News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 14 March
to Saturday 20 March 2004
3G shortfall leads to Q2 pessimism
Agere Systems has updated its outlook for the second quarter of fiscal 2004 as a result of lower-than-expected shipments of 3G chipsets for mobile phones.
News from Agere Systems (19 March 2004)
Cores gain support in Hong Kong
The Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corp has licensed the ARM7TDMI core for use by local companies through its IC Design and Development Support Centre.
News from ARM (19 March 2004)
Shanghai centre leads the way in China
Shanghai Zhonghua Electronics Co (ZHSOC), the first company in China to provide a professional SoC design service, has become the first ARM Approved Design Centre in China.
News from ARM (19 March 2004)
Simple solution for protective relay testing
MPRT universal protective relay test systems are claimed to set new standards for convenience, performance and reliability in protective relay testing. Brochure Available
News from Megger (19 March 2004)
"Ultimate" claims for ATX motherboards
The AIMB-700 Series are full-featured high-performance ATX industrial motherboards with exceptional expandability and reliability for industrial applications.
News from Advantech (UK) (19 March 2004)
Inspection system gets to grips with flip chips
Ersa has upgraded its market-leading BGA inspection system.
News from Blundell Production Equipment (19 March 2004)
Distribution for novel image scaler
Calibre has appointed True Colours as distributor for its novel image scaler PremierViewPro-LED.
News from Calibre UK (19 March 2004)
Swann takes the Chair
Kevin Swann, Sales and Marketing Director of semiconductor manufacturer CML Microcircuits UK, has been elected as Chairman of the Board for the Mobitex Association.
News from CML Microcircuits (19 March 2004)
Enhanced baseband codec for modern digital radio
The CMX981 is an extremely-low-power advanced digital-radio baseband processor, combined on-chip with a voice codec/processor and an audio PA.
News from CML Microcircuits (19 March 2004)
Neuron chips enter production
Cypress Semiconductor has begun volume production of its new 3.3V Neuron chips for LonWorks devices.
News from Cypress Semiconductor (19 March 2004)
Ultrathin screens allow minute detail
Leading the way in technological advances for screen printing, DEK has produced wire mesh screens that are so thin they can facilitate printing down to 25um.
News from DEK (19 March 2004)
Modules drop in to embed Wi-Fi links
Digi Connect Wi-ME and Digi Connect Wi-EM are billed the industry's first fully customisable and secure 32bit 802.11b wireless embedded modules.
News from Digi International (19 March 2004)
Speedy access to racks, consoles and accessories
A wide array of vertical racks, 15-degree sloped front consoles, workstations and instrument cabinets can be shipped within five working days of receipt of order.
News from Equipto Electronics Corp (19 March 2004)
Software speeds Sendo handset
User Application Article The new Sendo M570, recently shown at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes, incorporates fg microtec's fmM1251 technology.
News from fg microtec (19 March 2004)
Compact relay offers high 30A switching capability
The 66 series power relay provides the opportunity to incorporate high current devices into products and equipment while complying with increasingly stringent safety standards.
News from Finder (19 March 2004)
DMM combo kit offers 19% price cut
A new money-saving combo kit combines a top-of-the-range 170 series digital multimeter (DMM) with thermocouple and a handheld infra-red thermometer. Brochure Available
News from Fluke (UK) (19 March 2004)
Jones demonstrates benefits of electron microscopy
Hitachi High-Technologies has appointed Chris Jones as Applications Specialist and Demonstrator for its Electron Microscopy Division in the UK.
News from Hitachi High-Technologies (Electron Microscopy) (19 March 2004)
DDR2 memory modules on show at CeBIT
Kingston Technology is showing its first DDR2 memory modules at CeBIT in Hannover this week.
News from Kingston Technology (19 March 2004)
Nanocrystalline cores suppress inverter harmonics
A new range of large nanocrystalline cores made of Nanoperm are available with a novel stadium-shaped geometry or in round shapes with up to 300mm outer diameter.
News from Magnetec (19 March 2004)
Seminars discuss TDM-over-IP technology
Zarlink Semiconductor and its global distributor Unique Memec are hosting a series of half-day seminars at locations across Europe to discuss trends in TDM-over-IP technology.
News from Zarlink Semiconductor (19 March 2004)
Vector signal generator aids RF characterisation
Engineers now have a complete platform for accelerating RF product design, validation and manufacturing test with National Instruments new 2.7GHz NI PXI-5670 RF vector signal generator. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (19 March 2004)
Translator eases switch to CAN
Automotive systems engineers have a new tool to ease the integration of on-vehicle CAN-based systems with legacy hardware.
News from Pi Technology (19 March 2004)
European representation for security coprocessors
Cavium Networks has signed a pan-European representative agreement with the UK based Spectrum Group of independent sales, marketing and operations organisations.
News from Spectrum Group (19 March 2004)
Support for PCBs on the rails
The Euroclamp M-45 modular support system is ideal for designers who need to mount PCBs onto DIN rails.
News from Switchtec (19 March 2004)
FPGA design platform gains licensed CAN option
Altium has entered into a licensing agreement with automotive electronics supplier, Robert Bosch, which will allow Altium to sublicense Bosch's CAN protocol for FPGA-based applications.
News from Altium (19 March 2004)
Controllers boost gate drive performance
Two new synchronous DC/DC buck controllers increase performance in nonisolated systems with input voltages from 2.25 to 5.5V and outputs up to 25A.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (19 March 2004)
Fans of a bigger airflow
New from Aerco is a high-performance Adda 12V brushless DC fan built in a 105 x 105 x 38mm frame size that has an airflow capability close to that of standard fans in the 120mm frame size.
News from Aerco (18 March 2004)
Core helps make music for Netgear
User Application Article The newly released Netgear MP101 wireless digital music player is powered by the ARM9 core family-based Marvell Libertas 88W8510H SoC.
News from ARM (18 March 2004)
Cohen takes charge of R and D
Elliot Cohen has been appointed Director of Research and Development at Chip Express.
News from ChipX (18 March 2004)
Novel panel design tackles traffic routing
User Application Article German Duraswitch licensee Schurter has developed a new design for use by Adolf Nissen Elektrobau in traffic routing systems.
News from InPlay Technologies, Duraswitch Division (18 March 2004)
UART bridge chip links to COM port and Flash
By connecting an SD Flash Card or SD controller to the parallel port of an Elan VPU device, data can be accessed simultaneously with an active COM port connection to the UART.
News from Elan Digital Systems (18 March 2004)
High-density I/O connectors maximise reliability
Application-specific I/O connectors from FCI ensure high-reliability operation for a wide range of portable equipment designs.
News from FCI (18 March 2004)
Automotive IC sector demands balanced approached
Semiconductor companies must achieve the ideal balance between technology, quality and price in order to succeed in a competitive passenger car market, a new study reveals.
News from Frost and Sullivan (18 March 2004)
Handset makers pressurise semiconductor vendors
A new report claims that RF and baseband semiconductor manufacturers face difficult times as they confront growing pressure from handset manufacturers.
News from Frost and Sullivan (18 March 2004)
Sunplus licenses IP
Sunplus Technology Company has licensed PowerVR MBX IP from Imagination Technologies for incorporation into application processors.
News from Imagination Technologies (18 March 2004)
High-frequency PWM sends fan noise to the dogs
A new range of high-frequency PWM fans perform at low noise levels by eliminating the power switching noise of the fan.
News from JMC Products (18 March 2004)
Certification to cut customs delays
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp has met stringent guidelines to receive the Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) certification from the US Customs and Borders Protection.
News from Nu Horizons Electronics Corp (18 March 2004)
Graham heads up support from new US office
picoChip has opened its first office in the USA to provide local commercial support to the company's expanding customer base in North America.
News from picoChip Designs (18 March 2004)
US Navy subscribes to middleware model
The US Navy has developed its new Navy Open Architecture (OA) Test Facility with NDDS as its data distribution middleware.
News from Real Time Innovations (18 March 2004)
Partners to put latest Flash onto SH-Mobile
M-Systems and Renesas Technology have extended their partnership to increase the availability of advanced multimedia mobile phone architectures.
News from Renesas Technology Europe (18 March 2004)
Certification unites automotive standards
Schrader Electronics has been awarded the new ISO/TS16949:2002 certification.
News from Schrader Electronics (18 March 2004)
Software secures phone conversations
A novel software solution simplifies the development of wired and wireless single-chip secure phones for encrypted voice and fax exchange via PSTN and IP networks.
News from Spirit DSP (18 March 2004)
Serdes drives a bigger backplane
A new discrete serialiser/deserialiser (serdes) is capable of error-free transmission over 80in of standard backplane trace.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (18 March 2004)
No sensor needed for automotive motor driver
The TB9060 controller IC for automotive brushless DC motors combines sensorless operation with hardware-based PWM motor control.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (18 March 2004)
Disk drive makes it into the record book
Guinness World Records has certified Toshiba's 0.85in hard disk drive as the smallest HDD in the world and will feature it in the 2005 edition, scheduled for sale in September 2004.
News from Toshiba Europe Storage Device Division (18 March 2004)
Voltage reference takes digital control onboard
The X60250 is a fully integrated digitally adjustable voltage reference that combines a temperature compensated bandgap voltage reference with a nonvolatile digitally controlled potentiometer.
News from Xicor (18 March 2004)
Software boosts multimode chipset to 150Mbit/s
New performance acceleration software for the WaveLAN 802.11a/b/g multimode chipset delivers up to 150Mbit/s data throughput for wireless networking products.
News from Agere Systems (17 March 2004)
Front-end supply provides power for distribution
The APC-R3000 series of high-density front-end power supplies is intended for distributed power architectures in datacomms, telecomms and industrial systems.
News from Powerstax (17 March 2004)
Software speeds Stratix II designs
Aldec now supports Altera's latest high-density Stratix II FPGA device family with its graphical design entry tool, Design Flow Manager, as well as its mixed-VHDL and Verilog simulator.
News from Aldec (17 March 2004)
Image scaler hits the colour "sweet spot"
The PremierViewPro-AV is a new high performance, extremely flexible image scaler from Calibre that is designed specifically for use in projection, AV and home theatre applications.
News from Calibre UK (17 March 2004)
LCD panel comes to light
A new 15in LCD panel is designed for use in high ambient light and direct sunlight situations.
News from Display Solutions (17 March 2004)
CEM adds value to medical diagnostic system
User Application Article RDT's Tempus 2000 is the in-flight passenger health monitoring system that famously helped to save the life of Stephen Clarke, a passenger on a British Midland flight last year.
News from EC Electronics (17 March 2004)
Elms to engineer customer relationships
Elixent has appointed Andy Elms as VP of Customer Engineering to direct the technical service and support for its tier one customers.
News from Elixent (17 March 2004)
Power switch protects Li-ion battery packs
The FDC6000NZ is a dual N-channel MOSFET device that combines Fairchild's PowerTrench MOSFET silicon technology with a SuperSOT-6 FLMP (flipchip in a leaded moulded package).
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (17 March 2004)
PDA style connector delivers industrial robustness
The new BCL series connector system from Honda makes the small size, high integration and robustness of a PDA I/O connector available for a wide range of handheld applications.
News from Honda Connectors (17 March 2004)
Current feedback amps run at video speeds
The Elantec EL536x family of triple high-speed current feedback amplifiers covers 200, 400 and 600MHz devices designed for high-resolution display, RGB and other high-performance video applications.
News from Intersil (17 March 2004)
Long life predicted for click-free switches
The QSA series of two- and four-way switches are designed for long life, excellent tactile feedback and silent operation in a broad range of applications with low current demands of 1-50mA. Brochure Available
News from ITT Interconnect Solutions (17 March 2004)
IP to play critical role in satisfying consumers
Industry pundits have hyped "the next killer app" as key to driving volume semiconductor shipments, but consumers have a different idea, claims MIPS boss John Bourgoin.
News from MIPS Technologies (17 March 2004)
Open-frame switchers range up to 1kW
Rittal has added four models of open-frame power supplies with ratings of 250, 400, 600 and 1000W to its Ripac product range. Brochure Available
News from Rittal (17 March 2004)
Integrated filter and connector keeps comms clean
Acara is a novel integrated filter and power connector system for telecomms infrastructure applications. Brochure Available
News from Schaffner (17 March 2004)
Power amps oust GaAs from CDMA handsets
SiGe Semiconductor has released the industry's first commercially viable silicon-based CDMA power amplifiers.
News from SiGe Semiconductor (17 March 2004)
Acquisition increases distribution deal
Solid State Supplies has won the UK distribution and agency rights to the entire Littelfuse product portfolio.
News from Solid State Supplies (17 March 2004)
Bluetooth radio modem cuts CDMA handset power
The SiW1722 is a single-chip Bluetooth device designed exclusively to meet the rigorous RF, power and cost requirements of CDMA mobile phones using CDMA chipsets with an integrated Bluetooth baseband.
News from RF Micro Devices (17 March 2004)
FPGA synthesis answers prototyping challenge
Design Compiler FPGA (DC FPGA) is a new FPGA synthesis product for designers who prototype ASICs using high-end FPGAs.
News from Synopsys (17 March 2004)
EMI shielding gaskets resist rough use
A new option for the ECP 400 series of soft gaskets protects against tears in the conductive fabric coating.
News from TBA Electro Conductive Products (17 March 2004)
Codec runs MPEG-4 on cellphone processor
A novel H.264/MPEG-4 AVC standard video decoding software package enables high-speed video processing on a mobile phone CPU alone.
News from Techno Mathematical Co (17 March 2004)
USB tester is operating system agnostic
QuickTech USB 2.0 is a novel tool that provides speedy and accurate troubleshooting of high-speed USB ports for professionals and ambitious amateurs.
News from Ultra-X Benelux (17 March 2004)
ASIC initiative allows mixed logic designs
Until now, ASIC designers have generally been limited to one logic library per ASIC design.
News from Virage Logic (17 March 2004)
HP Compaq Tablet PC goes for cordless pen input
Wacom Penabled cordless battery-free pen technology has been selected for the HP Compaq Tablet PC TC1100.
News from Wacom Components Europe (17 March 2004)
Electrolytic capacitors last longer
Nippon Chemi-Con GXL aluminium electrolytic capacitors are essentially a longer-life version of the company's GXE series.
News from Young Electronics Group (17 March 2004)
Magnetic sensor takes position
Containing two highly sensitive magnetic field sensors, the ZMX40M from Zetex can be used for accurately measuring linear position and high-voltage current.
News from Zetex (17 March 2004)
PCB design suite gains signal integrity analysis
Cadstar SI Verify uses a transmission line simulation approach to analyse reflection and crosstalk effects and also facilitates real interconnect timing and delay analysis. Brochure Available
News from Zuken (17 March 2004)
PWM controller provides flexible motion
The A3949 is a DMOS full-bridge motor driver integrated circuit designed for the PWM (pulsewidth-modulated) control of DC motors.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe (16 March 2004)
Compact POL convertor puts power where it's needed
The SMT12F is an ultracompact 12A nonisolated point-of-load DC/DC convertor module with a footprint of just 13.5 x 16mm, yielding a power density figure in excess of 23W/cm3.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (16 March 2004)
Package gets to grips with Ibis models
Ibis Development Studio is a novel package for viewing, editing and verifying Ibis models.
News from Edality (16 March 2004)
Filter family runs up to 36A
The SIFI family of two-line filters designed for 250V AC now covers the current range from 1 to 36A.
News from Epcos (16 March 2004)
EM field solver available on its own
As an EDA industry first, Interactive Products Corp has de-embedded the batch mode electromagnetic field solver from its IFS Pro high-speed-design signal integrity tool suite.
News from Interactive Products Corp (16 March 2004)
Tools to boost Chinese EDA education
Mentor Graphics has signed a memorandum of understanding with China's Ministry of Education to help the country boost its IC design engineering talent pool and overall industry growth.
News from Mentor Graphics UK (16 March 2004)
Double-datarate modules step up a gear at CeBIT
At this year's CeBIT, Memorysolution will show off the first engineering samples of its new DDR2 memory technology.
News from Memorysolution (16 March 2004)
Virtual instrumentation roadshow hits the UK
The NIDays 2003-2004 worldwide conference on virtual instrumentation will reach 39 countries and 61 cities worldwide. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (16 March 2004)
National improves on seasonal norm
National Semiconductor has reported a GAAP profit of $93.1 million, or 48 cents per share, on revenues of $513.6 million for the third quarter of fiscal 2004, which ended on 29th February.
News from National Semiconductor (16 March 2004)
Software maps complex register structures
Regtify is a flexible and highly customisable framework for management and automated implementation of register maps in large integrated systems.
News from Recardis (16 March 2004)
High-accuracy LDOs go to extremes
BAxxCC0 series LDO voltage regulators combine maximum input voltage ratings to 35V with extended temperature operation and very high levels of accuracy.
News from Rohm Electronics (16 March 2004)
Industrial PC takes on process-critical tasks
The model 730 is the latest addition to the Rugged Technologies 7586 range of industrial computers designed for reliable operation in tough environments and process critical applications.
News from Rugged Technologies (16 March 2004)
Rack-mount platform provides net security gains
The FWAP-3680L is a novel rack-mount Internet security platform that can be used to build a firewall, VPN or IDS system suitable for enterprise users.
News from Wordsworth Technology (16 March 2004)
Active receive mixer aids frequency planning
A novel active receive mixer is claimed to be ideal for the demanding signal processing requirements within wireless infrastructure designs.
News from Analog Devices (15 March 2004)
Drying cabinets stop damp chips cracking
McDry is a new range of drying cabinets developed by Seika Sangyo and available exclusively in the UK and Ireland from Contax.
News from Contax (15 March 2004)
Island provides cost-effective single switches
The Peel-and-Place PushGate Island provides cost savings for applications that use individual pushbutton switches under a hard keycap or plunger.
News from InPlay Technologies, Duraswitch Division (15 March 2004)
Seminar explores benefits of FPGAs
Enterpoint is to hold a free lunchtime FPGA design seminar at Malvern Hills Science Park on the 17th March 2004.
News from Enterpoint (15 March 2004)
Locking system software is environmental logger
The recently introduced ELM electronic locking system from Emka is also a great aid to improved awareness of the environmental status of remote equipment, such as roadside cabinet installations. Brochure Available
News from Emka UK (15 March 2004)
Flexibility is key to pick-and-place productivity
The FLX1020 and FLX1030 are multiple-head pick-and-place machines with speeds up to 15,000 components per hour.
News from Essemtec (15 March 2004)
RS Components joins the pack
Fox Electronics has added RS Components - the world's largest electronic/industrial components catalogue distributor - to its global distribution network.
News from Fox Electronics (15 March 2004)
ODM brings Embedded Linux Technology onboard
Eazix has set up an original design manufacturing management partnership with Japanese software development company Embedded Linux Technology.
News from Integrated Microelectronics (15 March 2004)
Platform is reference for digital media players
The Ateme Advanced Multimedia Platform (AMP) is based on open platform standards with a fully programmable computing core, opening the way for a brand new processing COTS board for OEMs.
News from Kane Computing (15 March 2004)
Riggs looks North
Major sales growth in 2003 for Knitter Switch has led to the appointment of Brian Riggs as Field Sales Engineer for the North of England and Scotland.
News from Knitter Switch (15 March 2004)
Promotion for McGrath
Link Microtek has promoted Bruce McGrath to the position of Senior Sales Engineer.
News from Link Microtek (15 March 2004)
Echo cancellation chips target lower densities
The OCT6100 Series carrier-grade echo cancellation solution is now available in 32 and 64 channels with pricing as low as US $1.20 per channel.
News from Octasic (15 March 2004)
Frankfurt office targets German motor makers
Automotive systems specialist Pi Technology is moving closer to the important German market with the establishment of a sales office in Frankfurt and the appointment of an industry expert to head it.
News from Pi Technology (15 March 2004)
Cook to oversee investment programme
Remploy has appointed Rick Cook as Business Manager of Remploy Electronics, the company's specialist electronics division.
News from Remploy Electronics (15 March 2004)
Investment programme anticipates growth
Remploy Electronics has embarked on an investment programme that aims to turn its six dedicated electronics manufacturing facilities into "centres of excellence".
News from Remploy Electronics (15 March 2004)
Acquisition makes sense in automotive market
TT Electronics has acquired Sensopad Technologies, and aims to exploit its innovative sensor technology in the automotive market.
News from TT Electronics-ims (15 March 2004)
SAR convertors improve dynamic performance
A new pair of high-speed 14bit successive approximation ADCs are ideal for advanced signal processing applications which require high speed, high precision and low power.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (15 March 2004)
Handset partnership clocks up a decade
TTPCom and Maxon Telecom Co of Korea are celebrating the tenth anniversary of their business relationship.
News from TTPCom (15 March 2004)
PC diagnostic card even tests "dead" motherboards
The PHD PCI 2 is the latest generation of the professional PC system diagnostic test card from Ultra-X.
News from Ultra-X Benelux (15 March 2004)
LEDs hit the bullseye
Bright LED Electronics Corp's new range of LEDs features a very stylish "bull's-eye" effect.
News from Young Electronics Group (15 March 2004)
Surface-mount varistors cover the field
Four new series of surface mount multilayer metal oxide varistors are ideal for protecting a wide variety of electronic circuits and components.
News from Littelfuse UK (15 March 2004)
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