News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 20 January
to Saturday 26 January 2002
Bluetooth baseband passes the test
Alcatel's Bluetooth baseband chip, the MTC-60180, has received Bluetooth qualification.
News from Alcatel Microelectronics (25 January 2002)
Restricted breathing enclosures save on PCs
Armagard's restricted breathing PC enclosures allow standard office-grade PCs to be used in zone 2 environments and are much more affordable than other hazardous area solutions.
News from Armagard (25 January 2002)
Flextronics opts for Astro
Flextronics Semiconductor has chosen the Astro solution, Avant!'s breakthrough capability for ultra-deep-submicron (UDSM) physical design closure.
News from Avant! Corporation (25 January 2002)
Embedded PC slims to panel thickness
Advantech has introduced a powerful integrated touch-panel computer that is designed for use in industrial automation applications. Brochure Available
News from Advantech (UK) (25 January 2002)
Integrated analogue and digital measurement
Now available from TTi, the Tektronix iView system combines analogue and digital measurement by providing sampling in the gigahertz range with logic analyser triggering.
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) (25 January 2002)
Concurrent US growth through Omnibyte acquisition
Concurrent Technologies has acquired US-based Omnibyte Corp.
News from Concurrent Technologies (25 January 2002)
Half-brick performance in a quarter-brick outline
According to Datel, its USQ Series of high-efficiency quarter-brick DC/DC convertors offer current-output capability, power and performance typically expected of half-brick devices.
News from Datel (UK) (25 January 2002)
Fairchild buoyant despite Q4 and year-end losses
Fairchild Semiconductor has reported results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 30th December 2001.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (25 January 2002)
Dy 4 Systems joins the Force family
Dy 4 Systems has become a business unit of Force Computers.
News from Force Computers (25 January 2002)
Intel incorporates PRISM chipset for Wi-Fi
Intel has incorporated Intersil PRISM 2.5 USB wireless technology into its new concept PC, codenamed Hannacroix.
News from Intersil (25 January 2002)
Only one moving part for reliable dispenser
The FMI IDS-2000 industrial dispenser is designed for fluid dispensing and metering in applications including battery manufacture and electronics assembly.
News from Integrated Dispensing Systems (25 January 2002)
All-in-one DVD recorder system processor
LSI Logic is claiming the first single-chip DVD recorder system processor in the shape of the DiMeNsion-8600 (DMN-8600).
News from LSI Europe (25 January 2002)
Sealed relay withstands high temperatures
The new LZ relay from Matsushita Electric Works UK has a miniature package measuring just 28.6 x 12.8 x 20.4mm and a universal footprint.
News from Panasonic Electric Works UK (25 January 2002)
Zarlink foundry sale points to design focus
Zarlink Semiconductor has signed a definitive agreement with Dalsa Corp to sell its foundry facility in Bromont, Quebec, and related business to Dalsa for CDN$27 million.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor (25 January 2002)
Hierarchical design planner cuts chip size
User Application Article Fujitsu has reported a big improvement in die size on a new chip design due to the early planning and analysis capabilities of the IC Wizard hierarchical design planner from Monterey Design Systems.
News from Monterey Design Systems (25 January 2002)
NewLogic adds Bluetooth to Mentor IP portfolio
Mentor Graphics and NewLogic have signed a marketing agreement that allows SoC designers to license Bluetooth silicon intellectual property from the Mentor Graphics Inventra IP Division.
News from Wipro-NewLogic (25 January 2002)
Vandal-proof camera system watches football
User Application Article By providing an innovative solution to a delicate brief, Stortech Electronics has demonstrated both its ability to satisfy custom requirements and the capability of current technology.
News from Stortech Electronics (25 January 2002)
Physical Compiler reduces SGI's time to market
User Application Article SGI has successfully used the Synopsys Physical Compiler to tape out its latest chip, a scaleable hub.
News from Synopsys (25 January 2002)
Photo-electroforming provides precise components
Micro-engineered electroformed metal parts are gaining rapid ground, where traditional machined components cannot compete.
News from Tecan (25 January 2002)
Renaissance to breathe new life into VMEbus
Motorola Computer Group has unveiled its strategy to dramatically increase the capability and performance of the VMEbus.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing (25 January 2002)
Acquisition board switches from ISA to PCI
For integrated data acquisition systems, the PCIM-DAS 1602/16 board from Measurement Computing ensures compatibility across systems for easy migration from ISA to PCI. Brochure Available
News from Adept Scientific (24 January 2002)
Analogue array solves DVD performance problems
User Application Article The Conradt Measurement and Control development company has designed an innovative analogue lens control solution which dramatically improves the write speed of DVD peripherals.
News from Anadigm (24 January 2002)
Compact spectrum analysers squeeze in high specs
Anritsu has added two new members to its family of spectrum analysers.
News from Anritsu (UK) (24 January 2002)
Development kits get wireless up and running
Development tools from AeroComm enable OEMs to rapidly introduce wireless connectivity into their product or process.
News from Aerocomm (24 January 2002)
Artesyn results in line with expectations
Artesyn Technologies has reported financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended 28th December 2001.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (24 January 2002)
Cage clamp connects modules faster than screws
Finder has extended its family of relay interface modules by launching a 'screwless' version of the popular 38 Series.
News from Finder (24 January 2002)
Gaskets seal out water and interference in one
Holland Shielding Systems has developed a new series of water-sealing EMC gaskets.
News from Holland Shielding Systems (24 January 2002)
Wireless chipsets gain Windows XP drivers
Intersil has released Microsoft Windows XP drivers for its 11Mbit/s wireless networking products based on Prism WLAN technology.
News from Intersil (24 January 2002)
IPTE sets up shop in China
Integrated Production and Test Engineering (IPTE) has opened two sales offices in the heart of the Chinese electronics industry, Shenzhen (Hong Kong area) and Shanghai.
News from IPTE (24 January 2002)
Secure access modems for data protection
Microtel has introduced a range of access security modems which offer a cost-effective method of preventing breaches of security in dial-up networks.
News from Microtel (24 January 2002)
Monterey triples Japanese operations
In response to the demand from its Japanese customer base, Monterey Design Systems has tripled its sales and support staff and promoted Rick Ader to the position of general manager of Japan and Asia.
News from Monterey Design Systems (24 January 2002)
Plastic body makes lighter and cheaper push-pulls
ODU's plastic-bodied Mini-Snap PC connector is an addition to the company's metal-bodied range of push-pull connectors.
News from ODU UK (24 January 2002)
Switch probes cut maintenance in automotive tests
The P201/GI Series from Peak Test Services is a range of switch probes designed for use in test modules for checking wiring harnesses in the automotive industry.
News from Peak Test Services (24 January 2002)
Hot air staking speeds keyfob PCB mounting
User Application Article A Phasa 20/40 series machine producing 90 off riveted fixings every cycle is the key to high productivity on critical assemblies at the heart of central locking control units for Saab.
News from Phasa Developments (24 January 2002)
RaceTech refits OB trucks with Tektronix monitors
User Application Article RaceTech, a London-based technical support provider for racetracks licensed by the Jockey Club, has chosen Tektronix waveform monitors to re-engineer several of its outside broadcast trucks. Brochure Available
News from Tektronix (24 January 2002)
Robust microcontrollers cut down on current
Texas Instruments has released what it reckons are the most robust microcontrollers yet within its popular family of Flash-based 16bit RISC MCUs.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (24 January 2002)
Product safety marking: CE versus TUV GS
Technical Background Article What is the difference between products bearing the CE Mark only and those that additionally bear the TUV GS Mark? What are the benefits for manufacturers and consumers?
News from TUV Rheinland UK (24 January 2002)
Clock chip takes on supervisory functions
Xicor has added two new members to its integrated real time clock (RTC) product family.
News from Xicor (24 January 2002)
High bandwith and resolution from I/Q demodulator
Yokogawa has introduced a wideband I/Q demodulator which provides novel high-bandwidth high-resolution capabilities.
News from Yokogawa Europe - Test and Measurement (24 January 2002)
Abacus Polar is top Molex distributor - again
Abacus Polar has been named the Molex distributor of the year for the third year in a row, after clocking up sales growth in excess of 40%.
News from Abacus Group (23 January 2002)
Alcatel expands in US "motor town"
Alcatel has expanded its sales, design and product application engineering office in Detroit.
News from Alcatel Microelectronics (23 January 2002)
Array aimed at FPGA conversions
AMI Semiconductor (AMIS) has launched a 0.18-micron hybrid gate array for medium-density high-speed 1.8V ASICs and FPGA-to-ASIC conversions.
News from AMI Semiconductor (23 January 2002)
Celoxica is big in Japan
Celoxica's Japanese subsidiary has sold licenses of the DK1 design suite to four major Japanese electrical firms, including Omron and Sony, in the second half of 2001.
News from Celoxica (23 January 2002)
Omron opts for Celoxica
Omron's Information Technology Research Centre in Kyoto, Japan, has signed contract with Celoxica for multiple seats of its DK1 design suite.
News from Celoxica (23 January 2002)
Valveless pumps for flexible dispensing
Integrated Dispensing Systems has a novel range of CeramPump valveless dispensers and metering pumps for laboratory, analytical, industrial and OEM applications.
News from Integrated Dispensing Systems (23 January 2002)
Backplane and bridge boost PCI communications
Kaparel is releasing both the PS 1808 backplane and PS1188 low-profile bridge, based on the PLX GigaBridge switched-PCI architecture today at the Bus and Board Conference.
News from Kaparel Corp (23 January 2002)
StarGen StarFabric components demonstrated
Kaparel has developed a backplane/chassis configuration to demonstrate the StarGen StarFabric switch fabric components at the 2002 Bus and Board Conference.
News from Kaparel Corp (23 January 2002)
20W DC/DC convertor offers SM or through-hole
Lambda has unveiled the new 20W X20, the latest addition to its X-Series of DC/DC convertors. Brochure Available
News from Lambda (23 January 2002)
National and Texas collaborate on bus transceivers
National Semiconductor and Texas Instruments are to develop a family of footprint-compatible bus transceivers compliant with the new multipoint low-voltage differential signalling standard.
News from National Semiconductor (23 January 2002)
Speedy response from line scan cameras
The Lasers and Detectors Division of Pacer Components has a range of low-cost colour line scan cameras from PerkinElmer Optoelectronics. Brochure Available
News from Pacer International (23 January 2002)
Single chip ready for USB On-The-Go
New from Philips Semiconductors, the ISP1362 is a USB On-The-Go (OTG) chip that is fully compliant with the USB Implementers Forum's (IF) OTG Supplement to the USB 2.0 Specification.
News from NXP Semiconductors (23 January 2002)
MCUs make for easier network integration
New IBM PPC405 microcontrollers from Sequoia, with up to four on-chip Ethernet ports, together with PCI and HDLC controllers, make networking easier to integrate into a system.
News from Sequoia Technology (23 January 2002)
First multipoint-LVDS data line circuits
A new family of low-power, low-noise solutions for high-speed backplane and cable transmission of multipoint data is now available from Texas Instruments.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (23 January 2002)
RS Components stars for Tyco
RS Components has won the coveted Tyco Electronics UK distributor of the year award for the first time. Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics UK (23 January 2002)
Cables now assembled to exact lengths
Vitelec Electronics has made a significant enhancement to its established high-performance microwave cable-assembly service.
News from Emerson Network Power - Vitelec Electronics (23 January 2002)
New applications management at Allegro
Bob Christie has been appointed European Integrated Circuits Applications Manager with Allegro MicroSystems.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe (22 January 2002)
Delta's Cheng puts $50 million into Artesyn
Artesyn Technologies has received a $50 million investment from an entity controlled by Bruce Cheng, Founder and Chairman of Delta Electronics.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (22 January 2002)
Cygnal integrates another round of funding
Cygnal Integrated Products has closed its latest oversubscribed $20.5 million round of funding.
News from Cygnal Integrated Products (22 January 2002)
Cost-effective colour quarter-VGA panel
Available now from Densitron Europe is a quarter-VGA liquid-crystal colour display panel that offers a cost-effective route to adding a very high quality user interface to a wide range of products. Brochure Available
News from Densitron Display Solutions (22 January 2002)
Short-travel keyboards find industrial uses
Diamond Electronics is to offer the German-made Indukey range of industrial keyboards.
News from Diamond Electronics (22 January 2002)
Niobium chip capacitors offer tantalum alternative
In response to strong market interest Epcos is the first manufacturer worldwide to ramp up production of its range of niobium chip capacitors.
News from Epcos (22 January 2002)
Elixent adds to hardware and software
Elixent has appointed Martin Sotheran as vice president of hardware engineering and Chris Thornborrow as director of software.
News from Elixent (22 January 2002)
Innoveda alliance puts CAM products DownStream
Innoveda has entered a strategic agreement with manufacturing software solutions provider DownStream Technologies for ongoing development, marketing and distribution of its CAM product line.
News from Innoveda (22 January 2002)
Catalogue features 30 new test products
Keithley Instruments has released its 400-page, full-colour 2002 test and measurement products catalogue. Brochure Available
News from Keithley Instruments (22 January 2002)
Tiny op amps optimised for speedy slewing
Two high speed op amps from Micrel - MIC918 and MIC919 - achieve a slew-rate of 1500V/us while consuming just 550 and 360uA, respectively.
News from Micrel (22 January 2002)
Micromniature connectors run up to 6GHz
The MMCX series is a new range of microminiature connectors from Molex RF/Microwave.
News from Molex UK (22 January 2002)
Fast turnaround for custom keypad designs
Stortech Electronics can now offer a keypad manufacturing service to industrial OEMs.
News from Stortech Electronics (22 January 2002)
Aerco and Honeywell extend relationship
Aerco has extended its distribution relationship with Honeywell and is now to act as a major stocking distributor for the general range of Honeywell switch products.
News from Aerco (21 January 2002)
Phototransistor optocouplers take on all-comers
Agilent Technologies has released its first general-purpose optocouplers with phototransistor output. Brochure Available
News from Avago Technologies (21 January 2002)
Parasitic extraction technology joins design flow
Cadence Design Systems and Simplex Solutions have signed a technology-licensing agreement that gives Cadence exclusive distribution rights to Simplex Fire and Ice QX.
News from Cadence Design Systems (21 January 2002)
Cyclone interface speeds debugging and programming
Now available from Computer Solutions, the MON08 Cyclone is a stand-alone automated programming and debugging interface unit for use with the 68HC08 microprocessor family.
News from Computer Solutions (21 January 2002)
PCB design system gains Linux compatibility
Computamation Systems has released version 12.3 of its popular Vutrax electronics PCB design system, including a version for Linux.
News from Computamation Systems (21 January 2002)
Four-channel transceiver takes on 10Gbit standards
Alvesta and Cypress Semiconductor have announced the QuadLink MSA, a multisource agreement based on four-channel parallel optic transceivers.
News from Cypress Semiconductor (21 January 2002)
Crimp connector handles currents up to 16A
Han A Crimp from Harting is a new generation of industrial crimp connectors with a current rating of 16A at up to 250V.
News from Harting (21 January 2002)
LCD modules save power for handheld products
Available now from Hitachi is a new family of 3.6in quarter-VGA colour STN LCD modules.
News from Hitachi Europe (21 January 2002)
Fibre sensor tackles tricky applications
The FX-311 fibre sensor from Matsushita Electric Works is designed to deliver superior sensing performance in problem applications such as glass, colour or gloss surfaces.
News from Panasonic Electric Works UK (21 January 2002)
System driven design on show in Yokohama
Monterey Design Systems will demonstrate the industry's only system-driven physical design solution for complex ASIC and system-on-chip design at the Electronic Design and Solution Fair.
News from Monterey Design Systems (21 January 2002)
Nassda starts its year with Q1 milestones
Nassda Corp has announced financial results for the quarter ended 31st December 2001, the first quarter of its fiscal 2002.
News from Nassda Corp (21 January 2002)
Microscope improves ceramic actuator accuracy
User Application Article The Nikon MM40 measuring microscope is helping engineers at 1Limited to document their product development progress and to achieve exactly the right format for their miniature ceramic coils. Brochure Available
News from Nikon UK (21 January 2002)
Sales down but income on track for Planar
Planar Systems recorded year-over-year and sequential declines in sales but met net income expectations in its first quarter of fiscal 2002.
News from Planar Systems (21 January 2002)
RFI completes Bluetooth tester portfolio
RFI has taken delivery of a BITE RF conformance tester from CETECOM, completing its portfolio of Bluetooth test systems and establishing RFI with a full Bluetooth qualification test capability.
News from RFI Global Services (21 January 2002)
Schaffner Group to acquire WEE Electrotest
The Schaffner Group is to acquire WEE Electrotest, based in Wertheim (Germany). Brochure Available
News from Schaffner (21 January 2002)
Product award for TI low-power DSP
The TMS320C5509 digital signal processor from Texas Instruments has been named "Product of the year" by the editors of Electronic Products Magazine.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (21 January 2002)
Matsushita joins the TTPCom fan club
Matsushita Electric Industrial is the latest licensee for TTPCom's dual system 3G/GSM technology for radio chipsets.
News from TTPCom (21 January 2002)
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