News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 3 June
to Saturday 9 June 2001
Bluetooth processor comes in under ten bucks
BrightCom Technologies is taking orders for its BIC2101 Bluetooth Application Processor priced at under $10 in volume quantities on a 12-14 week lead-time.
News from Flextronics - Short Range Wireless ( 8 June 2001)
Upgrades boost popular machine vision software
Version 3.0 of Data Translation's Vision Foundry Windows-based machine vision software incorporates three new vision tools as well as improvements to existing tools.
News from Data Translation ( 8 June 2001)
Wealth of information about vision technology
Firstsight Vision reckons its Vision Elements catalogue provides an invaluable resource to the vision developer. Brochure Available
News from Firstsight Vision ( 8 June 2001)
iBiquity verifies digital receiver with IKOS kit
Digital broadcast technology developer iBiquity Digital has purchased a VStation-5M emulation system from IKOS Systems to be used for system integration and system verification.
News from IKOS Systems ( 8 June 2001)
Emulation speeds up to 2MHz with VHDL
IKOS Systems has added VHDL capability to its VStation emulators.
News from IKOS Systems ( 8 June 2001)
Tokyo Institute of Technology buys Vanguard
Integrated Measurement Systems and its subsidiary, IMS Japan, have sold an advanced Vanguard Logic IC Validation System to the engineering school of the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Tokyo, Japan.
News from Integrated Measurement Systems (IMS) ( 8 June 2001)
Fans boost linear motor performance
LinMot's new PF01 linear motor flanges come with integrated 24V DC fans to provide forced-air cooling, which can increase the continuous force of LinMot's industrial linear motors by 180%.
News from LinMot ( 8 June 2001)
Laser system aids silicon wafer handling
The new UZN21 from Matsushita Electric Works uses LED technology to precisely detect the presence and the position of silicon wafers when mounted in a handling cassette.
News from Panasonic Electric Works UK ( 8 June 2001)
STMicroelectronics standardises on Mentor
STMicroelectronics has standardised on a mixed-signal design methodology based on the Mentor Graphics ADVance MS, ModelSim, Eldo RF and Mach TA tools.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 8 June 2001)
Parallel processor for consumer media devices
The first product to reach the market through the new sales agreement between Opal Group and Aspex Technology will be a high-performance, flexible, scalable processor which gives superior performance
News from Opal Group ( 8 June 2001)
Resetteble fuses upgraded to 72V protection
Raychem's popular RXE line of PolySwitch resettable fuses has been rerated from 60 to 72V.
News from Raychem Circuit Protection ( 8 June 2001)
Keyfob system with one or three channels
The RF Solutions 118 system is designed to provide simple, low cost remote control in numerous applications including: outdoor lighting, garage door operation and powered window opening.
News from RF Solutions ( 8 June 2001)
Fast-recovey diodes range up to 400V
International Rectifier has expanded its ultra-fast-recovery epitaxial diode (FRED) family to include 400V-rated devices.
News from International Rectifier ( 8 June 2001)
Sensors are not affected by target surface
US10-Programmable self-contained ultrasonic sensors from STI Automation Products Group are maintenance-free ultrasonic sensors with multiple mounting options for easy installation.
News from Automation Products Group ( 8 June 2001)
Borochoff reaches the Summit in sales
Steven P Borochoff has been appointed by Summit Microelectronics as its new vice president of worldwide sales.
News from Summit Microelectronics ( 8 June 2001)
Synplicity adds support for Linux
Synplicity is to add support for the Linux operating system to its entire portfolio of synthesis and prototyping products.
News from Synplicity ( 8 June 2001)
Electrical student is a real bright spark
Amjun Zaman, a student of electrical installation at Barnfield College, Luton, has won the annual award for Endeavour and Progress, sponsored by electrical wholesaler WF Electrical.
News from WF Electrical ( 8 June 2001)
Technology Days at venues across the country
A series of Technology Days has been launched by ABB, held in conjunction with its channel partners at venues across the country.
News from ABB ( 7 June 2001)
Versatile PCI-based data acquisition
According to Adept Scientific, data-acquisition boards from Measurement Computing with Dasylab software provide an impressive PC-based data-acquisition solution. Brochure Available
News from Adept Scientific ( 7 June 2001)
RF Micro Devices uses ARC core for Bluetooth
RF Micro Devices has licensed both configurable 32bit processor technology and a USB controller from ARC Cores for its new Bluetooth baseband controller.
News from ARC International ( 7 June 2001)
High-efficiency convertors deliver up to 60A
Artesyn Technologies has a new series of DC/DC convertors to meet the growing demand for high-current low-voltage sources for powering latest-generation semiconductor technology.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power ( 7 June 2001)
Sign-off solution sorts submicron bugs
Avant! Corp claims that Star-Rail is the industry's first ultra deep submicron (UDSM) sign-off solution for IR drop and electromigration analysis of power distribution networks.
News from Avant! Corporation ( 7 June 2001)
Linkup keeps Pace with STB SoCs
Pace Micro Technology's Information Appliance Division has ported its cutting-edge Internet TV software onto LinkUp System's TViLINK Internet appliance reference design.
News from LinkUp Systems ( 7 June 2001)
Website focuses on phase detectors
Micrometrics has launched a new phase detectors website at phasedetectors.com.
News from Micrometrics ( 7 June 2001)
Toolset simplifies database connectivity
The LabVIEW Database Connectivity Toolset from National Instruments allows users to connect to local and remote databases from their LabVIEW applications without complex SQL programming. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments ( 7 June 2001)
First hierarchical full-chip circuit simulator
Nassda Corp has announced version 1.3 of HSIM, which it describes as the EDA industry's first hierarchical full-chip circuit simulator.
News from Nassda Corp ( 7 June 2001)
NewLogic's Bluetooth faces the music with Yamaha
Yamaha Corp is to use NewLogic's Boost Core and Boost software IP products to add Bluetooth functionality to its IC products, and to manufacture Bluetooth chips and chipsets.
News from Wipro-NewLogic ( 7 June 2001)
Hard metric connectors with up to 150 contacts
Raycon Technology has released a new line of 2mm hard metric connectors, designed to meet IEC standards, and ideal for use in high-speed data, telephony and CompactPCI applications.
News from Raycon Technology ( 7 June 2001)
Cambridge Silicon Radio uses SiGe power amplifiers
SiGe Semiconductor's PA2423MB power amplifier has been selected by Cambridge Silicon Radio for its BlueCore01 modules.
News from SiGe Semiconductor ( 7 June 2001)
Website features digital radar characterisation
Signal Technology Corporation Olektron Operation has launched a new EW subsystems website at ewsubsytems.com.
News from Signal Technology Corporation - Olektron Operation ( 7 June 2001)
Fast-rise-time pressure transducer is a blast
The 165 series of high-performance piezoelectric pressure transducers has been added to the range of sensors from PCB Piezotronics, available in the UK from Techni Measure.
News from Techni Measure ( 7 June 2001)
TI licenses Widcomm's Bluetooth for Windows
Texas Instruments has signed a licensing agreement to incorporate Widcomm's Bluetooth for Windows (BTW) software stack in a series of advanced reference designs for Windows-based PCs.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 7 June 2001)
High-density low-voltage network memories
The latest high-speed synchronous SRAM from Toshiba combines high memory density with low operating voltage to save space and reduce power requirements in high-speed networking systems.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe ( 7 June 2001)
Reference design links Bluetooth with Ethernet
Ubicom has released a reference design based on its software-based implementation of a Bluetooth wireless technology Ethernet access point.
News from Ubicom ( 7 June 2001)
Analogue front end for a sharper image
Wolfson Microelectronics has introduced a family of high-level integrated analogue front ends.
News from Wolfson Microelectronics ( 7 June 2001)
Board supports soft-processor-based SoC designs
ARCangel 3 from ARC Cores is a new development platform supporting the latest available FPGAs.
News from ARC International ( 6 June 2001)
Integrated development package for Bluetooth SoCs
BlueForm from ARC Cores is a comprehensive package of hardware and software IP, development tools and application software for building Bluetooth SoC products based on the ARCtangent processor.
News from ARC International ( 6 June 2001)
Software simplifies comms line card development
The latest release of Cypress Semiconductor's popular Warp software design tools now includes support for its recently announced Programmable Serial Interface family of communications devices.
News from Cypress Semiconductor ( 6 June 2001)
Solder locks keep interfaces in line
The latest card-to-board interfaces from Deltron Roxburgh bring enhanced alignment and added mechanical strength to PCMCIA and CompactFlash applications.
News from Abacus Deltron ( 6 June 2001)
Ceramic-coated power resistors run up to 25W
Easby Electronics is stocking a wide range of ceramic-coated power resistors from Meggitt.
News from Easby Electronics ( 6 June 2001)
P-channel MOSFETs handle higher input voltages
New 30V P-channel PowerTrench MOSFET technology from Fairchild Semiconductor features enhanced rugged-gate technology with 25V gate-to-source maximum rating.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 6 June 2001)
15in LCD monitors for OEM and computing uses
Flint Displays is bolstering its flat-screen portfolio with a 15in TFT liquid crystal monitor suitable for computer display applications as well as OEM designs.
News from Flint ( 6 June 2001)
Equaliser compensates for cable losses
The first two members of the HD-LINX II family of devices for HDTV/SDTV multirate SDI systems from Gennum are the GS1524 multirate adaptive equaliser and the GS1528 dual slew-rate cable driver.
News from Gennum Corp ( 6 June 2001)
SCSI technology enters the seventh generation
LSI Logic has announced commercial availability of the LSI53C1030 Ultra320 SCSI controller chip and the start of a worldwide product sampling and demo program featuring LSI Logic's Ultra320 products.
News from LSI Europe ( 6 June 2001)
Cell, block and full-chip verification in one
New from Mentor Graphics, Calibre Interactive enables designers to perform block and cell physical verification from within layout environments such as Cadence Virtuoso.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 6 June 2001)
Design methodology bridges gap to fabrication
Monterey Design Systems describes System-Driven Physical Design as the first design methodology to enable physical chip implementation from system to GDSII tapeout of SoCs up to 100 million gates.
News from Monterey Design Systems ( 6 June 2001)
Eurodis HB is number one for Omron
Omron Electronics has named Eurodis HB as its number one distributor for the UK and Ireland for 2000.
News from Omron Electronics ( 6 June 2001)
Web-based reference on phase shifting
Sage Laboratories has launched a new phase shifters website.
News from Sage Laboratories ( 6 June 2001)
Shrinking Bluetooth power amplifiers
SiGe Semiconductor has expanded its family of Bluetooth Class 1 power amplifiers with the world's smallest solution and the world's smallest fully encapsulated package solution.
News from SiGe Semiconductor ( 6 June 2001)
Website gives telecomms alternative to type Ns
Tru-Connector has launched a new 7-16 connectors website.
News from Tru Corporation ( 6 June 2001)
Latest Ensemble simplifies wireless design
The latest release of Ansoft's Ensemble (Version 8.0) features new functionality targeting the needs of RFIC, MMIC, PCB and planar antenna designers.
News from Ansoft Europe ( 5 June 2001)
Washdown servomotors boost performance
Baldor has launched a range of brushless servomotors optimised for use in clean environments or hostile operating situations. Brochure Available
News from Baldor UK ( 5 June 2001)
Operation friendly monitoring relays
Now shipping from Carlo Gavazzi are the D and P series of operation friendly monitoring relays.
News from Carlo Gavazzi ( 5 June 2001)
PCI frame grabber unburdens host CPU
PC-CamLink is the latest addition to Coreco Imaging's PC series of advanced frame grabbers from Firstsight Vision. Brochure Available
News from Firstsight Vision ( 5 June 2001)
True single-chip MP3 encoder/decoder
According to Flint, the Micronas MAS3587F is the first true single-chip MP3 encoder/decoder, bringing an unprecedented level of integration and performance to any speech/audio design.
News from Flint ( 5 June 2001)
Group delay module aids microwave measurements
IFR Systems has added group delay measurement capability to its 6845 microwave system analyser (MSA).
News from IFR Systems ( 5 June 2001)
One adapter handles Flash, SRAM and DRAM devices
With three footprints on a single FR4 substrate, the Om-Adapt TSOP2 is a low-cost prototyping adapter that can accommodate most of the SMD packages commonly used for memory devices.
News from Omega Research ( 5 June 2001)
Upgraded uninterruptible power manager
Following the successful launch of its Security One uninterruptible power manager (UPM) last year, Powervar has introduced new, feature-rich, second-generation models.
News from Powervar ( 5 June 2001)
GPS engines shrink to postage-stamp size
Sequoia Technology is broadening its range of solutions for location and positioning, with a new family of advanced ultraminiature GPS modules.
News from Sequoia Technology ( 5 June 2001)
Southampton's Payne wins Basic Research Award
Prof David Payne, cofounder and chairman of Southampton Photonics, will receive the Basic Research Award of the Eduard Rhein Foundation, on 20th October in Munich.
News from Southampton Photonics ( 5 June 2001)
Web-based calculators aid position-transducer use
A set of easy-to-use, free, web-based calculators is now available at SpaceAge Control's website.
News from SpaceAge Control ( 5 June 2001)
TSMC to support TetraMAX test pattern generation
TSMC is to support Synopsys' award winning TetraMAX automatic test pattern generation solution in its reference flow for all process technologies between 0.25 and 0.13 micron.
News from Synopsys ( 5 June 2001)
Low-frequency high-performance analogue ATE
Teradyne has released its BBAC instrumentation for low-frequency high-performance analogue testing of broadband devices such as converters, xDSL and CDMA.
News from Teradyne ( 5 June 2001)
New Blue Labs test Bluetooth interoperability
Wireless Futures, the interoperability test company devoted exclusively to wireless technologies, has opened The Blue Labs in Milton Keynes, England.
News from Wireless Futures ( 5 June 2001)
AHA supports European universities
Advanced Hardware Architectures (AHA) has entered into a collaborative programme with a number of universities in the UK and Europe.
News from Comtech AHA Corp ( 4 June 2001)
Three-phase brushless DC motor MOSFET controller
The new A3932 from Allegro MicroSystems is a three-phase brushless DC motor controller integrated circuit.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe ( 4 June 2001)
Simple data acquisition with RS-232 or GPIB
The new DDDA data acquisition software now available exclusively in the UK from TTi, simplifies the control and plotting of data from all RS232 and GPIB instruments.
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) ( 4 June 2001)
Elastomer minimises component stress
Suited to encapsulating electronic devices, the latest form-in-place flexible, thermally conductive silicone elastomer from Chomerics offers high thermal conductivity.
News from Chomerics Europe ( 4 June 2001)
SMD light pipes with integrated LEDs
New from CTL Components is the world's first range of taped-and-reeled SMD light pipes featuring integrated LEDs.
News from CTL Components ( 4 June 2001)
Frame grabbers offload host CPU resources
New from Firstsight Vision, the Bandit-II series of frame grabbers features a high-resolution VGA accelerator that supports true colour display resolutions up to 1600 x 1200pixel. Brochure Available
News from Firstsight Vision ( 4 June 2001)
Intersil provides power for AMD processsors
A new addition to Intersil's growing Endura family of power management ICs, the ISL6223, has been selected by AMD for improved power management for the latest Athlon and Duron processors.
News from Intersil ( 4 June 2001)
Universal Serial Bus controller on an FPGA
Insight Electronics and inSilicon Corp have announced the availability of the Universal Serial Bus (USB) 1.1 device controller for Xilinx FPGAs.
News from inSilicon Corp ( 4 June 2001)
Sensor makes its screen debut with Philips
User Application Article Philips Components, based at Simonstone near Burnley in Lancashire, manufactures TV screens at the rate of 600 an hour. Brochure Available
News from Penny + Giles ( 4 June 2001)
AC/DC adapter with 15W rating
New from Powerline, the UPO 151D Series is a family of AC/DC inline adapters rated at 15W.
News from Powerline ( 4 June 2001)
RFI and Wireless Futures UK join for Bluetooth
Radio Frequency Investigation (RFI) and Milton Keynes-based Wireless Futures UK, have formed a strategic partnership rounding out their respective Bluetooth solutions services.
News from RFI Global Services ( 4 June 2001)
Forrester becomes operations manager
Colin Forrester has been appointed operations manager of Radio Frequency Investigation's Mobile Communications Group.
News from RFI Global Services ( 4 June 2001)
Tantalum chip capacitors have ultra-low ESR
Now available in the UK from Surtech Distribution is the Matsuo range of ultra-low ESR (equivalent series resistance) tantalum chip capacitors.
News from Surtech Distribution ( 4 June 2001)
Power Compiler adds pushbutton power optimisation
Oki Semiconductor has added Power Compiler, Synopsys' pushbutton power optimisation tool for RTL and gate-level designs, to the set of Synopsys tools offered in Oki's advanced ASIC design kit.
News from Synopsys ( 4 June 2001)
TI adopts Scirocco for its RTL regression farm
Texas Instruments has selected Synopsys' Scirocco VHDL simulator as a key component of the verification suite for its high-performance DSP designs.
News from Synopsys ( 4 June 2001)
Digital phosphor scope improves on 2GHz devices
The latest addition to the Tektronix TDS7000 Series DPO family is the 2.5GHz TDS7254. Brochure Available
News from Tektronix ( 4 June 2001)
Faster route to wireless device development
The development of next generation (2.5 and 3G) wireless smartphones has become easier since Texas Instruments and Atelier unveiled a platform for Symbian-based wireless devices.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 4 June 2001)
TI DSP enables wearable computer
Xybernaut Corp's Mobile Assistant V (MA V) is an advanced wearable computer that provides lightweight, hands-free mobile computing.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 4 June 2001)
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