News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 6 July
to Saturday 12 July 2003
Card controls up to 12 servos
A new generation of PCIbus motion control cards uses the high-performance SSCNET servo system control network from Mitsubishi Electric Co. Brochure Available
News from Adlink Technology (11 July 2003)
PCB plugs from stock
Aerco is now a UK distributor for IMS Connector Systems.
News from Aerco (11 July 2003)
Industrial computing is key to Amplicon's growth
Following exceptional results in 2001/02, Amplicon Liveline has reported a further increase of 12% in sales for its financial year ending 30th June 2003.
News from Amplicon (11 July 2003)
USB On-The-Go comes to ARM SoCs
TransDimension has achieved the Amba Compliance Testbench (ACT) certification for its full-speed USB On-The-Go (OTG) intellectual property (IP) core.
News from ARM (11 July 2003)
System automates conformal coating for PCBs
The PVA 750 is a programmable spray coating machine primarily designed for applying conformal coatings to printed circuits.
News from Blundell Production Equipment (11 July 2003)
Programmable chips simplify energy meter design
Cypress MicroSystems has a new family of PSoC energy meter ICs and an accompanying reference design that streamlines the development of single-phase energy meters.
News from Cypress Semiconductor (11 July 2003)
PTC thermistors improve telecomms protection
In response to the distinct trend in line-card design toward miniaturisation and simplification, Epcos has launched two completely new PTC thermistor designs for telecomms line protection.
News from Epcos (11 July 2003)
Software upgrades spectroradiometry
SpectraWin 2 is a completely revised software package for Photo Research SpectraScan spectroradiometers.
News from Glen Spectra (11 July 2003)
Scope for ultra-high resolution
The S-4300SE/N field emission variable pressure scanning electron microscope combines the high resolution and image quality of a field emission source with variable pressure operation.
News from Hitachi High-Technologies (Electron Microscopy) (11 July 2003)
Reference design makes a PVR tuner in seven chips
Zarlink Semiconductor has unveiled a production-ready blueprint for a complete tuner subsystem used in a digital cable PVR.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor (11 July 2003)
Powerline filters run to lower voltages
TCI has expanded its popular KRF Series of three-phase RFI powerline filters.
News from TCI (11 July 2003)
Competition rewards innovation of youth
Basingstoke-based distributor TDC (Telecom Design Communications) has launched its second annual young innovator of the year competition.
News from TDC (Telecom Design Communications) (11 July 2003)
Top speed for delta-sigma A/D convertor
Featuring a 1.25Msample/s datarate with outstanding high-speed performance, the ADS1625 is ideal for demanding measurement requirements.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (11 July 2003)
More options for Flash MCUs
Zilog is now sampling its Z8 Encore! F08 (8Kbyte Flash) and F04 (4Kbyte Flash) microcontrollers.
News from Zilog (11 July 2003)
Budget price for Flash MCU evaluation kit
A new evaluation kit provides engineers with a complete evaluation platform designed specifically for the F08 and F04 Z8 Encore! Flash microcontrollers at the extremely affordable price of $39.95.
News from Zilog (11 July 2003)
Processor tops French poll
Zilog has received this year's prestigious Electron D'Or award for best new microprocessor, in the competition organised by French electronics magazine, Electronique.
News from Zilog (11 July 2003)
Test sockets handle device burn-in
Aries Electronics now offers a BGA/CSP test and burn-in socket for devices with a pitch from 0.50mm or larger in applications up to 1GHz.
News from Aries Electronics (10 July 2003)
Digital potentiometer ICs cut power and cost less
New quad and dual digitally programmable potentiometer ICs are designed to replace mechanical potentiometers.
News from Catalyst Semiconductor (10 July 2003)
Low-profile low-power low-cost inductors
Coiltronics FP2 and FP4 families of inductors are low-profile high-current surface-mount devices with a gapped ferrite core for optimum efficiency at very high switching frequencies.
News from Cooper Electronic Technologies (10 July 2003)
Digital control enables multiphase power
Intersil reckons it has developed the industry's most advanced digital multiphase power control ICs and development platform.
News from Intersil (10 July 2003)
Free evaluation for driver toolkit
Cypress Semiconductor has added an evaluation version of Jungo's new WinDriver development tool to its EZ-USB, EZ-USB FX and EZ-USB FX2 peripheral controller development kits.
News from Jungo (10 July 2003)
Dicing services take in 300mm wafers
Loadpoint has added NanoAce 300mm diameter capacity high-precision dicing saws to its subcontract facility in Swindon, UK.
News from Loadpoint (10 July 2003)
Kit simplifies Xilinx multigigabit simulation
New from Mentor Graphics is the HyperLynx GHz RocketIO design kit for the Virtex-II Pro family of Platform FPGAs from Xilinx.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (10 July 2003)
Signal integrity analysis at multigigabit speeds
HyperLynx 7.0 is the latest version of the powerful and easy-to-implement toolsuite for pre- and post-layout signal integrity (SI) simulation and analysis.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (10 July 2003)
Microwave cables take temperature extremes
A new range of metal-jacketed microwave cables use high-purity silicon dioxide which resists temperatures in excess of 900C.
News from Measuretech (10 July 2003)
SAW devices aim for asteroid research
NDK's high-precision SAW devices were installed in the spacecraft "MUSE-C" launched into space on 9th May in Japan by ISAS.
News from NDK (10 July 2003)
Zoom in for inspection
The Prior zoom optical system consists of literally thousands of individual parts that can be combined to produce exactly the magnification, field of view, depth of focus and resolution desired. Brochure Available
News from Prior Scientific (10 July 2003)
Pentium M processor first on micro ATX motherboard
This week at the Embedded Systems Expo and Conference, Radisys unveiled the industry's first, standard microATX motherboard to support Intel's new range of mobile Pentium M processors.
News from RadiSys Corporation (10 July 2003)
New outside source for Singapore PSB Certification
PSB Singapore has officially authorised Siemic as the only one CAB outside of Singapore to issue PSB Certification.
News from Siemic Laboratories (10 July 2003)
Class-D audio amp cuts handset power
User Application Article LG Electronics has selected TI's highly efficient TPA2005D1 Class-D audio power amplifier for four brand new CDMA phones.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (10 July 2003)
Board brings processing power to Gigabit Ethernet
The NuPRO-842 is a full-sized PICMG 1.2 Pentium 4-based single board computer (SBC) using the Intel 845GV chipset. Brochure Available
News from Adlink Technology ( 9 July 2003)
Ambient light sensor saves backlight power
The HSDL-9000 ambient light photosensor detects the amount of light at any given time and sends a signal to adjust the backlighting as necessary in a mobile screen or keypad. Brochure Available
News from Avago Technologies ( 9 July 2003)
PC/104 board gains embedded Linux support
Arcom has released a ready-to-run embedded Linux development kit to support its ultra-low-power Intel PXA255 XScale based single board computer.
News from Eurotech ( 9 July 2003)
Combined kits to speed Bluetooth deployment
Cambridge Silicon Radio and Canon i-tech are to jointly provide complete Bluetooth solutions to their customers.
News from Cambridge Silicon Radio ( 9 July 2003)
Supercapacitors slim for PC Card applications
The world's first commercially available ultra-thin flat supercapacitors use innovative aluminium foil-polymer laminate packaging to achieve a market leading thickness of less than 1mm.
News from Cooper Electronic Technologies ( 9 July 2003)
Lower-current quarter bricks fill market gap
Datel reckons its latest quarter-brick range fills a glaring price/performance void in the DC/DC product landscape.
News from Datel (UK) ( 9 July 2003)
Antennas on CD-ROM
A new CD-ROM catalogue covering an extensive antenna product range with complete product information.
News from Huber+Suhner ( 9 July 2003)
Network processor joins TI programme
Iris Technologies has developed its first communications semiconductor product, the Iris network processor, and has added this offering to the Texas Instruments third party programme.
News from Iris Technologies ( 9 July 2003)
GSM modem shrinks for metering applications
Adding a remote mobile communications capability to an electricity meter couldn't be easier, thanks to the new Telemodem2 Mobile.
News from Jekyll Electronic Technology ( 9 July 2003)
New features add flexibility to test software
TestPoint is a software tool for creating custom test, measurement and data acquisition applications. Brochure Available
News from Keithley Instruments ( 9 July 2003)
Wire bonders bound for China
Kulicke and Soffa Industries has received a purchase order from Nantong Fujitsu Microelectronics for an additional 50 Nu-Tek ball bonders.
News from Kulicke and Soffa Industries ( 9 July 2003)
Budget software plots basestation radiation
New from RF radiation safety specialist Link Microtek is a low-cost version of Telstra's established MBSFIP mobile basestation field intensity plotter simulation software.
News from Link Microtek ( 9 July 2003)
Charles brings EMC expertise onboard
Mead Testing is expanding its EMC consultancy service with the recruitment of Stuart Charles, formerly of Solectron Technical Centre and Nortel Networks.
News from Mead Testing ( 9 July 2003)
New tool brings complex mixed-signal SoCs together
ICassemble is a new tool for top-down floorplanning, advanced interactive and automatic routing, and chip assembly capabilities within the Mentor Graphics IC Station full-custom layout environment.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 9 July 2003)
Transceiver demonstrated in Berlin
At the ZigBee meeting in Berlin Nanotron Technologies demonstrated the first evaluation boards for its new wireless network Nanonet.
News from Nanotron Technologies ( 9 July 2003)
Brightstar expands distribution into Latin America
Performance Technologies has selected Brightstar Corp as its exclusive Latin American distributor for Segway SS7/IP signalling solutions.
News from Performance Technologies ( 9 July 2003)
Coding profiles eliminate mismating
A new range of coding profiles for Combicon wire-to-board connectors aims to avoid the pitfalls of inserting the wrong plug into a header when making plug-in connections to a PCB. Brochure Available
News from Phoenix Contact ( 9 July 2003)
Gauge runs the rule over magnified images
Prior Scientific has produced a flexible ruler which can be used to quickly and easily assess the total magnification of any system displaying an image on a screen. Brochure Available
News from Prior Scientific ( 9 July 2003)
Silicones and adhesives set for show
Rogers Corp will feature its Bisco EC-2000 Series silicones and EC-2000 conductive adhesive at the upcoming IEEE Conference in Boston.
News from Rogers Corp ( 9 July 2003)
Ferrites fit flat cables
A new range of ferrite EMI suppression cores is specifically designed for flat flex and IDC ribbon cables, giving designers more choice to optimise core size and impedance for these types of cables.
News from Steward ( 9 July 2003)
IGBTs enhance motor drive performance
A new series of 600V non-punch-through IGBTs housed in the TO-220 fully-isolated package features a guaranteed minimum isolation of 2kV.
News from International Rectifier ( 9 July 2003)
Reference design for GSM/GPRS camera phones
Sharp Corporation and Texas Instruments are to combine their respective strengths to provide a reference design for GSM/GPRS camera phones.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 9 July 2003)
Kemet and Molex star in Europe
TTI Electronics has named Kemet as its passive components supplier of the year, and Molex as its connector supplier of the year. Brochure Available
News from TTI Europe ( 9 July 2003)
Multilayers put more into less
The latest series of multilayer ceramic capacitors from Taiyo Yuden offers a medium to high voltage range in smaller case sizes.
News from Young Electronics Group ( 9 July 2003)
Development environment customises CE.NET 4.2
Abacus Polar has a full integrated development environment for the new CE.NET 4.2 operating system.
News from Abacus Group ( 8 July 2003)
High-frequency design software for free download
Ansoft Designer SV is a free, full-featured linear simulator for high-frequency microwave and radio frequency (RF) circuit and system design.
News from Ansoft Europe ( 8 July 2003)
Interface aids computer telephony development
In response to high customer demand from the Asia region, Aculab now offers an interface to the InfoTalk-Recognizer 8.0.
News from Aculab ( 8 July 2003)
Bookham to acquire Cierra Photonics
Bookham Technology has entered into an agreement to acquire substantially all of the business and assets of Cierra Photonics.
News from Bookham ( 8 July 2003)
Fighter contract could be biggest ever
CMC Electronics Cincinnati has been selected as a team member supporting and protecting America's premier F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft.
News from CMC Electronics Cincinnati ( 8 July 2003)
Gateway-on-a-slot streamlines carrier class design
A new family of building blocks for embedded communication subsystems provides a large menu of options and network interfaces to simplify system design and enable faster integration.
News from Acal Microsystems ( 8 July 2003)
Web-based tool calculates return on investment
A new ROI calculator enables potential and current users of DEK's award-winning ProFlow paste deposition process to put a financial value on the benefits of implementing the system.
News from DEK ( 8 July 2003)
Novel modular approach to embedded systems design
FlexIt is a novel modular embedded development and control system based on the popular Atmel AVR family of controllers.
News from Ennovi ( 8 July 2003)
Football match raises thousands for charity
GDS Director and General Manager, Richard Swetman, took part in a charity football match at Manchester City's soon-to-close stadium, Maine Road, to help raise money for the NSPCC.
News from GDS - Global Display Solutions ( 8 July 2003)
Network processor gains real-time support
The Integrity real-time operating system now provides support for the Intel IXP425 network processor. Brochure Available
News from Green Hills Software ( 8 July 2003)
New name for temperature specialist
Heraeus Sensor-Nite will now operate under the name Heraeus Sensor Technology.
News from Heraeus Sensor Technology ( 8 July 2003)
Processor leads to new-generation DVD players
User Application Article LSI Logic has codeveloped next-generation DVD players with Philips Electronics based on the high-performance ZiVA-5 DVD system processor and Philips' user-friendly interface.
News from LSI Europe ( 8 July 2003)
Transceiver beats industry expectations
A new four-channel pluggable fibre-optic transceiver is claimed to offer best-in-class performance and reliability.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor ( 8 July 2003)
Support grows for latest version of CE.NET
User Application Article Global device manufacturers are building wired and wireless gateways for commercial and residential use on the Windows CE.NET 4.2 operating system for deployment later this year.
News from Microsoft ( 8 July 2003)
Michaud sets sales for Oxford
Oxford Semiconductor has appointed Antoine Michaud as VP of Sales.
News from Oxford Semiconductor ( 8 July 2003)
Time is right for new company
Precise Time and Frequency is a new company specialising in premium-performance time and frequency products.
News from Precise Time and Frequency ( 8 July 2003)
Acquisition module handles up to 164 channels
RDP's modular 600 electronics system combines signal conditioning, power and local display facilities in a Eurocard format for a wide range of transducers. Brochure Available
News from RDP Electronics ( 8 July 2003)
New website features latest components
RS Components has launched a new service for electronics engineers and buyers.
News from RS Components UK ( 8 July 2003)
Media player to boost new-generation handsets
Sasken is to provide its multimedia component technology for NEC's next generation FOMA phones.
News from Sasken Communication Technologies ( 8 July 2003)
Convertors provide high-density redundant supply
TPCMQ48 Series DC/DC convertors produce 12V DC at 54.2A or 24V DC at 29.2A; the input voltage is a nominal 48V DC with a wide range of 40 to 60V DC. Brochure Available
News from Unipower Europe ( 8 July 2003)
Millinet standardises on network development
Korean high-speed data transmission equipment developer Millinet has selected Wind River Platform for Network Equipment (Platform NE).
News from Wind River Systems ( 8 July 2003)
Open day celebrates 50 years of compliance
On June 25th 2003 TUV Product Service held an open day at its UK headquarters in Titchfield as part of this year's celebrations marking half a century of testing and certification services.
News from TUV Rheinland UK ( 8 July 2003)
Micropower omnipolar digital Hall-effect switches
A new family of micropower omnipolar digital switches combines ultrasensitive, pole-independent Hall-effect switches with latched digital outputs.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe ( 7 July 2003)
More scope for schematics generation
Concept Engineering has added Perl capability to its Nlview Widgets family.
News from Concept Engineering ( 7 July 2003)
Inductors aid high-current PSU design
The DXM series of lead-free low-voltage high-current inductors is designed for switching power supplies and portable electronics.
News from CoEv Magnetics ( 7 July 2003)
Patent for novel ceramic frequency filter
CSI Wireless has been awarded a patent on its new ceramic frequency filter for differential GPS (DGPS) correction signals.
News from Hemisphere GPS ( 7 July 2003)
Panel-mounting ammeters mate with standard shunts
The DCA5-20PC series of LED-display DC ammeters precisely scale, digitise and display the output of standard 50/100mV DC shunts.
News from Datel (UK) ( 7 July 2003)
Control knobs match with encoders and switches
Grayhill has developed a selection of attractive and durable control knobs ergonomically designed to complement its wide range of high-quality rotary switches and encoders. Brochure Available
News from EAO ( 7 July 2003)
PCI acquisition cards take DSP onboard
The CH Series of PCIbus data acquisition boards combines multi-input data acquisition with built-in memory and a dedicated processor for high-speed accuracy and precision at a new price point.
News from Exacq Technologies ( 7 July 2003)
Frugal logic devices speed memory selection
Fairchild has made four new additions to its NC7 series of TinyLogic ultra-low-power logic devices.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor ( 7 July 2003)
New help for optoelectronics manufacturers
IPTE Optronics is a new division located at IPTE Headquarters in Genk, Belgium and specialising in optoelectronics and photonics applications.
News from IPTE ( 7 July 2003)
Linux embeds into network infrastructure
The Jaluna-2 product family addresses the needs of a wide range of network infrastructure equipment and leverages the momentum of Linux in the embedded systems industry.
News from Jaluna ( 7 July 2003)
More funding for free-space optics pionneer
LaserBit Communications Corp has completed its third round of investment funding.
News from LaserBit Communications ( 7 July 2003)
Backplane transceivers pass the test
Lattice Semiconductor and Tyco Electronics have demonstrated superior signal integrity and extended drive length over FR-4 backplanes and long cable as well as an industry-best 3.7Gbit/s datarate.
News from Lattice Semiconductor UK ( 7 July 2003)
Radio Solutions conference set for Nice
The Low Power Radio Association (LPRA) has published the conference programme for this year's Radio Solutions event.
News from LPRA ( 7 July 2003)
FPGA software moves to a new level
The latest version of FPGA Advantage features a new design cockpit that integrates recent updates to the HDL Designer Series, ModelSim and Precision RTL Synthesis products.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 7 July 2003)
Mentor acquires Alcatel IP business
Extending its position as the leading provider of standards-based intellectual property, Mentor Graphics has acquired Alcatel's complete line of Ethernet and media access control IP.
News from Mentor Graphics UK ( 7 July 2003)
Software aims to Linux-enable wireless devices
The OpenPDA Development Studio for Motorola i.MX1 eliminates the need for manual integration of the kernel, device drivers, applications and middleware required for the creation of wireless devices.
News from Metrowerks Europe ( 7 July 2003)
PowerCOM takes on Korean distribution
Octasic has signed a distribution deal with PowerCOM, Korea's leading semiconductor distributor.
News from Octasic ( 7 July 2003)
Distributor mourns loss
David McCarthy, Area Director of the Mid-South Region for Powell Electronics, passed away on Saturday 28th June 2003 after a long illness.
News from Powell Electronics ( 7 July 2003)
Generators sound good for handsets
Two new melody ringer ICs feature pulse-code-modulated (PCM) sound generators that can produce 32- or 16-note polyphonic sounds simultaneously.
News from Rohm Electronics ( 7 July 2003)
Tools verify PCI Express compliance
A novel PCI Express verification toolkit implements a variety of simulation-based environments for verifying that a design complies with the PCI Express revision 1.0a specification.
News from TransEDA ( 7 July 2003)
Multimedia platform boosts Java content
Tao Group has made major enhancements and additions to its Intent technology suite with the launch of the Intent 2 SDK.
News from Tao Group ( 7 July 2003)
Control centre takes charge of browsing
Qi is a novel brandable control centre for mobile phones and consumer electronic devices.
News from Tao Group ( 7 July 2003)
New TI fab is boost for lone star state
Texas Instruments has selected Richardson, Texas, as the site for its next major semiconductor manufacturing plant.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) ( 7 July 2003)
Guide to hot-swap and power sequencers
"Hot-swap and power sequencers" is a new guide that will greatly assist design engineers working in the area of intelligent power management.
News from Xicor ( 7 July 2003)
Card expands digital I/O
The RN1100 RabbitNet digital I/O card is the first in a series of RabbitNet expansion products for use with the latest Z-World single-board computers and operator interfaces.
News from Z-World ( 7 July 2003)
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