Sally Ward-Foxton is Associate Editor of Electronic Design Europe. Her beat covers all areas of the European electronics industry, but she has a particular interest in wireless communications and displays technology. She was previously Features Editor of Components in Electronics magazine and has also worked as a PR Account Director. Based in London, Sally holds a Masters' Degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Cambridge, UK.

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in Crosstalk May. 20, 2013

PCIM 2013: Solid state battery is fully implantable

Probably the number one most interesting thing I saw at the PCIM show in Nuremberg, Germany last week wasn’t an IGBT, or even a MOSFET. It was a....More
in Crosstalk Apr. 19, 2013

Applied MCU technology for consumers...of beer!

Over at Energy Micro in Nydalen, Norway, they like a cold beer. So much so, that they're using one of their Gecko MCU development kits to tell them....More
in Crosstalk Apr. 9, 2013

First GaN-on-Silicon LEDs commercially available

In a world-first, Plessey is sampling GaN-on-silicon LEDs built on 6” wafers from its MAGIC (Manufactured on GaN I/C) line in Plymouth, UK....More
in Crosstalk Mar. 8, 2013

Top 5 interesting things I saw at Embedded World

Here’s a quick roundup of five of the most interesting things I saw or heard about at Embedded World last week in Nuremberg, Germany....More
in Crosstalk Jan. 17, 2013

Distributor figures: UK components market will be ‘flat to improving’ in 2013

AFDEC's analysis suggests 2012 was worse than they anticipated, while 2013 will be 'flat to improving'. Meanwhile, the UK distribution sector is....More
in Crosstalk Oct. 24, 2012

Tamper-proofing the smart grid

Introducing smart meters is making the electricity grid increasingly electronic, which saves time and money for utilities since they don’t have to....More
in Crosstalk Aug. 16, 2012

New safety standard to be mandatory for all power supplies manufactured in China

Chinese Safety Standard GB 4943.1-2011, which according to industry sources is similar to UL 60950-2007, mandates strict rules for creepage and....More
in Crosstalk Jul. 13, 2012

Renesas restructure moves focus firmly out of Japan

As part of a major restructuring process, Renesas will streamline its production facilities in Japan as well as moving product focus away from the....More
in Crosstalk May. 30, 2012

You are now entering... the 28nm twilight zone!

At 130nm, analogue designers could memorise all the rules they needed to know, but at 28nm this is no longer possible. What will happen when....More
in Crosstalk May. 4, 2012

What’s next for programmable logic?

Is the future of programmable logic convergence with other devices? And if it is, how will they be programmed?....More
What's Crosstalk?

Blogs covering all areas of the European electronics industry, particularly in wireless communications and displays technology