truly rugged solutions requires a focused strategy
beginning with R&D and ending with robust products because reli-
ability in extreme environments means much more than only putting
commercial motherboards into an upgraded enclosure – it demands
a rentless pursuit of assured performance. The article describes in
detail the huge effort in all stages of the embedded product design the
manufacturer is made to ensure the optimum reliability in extreme
environments. And in the time of Internet of Things there is much
more to do than just creating reliable und robust products: secure
wireless and wired network connections are paramount.
Therefor it is no surprise that you´ll find information about how
to create secure communication links for embedded systems. One
article describes the new requirements on hardware and software
performance for secure communications and the associated net-
works which are needed. The other one explains detailed how to
shield microcontrollers with a new level of protection on a par with
larger systems, without the need of having know-how in cryptogra-
phy. And the rest of articles in this issue are although not mentioned
here are also of great importance for the embedded industry.
Enjoy reading!
Sincerely
Wolfgang Patelay
Editor
July 2017
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