Technology half a century , it may have to move over and make room for DC .
Music technology : Music technology has changed to new heights with the application of electronics based instruments like , sequencers and synthesizers , Musical Instrument Digital Interface ( MIDI ) controllers , Electronic Music & Recording Gear , and lots of inexpensive electronic music apps .
Electronics devices : There is a multitude of electronic detecting , counting , sorting , and inspecting devices . The inertia of electrons is negligible , and photoelectric relays are now made to operate reliably 1,000 times a minute . Some electronic counting systems will respond to half a million counts a minute . From counting it is only a step to sorting .
Electronic devices can be used not only to replace the human senses and muscles , but to veto human actions .
Innovative materials : Innovative and more stretchable materials with dramatic advancements help in making electronic ink to give interface designers new creative freedom , without any compromise in meeting functional switching needs . And because these new electronic inks work with existing decorative processes , there ’ s no need for costly re-tooling and products with greater eye appeal , simplicity , and performance-all at the same time can be created .
High performance electronic materials : With a deep understanding of materials science and technology , a wide range of process expertise in high performance electronic materials can be useful for hybrid , rigid and flexible circuits ; specialized ceramic , polymer thick film compositions and low temperature co-fired ceramic materials ; materials for the fabrication and packaging of semiconductors ; and materials for advanced displays .
Sensors : Electronics based sensors have increased the control over many un-wanted outcomes not in industrial processes but also in quality of items for day-to-day uses . A sensor is a device that detects and responds to some type of input from the physical environment . The specific input could be light , heat , motion , moisture , pressure , or any one of a great number of other environmental phenomena . The output is generally a signal that is converted to human-readable display at the sensor location or transmitted electronically over a network for reading or further processing . Electronic sensors are used in everyday objects such as touch-sensitive elevator buttons and lamps which dim or brighten by touching the base , besides innumerable applications of which most people are never aware . With advances in micro-machinery and easy-to-use micro controller platforms , the uses of sensors have expanded beyond the most traditional fields of temperature , pressure or flow measurement and analog sensors such as potentiometers and force-sensing resistors are widely used . Applications include manufacturing and machinery , airplanes and aerospace , cars , medicine , and robotics .
Surveillance : Electronics based surveillance and security has made tremendous strides for the benefit of mankind .
Valleytronics : Valleytronics would be a movement away from exploiting the electrical charge of electrons as a means for storing
Transportation sector : Transportation sector has already seen various types of advances in terms of electric vehicles , un- manned planes ( drones ), use of global positioning system ( GPS ), high speed vehicles , electronics based safety measures in vehicles etc . information , and instead using the wave quantum number of an electron in a crystalline material to encode data . The aim of valleytronics is to find a faster way of encoding information than moving electrical charges around at high switching rates , which is the basis of electronics .
Space electronics : Space electronics has been a major driving force for the development of electronics and is subject to very harsh environmental conditions . First of all , the electronics must survive the vibrations imposed when the rocket is launched . Secondly , it has to be able to withstand very high temperature variations . Due to the vacuum in space , there is no thermal convection or conduction taking place , with the only heat transfer mechanism remaining being radiation . Even with all these environmental limitations space electronics has proved to be miraculous technology in the space vehicles , satellites and space stations .
e-sports : Electronic sports or e-sports , is a form of sports where the primary aspects of the sport are facilitated by electronic systems ; the input of players and teams as well as the output of the eSports system are mediated by human-computer interfaces .
Electronics technologies : Electronics based technologies are able to help us understand more about how the human body copes with various training methodologies towards sports . In fact , in order to improve the quality of training prescriptions we need to base them on data and be able to provide an evidence-based approach to athletic training . We have now access to sophisticated tools capable of measuring a lot of aspects of human performance . This will allow the system to simultaneously capture positioning and movement data in conjunction with vital parameters such as pulse and respiratory rate . This information is subsequently used to create an optimized training concept .
Automotive industries : The automotive and transportation industries present a set of challenges for electronics including being able to withstand high levels of motion and heat , and long lifetime requirements along with the industries drive to zero defect electronic assemblies as a product of their requirement for high reliability . With radical changes in electronics based technology , a number of sophisticated devices are making their way into our vehicles . These include advanced in-dash infotainment systems , multi-function displays for instrument clusters , electronics-based vehicle control and guidance systems and telematics for a number of never-before capabilities related to safety , vehicle diagnostics , maintenance and insurance .
Printed Electronics : As always designers and engineers are looking for more complex and high tech products . The industry can now print complex objects in a variety of materials . Although 3D-selfies are grabbing the media headlines at the moment , designers and engineers are already building far more complex , high-tech products . The secret is to combine electronics ( such as sensors / switches ) as the object is being printed . Costs are much lower when the product is made in a single process , without the need for individual circuit-board assembly .
Acknowledgement : The use of information retrieved through various references / sources of internet in this article is highly acknowledged .
ELE Times | 45 | December , 2016