News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 20 April
to Saturday 26 April 2003
Adapters put I2C bus on Windows PCs
Calibre UK now supplies industry-standard I2C bus communication adapters that support Microsoft Windows XP.
News from Calibre UK (25 April 2003)
Fan is cool for high-density applications
Sanyo Denki has launched a new style frame in its San Ace 40 series, a space-saving, 1U-compatible fan for high-density applications. Brochure Available
News from EAO (25 April 2003)
Surface-mount crystals keep their heads down
Euroquartz has a new series of hermetically sealed surface mount crystals housed in the popular two-pad low profile package style.
News from Euroquartz (25 April 2003)
Fairchild survives traditionally soft quarter
Fairchild Semiconductor has reported results for the first quarter ended 30th March 2003.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (25 April 2003)
Power-factor-corrected supply on the rails
The Hi-Rail series of low-voltage, DIN-rail-mounted power supplies features a 90-264V AC autoranging input and active power factor correction to 0.99.
News from HiTek Power (25 April 2003)
Modem simplifies low power radio
The SPM2-433-28 Space Port Modem is a low-cost, highly integrated wireless half-duplex radio modem module. Brochure Available
News from Radiometrix (25 April 2003)
Wireless transceiver talks to its peers
The Spaceport SP2-433-160 is a highly integrated intelligent transceiver module for applications where a radio link or network needs to be simply established between a number of digital devices. Brochure Available
News from Radiometrix (25 April 2003)
Zagagi takes control
Eyal Zagagi is the new President and CEO of Surf Communication Solutions.
News from Surf Communication Solutions (25 April 2003)
Bluetooth radio processor aims for sub-$4 BoM
The single-chip UltimateBlue 3000 radio processor delivers the proven high-performance capabilities of previous Silicon Wave Bluetooth products on a low-cost 0.18-micron CMOS process.
News from RF Micro Devices (25 April 2003)
Performance analysis for ADSL and ADSL2 products
Leveraging patent-pending technology, DSL Xpert breaks new ground as the industry's only nonintrusive performance-analysis solution for ADSL and ADSL2 products.
News from TraceSpan Communications (25 April 2003)
Verification extends to complex datapaths
To answer the challenge of formally verifying designs that have compiled datapath circuitry, Verplex Systems has developed Conformal Datapath (DP).
News from Verplex Systems (25 April 2003)
Wide-voltage transceiver switches to metering
Recent improvements in the manufacturing process now enable Xemics to offer the popular XE1202 ISM-band transceiver with an extended voltage range from 2.4 to 3.6V.
News from Xemics (25 April 2003)
Epcos is impressed with Polar performance
Epcos has named Abacus Polar as its distributor of the year for the second year running.
News from Abacus Group (24 April 2003)
VoIP promotional package includes workshop
Aculab has come up with a special offer VoIP promotional package.
News from Aculab (24 April 2003)
Donation accelerates IP assessment
Agere Systems and Cadence Design Systems have donated the ChartReuse-II IP assessment programme to the VSI Alliance.
News from Cadence Design Systems (24 April 2003)
Board range gains Linux support
Dy 4 Systems has a Linux software development kit (SDK) for its SVME/DMV-181 single board computer and the Champ range of PowerPC-based DSP products.
News from Dy 4 Systems (24 April 2003)
Micro PC stays cool under pressure
The EES-3610 is a complete micro PC based on a 3.5in Via Eden ESP6000 fanless computer board featuring AGP 4X 3D graphics, AC97 audio, and dual 10/100Base-Tx Ethernet interfaces.
News from Avalue Technology (24 April 2003)
Custom route to electronics enclosures
Specialist contract manufacturer EC Electronics has entered into a partnership deal with Boss Enclosures to distribute its complete range of 19in racks and smaller enclosures.
News from EC Electronics (24 April 2003)
Monarch adds to EVE's sales force
EVE has signed a channel partner agreement with Monarch Technologies Group, the new sales and marketing specialist for new and emerging electronic design automation companies.
News from Emulation and Verification Engineering (EVE) (24 April 2003)
Fairchild stacks up the awards
Fairchild Semiconductor has received the prestigious Stack Award for a third year in a row.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (24 April 2003)
Lamp throws light on vision applications
The CCS tricolour light source combines three HLV high-luminosity LED light sources in a compact housing and allows precise control over the colour temperature of the illumination. Brochure Available
News from Firstsight Vision (24 April 2003)
Learn about CCDs in Munich
Framos Electronics is holding its technical CCD forum on 15th and16th May 2003, in the Holiday Inn North, Munich, the sixth such event to be hosted by the company.
News from Framos Electronics (24 April 2003)
Parfitt takes charge at Framos
Framos UK has appointed Julian Parfitt to take on the new role of Managing Director.
News from Framos Electronics (24 April 2003)
Rutherford graduates to GSPK
GSPK Electronics has appointed a marketing graduate from Demontfort University to further develop new and potential marketing opportunities across varying business sectors both at home and overseas.
News from GSPK Electronics (24 April 2003)
PWM controllers take on latest motherboards
The Endura ISL6556A and ISL6556B precision multiphase PWM controller ICs provide the stability and precision required to power the new-generation VR10.X processors.
News from Intersil (24 April 2003)
More light from smaller LEDs
Rohm has a new series of ultrasmall high-brightness side-emitting chip LEDs that use built in reflectors and lenses to deliver optimum luminous intensity from minimal PCB footprint and power drain.
News from Rohm Electronics (24 April 2003)
Touch-screen range covers all the options
A new range of touch-screen solutions from Schurter are offered with a choice of glass panel thickness and mounting options, and can be customised to meet individual application requirements. Brochure Available
News from Schurter Input Systems (24 April 2003)
Intel extends agreement
Silicon Integrated Systems has extended its long term chipset license agreement with Intel Corp.
News from Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) (24 April 2003)
GaN substrates enter mass production
Sumitomo Electric Industries (SEI) has entered mass-production of 2in gallium nitride (GaN) substrates.
News from Sumitomo Electric Industries (24 April 2003)
Synthesis software supports Spartan-3
Synplicity has optimised its Synplify and Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis software to provide an easy solution for quickly reaching timing and cost goals for Xilinx's new lowest-cost Spartan-3 FPGAs.
News from Synplicity (24 April 2003)
Export success springs Queen's Award
TTPCom has received the prestigious Queen's Award for Enterprise: International trade 2003.
News from TTPCom (24 April 2003)
Flip-chip resistor turns to measurement
The LRK range of flip-chip resistors offers a four-terminal (Kelvin) layout for applications requiring low cost and precision current measurement. Brochure Available
News from TT Electronics Welwyn Components (24 April 2003)
Spectrum Signal Processing becomes reseller
Spectrum Signal Processing has become a value added reseller of Wind River products in the Americas, Europe, and Japan.
News from Wind River Systems (24 April 2003)
Telecomms tester sounds good
Head Acoustics' new Acqua telecomms test system is now available in the UK from AcSoft.
News from AcSoft (23 April 2003)
Cadence hits its Q1 targets
Cadence Design Systems has declared total revenue for the first quarter of 2003 of $256 million, with subscriptions licences accounting for approximately 82% of software product bookings.
News from Cadence Design Systems (23 April 2003)
Software extends to full-speed Bluetooth
Cambridge Silicon Radio has developed an extended version of its BlueCore host software (BCHS).
News from Cambridge Silicon Radio (23 April 2003)
US Government is big business for GPS
CSI Wireless has received a $3 million purchase order from US-based 3-D Marketing for its MBX-3S differential (DGPS) beacon receiver.
News from Hemisphere GPS (23 April 2003)
PowerQUICC III processors gain RTOS support
Green Hills Software is supporting Motorola's PowerQUICC III family of processors with its Integrity real-time operating system (RTOS). Brochure Available
News from Green Hills Software (23 April 2003)
High-end FPGA software comes to Korea
Hier Design has appointed SysVeri Co of Gyeonggi-Do, Korea, as its exclusive Korean distributor.
News from Hier Design (23 April 2003)
Ease of application for Infiniband I/O connectors
Honda Connectors has released its first Infiniband I/O connectors, designed for easy assembly in high-speed differential signal applications.
News from Honda Connectors (23 April 2003)
Distribution for Japanese inspection equipment
Kaisertech has added Meiji Techno microscopes and vision equipment to its range of electronic production equipment. Brochure Available
News from Kaisertech (23 April 2003)
Integrated design and verification for Spartan-3
Mentor Graphics is providing comprehensive design tool support for the new Spartan-3 platform FPGAs from Xilinx.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (23 April 2003)
Mask data preparation supports more formats
Mentor has two new Calibre products, Calibre Fracturej and Calibre Fracturet, which support the JEOLV52 and Toshiba VSB11 mask writing machines.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (23 April 2003)
Op amps aim for broadband signals
Zarlink Semiconductor has expanded its high-performance analogue portfolio with two operational amplifier chips that amplify broadband signals with unmatched clarity and precision.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor (23 April 2003)
Differential pair connectors optimise bandwidth
Triad differential pair (TDP) connectors are capable of handling bandwidths up to 5.0Gbit/s.
News from Molex UK (23 April 2003)
Softboards to speed design ahead of hardware
Virtio Corp and Metrowerks have joined forces to offer a comprehensive development environment, in software, for mobile phone developers.
News from Metrowerks Europe (23 April 2003)
Dual LDOs keep current under control
Two new CMOS dual-input low-dropout (LDO) voltage regulators are claimed to offer the industry's lowest dropout.
News from National Semiconductor (23 April 2003)
Polyurethane case combines function with style
User Application Article Moulded at room temperature, rigid polyurethane is highly fluid, with exceptional ability to form complex three-dimensional patterns to near net shape.
News from Norse Precision Castings (23 April 2003)
Reference design upgrades home theatre to record
Philips has developed a manufacturing-ready six-channel DVD+R/+RW recorder reference design for the consumer market.
News from NXP Semiconductors (23 April 2003)
Cool lasers live longer
Thermoelectrically cooled blue/violet laser diode modules offer exceptional wavelength and power stability, greatly increased pointing accuracy and significantly extended laser diode lifetime. Brochure Available
News from Photonic Products (23 April 2003)
Resettable devices switch to primary protection
The LVR series of PolySwitch resettable devices are designed for use in line voltage applications.
News from Raychem Circuit Protection (23 April 2003)
Hitachi-Mitsubishi joint venture sets up in Europe
Renesas Technology Europe is the new joint venture between Hitachi and Mitsubishi Electronics Corp.
News from Renesas Technology Europe (23 April 2003)
Shinko Shoji provides support for DSP in Japan
Shinko Shoji is to represent Spirit Corp in Japan with a range of communications DSP software for telecomms and semiconductor industries.
News from Spirit DSP (23 April 2003)
Speedy support for latest FPGAs
Altium is to provide full support for the latest Xilinx Spartan-3 platform FPGAs.
News from Altium (23 April 2003)
Step-down controllers support wide-ranging inputs
Two new families of synchronous step-down, voltage-mode, DC/DC controllers can step down input voltage ranges from 8 to 40 and 10 to 55V.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (23 April 2003)
Test leads clip on through insulation
A new line of insulation-piercing alligator clip test leads suitable for a wide range of automobile applications has been introduced by Warwick Test Supplies.
News from Warwick Test Supplies (23 April 2003)
FPGAs enable novel sporting AV experience
User Application Article Xilinx has been working with World Audio Visual Entertainment Systems on the world's first wireless AV entertainment system designed to enhance spectator experience at a variety of sporting events.
News from Xilinx (23 April 2003)
Increased stock meets fuse demand
To meet the greatly increased demand for its miniature fuses, Wickmann Components has doubled the stock levels of all its ranges.
News from Littelfuse UK (23 April 2003)
Pre-silicon prototyping supports ARM development
Aptix has joined the ARM Electronic Design Automation (EDA) Partnership Programme.
News from Aptix Corp (22 April 2003)
Free software builds microcontroller applications
Application Maestro is a powerful new software tool for building PICmicro microcontroller applications.
News from Microchip Technology (22 April 2003)
First quality upgrade for embedded RTOS
LynuxWorks is celebrating the confirmation of its ISO9001:2000 certification as well as several recent partner and customer wins.
News from LynuxWorks (22 April 2003)
IP library gains Hi-Speed USB core
Mentor Graphics has added a Hi-Speed USB On-The-Go (OTG) controller to its industry-leading portfolio of USB intellectual property solutions.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (22 April 2003)
Diagonal venturi fans provide compact cooling
A new series of fans allows significant advancements in applications where downsizing and increased power densities are a key element of system design.
News from ebm-papst Automotive and Drives (UK) (22 April 2003)
Filters for the final frontier
User Application Article The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has selected custom designed high reliability crystal filters from Temex for its INSAT-3 communications satellites.
News from Temex (22 April 2003)
Data acquisition chip takes MCU onboard
A new family of low-noise (75nV), 24bit data acquisition SoC solutions incorporates a quad 16bit D/A convertor and I2C interface.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (22 April 2003)
Summer courses focus on high-speed design
Oxford University has established two new high-speed digital engineering courses for its 2003 summer engineering programme.
News from University of Oxford Electronics and Telecoms (22 April 2003)
Saab helps with manufacturing test systems
Willtek Communications and Saab Test Systems have formed a strategic alliance to develop of manufacturing test systems to improve the testing of mobile phones at the production stage.
News from Willtek Communications (22 April 2003)
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering improves focus
Advanced Semiconductor Engineering (ASE) has ordered the first of a series of X-Tek Hawk systems.
News from X-Tek Systems (22 April 2003)
Digital control for the analogue world
Microchip's first programmable gain amplifier includes an amplifier, multiplexer and gain control.
News from Microchip Technology (21 April 2003)
Four-wire touchscreens for compact applications
Elo TouchSystems has added a family of four-wire resistive touchscreens to its existing resistive touchscreen product line.
News from Elo Touchsystems (21 April 2003)
Pair to proliferate wireless applications
Intel Corp is working with mmO2 (O2) to speed the development and delivery of wireless devices and optimised applications.
News from Intel Corporation (21 April 2003)
Programmable chip includes four serdes channels
The ORT42G5 is a field programmable system chip incorporating four serdes channels each running at 0.6 to 3.7Gbit/s.
News from Lattice Semiconductor UK (21 April 2003)
Climate Change Levy emphasises power quality
Livingston UK has increased its power quality inventory by 37% to meet customer demand. Brochure Available
News from Livingston UK (21 April 2003)
Inductors shrink to compact case sizes
NIC Eurotech has expanded its NIN-H range of surface mount wire-wound chip inductors to include 0603 and 0402 case sizes.
News from NIC Components Europe (21 April 2003)
Seminars to extol autocode enabled technology
Pi Technology is to offer seminars in the UK sharing its research and development on autocode enabled technology.
News from Pi Technology (21 April 2003)
Chipsets redefine distributed power designs
A family of DC bus convertor chipsets seeks to redefine the underlying distributed power architecture of 48V-input, 150W board-mounted power convertors for telecomms and networking systems.
News from International Rectifier (21 April 2003)
RISC processors to gain IDE and RTOS support
Toshiba Electronics has joined the Green Hills Software Third Party Partner Programme.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (21 April 2003)
Touchscreens keep their sensors safe from vandals
The latest touchscreen solutions from Zytronic offer dramatically improved levels of reliability and protection against physical damage than previous technologies.
News from Zytronic (21 April 2003)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 78
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