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COMBINING FORCES
Greetings. Some of you may have seen
my face on Electronic Design where I have
been for the last 20 years. While I am still
Editor of Electronic Design, I am also the
Senior Content Director for Evaluation
Engineering (EE), Electronic Design (ED) and
Microwaves & RF (MWRF). All three can be
found online and in print.
All three publications are now part of
Endeavor Business Media. There are quite a
few more publications under this umbrella,
and we share our expertise and insights to
improve the information we provide to you,
our readers.
While I am currently taking the helm with
EE, we are still going to have articles and insight from Rick Nelson, who has guided EE
as Editor. As a contributing editor, Rick will
continue to write the special reports that are
central to each print issue. We have some new
contributing editors as well, including Steve
Taranovich and Alix Paultre. Their content is
on the website already and will be showing
up in the print pages in future issues.

Machine Design and Electronic Design are
sponsoring DragonSpeed's IndyCar #81.

Indianapolis 500, IndyCar
and DragonSpeed
One advantage of a combined venture is the
ability to address more ambitious projects,
like sponsoring an IndyCar. The Electronic
Design and Machine Design logos are now
decorating DragonSpeed's #81 IndyCar. We
have landing pages on all of our sites that
point to articles on DragonSpeed, IndyCar

EVALUATION ENGINEERING APRIL 2020

and racing technology. Some of the test related articles will be gracing the pages of EE.
As part of this project we are holding a contest (See Page 32) so that one of you can win
a pair of tickets to the 2020 Indianapolis 500.
This includes access to the pits, so check out
our Join Us in the Pits pages on our websites.
It's free, and one lucky winner will join us at
the "Brickyard" for the 104th running of the
Indianapolis 500.

Special Reports and Tech Features
Rick was rather busy this month cranking out
two special reports and a pair of technology
feature articles.
The electrical safety testing (EST) industry
is one we cover in EE. It addresses everything
from consumer appliances to medical equipment. It is the target of our first special report,
EST Instruments Provide Safe Environment to
Assure Compliance.
The RF/microwave Switching Adds Flexibility
to Diverse Applications article switching technology and applications from PCI eXtensions for Instrumentation
(PXI) and LAN eXtensions
for Instrumentation (LXI)
that are standards for test
equipment board interfaces
to wideband matrix switching systems.
Software Boosts Power
Applications targets programmable power supplies. These
are key tools for diagnostics
especially hardware-in-theloop (HIL) testing. They provide the flexibility needed to address a range
of test environments.
The Ground-penetrating Radar Offers New
Sensor Modality for Vehicles article dives into
technology from WaveSense. Its ground-penetrating radar can be used to improve the
sensing capabilities of self-driving cars.
Keep an eye out for new and interesting
things on our websites and in print. We have a
series of bootcamps online at bootcamp.electronicdesign.com. The latest was on 5G with a
heavy emphasis on test and measurement.

$2.34 BILLION
North American semiconductor
billings in January 2020

22.9%
Increase in North American
semiconductor billings
over January 2019
Source: SEMI

5.2%
Decrease in North American
PCB shipments in January
2020 over January 2019

3.2%
Increase in North American
PCB bookings in January
2020 year-over-year
Source: IPC

$35.4 BILLION
Worldwide sales of semiconductors in January 2020

0.3%
Year-over-year decrease
in semiconductor sales
in January 2020
Source: SIA

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