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In the industry / Training | 5th November 2019
Not all cable assemblies are the same. Some connectors are easier to assemble than others. And it’s not as simple as thinking “I’ll choose the easiest one to assemble” as these may not be fit for purp...
In the industry | 17th September 2019
Earlier this year we announced our sponsorshi...
Training | 10th September 2019
Adding robustness to industrial hardware by backpotting is a cost-effective way to protect connections and prolong the lifecycle of the application. Complex and repetitive movements, such as the on...
News from Harwin | 28th August 2019
For many years Harwin has offered engineering apprenticeships in a multifaceted environment that provide training, support and real-world experience to its apprentices. Last year the ...
In the industry | 20th August 2019
The environments in which drones operate are often demanding – having to deal with difficult environmental conditions, high degrees of vibration and potentially heavy shocks. There are also size and w...
In the industry | 23rd July 2019
In their fourth year, Warwick University engineering students are organised into multi-disciplinary teams to participate in a major project that emulates how ‘real world’ engineering projects operate....
Training | 16th July 2019
In a previous blog post we covered the basics of Backpotting – what it is, why you use it, and what materials to use. Different epoxy ...
In the industry | 8th July 2019
From scanning the popular press, you could easily be forgiven for thinking that the skies are filled with drones. Their uptake has grown exponentially over the course of the last few years, as has the...
In the industry | 25th June 2019
On 24th February 2011, Robonaut 2 launched on board the last flight of the Discovery space shuttle, heading for the International Space Station, fulfilling a 15-year dream to put a humanoid...
In the industry | 3rd May 2019
Since civilization began many thousands of years ago, gold has been an extraordinarily coveted material. Countless wars have been fought and crimes committed in order to get hold of it. In general, th...
In the industry | 23rd April 2019
This year Harwin are sponsoring 'Team Sonnenwagen Aachen' from RWTH Aachen University in the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. The team will assemble their solar-powered vehicle, equipped with Harwin...
Life at Harwin | 16th April 2019
In a recent podcast conducted with EE World magazine, highly-regarded American tech journalist Aimee Kalnoskas talked at length with Damon de Laszlo. During their wide-ranging, multi-faceted discussio...
In the industry | 2nd April 2019
Wendy Jane Preston, Technical Marketing Engineer at Harwin, looks at the key trends that are currently affecting the PCB interconnect market and what the industry needs to do to tackle the resulting t...
In the industry | 22nd March 2019
In response to continued cuts in military spending, the U.S. government has chosen to follow a more cost driven approach to its contract activity over recent years. This practice is commonly referred ...
Training | 21st February 2019
Definition of Backpotting and Potting Backpotting (or back-potting) is widely used in the connector industry to refer to the use of a potting compound on the rear of a connector (n...
In the industry | 13th February 2019
Though consumer-level drones have received a lot of bad press in recent times — near misses with aircraft, incidents where members of the public have been injured and flying contraband into prisons — ...
In the industry | 30th January 2019
In a podcast conducted with Electronic Product News, Robert Webber, Field Applications Engineer at Harwin, dis...
In the industry | 23rd January 2019
Money, money, money. While some may think of it as the ‘root of all evil’, it is a necessary one when it comes to birthing an electronics design. In a recent ...
News from Harwin | 21st January 2019
Damon de Laszlo was presented with the degree of Master of Science Honoris Causa at Durham University on Friday 11th January 2019 in recognition of his lifetime generosity and contribution ...
In the industry | 16th January 2019
Invention and inventiveness are all around us, but it takes a certain kind of tenacity to get an idea off the ground. Living and working in a technologically advanced society, many of us will have had...
News from Harwin | 9th January 2019
This month, Harwin has officially become a member of the Interconnect Technology Suppliers Association (ITSA) a highly respected UK as...
News from Harwin | 19th December 2018
Another one bites the dust! 2018 got off to a great start with the launch of ‘Archer Kontrol’ joining the established ‘Archer’ 1.27mm industrial connector family. Now we’ve come full circle after anot...
In the industry | 21st November 2018
Wow what a week! I think I’ve just about recovered from the mega exhibition that is Electronica. It definitely lives up to its status as the biggest electronics show in the world, with the final figur...
Training | 10th October 2018
What is EMC Shielding? EMC Shielding is any method used to protect a sensitive signal from external electromagnetic signals, or preventing a stronger signal from leaking out and in...
In the industry | 13th September 2018
The Biodiversity Issue Figures differ significantly, but it is generally thought that between 300 and 850 animal species (including insects, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, etc.) b...
In the industry | 29th August 2018
In the media furore that surrounded the last budget, it was pointed out many times that UK productivity is currently far from being what it should be. In fact, overall it trails behind what most other...
Training | 9th August 2018
Traditionally, through hole technology (THT) was used to construct the vast majority of PCBs. Over recent years, however, the use of surface mounted technology (SMT) has grown in popularity and is inc...
In the industry | 19th July 2018
Earlier this month we were lucky enough to attend the Shell Eco-Marathon – which was held at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park on Friday 6th July. This annual event attracts over 1,200 stude...
In the industry | 29th June 2018
I recently attended the Hardware Pioneers IoT showcase in London, an extremely popular annual event that serves as a valuable platform via which aspirin...
Life at Harwin | 21st June 2018
It’s International Women in Engineering Day on June 23rd which is a global awareness campaign to raise the profile of women in engineering. There are ...
Training | 12th April 2018
A ‘PCB’ or Printed Circuit Board connects electrical components on a conductive track or between pads on the board. Some devices hold more than one PCB and will utilise a variety of equipment to build...
In the industry | 20th March 2018
The existence of thousands of tonnes of floating space junk orbiting Earth is a growing problem for space agencies and research organisations such as NASA, ISRO and ESA. Now ...
In the industry | 24th January 2018
Keeping military personnel out of danger is challenging for today’s defence forces. Many of the threats they face are ad-hoc, improvised and unpredictable. The utilisation of unmanned aerial vehicles ...
News from Harwin | 21st December 2017
Where did that go?! 2017 seems to have disappeared in a blink of an eye and suddenly I’m surrounded by tinsel and Mariah Carey, again! What a year we’ve had though, now that we’re wrapping up for C...
In the industry | 19th December 2017
The fundamentals of Formula E racing are changing and the previous need for a mid-race car swap has been eliminated thanks to the development of stronger batteries. Of course it’s not just the batteri...
In the industry | 15th December 2017
The growing presence of fake components within the supply chain represents a major problem for the global electronics industry. Though considerable effort has been put into policing counterfeiters, cu...
News from Harwin | 11th December 2017
In October, 20 volunteers from Harwin took on the 10 mile challenge through Portsmouth, and completed the 2017 Great South Run. ‘Why would anyone volunteer to run 10 miles?’ you may ask, well there we...
