News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 17 June
to Saturday 23 June 2001
Power supply chip changes mode to raise efficiency
The STR-X6400 Series from Allegro MicroSystems Europe is a multimode offline switch-mode power-supply IC that automatically changes its operating mode to ensure maximum efficiency.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe (22 June 2001)
High peak current from low-power PFC supply
Artesyn Technologies has launched a compact quad-output AC/DC power supply that is ideal for low-power applications involving high peak current demands.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (22 June 2001)
All you need to start Ethernet designs
A complete design solutions package that features all the hardware, firmware, software and tools necessary for developing an embedded network product has been introduced by Future Electronics.
News from Future Electronics (22 June 2001)
Technology sends full motion video to PDAs
Video IP specialist IndigoVision Group has developed a technology that allows video to be delivered over wireless and cellular networks to consumer electronics products.
News from IndigoVision (22 June 2001)
Spread-spectrum family beats Bluetooth to market
AeroComm has released its complete line of LX 2.4GHz frequency-hopping spread-spectrum (FHSS) transceivers, available in Europe from Low Power Radio Solutions. Brochure Available
News from Low Power Radio Solutions (22 June 2001)
Tiny motion sensor comes with analogue output
Claimed to be the world's smallest PIR (passive infra-red) sensor, the MP motion sensor from Matsushita Electric Works is now available in an analogue output model.
News from Panasonic Electric Works UK (22 June 2001)
Linux simplifies set-top box development
National Semiconductor has released a Linux digital video software solution for its Geode SP1SC10 reference platform for the development of advanced set-top box products.
News from National Semiconductor (22 June 2001)
FM modules claim high datarates at up to 400m
Low power radio specialist Quasar claims to have the industry's first miniature FM radio modules to offer communication rates of 128kbit/s at distances up to 400m.
News from RF Solutions (22 June 2001)
Networks squeeze eight resistors into one
The latest chip resistor networks from Rohm Electronics integrate eight resistors into a single ultraminiature package to help designers save space and reduce component count.
News from Rohm Electronics (22 June 2001)
Broadband source evaluates EMC test areas to 7GHz
New from Schaffner is the industry's first high frequency broadband source for evaluation of anechoic chamber and open area test site EMC measurements. Brochure Available
News from Schaffner (22 June 2001)
TeleAdapt unveils its first factory
TeleAdapt has opened its first factory in Hengli, China.
News from TeleAdapt (22 June 2001)
Four-channel digital scope sends its own e-mails
The Yokogawa DL1740 SignalExplorer is a compact 4-channel digital oscilloscope that combines a sampling rate of 1Gsample/s, an analogue bandwidth of 500MHz and a memory length of 1Mword.
News from Yokogawa Europe - Test and Measurement (22 June 2001)
PAL simplifies FPGA application interfacing
Celoxica has announced its platform abstraction layer (PAL) strategy for FPGA and system independent reconfigurable designs.
News from Celoxica (21 June 2001)
Touchscreen terminal fits the desk or the wall
DED is showing the TP6000 touch screen terminal from Posiflex on its stand at Retail Solutions.
News from DED (21 June 2001)
Smallest packaged IGBT for automotive ignition
New from Fairchild Semiconductor, the EcoSpark family of IGBTs is designed for use as ignition coil drivers.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (21 June 2001)
FRFETs improve diode reverse recovery
Fairchild Semiconductor has a new family of 500V fast-recovery MOSFETs designed to provide significant performance enhancements in telecomms and server power system designs.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (21 June 2001)
Website focuses on nonstandard components
A new website launched on the 1st June 2001 by procurement specialist First Index will serve as a single, easily entered electronic gateway to the full range of the company's services.
News from Qimtek (21 June 2001)
Flint gives Blatchford a leg up with smart card
User Application Article Chas A Blatchford and Sons, the world leader in prosthetic hardware, was the first to order a customised smart card design from Flint Smart's website.
News from Flint (21 June 2001)
Matched magnets provide key to accurate switching
Gentech International has introduced a broad stock range of magnets to enable design engineers to achieve a "perfect match" with Gentech's comprehensive range of magnetic reed switches.
News from Gentech International (21 June 2001)
130MHz DACs gun for basestation applications
Intersil's next-generation series of CommLink high-speed D/A convertors is specifically designed to support the development of high-performance wireless products.
News from Intersil (21 June 2001)
Virtual prototyping added to system design tools
Innoveda is to provide a more powerful version of its Visual Elite tool that enables engineers to design from the system-level down to the register transfer level (RTL).
News from Innoveda (21 June 2001)
Mini-PCI compliant inverted right angle modjack
Molex has launched the latest in its line of modular jacks (modjacks) - its Mini-PCI compliant inverted right angle modjack, offering excellent signal reliability and flexibility.
News from Molex UK (21 June 2001)
Bluetooth baseband processor available on FPGA
NewLogic today announced the immediate availability of its Boost Lite Bluetooth baseband processor core for use in Xilinx Virtex-II and Virtex-E FPGAs.
News from Wipro-NewLogic (21 June 2001)
Penny and Giles shows its motorsport prowess
Penny and Giles Motorsport, whose potentiometers and position sensors are used by most of the leading Formula One teams, will be exhibiting at two of the world's major motor racing shows. Brochure Available
News from Penny + Giles (21 June 2001)
Electrospeed to supply Schroff networking products
Schroff is extending its partnership with Electrospeed to include its range of enclosures developed specifically for the networking market.
News from Schroff UK (21 June 2001)
Reference design delivers digital ballasts
New from International Rectifier the IRPLDIM2 digital addressable dimming ballast reference design allows manufacturers to deliver digital addressable ballasts to market quickly.
News from International Rectifier (21 June 2001)
ESD-protected MOSFETs keep a low profile
Toshiba Electronics has used its latest trench semiconductor technology to produce high-current, ESD-protected single and dual MOSFET devices in the industry's lowest profile packaging.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (21 June 2001)
Compact modules deliver reduced component count
Toshiba claims its latest compact intelligent power modules will save space, reduce component count and improve reliability in high-power switching designs requiring operation up to 1200V.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (21 June 2001)
Female sockets set the (DIN) standard
Offered in a broad range of sizes for application versatility, Ansley female socket connectors from Tyco Electronics feature a basic design that has been proven over many years. Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics UK (21 June 2001)
Open-frame convertors deliver up to 87% efficiency
XP has announced the immediate availability of the DCC Series of high-efficiency open-frame DC/DC convertors.
News from XP Power (21 June 2001)
Low-noise LDOs aim for cellular handsets
Available from Young ECC and manufactured by Japan Radio Co, the NJM2870 LDO regulator family uses advanced bipolar technology to achieve low noise, high ripple rejection and low quiescent current.
News from Young Electronics Group (21 June 2001)
Libero sweeps up full set of FPGA design tools
Libero is Actel's next-generation integrated design environment for field-programmable gate array (FPGA) development and design.
News from Actel Europe (20 June 2001)
Memory test system more than doubles its speed
The Advantest T5375 memory test system is capable of testing up to 128 devices simultaneously at speeds of either 143 or 286MHz DDR.
News from Advantest (Europe) (20 June 2001)
Explosion-proof limit switches switch safely
A range of explosion-proof limit switches is now available from Aerco, the Horsham based electromechanical component specialist.
News from Aerco (20 June 2001)
AMI and ARM in two-way co-operation
AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has entered into a licensing agreement with ARM, and is also to provide foundry services to ARM customers.
News from AMI Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
TSMC gives AMI fast route to 0.18-micron ASICs
AMI Semiconductor will begin offering 0.25 and 0.18-micron ASIC products as early as the third quarter of 2001 by partnering with TSMC, the world's largest dedicated semiconductor foundry.
News from AMI Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
CompactPCI backplanes handle power to spare
APW Electronic Solutions has extended its CompactPCI backplane offering with new DIN M single power slot models.
News from Vero Electronics (20 June 2001)
Convertors deliver 60W from quarter-brick outline
Artesyn Technologies has a new series of dual-output DC/DC convertors that provide up to 60W from an industry-standard quarter-brick package.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (20 June 2001)
NEC and ATMOS to make DRAM for communications
NEC Electronics and ATMOS Corp are to develop and offer high-performance embedded DRAM aimed at communications and wireless industries.
News from Atmos Corp (20 June 2001)
Design suite extended to latest FPGAs
Celoxica has extended its DK1 design suite for the rapid design of reconfigurable hardware to support Xilinx Virtex II customers.
News from Celoxica (20 June 2001)
Board helps with small to medium FPGA prototyping
New from Celoxica, the RC100 stand-alone development board provides a rapid prototyping platform for small- to medium-sized FPGA designs.
News from Celoxica (20 June 2001)
Dynex can do IGBTs for Renault's hybrid Kangoo
Dynex Power has received a major production order from Groupe SAGEM to provide power semiconductor modules for Renault's new Kangoo all-electric and hybrid thermal-electric minivan.
News from Dynex Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
Flint is Hirose Distributor of the Year... again
Flint has been named Hirose Distributor of the Year for the second time in three years, following the extension of its franchise to cover circular connectors.
News from Flint (20 June 2001)
SoC system optimised for knowledge management
Mentor Graphics has released version 3.0 of its QuickUse development system (QDS).
News from Mentor Graphics UK (20 June 2001)
Brecis uses MIPS core for broadband platform
MIPS Technologies has licensed its MIPS32 4Km synthesisable core to Brecis Communications.
News from MIPS Technologies (20 June 2001)
Monterey gathers its partners in innovation
The Monterey Design Systems Partners in Innovation programme aims to bring together companies involved in IC development and ASIC design that have complementary and innovative technology.
News from Monterey Design Systems (20 June 2001)
All's well for Allwell Geode-based set-top box
Allwell's latest set-top box, the STBII 5012, is based on National Semiconductor's Geode SC1200 processor, a set-top box-on-a-chip solution introduced last September.
News from National Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
Server I/O chips support latest Intel platforms
New from National Semiconductor, the Low Pin Count (LPC) PC8741x family of server I/O products are designed to meet the I/O needs of the entire server and workstation market.
News from National Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
Intelligent CompactPCI core processing platform
The HighWire HW400c/M from SBE is an intelligent CompactPCI core platform with dual PCI Telecom Mezzanine Card sites and a dual-node CompactPCI packet-switched backplane interface.
News from SBE (20 June 2001)
Siemens takes SiGe PA for Bluetooth-USB adapter
SiGe Semiconductor's PA2423MB Class 1 Bluetooth power amplifier has been selected by Siemens for integration into one of the industry's first qualified Bluetooth-USB adapters.
News from SiGe Semiconductor (20 June 2001)
"Smallest in the world" claim for transducer
SpaceAge Control is now shipping the Series 150, claimed to be the smallest production position transducer available in the world.
News from SpaceAge Control (20 June 2001)
Synopsis expands design flow solutions
Synopsys has completed its RTL-to-GDSII flow by introducing two high-performance tools built into Physical Compiler: Route Compiler and ClockTree Compiler.
News from Synopsys (20 June 2001)
New package stars in shrinking logic moves
Texas Instruments claims its new NanoStar packaging saves 70% of the space required for existing SC-70 (DCK) logic packages, providing a big advantage for portable consumer electronics.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (20 June 2001)
IFR bases ATE Division in Stevenage
IFR Systems has opened a new European HQ for its Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) Division at Pin Green, Stevenage, UK.
News from IFR Systems (19 June 2001)
Fujitsu spends $10 million on IKOS emulators
Fujitsu LSI Technology is to purchase up to $10 million dollars worth of Vstation-15M emulators from IKOS Systems over the next 2 years.
News from IKOS Systems (19 June 2001)
High-end memory upgrades
Memory Plus has just added several new products to the high end of its range of MemoryGold branded digital memory upgrades.
News from Memory Plus (19 June 2001)
System verifies effective use of IP
Mentor Graphics QuickUse IP qualification system (QuickUse-IQ) is designed to automate the intellectual property (IP) qualification process.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (19 June 2001)
Boosted performance for 32bit soft core
MIPS Technologies has launched its next generation 32bit, high-performance, low-power core, the MIPS32 4KE family.
News from MIPS Technologies (19 June 2001)
Flat fourth quarter for National Semiconductor
National Semiconductor has reported break even results on revenue of $401.2 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2001, ending on the 27th May 2001.
News from National Semiconductor (19 June 2001)
Four- and five-row Futurebus connectors
Raycon Technology has released a new Futurebus connector line.
News from Raycon Technology (19 June 2001)
Plinths extend UPS system features
Advance-Galatrek has unveiled the Elite ETX uninterruptible power system (UPS) series extension plinths.
News from Riello UPS (19 June 2001)
Module multiply protects telecomms lines
A five-point protection module which safeguards European telecomms network lines from overvoltage, overcurrent, lightning and electrostatic discharge is on its way to Solid State Supplies.
News from Solid State Supplies (19 June 2001)
Screens and meshes get higher and more rigid
Tecan Components can now produce fine metal screens and meshes with higher, and more rigid, sidewalls than previously available using traditional lithography techniques.
News from Tecan (19 June 2001)
Plug-in hot swap TVSS technology on new TPUs
Advance-Galatrek has just unveiled its latest StrikeSafe wall mount Transient Protection Units (TPUs), featuring unique hot-swap plug-in technology.
News from Advance Electronics (18 June 2001)
Coded switches suitable for reflow soldering
Type 07 coded switches offer a rugged construction suitable for reflow soldering, and feature separate detent and contact chambers for minimum contact contamination and maximum life
News from Elma Electronic UK (18 June 2001)
Architecture optimised for information appliances
National Semiconductor has introduced a new Geode technology which it says will enable unprecedented performance, low power consumption and enhanced streaming multimedia
News from National Semiconductor (18 June 2001)
Bluetooth technology to be taken up by Yamaha
Yamaha Corporation and NewLogic have announced a licensing deal which allows Yamaha to add Bluetooth functionality to its IC products, and to manufacture Bluetooth chips and chipsets
News from Wipro-NewLogic (18 June 2001)
Wireless connection from laptop to projector
Texas Instruments has demonstrated a prototype of its wireless ProjectConnect component set which allows 'transparent to the user' wireless connection between a laptop computer or PDA and a projector
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (18 June 2001)
Exclusive UK and Ireland agency for Keko Varicon
VTM (UK) has been appointed the UK and Ireland agent for the circuit protection products from Keko Varicon in Slovenia, which has a history dating back 45 years as the former Iskra organisation
News from VTM (UK) (18 June 2001)
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