Electronics knowhow & industry information

Successfully (re)certified

Ginzinger electronic systems has successfully passed the ISO 27001 audit and has also been successfully recertified for three other standards.

Health check-up at Ginzinger

There is a great benefit for employees at Ginzinger electronic systems in 2024: they can undergo a comprehensive health check-up by the company doctor during regular working hours.

That was the embedded world 2024

Embedded World from April 9 to 11, 2024 is history - It was three well-attended, exciting days full of interesting discussions.

Microcontroller vs. embedded Linux application processor

The choice between a microcontroller and an embedded Linux application processor can have far-reaching consequences for the performance, costs and success of a product. The following article serves as a decision-making aid for developers and decision-mak

Don't be afraid of open source software licenses!

The potential use of open source software in development projects often raises questions about license law and software disclosure. We explain why you don't need to be afraid of them.

Microcontroller or microprocessor?

For new developments, you are spoiled for choice between the two components. We show the respective advantages and disadvantages

Focus on employee health

In 2024, Ginzinger electronic has dedicated itself entirely to the topic of health.

Dementia memory - data management for eMMCs

Modern embedded systems use eMMCs as storage media due to their good price-performance ratio. EMMCs are NAND flash-based memories. NAND flash wears out over time. Caution is required here with regard to the service life of products.

Our ESD coordinator at Ginzinger electronic systems

Reinhard Schmeitzl is our "Mr. ESD" at Ginzinger and is responsible for standard-compliant ESD protection and its implementation in the company. We spoke to Reini about his important role.

The path to a robust hardware and software platform

When developing complex embedded systems, the question arises at the beginning of the project: How do we start?

How to use open source software licenses

Developers are usually big fans of open source. However, decision-makers are often still skeptical, as the use of open source entails the risk of becoming vulnerable under licensing law or even having to disclose all of their own software components.

Environmentally conscious development

Sustainable development can reduce the total cost of a product over its entire life cycle.

OSADL-Netzwerktag 2023 in Heidelberg

Ginzinger electronic systems was there

Eric Miscoll visiting

The well-known American publisher was a guest at Ginzinger electronic systems and personally got an idea of our positioning as a full-range supplier.

Our accounting department

A very important area of our company is firmly in competent ladies' hands: The accounting department. Adelheid Katzlberger and Margit Werni talk about their work at Ginzinger.

Compatible electrons

In order to ensure the long-term function of embedded systems, developers must deal with their electromagnetic compatibility - EMC for short.

Technology development at Ginzinger

Knowing today what will be important tomorrow: That is the task of technology development at Ginzinger electronic systems. The team from development and customer consulting is constantly on the lookout for future trends and technologies.

Our electronics development in Linz

Since 2012 Ginzinger electronic systems has an office in Linz/Upper Austria to provide modern workplaces for employees in hardware and software development close to leading educational institutions.

Cost-efficient test adapter for small batches

A low-cost needle adapter designed in-house now makes it possible to test customer assemblies faster and more cost-effectively.

new iMX 8M Plus DevKit available

With Ginzinger DevKits you take the right steps!

Sustainability at Ginzinger 2023

2023, Ginzinger electronic systems has committed itself to the topic of sustainability in the company. One important step is the avoidance of plastic waste.

Artificial incapacitation

On the potentials and dangers of artificial intelligence and assistance systems for all situations in life.

Ginzinger eco performance electronics wins Design Award

A PCB design for an ECO electronics for pollutant filtering from biomass plants wins the PCB Design Award 2022 of the FED e.V. in the category "Simply Ingenious".

Donation for Lebenshilfe

In 2022, Ginzinger electronic systems will again forego customer Christmas gifts and instead make a donation to Lebenshilfe Braunau am Inn.

New web studio at Ginzinger

From now on, Ginzinger electronic systems has a web studio at its Altheim location. This has created new opportunities to offer current topics and content professionally in the form of modern webinars, videos and demos.

Ginzinger supports World Robot Olympiad Austria (WRO)

Ginzinger electronic systems supports the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) Austria since several years. The goal is to motivate children and young people for technology, programming and robotics already at a young age.

The new EMS Design Guide is here!

Hardware design is the cornerstone for optimized and cost-efficient series production of electronic assemblies.

Master thesis at Ginzinger

For his master's thesis, Alexander Binder is at Ginzinger from February to May 2022 and is working on an exciting project in development. We talked to him about it.

The battle for available components

Geopolitical tensions, renewed lockdowns in China, supply bottlenecks and skyrocketing raw material prices are leading to an extremely tense situation in the electronics components market.

Support in the fulfillment of a lifelong dream

Ginzinger electronic systems supports retiree with project and helps to find new courage to face life.

Thanks to a very positive order situation, the space requirement at Ginzinger electronic systems is increasing. At the headquarters in Weng, the production and the warehouse are therefore currently being expanded by 1000 m2.

Human Machine Interfaces - the first impression counts

They are the directly visible part of a machine with which humans interact and with which they can intervene if necessary: HMIs (Human Machine Interface). Smartphones are setting design trends today - so too in industry & automation.

Source code on the rocks

What do Linux, Bitcoin, Python and MS-DOS have to do with the eternal ice? These and many other programs are to be preserved for posterity. Their source code is therefore preserved in the perpetual ice on Spitsbergen near the North Pole.

Success guarantor employee

In conversation with Ing. Stefan Kinzlbauer, hardware developer and person behind our popular EMS Design Guide.

New EMC test station at Ginzinger

In 2021, the development department at Ginzinger electronic systems acquired new and extensive equipment for measuring the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of assemblies and electronic devices. What the customer gets out of it you can read here.

Future market energy technology

Embedded systems in the power engineering market have to be real "jack-of-all-trades": powerful, reliable and at the same time easy and intuitive to operate. But how do you meet the manifold challenges in development?

Moving Electronics - Embedded Systems for the Transportation Industry

Everything is on the move. Digitization is moving more goods and people around the world than ever before.

Why FPGAs? - The own programmable chip

Today, the properties of FPGAs enable developers of embedded systems and devices to create completely new implementation paths and performance classes for their devices. You can read about these here.

Spectre and meltdown

With Meltdown and Spectre, researchers presented threat scenarios at the beginning of 2018 that exploit an old vulnerability in many processors. The threats affect server PCs as well as many embedded systems.

Reach your goal quickly and cost-effectively - with the i.MX6UL platform

Ginzinger electronic systems offers with the i.MX6UL a new embedded Linux platform.