News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 1 April
to Saturday 7 April 2001
AMI Semiconductor opens Munich office
As part of its European growth initiative, ASIC and application specific standard product supplier AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has opened a sales, marketing and technical support office in Munich.
News from AMI Semiconductor ( 6 April 2001)
Artesyn is green enough for EN ISO 14001
Artesyn Technologies' Power Group has won full certification for the environmental management system at its European headquarters in Youghal, Co Cork.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power ( 6 April 2001)
Ceramic heat spreaders replace heatsinks
Designed for EMI-sensitive applications, the latest low-profile heat spreaders from Chomerics provide a simple and effective method of cooling semiconductors.
News from Chomerics Europe ( 6 April 2001)
Elma Electronic sets up in the UK
To support the continuing growth of its system-level electronic packaging capability, Elma Electronic has opened its first UK office in Fareham, Hampshire.
News from Elma Electronic UK ( 6 April 2001)
Cutting the cost of traditional cooling
Fan Technology has introduced a low cost version of the traditional 162 x 150 x 38mm axial fan.
News from Fan Technology ( 6 April 2001)
SuperH architecture gets independent setup
A new company has been set up to independently develop SuperH architecture processor cores
News from Hitachi Europe ( 6 April 2001)
IDT looks east to Newave Semiconductor acquisition
IDT is to acquire Newave Semiconductor Corp, a telecommunications IC provider.
News from IDT ( 6 April 2001)
Prism II stars in 3Com's 11Mbit/s wireless LAN
3Com is to use Intersil's Prism II wireless LAN chipset for its new generation of wireless LAN products.
News from Intersil ( 6 April 2001)
Four fibres are better for Mitel and Agilent
Mitel and Agilent Technologies have signed a multisource agreement they claim will set the standard for next-generation four-channel parallel fibre-optic modules operating at up to 10Gbaud.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor ( 6 April 2001)
All-in-one embedded power system on a chip
National Semiconductor has released two integrated power management controllers for embedded applications, each offering a complete power supply for any MPU, FPGA or DSP-based system.
News from National Semiconductor ( 6 April 2001)
National in strategic alliance with TriMedia
National Semiconductor has formed a strategic alliance with TriMedia Technologies to add world-class multimedia capability to National's family of Geode processors.
News from National Semiconductor ( 6 April 2001)
Deltron takes NIC to Swiss markets
Passive component specialist NIC Components has extended its European distribution channel with the appointment of Deltron as a franchised distributor in Switzerland.
News from NIC Components Europe ( 6 April 2001)
Placement system is up to speed on modern packages
The MSR from Panasonic Factory Automation is a high-speed, versatile rotary placement system capable of placement at speeds as high as 45,000 components per hour.
News from Panasonic Industrial Europe ( 6 April 2001)
Low-fat route to embedded SoC development
New at Sunrise Electronics, System-on-Chip Lite is NEC's new approach for low- to mid-volume SoC projects for embedded control applications.
News from Sunrise Electronics ( 6 April 2001)
Acquisition to marry hardware and software design
Protel International has acquired Tasking for US$38 million.
News from Altium ( 6 April 2001)
Short-term rental for Teradyne ATE kit
Teradyne and TSL have jointly announced a new ATE rental initiative to address the growing need of the electronic manufacturing services (EMS) sector for short-term access to test equipment.
News from Teradyne ( 6 April 2001)
AOI system sees all solder faults on the dark side
Teradyne reckons its Optima 7350 Post-Solder Bottomside AOI System is the industry's only bottomside automated inspection system for full solder defect coverage.
News from Teradyne ( 6 April 2001)
Ultrafine-pitch interconnects save space
Samtec BTF headers and BTS sockets from Deltron Roxburgh offer the board-space advantages of 0.4mm pitch with up to 80 I/Os and a mated height of just 5mm.
News from Abacus Deltron ( 5 April 2001)
Modular coded switch with more than 5000 variants
The C74 range of PCB-mounted coded switches from Elma Electronic UK uses a modular approach to offer more than 5000 different variants across a range of through-board and surface-mount formats.
News from Elma Electronic UK ( 5 April 2001)
Rad-hard MOSFETs protect and survive
With high radiation hardness and unparalleled single event effect (SEE) immunity, International Rectifier's new R5 MOSFETs are well suited for systems that must survive penetrating gamma rays.
News from International Rectifier ( 5 April 2001)
Evaluation for Bluetooth modules
Taiyo Yuden has announced availability of evaluation kits for its three Bluetooth modules.
News from Taiyo Yuden Europe ( 5 April 2001)
Low-profile 1U system and carrier board
Motorola Computer Group has unveiled the first 1U low-profile processor PMC (PrPMC) based system and PrPMC-Carrier board.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing ( 5 April 2001)
Multiphysics analysis for electromechanical design
Ansoft has added two new software tools to its Maxwell EM product line: EMSS 3D and Maxwell 2D Thermal.
News from Ansoft Europe ( 4 April 2001)
Low-overhead TCP/IP stack for embedded Internet
Available now from Computer Solutions, CMX-MicroNet is a TCP/IP stack for the 8/16bit embedded market.
News from Computer Solutions ( 4 April 2001)
PLL clock drivers target high-speed clocking
Two low voltage PLL clock drivers designed for use in high-speed memory clocking applications are now available from Fairchild Semiconductor.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 4 April 2001)
120W Eurocard supply delivers up to five outputs
Custom power supply manufacturer Ferrus Power has increased its Eurocard range of products with the addition of the new FP120 series.
News from Ferrus Power ( 4 April 2001)
One-inch disks provide high-density storage
Flint Smart is supplementing its comprehensive catalogue of card options by stocking the IBM family of Microdrives.
News from Flint ( 4 April 2001)
Low-profile adapters piggyback onto D-types
Now available exclusively in the UK from KEC, is the Inotec DGA range of low profile, piggyback adapter shielded hoods for D-type connectors.
News from KEC ( 4 April 2001)
Lambda brings DC/DC manufacture to Ilfracombe
Ilfracombe-based power supply manufacturer, Lambda, has turned its sights on the rapidly growing market for DC/DC power modules. Brochure Available
News from Lambda ( 4 April 2001)
X marks the spot for short-leadtime convertors
New from Lambda, the UK-manufactured X Series of DC/DC convertors is available with lead-times as short as four weeks. Brochure Available
News from Lambda ( 4 April 2001)
Parker Hannifin acquires Italian servo specialist
Parker Hannifin has acquired SBC Elettronica - one of Italy's leading motion control companies. Brochure Available
News from Parker Hannifin Electromechanical Automation ( 4 April 2001)
Enclosures now available with angled display
SRS Products' Cubic range of desktop, floor standing tower and wall mount enclosures has been extended to provide an angled display front.
News from SRS Products ( 4 April 2001)
New package gives Schottky diodes lower profile
A new series of Schottky power diodes from Toshiba uses advanced M-Flat packaging to offer a footprint compatible with existing SMA devices, while reducing package height by more than 50%.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe ( 4 April 2001)
High-efficiency microstepping motor modules
The SLA7042M and SLA7044M from Allegro MicroSystems Europe are motor controller/driver modules for two-phase unipolar stepper motors.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe ( 3 April 2001)
Flexible front panel with 47 configurations
Densitron has introduced a new pre-assembled front panel product with 47 user-configurable options. Brochure Available
News from Densitron Display Solutions ( 3 April 2001)
Handy portable data collection terminal
DED has released the ScanPal 2 portable data collection terminal, which is designed to provide high performance for everyday use.
News from DED ( 3 April 2001)
Cold-pressed metal parts for PCB connectivity
Following its new exclusive agency agreement with the Swiss manufacturer Vogt, Easby Electronics is offering an exhaustive range of cold-pressed metal parts for PCB connectivity.
News from Easby Electronics ( 3 April 2001)
Palladium-free ceramics cut costs
Easby Electronics is offering a range of lower price ceramic chip capacitors with a new dielectric from Kemet.
News from Easby Electronics ( 3 April 2001)
Quad-output supply crams 55W into 1U
Custom power supply manufacturer Ferrus Power of Peterborough has developed a 55W quad-output open-frame switched-mode power supply within in a 5 x 3in 1U-high format.
News from Ferrus Power ( 3 April 2001)
Battery plates secured using two-part epoxy
User Application Article Leading US battery manufacturer Johnson Controls saw a way to improve the life expectancy of its batteries, and Sealant Equipment and Engineering came up with a novel manufacturing solution.
News from Integrated Dispensing Systems ( 3 April 2001)
Cheaper chip makes access to SERCOS faster
Access to the standard servo interface system SERCOS has become even faster and less expensive, thanks to a new interface chip, the SERCON816 from Thompson.
News from Rexroth Electric Drives and Controls ( 3 April 2001)
Hot-swap front-end power system squeezes into 2U
Unipower's new TMP Series front-end power systems provide up to 3600W output at 24, 28 or 48V DC for distributed power systems. Brochure Available
News from Unipower Europe ( 3 April 2001)
FFT signal analyser with 100kHz bandwidth
The SR760 signal analyser, now available in the UK from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), is an FFT spectrum analyser with a dynamic range of 90dB and a real-time bandwidth of 100kHz.
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) ( 2 April 2001)
Chomerics appoints European EMC Products
Chomerics has appointed European EMC Products (EEP) of Saffron Walden as a UK distributor.
News from Chomerics Europe ( 2 April 2001)
Cash flow management is the key for Fairchild
The key to weathering the current semiconductor industry downturn will be a company's ability to manage its cash flow, says Matt Towse of Fairchild.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 2 April 2001)
Green Hills has the lot for Cirrus Crystal
The latest IDE, RTOS and embedded internet connectivity products from Green Hills Software are for the Cirrus Logic Crystal CS89712 32bit RISC commmunications processor. Brochure Available
News from Green Hills Software ( 2 April 2001)
Hard metric 2mm connectors go with the (re)flow
Harting has introduced a new range of hard metric 2mm connectors, har-bus HM-Plus, which are compatible with the latest high-temperature surface-mount production processes.
News from Harting ( 2 April 2001)
Pens dispense without a squeeze
Fisnar Flow-Seal pens from Intertronics allow the controlled application of both water and alcohol-based products including no-clean liquid fluxes, RMA liquid fluxes and solvents.
News from Intertronics ( 2 April 2001)
Osram standardises on Innoveda EDA environment
International lamp producer Osram is to standardise on the Innoveda EDA environment for PCB design.
News from Innoveda ( 2 April 2001)
Software duo boost CPCI applications
Motorola Computer Group has two new software products for Windows 2000: the Open MultiComputing Kit (OMCK) backplane messaging software, and the Hot Swap Kit (HSK) infrastructure software.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing ( 2 April 2001)
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