News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 16 January
to Saturday 22 January 2005
Climate control for server racks
Climate control problems in server racks, created by the installation of blade and 1U servers, can be avoided by the installation of an LCP liquid cooling package from Rittal. Brochure Available
News from Rittal (21 January 2005)
Embedded solution boasts minimal adaptation cost
A new AMD Geode GX533 (GX2) ETX module is designed to cut time to market for OEMs by delivering a fully customised embedded solution with minimal engineering and adaptation costs.
News from Datasound Laboratories (21 January 2005)
Voltage level translator aims for memory cards
Texas Instruments says the AVCA406 is the industry's first voltage level translator specifically designed for memory card interfacing.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (21 January 2005)
Chipset drives Fibre Channel up to 4.25Gbit/s
Analog Devices has developed a small-form-factor pluggable optical transceiver chipset and reference design that supports both gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel datarates up to 4.25Gbit/s.
News from Analog Devices (21 January 2005)
MOSFETs stay cool in plasma displays
User Application Article A new family of power MOSFETs have been designed into Samsung plasma display panels, including the largest PDP TV ever built with a diagonal viewing dimension of 102in.
News from Ixys Semiconductor (21 January 2005)
Convertors boast higher POL current density
Two new series of ultracompact 30A point-of-load convertor modules aim to overcome the problems of colocating high-current, low-voltage sources with the silicon devices they are powering.
News from Emerson Network Power - Embedded Power (21 January 2005)
PoE chip powers up desktop switch
User Application Article Netgear is using PowerDsine's IEEE802.3af compatible PD64004 PoE solution in its newly released ProSafe eight-port 10/100 desktop switch with four-port PoE.
News from PowerDsine UK (21 January 2005)
WLAN IP extends to support new 11j standard
NewLogic Technologies has added support for the newly ratified IEEE802.11j standard to its Wild IP platform.
News from Wipro-NewLogic (21 January 2005)
Rugged module embeds full PC functionality
Ampro Computers has created the rugged Ampro ETX 550 computer-on-module (COM) as a lower cost alternative to the Intel CPU-based Ampro ETX 700.
News from Ampro Computers (21 January 2005)
Gate drivers adapt to different IGBT modules
Semikron has introduced a new generation of IGBT gate drivers based on a standard core coupled with a range of adapter PCBs.
News from Semikron (21 January 2005)
Quality LEDs come with budget price tags
A new range of LEDs are built to high quality standards and available at very low price, enabling product developers to further cost-reduce existing and new products without compromising on quality.
News from Dubilier (21 January 2005)
Ultraminiature connectors are handy for antennas
Aliner reckons its MCII antenna connectors go an extra mile assuring overall performance and dimensions satisfy both the designer's and the end users' demands.
News from Aliner Industries (21 January 2005)
Adapter puts new PQFPs on old board designs
A new adapter enables designers to replace a 132-pin PQFP package IC with the newer 144-pin TQFP with no need for board redesign or rework.
News from Aries Electronics (21 January 2005)
Core and memory combine for budget processing
MIPS Technologies and Virage Logic Corp have produced a fully routed design that they believe provides the lowest cost, lowest power processor available today at 333MHz.
News from Virage Logic (21 January 2005)
Baseband ASIC to use floating point unit
A licence agreement has been signed for the use of the Gaisler Research Floating Point Unit (GRFPU) in the AGGA-3 ASIC developed by EADS Astrium.
News from Gaisler Research (21 January 2005)
Magazine award for voice engine
Customer Inter@ction Solutions magazine has named TeamSpirit as a recipient of its 2004 Product of the Year Award.
News from Spirit DSP (20 January 2005)
Extended warranties illustrate product quality
New Focus has launched an industry-leading programme to demonstrate its confidence in the quality of its products.
News from Bookham (20 January 2005)
Alliance targets automotive ICs
ZMD and 1st Silicon (Malaysia) have entered a strategic partnership for sourcing and joint development of advanced automotive technologies for deep submicron processes.
News from X-Fab Sarawak (20 January 2005)
Avnet signs for help with ruggedised systems
Avnet Applied Computing Solutions has formed an alliance with Hybricon Corp.
News from Hybricon Corp (20 January 2005)
More power to the backplane
A new hard metric power connector with a current rating up to 23A per contact provides a reliable and cost-effective solution for connecting plug-in units to backplanes.
News from Harting (20 January 2005)
Antenna switch connector uses MMCX interface
Aliner Industries from Taiwan has introduced the first antenna switch connector using the MMCX interface.
News from Aliner Industries (20 January 2005)
Cards simplify display interfacing
Molex MicroCross Advanced Digital Display 2 (ADD2) cards offer an easy and cost-effective solution for a compatible Digital Visual Interface (DVI) interconnection.
News from Molex UK (20 January 2005)
Embedded board handles parallel and serial ATA
The SBC83800 is a 5.25in embedded board that supports Intel Pentium 4 processors running at 533MHz FSB.
News from Axiomtek (20 January 2005)
Basol to tackle consumables
DEK has appointed Guler Basol as the new Product Manager for its European Distributed Products Division, based in Germany.
News from DEK (20 January 2005)
Source suits laboratory and industrial uses
A new AC/DC power supply combines a ruggedised input section with extremely low noise outputs, making it an ideal power source for medical laboratory and industrial applications.
News from Power-One (20 January 2005)
Telecomms courses to be held in Cannes
The University of Oxford will be in Cannes during the 3GSM World Congress with a series of short telecomms courses.
News from University of Oxford Electronics and Telecoms (20 January 2005)
Long-life claims for aluminium electrolytics
A new series of miniature aluminium electrolytic capacitors combines ultralow impedance with long life and low temperature stability.
News from NIC Components Europe (20 January 2005)
Recorder, multimeter and scope come together
Combining recorder, multimeter and oscilloscope functions in one compact unit - the new Sefram DAS 1200 is ideal for many industrial and electrical troubleshooting or maintenance applications.
News from Metrix Electronics (20 January 2005)
Flash memory licensed to Symbian designers
The driver software for Renesas Technology's superAND Flash memory will now be included with Symbian OS deliveries to Symbian OS licensees.
News from Renesas Technology Europe (20 January 2005)
Hoff brings experience to European role
Kurt Hoff has joined Silicon Laboratories' as Vice President of European Sales and Operations based in the company's Paris office.
News from Silicon Laboratories (20 January 2005)
Precision power on the bench
B and K Precision 9120 series power supplies are designed to meet the needs of applications that require clean/reliable power and excellent performance.
News from Metrix Electronics (20 January 2005)
GGI International tops North American list
Duraswitch has named GGI International as its 2004 North American Licensee of the Year.
News from InPlay Technologies, Duraswitch Division (20 January 2005)
Instrument driver network tops 4000 devices
National Instruments now offers more than 4000 instrument drivers in the NI Instrument Driver Network, the industry's largest source for instrument drivers. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (20 January 2005)
USB devices cut the cost of acquisition
Scientists, technicians, engineers and students can now take advantage of measurement-quality data acquisition and the convenience of USB plug-and-play technology at a lower cost. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (20 January 2005)
Professional PCB design system upgraded
Altium has released a new service pack for P-CAD 2004, its PCB design system for layout professionals.
News from Altium (20 January 2005)
Power Electronics Division stars for Cisco
The Power Electronics Division of C and D Technologies has received the 2004 Excellence in Supplier Account Team Service award from Cisco Systems. Brochure Available
News from Murata Power Solutions (20 January 2005)
Powerful claims for laser diode bar
At Photonics West, Bookham will launch the world's most powerful commercially available continuous wave laser diode bar.
News from Bookham (20 January 2005)
Integrated rectifier simplifies high-power design
A device billed as the industry's first self-contained synchronous rectifier relieves designers of the difficult task of achieving high power density using discrete components.
News from ON Semiconductor (20 January 2005)
Processor to drive HDD-enabled camera phone
Samsung Electronics has selected TI's imaging processor technology for the world's first camera phone with a hard disk drive for storing images and video.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2001-March 2006) (20 January 2005)
Markers label passes and failures automatically
The Quintest PZS range of automatic test markers are designed to aid quality assurance operations in manufacturing environments by providing automatic marking of pass/fail test results.
News from Peak Test Services (20 January 2005)
Precision chip resistors shrink and grow
The Holsworthy RN73 series of ultraprecision chip resistors has been extended to offer smaller sizes and greater resistance value ranges. Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics UK (20 January 2005)
Cable assemblies prevent mismating
A new ultraminiature circular plastic quick disconnect signal connector and cable assembly is now available from Hypertac.
News from Smiths Interconnect - Hypertac (20 January 2005)
Surface-mount Hall sensors integrate current path
A new range of current sensors is the first in the small-outline SOIC8 surface-mount package to have the current path integrated into the package for greater sensitivity and accuracy.
News from Allegro MicroSystems Europe (20 January 2005)
Awards recognise technical writing
Indium Corporation of America recently awarded its annual Silver Quill Award for excellence in technical writing to two employees.
News from Indium Corporation of America (20 January 2005)
Upgrade kits boost dispensing robot versatility
Three new upgrade kits for the successful Dotmaster dispensing robot enable it to dispense lines, arcs, circles and spirals in addition to its standard dots.
News from Dima SMT Systems NL (20 January 2005)
Motorola to marry VME with PCI Express
Motorola has revealed plans to provide customers with a PCI Express-based VMEbus switched serial (VXS) interconnect.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing (20 January 2005)
Lopez to look after thermal solutions
In a move predicated by customer demand, Wells-CTI announced today that Senior Development Engineer Chris Lopez will oversee thermal solutions.
News from Antares Advanced Test Technologies (19 January 2005)
HNC in electronics proves popular
A-1 Technical Training reports a 150% increase in student intake on its HNC in electronics by distance learning course from April to December 2004, compared with the same period in 2003. Brochure Available
News from Logis-Tech Associates (19 January 2005)
Spraying system applies conformal coatings safely
The new PVA 650 is an automatic selective spraying system for applying conformal coatings to printed circuit boards.
News from Blundell Production Equipment (19 January 2005)
Package speeds synthesis of SystemC to VHDL
A new package for SystemC development work combines the SystemCrafter SC compiler, for the synthesis of SystemC to VHDL, with the ZestSC1 FPGA development board.
News from Orange Tree Technologies (19 January 2005)
Conference to address low-cost device packaging
A major conference on "Low cost packaging for tomorrow's applications" will be held at the Moller Centre in Cambridge UK on 1st and 2nd March 2005.
News from IMAPS-UK (19 January 2005)
Power relay absorbs high inrush currents
The Schrack RT-i power high-inrush relay is designed to handle peak inrush currents up to 800A. Brochure Available
News from Tyco Electronics UK (19 January 2005)
Flat speakers produce no electromagnetic fields
A novel range of flat speakers aims to solve many of the problems encountered with conventional devices.
News from Phoenix Electronics Distribution (19 January 2005)
Connectors in space
A new space connector catalogue from Sabritec details a full range of space level products designed to meet the rigorous environmental requirements for use in space applications.
News from Smiths Interconnect - Sabritec (19 January 2005)
Schofield to head up Eiger
Abacus Polar has appointed Philip Schofield to head up Eiger, its Bolton-based sales subsidiary.
News from Abacus Group (19 January 2005)
Ruby anniversary for Analog Devices
Analog Devices has reached its 40th anniversary, celebrating four decades of technology innovation, company growth, and industry leadership.
News from Analog Devices (19 January 2005)
Transceiver has designs on radio under the skin
A novel intelligent radio transceiver architecture introduces a new level of power economy and performance for in-body medical diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
News from Cambridge Consultants (19 January 2005)
Little resistance to quad switch adoption
The ISL84780 is an ultra-low-resistance quad analogue switch that offers precise switching capability from a single 1.6 to 3.6V supply with low on resistance and high speed operation.
News from Intersil (19 January 2005)
Amplifier offers flat gain for CATV use
New and exclusive in the UK from Link Microtek, the TriQuint Semiconductor TGA2803 is a transimpedance amplifier/gain block for CATV distribution systems.
News from Link Microtek (19 January 2005)
Flexible configuration for battery-backed switcher
The Oracle III 200-9 battery-backed switch-mode power supply offers designers greater flexibility by providing one main output, one charger output and up to seven 35W auxiliary outputs.
News from VxI Power (19 January 2005)
VMEbus SBC evolves with real-world interfaces
The MVME3100 is a VMEbus single-board computer that is optimised for performance, flexibility and price.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing (19 January 2005)
Fibre lasers gain upgraded beam collimator
Southampton Photonics has launched a second generation beam collimator for its redPower range of CWM fibre lasers.
News from Southampton Photonics (18 January 2005)
Kit switches acquisition over to PXI
The PXIStarterII is a new starter kit designed to add PXI platform capabilities to data acquisition and automated measurement systems. Brochure Available
News from Adlink Technology (18 January 2005)
Hong Kong is central to Asian ambitions
Xemics is expanding its presence in the Asia Pacific market, with a new branch office based centrally in the heart of Hong Kong.
News from Xemics (18 January 2005)
Codec has independently programmable sample rates
An advanced audio codec is specifically designed for high-performance DVD-RW systems.
News from Wolfson Microelectronics (18 January 2005)
Platform ASICs can integrate multiple FPGA designs
The RapidChip Integrator2 platform ASIC family provides designers with eight new slices ranging from 1.2 to 5.6 million gates of logic and up to 8Mbit of embedded matrix RAM.
News from LSI Europe (18 January 2005)
Tiny MCUs take system-level functions on-chip
Two new members of the LPC900 8bit microcontroller family are tiny, yet are packed with functionality and performance.
News from NXP Semiconductors (18 January 2005)
Memory cards shrink to smaller formats
Kingston Technology has two new digital media product offerings designed to target the expanding mobile phone and mobile digital device markets.
News from Kingston Technology (18 January 2005)
New office responds to Chinese growth
As a result of continued growth in the Greater China region, Dialog Semiconductor has opened a new office based in Taipei, headed by newly appointed Regional Manager, Ben Yin.
News from Dialog Semiconductor (18 January 2005)
UPS maker clocks up 20 years in the UK
MGE UPS Systems, the biggest manufacturer of large power protection equipment within the UK, this month celebrates its 20th year in this country.
News from MGE UPS Systems (18 January 2005)
Step-down controller creates three output voltages
The SC2441 is a very-low-input-voltage, two-phase synchronous step-down controller with an integrated step-up convertor.
News from Semtech (18 January 2005)
RF range spans components and subsystems
New from MRC Components is the Aeroflex Weinschel 2005 catalogue of RF, wireless and microwave components and subsystems.
News from MRC Components (18 January 2005)
Bussan boosts Galazar's Japanese coverage
Galazar Networks has enlisted the help of Bussan Microelectronics Corp to expand sales, marketing, customer support and logistics for its SDH/Sonet product line in Japan.
News from Galazar Networks (18 January 2005)
Telecomms blade features up to six PowerPCs
The KatanaPPB is billed as the industry's fastest AdvancedTCA multiprocessor telecomms blade.
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing (18 January 2005)
Software keeps track of design constraints
Encounter Conformal Constraint Designer automates the generation and validation of design constraints at all stages of the design process from RTL to final netlist.
News from Cadence Design Systems (18 January 2005)
Modulator cuts the cost of 3G transmitters
A new direct conversion modulator from Linear Technology enables the design of next generation, less costly 3G wireless basestation transmitters. Brochure Available
News from Linear Technology Corp (18 January 2005)
Ultra signs for MoD sonobuoys
TTems has been awarded a prestigious contract from Ultra Electronics' Sonar and Communication Systems business worth GBP 6 million over the next ten years.
News from TT electronics integrated manufacturing services (18 January 2005)
Rapid rewards its top performers
Rapid Electronics has celebrated its 25th anniversary with a gala dinner and Oscar-style ceremony, culminating in employees receiving awards for their excellent performance. Brochure Available
News from Rapid Electronics (18 January 2005)
US wafer fab is ready for business
Opto Diode Corp has completed its new domestic wafer fabrication facility in Newbury Park, California.
News from Opto Diode (18 January 2005)
Two more facilities make the quality grade
Performance Technologies has received certification to the updated international quality management system standard ISO9001:2000 at its Rochester, New York, and San Diego, California, facilities.
News from Performance Technologies (18 January 2005)
Upgraded display controller proves popular
Reach Technology has already shipped more than 100 starter kits containing its segment-leading SLCD small display controller.
News from Reach Technology (18 January 2005)
Solid-state relays keep it cool
The Power-io H family of solid state relays has been expanded with two new high-current models offering up to 90 and 125A AC switching outputs.
News from Power-io (18 January 2005)
Sanie and Lapides round out management team
Calypto Design Systems has hired two more key executives to round out its talented management team.
News from Calypto Design Systems (18 January 2005)
Calypto readies its design portfolio
Calypto Design Systems has unveiled its strategy for bridging the gap between electronic system level design and integrated circuit implementation.
News from Calypto Design Systems (18 January 2005)
Suite promises full optical proximity correction
Aprio Technologies is staking its claim as the leading supplier of second-generation DFM tools with the release of its one-of-a-kind Halo suite of tools.
News from Aprio Technologies (18 January 2005)
Plant set to more than double LCD production
Sharp Corp is to build a second LCD plant at its site in Kameyama City, Mie Prefecture, Japan.
News from Sharp Microelectronics (17 January 2005)
Cordless telephony chipset hits 5.8GHz ISM band
A new RF chipset targets 5.8GHz digital cordless telephony and voice over ISM applications.
News from Analog Devices (17 January 2005)
Cimetrix wins a dozen new customers
Despite a generally sluggish market in the semiconductor equipment business sector, Cimetrix managed to meet its target to gain 12 new major OEM customers for the year 2004.
News from Cimetrix (17 January 2005)
Analyser speeds USB device development
The Ellisys USB Explorer 200, now available from Computer Solutions, is a low-cost, high-speed, nonintrusive full USB 2.0 protocol analyser.
News from Computer Solutions (17 January 2005)
Epcos deal expands to UK and Ireland
Under a new franchise distribution agreement Arrow will carry the full Epcos range of passive component products throughout the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
News from Arrow Electronics (UK) (17 January 2005)
Budget pricing for OTP microcontrollers
New from Spectrum is a family of Zilog microcontrollers that opens up the advantages of one-time programmability (OTP) to a whole new raft of applications.
News from Spectrum Group (17 January 2005)
Budget design package boasts high-end features
Easy-PC 8 is the latest version of the world famous windows-based software tool for printed circuit board design and schematics capture. Brochure Available
News from Adept Scientific (17 January 2005)
Lead-free solder paste has global appeal
Multicore LF318 is a halide-free no-clean pin-testable lead-free solder paste that promises broad process windows for both printing and reflow.
News from Henkel Loctite Adhesives (17 January 2005)
Transfer system ensures continuity of loads
Socomec Sicon UPS has produced a brochure to introduce its latest static transfer system that will automatically transfer the load from independent power sources to ensure the continuity of the load.
News from Socomec Sicon UPS (17 January 2005)
New wave capacitors cut down ESR
A new range of chip capacitors employs a novel capacitor technology to produce devices that have 65% lower ESR characteristics than conventional chip tantalum devices.
News from Young Electronics Group (17 January 2005)
New Flash generation aids multimedia handsets
DiskOnChip G4 is billed as the next generation memory solution for mainstream multimedia-rich handsets.
News from M-Systems (17 January 2005)
First Japanese order for Elmos
Elmos Semiconductor has received its first order from Japan: a large automotive supplier will apply an Elmos chip to control a motor management application.
News from Elmos Semiconductor (17 January 2005)
Piezo inverter powers backlights
A direct side multiple lamp piezo inverter combines nonflammable ceramic material with a protection circuit to eliminate the risk of smoking or burning.
News from Zippy Technology Corp (17 January 2005)
Consortium endorses new embedded standard
The PC/104 Consortium announced today its adoption and management of the new, mid-sized EPIC standard.
News from PC/104 Embedded Consortium (17 January 2005)
Cores provide flexible VoIP solutions
MIPS Technologies has combined with D2 Technologies, HelloSoft, Radvision and Trinity Convergence to announce a low-cost solution for multichannel VoIP applications.
News from MIPS Technologies (17 January 2005)
Embedded database extends to SQL
EXtremeSQL is a high-performance implementation of the popular SQL database programming language for use with eXtremeDB.
News from McObject (17 January 2005)
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