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September 2021

Automation and Control | Electronics | Measurement and instrumentation | Technology and IoT

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Automation and Control | Electronics | Measurement and instrumentation | Technology and IoT

How to effectively
design and optimise
the TIA interfaces of
LIDAR applications
Innovation at the
speed of business
Satellites are dead,
long live satellites EDITOR
Perseverance rover
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of Mars’ history
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