News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 2 September
to Saturday 8 September 2001
Tiny controller amplifier runs servosystems
Animatics has applied its miniaturised motion control technology to a free-standing controller amplifier called the RTC-3000.
News from Animatics ( 7 September 2001)
Oversampling gives logic analysers high accuracy
The Tektronix TLA600 series of advanced logic analysers is now available from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments).
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) ( 7 September 2001)
Survey points to switch from ASICs to FPGAs
Improvements in the use of traditional EDA techniques will not address the problem of shrinking windows of market opportunity, according to the findings of a new user survey.
News from Celoxica ( 7 September 2001)
Densitron goes organic with Opsys
Densitron Technologies has entered into an agreement with Oxford-based display technology developer, Opsys. Brochure Available
News from Densitron Display Solutions ( 7 September 2001)
Two climb aboard at Elixent
Elixent has appointed Peter van Cuylenburg as non-executive Chairman and Kenn Lamb as Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
News from Elixent ( 7 September 2001)
LCD drivers support nonstandard PC resolutions
Flint Displays has added two new LCD display driver boards to support its LCD panel range.
News from Flint ( 7 September 2001)
Bus switches route data signals up to 500MHz
IDT has expanded its QuickSwitch bus switch family for the enterprise/carrier-class and access infrastructure markets.
News from IDT ( 7 September 2001)
Bundles combine Linux with tools and support
LynuxWorks has come up with a new series of bundle options to include service and support with enhanced tools for its popular BlueCat Linux operating system platform.
News from LynuxWorks ( 7 September 2001)
FPGA synthesis stretches to millions of gates
LeonardoSpectrum 2001.1d is the latest version of the Mentor Graphics FPGA synthesis tool.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 7 September 2001)
Motorola cracks the GaAs on silicon riddle
Motorola is claiming a first in combining silicon with III-V materials.
News from Freescale Semiconductor ( 7 September 2001)
Big Flash baseband aids cordless versatility
National Semiconductor's new SC14408 baseband controller has been selected as a key component of the Siemens Gigaset 4000 comfort handset.
News from National Semiconductor ( 7 September 2001)
Here's a switch - dome lasts more than a year
New from Omron is a metal dome array that attaches directly to a printed circuit board to create a tactile switch.
News from Omron Electronics ( 7 September 2001)
Wiring analyser from the school of hard knocks
Now available exclusively in the UK from the Peak Group is the RWA 1500 ruggedised wiring analyser from Cabletest Systems.
News from Peak Production Equipment ( 7 September 2001)
Elinex takes on Powervar in the Low Countries
Powervar has appointed Elinex, of Rotterdam, as distributor for its power conditioners and uninterruptible power managers (UPMs) in the Benelux countries.
News from Powervar ( 7 September 2001)
Tighter envelope for overcurrent protection
The PolySwitch family of resettable overcurrent protection devices has been extended to include the new RXE005 from Raychem Circuit Protection.
News from Raychem Circuit Protection ( 7 September 2001)
Bulletproof claim for uninterruptible power system
Advance-Galatrek has launched its latest range of three-phase input UPSs, specifically for installation in enterprise-wide data and voice processing networks environments.
News from Riello UPS ( 7 September 2001)
300V diodes provide ideal performance for PSUs
International Rectifier has expanded its fast recovery epitaxial diode (FRED) family to include 300V ultrafast diodes.
News from International Rectifier ( 7 September 2001)
Static protection is in the bag
Static Control Components can now supply its SCC1500 metal-out static shielding bags from stock in sizes ranging from 76 x 127 to 460 x 610mm.
News from Static Control Components (Europe) ( 7 September 2001)
Ericsson spinoff bases 3G design on TI baseband
Ericsson has selected Texas Instruments' baseband technology for its 2.5 and 3G Ericsson Mobile Platforms solutions following a memorandum of understanding between the two companies.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 7 September 2001)
Frugal MCUs are easy on battery supplies
Texas Instruments has expanded its MSP430 family of ultra-low-power MCUs with the addition of several new devices ideal for cost sensitive, battery-powered measurement applications.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 7 September 2001)
Low-cost power relay with 10 A current rating
The VTM 4459 is a low-cost power relay with a current rating of up to 12A and a coil-voltage range from 3 to 48V.
News from VTM (UK) ( 7 September 2001)
Failsafe rotary switches are no pushovers
WASP has added a "push-to-turn" option to its rotary switches.
News from Wasp ( 7 September 2001)
Yokogawa is approved supplier to United Utilities
Yokogawa UK has been approved as one of the preferred suppliers of pH and dissolved oxygen measurement instrumentation to United Utilities.
News from Yokogawa UK ( 7 September 2001)
Largest CPLD doubles in size
Cypress Semiconductor has announced the availability of the world's largest CPLD, the Delta39K200, which includes 200,000 gates with 3072 macrocells and 480Kbit of embedded memory.
News from Cypress Semiconductor ( 6 September 2001)
Rugged keyboard combines piezoswitches and eyeball
Diamond Electronics' latest addition to its range of sealed and rugged keyboards, built by Baran Advanced Technologies, is the KB 5000P.
News from Diamond Electronics ( 6 September 2001)
Any which way you can for IEC connectors
As designs of power supplies, audio equipment and computing peripherals change in shape and size, so cable inlet and outlet sockets require new connection shapes to match.
News from Feller (UK) ( 6 September 2001)
Space-saving MCMs combine MPU, Flash and RAM
Hitachi has two new series of multi-chip modules (MCMs) that offer a high-performance SuperH microprocessor together with Flash and either SDRAM or SRAM in a single compact package.
News from Hitachi Europe ( 6 September 2001)
Imerge funding raises GBP 2.5 million
Imerge has completed a funding round of convertible debt totalling GBP 2.5 million.
News from Imerge ( 6 September 2001)
High-speed datacomms from PCMCIA card
New from Impulse is the latest addition to Sealevel's popular PCMCIA card family.
News from Impulse ( 6 September 2001)
Wheeler moves from APW to Eurocraft
Inventronics has appointed Stephen Wheeler as European Sales and Marketing Manager for its wholly owned subsidiary, Eurocraft Enclosures, located at Dudley, England.
News from Inventronics ( 6 September 2001)
Intrinsix to help with MIPS designs
Embedded design engineers using MIPS processor cores to develop SoC solutions now have access to the design expertise of Intrinsix, following an agreement between the two companies.
News from MIPS Technologies ( 6 September 2001)
Integrated host processors go faster and smaller
Motorola has added two members to its integrated host processor family - the newly packaged MPC8241 and the speed-enhanced MPC8245.
News from Freescale Semiconductor ( 6 September 2001)
Fast single-voltage Flash makes MCU easy to update
Enabling system designers to carry out in-circuit memory updates, the M30624 16bit microcontroller from Solid State Supplies features single voltage on-chip DINOR (divided bit-line NOR) Flash memory.
News from Solid State Supplies ( 6 September 2001)
Future-proof claim for signal conditioning modules
Status Instruments reckons its MEDACS 2000 series represents a novel and revolutionary concept in DIN rail signal conditioning modules. Brochure Available
News from Status Instruments ( 6 September 2001)
DSPs integrate Flash for industrial control
Texas Instruments claims its two new high-precision control DSPs will reduce development time from hours to minutes while delivering up to 12x performance existing devices.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 6 September 2001)
Light guide puts LEDs into membrane applications
WASP has developed an ultra-thin acryllic light guide which allows LEDs and filament bulbs to be used for membrane switch illumination.
News from Wasp ( 6 September 2001)
Sanyo and Wolfson in mixed-signal alliance
Wolfson Microelectronics and Sanyo Semiconductor are entering into a strategic business alliance to develop and market mixed-signal products for automotive and consumer applications.
News from Wolfson Microelectronics ( 6 September 2001)
IP interfaces ease soft core integration
ARC Cores has introduced three new interfaces for its user-customisable 32bit processor, to make it easier to connect third-party and existing IP to its processor and save precious development time.
News from ARC International ( 5 September 2001)
Stable development for x86 designs
Datasound Laboratories reckons its new development environment makes the programming of x86-based embedded applications faster and more efficient, while also increasing software stability.
News from Datasound Laboratories ( 5 September 2001)
Solid-polymer electrolytics for low ESR
Samwha Electric UK has reflow-solderable 105C solid conducting polymer capacitors in both SMD and a radial leaded outlines.
News from Easby Electronics ( 5 September 2001)
Compact clamp meters on the one hand
The Fluke 330 clamp meter series includes five different models, all of which have the same small form factor enabling ease-of-use even in the tightest places. Brochure Available
News from Fluke (UK) ( 5 September 2001)
Hot bar bonder tackles many tasks
Kaisertech has introduced the low-cost MicroJoin model 2100 pulsed heat hot bar bonder that integrates the critical features and functions needed for soldering, heat seal or ACF bonding Brochure Available
News from Kaisertech ( 5 September 2001)
Dual-mode inverters for frugal backlights
Providing an extremely wide brightness range for any CCFL backlit LCD application, RangeMax inverters from Solid State Supplies use a combination of analogue and direct drive digital dimming.
News from Solid State Supplies ( 5 September 2001)
Data acquisition enters a 32bit world
Available now from Adept Scientific, WinWedge 32 Standard is the 32bit version of the popular serial data acquisition and instrument control product from TAL Technologies. Brochure Available
News from Adept Scientific ( 4 September 2001)
Budget accelerometer isn't easily shocked
Bruel and Kjaer has launched Endevco's new Valuline accelerometer family with the variable capacitance (VC) model 7596.
News from Bruel and Kjaer UK ( 4 September 2001)
TFT panels come in all sizes
Diamond Electronics has enhanced its range of interface products with a series of TFT LCDs, available in a range of sizes from 480 x 234, up to 1900 x 1200
News from Diamond Electronics ( 4 September 2001)
Industry's smallest analogue switches
Fairchild Semiconductor has put a new family of analogue switches in its space-saving MicroPak IC packages, making them 65% smaller than current SC70 packages.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 4 September 2001)
Tiny backplane connectors support InfiniBand
Even smaller than previous HSSDC backplane connectors from Tyco Electronics, the HSSDC 2 has been designed to meet 2.5Gbit/s InfiniBand 1x server I/O requirements as well as 2.1Gbit/s Fibre Channel sm Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics UK ( 4 September 2001)
Hunter takes over at Anritsu
Anritsu has appointed Paul Hunter to the position of General Manager of its European Measurement Division (EMD).
News from Anritsu (UK) ( 3 September 2001)
Ride the wave at an Ansoft seminar
Ansoft is embarking on a 27-city series of technical workshops entitled, "Ride the wave - accelerating innovation".
News from Ansoft Europe ( 3 September 2001)
Micropower op amp shrinks into SOT-23 package
Microchip's new 2.5 V micropower operational amplifier is available in a tiny SOT-23 package.
News from Microchip Technology ( 3 September 2001)
Infinite Technology is sweet on Avant!
Infinite Technology has endorsed Avant!'s place and route tools and the Milkyway-based SinglePass solution.
News from Avant! Corporation ( 3 September 2001)
CDT to produce novel display for US Army SAPS
Cambridge Display Technology has been selected to develop a prototype handheld light-emitting polymer display for the US National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
News from Cambridge Display Technology ( 3 September 2001)
Java FPGA core avoids the usual code bloat
Embedded Java specialist Digital Communication Technologies has made available its Lightfoot Java processor in the form of a programmable core for Xilinx FPGAs.
News from DCT Digital Communication Technologies ( 3 September 2001)
PWM controller is optimised for LCD PCs
New from Fairchild Semiconductor is the FAN5232 adjustable PWM buck controller for LCD PCs.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 3 September 2001)
Thermal analysis software is more intelligent
Flotherm V3.2 is the latest edition of its award-winning, design-class thermal analysis software from Flomerics. Brochure Available
News from Flomerics ( 3 September 2001)
RS-232 transceiver goes to micro package
Intersil has released the world's smallest RS-232 serial data transceiver IC.
News from Intersil ( 3 September 2001)
Advanced tool programs embedded system registers
Innoveda has unveiled a more powerful version of Regent, its wizard-like design and documentation tool for programmable register modules in embedded systems.
News from Innoveda ( 3 September 2001)
Advanced routing added to PCB design tools
Mentor Graphics has announced the latest product release of its Expedition Series of PCB design tools, WG2000.5.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 3 September 2001)
Digital radio design and integration service
At IBC, RadioScape will launch its answer to enabling consumer electronics manufacturers to produce low-cost digital radio receiver products quickly and cost-effectively.
News from RadioScape ( 3 September 2001)
Bespoke solutions from surface finishing facility
Tecan Components has invested GBP 500,000 in a new high-specification surface finishing facility, offering a wide range of bespoke solutions to OEMs and niche operators.
News from Tecan ( 3 September 2001)
Ultra mini comms relay is fully certified
New from Young ECC, Fujitsu Takamisawa's FTR B4 is a slim ultraminiature DPDT relay that conforms to the Cenelec 4th-generation standard for telecomms relays.
News from Young Electronics Group ( 3 September 2001)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 62
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