News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 27 August
to Saturday 2 September 2006
Innovative ICs on show in Munich
On Booth A6.475 at Electronica 2006, Silicon Laboratories will exhibit several innovative IC solutions for the communications, automotive, consumer and power markets.
News from Silicon Laboratories ( 1 September 2006)
Big guns line up to educate comms OEMs
One-day technical seminars help network equipment providers accelerate their application development process.
News from Enea Embedded Technology ( 1 September 2006)
Programmable oscillators have small benefits
UR has added the ultraminiature EP13E7, EP15E7 and EP16E7 programmable oscillator series to the EPO family of frequency control products from its partner Ecliptek Corporation.
News from Ultimate Renaissance ( 1 September 2006)
Baseband enables next DAB generation
A new advanced and highly integrated system-on-chip will enable the next generation of DAB digital radio-based products.
News from Frontier Silicon ( 1 September 2006)
Thorburn steps down at Zilog
Zilog Chairman and CEO Jim Thorburn has resigned and has been replaced by CEO Robin Abrams who currently serves on the company's Board of Directors.
News from Zilog ( 1 September 2006)
Value oscilloscopes meet engineers' wishes
Oscilloscopes are designed to simplify configuration, testing and documentation for design and test engineers and offer unprecedented value. Brochure Available
News from Tektronix ( 1 September 2006)
Embedded applications cover the floor at IBC
ANT will join its interactive TV and consumer electronics partners at IBC to showcase and demonstrate its TV media management and user interface solutions.
News from ANT ( 1 September 2006)
SBC promotes high-speed connectivity
RoHS-compliant single board computer combines the low-power and high-performance Intel Pentium M/Celeron M processor with DDR2 technology and gigabit connectivity.
News from Acal Microsystems ( 1 September 2006)
PLC home networking shows up in Berlin
Design of Systems on Silicon and Samsung Electronics are demonstrating the maturity and robustness of PLC networking at the IFA Consumer Electronics Show.
News from Design of Systems on Silicon ( 1 September 2006)
Processor to power HD projectors
User Application Article Christie Digital Systems is to use Gennum's GF9350 image processor in its new line of three-chip DLP high-definition projectors.
News from Gennum Corp ( 1 September 2006)
Mezzanine card carries real-time trace port
New collection technology unlocks the benefits of the revolutionary TimeMachine tool suite for developers using processors without built-in trace support. Brochure Available
News from Green Hills Software ( 1 September 2006)
Small enclosures are saved from the scrapheap
The Clipper family is an entry level flameproof ABS enclosure, intended for housing small PCBs for handheld applications.
News from Hammond Electronics ( 1 September 2006)
D-sub connectors are made for surface mount
Surface-mount D-sub connectors are optimised to provide compatibility with modern assembly processes as well as long-term reliability.
News from Harting ( 1 September 2006)
10Gbit/s long-haul DWDM shipments take off
Infinera extended its lead in 10Gbit/s long-haul DWDM shipments in Q2 2006 with a 29% global market share, according to data from independent analyst firm the Dell'Oro Group.
News from Infinera ( 1 September 2006)
Chip resistors cope with surges and pulses
Pulse-withstanding chip resistors combine extended surge values with high voltage ratings.
News from IRC Advanced Film Division ( 1 September 2006)
Who killed the DC/DC modules market?
Was it an inside job? Or is the dramatic decline in growth in the DC/DC modules market a result of external culprits? All potential suspects were questioned to arrive at the surprising conclusion.
News from Darnell Group ( 1 September 2006)
New name for Philips Semiconductors
Philips Semiconductors has become NXP, marking a milestone in its 53 year history as it becomes independent from Royal Philips.
News from NXP Semiconductors ( 1 September 2006)
Quieter fans live longer
Fluid dynamic bearing fans provide quiet cooling for a variety of cooling applications including TVs, servers, power supplies, automotive and medical devices.
News from Jaro Thermal ( 1 September 2006)
Low-profile supply drives more current
The BLP30-3000G is an ideal power source for a myriad of space-constrained, 1U-high applications.
News from Power-One ( 1 September 2006)
Fibre optic transmitters run up to 4.5GHz
New from Miteq is the SBT fibre optic transmitter.
News from Miteq ( 1 September 2006)
Distributor boosts Sensoray's European presence
Enciris Technologies has recently become a distributor for Sensoray in Europe, and will provide full technical and application support for its products.
News from Enciris Technologies ( 1 September 2006)
Energy storage systems are UL Listed
Pentadyne's new second-generation VSS+DC flywheel-based clean energy storage systems have earned an Underwriters Laboratories listing.
News from Pentadyne Power (31 August 2006)
Design and production come together in control
User Application Article The multiple design and production skills of Custom Design Technologies have combined to produce handheld controllers for Electrox's Cobra series laser marking systems.
News from Custom Design Technologies (31 August 2006)
Extreme ultraviolet tools are shipped
ASML has shipped two extreme ultraviolet alpha demo tools to customers.
News from ASML (31 August 2006)
Project aims for aircraft electrical standard
MOET stands for More Open Electrical Technologies, and the project aims to establish a new industrial standard for electrical system design in commercial aircraft.
News from TTTech Computertechnik (31 August 2006)
SIP client engine aids Symbian development
M5T will offer developers creating software components of Symbian OS a comprehensive secure and portable SIP client engine on the Symbian OS in Q4 of 2006.
News from M5T (31 August 2006)
Cleaning kits prepare fibres for mating
Fibre optic cleaning kits combine everything needed to correctly clean and maintain fibre and connectors in preparation for mating, splicing and termination.
News from Timbercon (31 August 2006)
Conference calls up design and verification papers
The 2007 Design and Verification Conference is now accepting paper, panel and tutorial submissions.
News from DVCon (31 August 2006)
Down convertor suits electronic warfare
Down convertor module operates over a broad frequency range of 2-18GHz, making it ideally suited for electronic warfare and electronic counter measures.
News from Endwave Defense Systems (31 August 2006)
Airsis signs for design and manufacturing
Arma Design has entered into an agreement with Airsis, a solutions provider for the remote asset management industry.
News from Arma Design (31 August 2006)
Turnaround progresses according to plan
Esmertec has announced its financial results for the six months ended 30th June 2006.
News from Esmertec (31 August 2006)
Modular platform aids flexible line configuration
With production flexibility now paramount for electronics manufacturers, Assembleon's next generation A-Series offers a modular solution to achieve the optimal line configuration for all applications.
News from Assembléon (31 August 2006)
Reference designs make production-ready TVs
Micronas has devised a system design approach that delivers qualified and manufacturable designs for production-ready TVs to OEMs and ODMs worldwide.
News from Micronas USA (31 August 2006)
PC/104 board tackles demanding applications
The new Vega86-6247 is designed to handle the most demanding of industrial applications and interfaces with a wide choice of displays.
News from Icop Technology (UK) (31 August 2006)
Audio platforms are scalable and cost-effective
Barix will introduce the next phase of its popular Instreamer and Exstreamer audio encoding and decoding products at IBC 2006 (Booth 202, Hall 3).
News from Barix (31 August 2006)
Fans are reliable in appliance duties
High-reliability fans are designed for use in plasma and LCD TVs and other home appliance applications.
News from Ultimate Renaissance (31 August 2006)
Three-phase filters cover three or four wires
New from UR are the Delta TDR and TYT series of three-phase EMI filters.
News from Ultimate Renaissance (31 August 2006)
Mezzanine card bypasses backplane bottleneck
The ICS-8500 is the first PMC to become available that delivers the leading edge performance of FPDP II in a rugged environment.
News from Radstone Embedded Computing (31 August 2006)
Emulator/programmer adds NAND Flash support
New firmware adds support of direct programming NAND Flash memory connected to an ARM or an XScale MCU.
News from Ronetix (31 August 2006)
IEC award recognises Neat feat
Brand-Rex Optical Cabling Engineer Rosamund Neat has received a prestigious award from the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC).
News from Brand-Rex (31 August 2006)
RF vector signal analyser runs on PXI
Three new products extend high-speed data acquisition and data streaming into RF and communications applications. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (31 August 2006)
Temple focuses touch on gaming
3M Touch Systems has appointed Jon Temple as Gaming Sales Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa.
News from 3M Touch Systems UK (31 August 2006)
Italian designers set up shop in Cambridge
A new UK sales office in Cambridge brings Accent closer to its customers from both a sales and design perspective.
News from Accent (31 August 2006)
SiGe raises money for growth
Expansion finance to fund new product development from conception to launch, as well as the growth of operations in support of SiGe's expanding global customer base.
News from SiGe Semiconductor (31 August 2006)
Contract covers design to manufacture
A $50 million order from US company LoJack Corporation is Plextek's largest contract to date.
News from Plextek (31 August 2006)
Tower secures storage of SMDs
Space saving system can store up to 546 reels and trays of components within an area of a square metre and can protect them against electrostatic damage.
News from Contax (31 August 2006)
Flux sensor simplifies motor monitoring
Magnetic flux sensor includes a unique adjustable digital filter that significantly improves signal to noise performance while also reducing signal bandwidth.
News from Clare (31 August 2006)
Subminiature rocker switches up to 3A
Subminiature sealed rocker switch is ideal for use in computers and computer peripherals, telecommunications, security, test equipment, instrumentation and medical applications.
News from CIT Relay and Switch (31 August 2006)
Promotion for Magnifico
Intersil has promoted Roberto Magnifico to the position of Vice President of Sales, Europe, located at Intersil's sales office in Lausanne, Switzerland.
News from Intersil (31 August 2006)
Boost convertor is made for budget applications
Boost convertor with dynamic output voltage programming has space-efficient packaging to minimise system footprint.
News from Advanced Analogic Technologies (31 August 2006)
Xtronics takes Binder to Canada
Binder-USA has joined with Xtronics in a manufacturing representative agreement.
News from Binder-USA (31 August 2006)
Convertor saves power in basestations
ADC offers optimal performance with low power consumption in a small footprint, making it well suited for wireless infrastructure applications and handheld instrumentation.
News from Analog Devices (31 August 2006)
Wi-Fi radio component sales forecast updated
An Excel data table outlines the growing demand for transceivers, basebands, power amplifiers and related radio components for Wi-Fi systems.
News from Strategy Analytics (31 August 2006)
Equity firm buys Universal from Dover
Francisco Partners has signed a definitive agreement with Dover Technologies International to acquire Universal Instruments Corporation.
News from Universal Instruments (31 August 2006)
Spectrum analyser is a smart instrument
The FS315 spectrum analyser is the latest addition to the Rohde and Schwarz Smart instrument series.
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) (31 August 2006)
MOSFETs are made for slimline ballasts
Low on-resistance 600V SuperFET MOSFETs address the DPAK (TO-252) device requirements of the latest ultraslim low-profile ballast applications.
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (31 August 2006)
Chipset cuts basestation transmitter down to size
High-performance SiGe I/Q modulator and digital RF variable-gain amplifier chipset is designed specifically for GSM/Edge basestation transmitter applications.
News from Maxim Integrated Products (31 August 2006)
Cable tester adds confidence to switch performance
User Application Article A Synor 1202 cable tester purchased to validate complex six-position rotary switch assemblies with 242 external pin connections for the rail industry, has proved to be a great success. Brochure Available
News from Cropico (31 August 2006)
Measurement of wires and cables
The second in a series of information-packed documents can be downloaded by registering on the Cropico website. Brochure Available
News from Cropico (31 August 2006)
Accessories aid LXI test setups
Accessories simplify the testing and use of the LXI Wired Trigger Bus required for Class A LXI devices.
News from Pickering Interfaces (30 August 2006)
Flash-based FPGAs put freeze on power consumption
Flash-based FPGA family consumes 4x less static power than its nearest competitor and delivers more than 5x the battery life of the current leading PLDs in portable applications.
News from Actel Europe (30 August 2006)
Touchmonitors handle the rigours of public use
Liquid crystal display rear mount kiosk touchmonitors are aimed at OEMs, systems integrators and value-added resellers in the retail kiosk and gaming/amusement markets.
News from Elo Touchsystems (30 August 2006)
Promotion for Grabow
Jurgen Grabow is the new Vice President of Sales EMEA at Kontron.
News from Kontron UK (30 August 2006)
Cherry picks Aerco for distribution
Aerco has been appointed as a stocking distributor for Cherry Electrical Products, the UK subsidiary of Cherry Corporation.
News from Aerco (30 August 2006)
Dot matrix displays are made to customer specs
Custom LED dot matrix displays can be based either on a tile approach or by using an array of LEDs on a PCB.
News from Forge Europa (30 August 2006)
Radio testers get the measure of battery life
Aeroflex has added a Tetra Energy Economy Mode (EEM) option for the popular Aeroflex 3900 Series of analogue and digital radio test sets.
News from Aeroflex (30 August 2006)
Real-time Linux set for military showing
SDC Systems will exhibit at the forthcoming Military and Aerospace Electronics exhibition to be held at Ascot, UK on 26th September 2006.
News from SDC Systems (30 August 2006)
Composite connectors cut weight - and cost
For a limited period, authorised Souriau distributor BERU F1 Systems is offering very special prices for its lightweight composite connectors.
News from BERU F1 Systems (30 August 2006)
Development kits produce hybrid boxes
Micronas has produced a set of development kits for hybrid IPTV and DVB set-top boxes.
News from Micronas USA (30 August 2006)
Backlight adds colour to monochrome LCD
Liquid crystal display has an innovative backlight that uses red, green and blue LEDs in various combinations to generate seven colours.
News from Diamond Electronics (30 August 2006)
Sensors give true picture of thermal management
High-precision remote-diode temperature sensors employ National's TruTherm thermal management technology with transistor-mode beta compensation.
News from National Semiconductor (30 August 2006)
Data recorder meets aerospace interface specs
The D200f system now supports the IRIG106 Chapter 10 standard.
News from Heim Data Systems (30 August 2006)
Power conversion products are held in stock
Waldom Electronics has signed an agreement with Triad Magnetics, a manufacturer of power conversion products.
News from Waldom Electronics (30 August 2006)
THAs enable high-bandwidth instruments
User Application Article GigaTrack high frequency track-and-hold amplifiers are selected by Wavecrest as a fundamental building block for its sophisticated family of signal integrity analysis instruments.
News from Inphi Corp (30 August 2006)
Wi-Fi power amp market analysed
A report from the Strategy Analytics RF and Wireless Component service examines the dynamics affecting suppliers of power amplifiers and front end modules for Wi-Fi.
News from Strategy Analytics (30 August 2006)
Development environment is free to download
Integrated development environment provides a complete suite of software tools to support Zilog's eZ80Acclaim, Z8 Encore, Z8 Encore XP, Z8 Encore MC and Crimzon product lines.
News from Zilog (30 August 2006)
Compiler aids SoC differentiation
User Application Article Toshiba Corporation has used the Synopsys IC Compiler next-generation physical implementation solution to successfully tape out its next-generation TC90515XBG home digital network chip.
News from Synopsys (30 August 2006)
Silicon carbide materials come in two grades
Morgan Advanced Ceramics offers Performance silicon carbide (SiC) for semiconductor processing equipment manufacturing.
News from Morgan Advanced Ceramics (30 August 2006)
Acquisition completes move into Europe
Nu Horizons Electronics Corp has finalised its previously announced acquisition of DT Electronics.
News from Nu Horizons Electronics Corp (30 August 2006)
Batteries are ideal for industrial applications
Sealed lead-acid battery range comprises more than 75 models, with outputs of 4, 6, 12 and 24V in capacities ranging from 1.2 to 230Ah.
News from GC Electronics (29 August 2006)
Fast growth is recognised
Chassis Plans is at number 151 in this year's Inc 500 ranking of the fastest growing private companies in America, with three year growth of 697%.
News from Chassis Plans (29 August 2006)
Software engineering processes are validated
Sypris Electronics has achieved the Software Engineering Institute's (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Level 3 rating.
News from Sypris Electronics (29 August 2006)
Connectors put more power over USB
Latch-n-Lok is a shielded, latching I/O connector system for high-speed signals and power applications.
News from FCI (29 August 2006)
HSDPA network deployments gather pace
There are now 117 HSDPA network deployments in 54 countries of which 52 networks have commercially launched services in 35 countries.
News from GSA - Global Mobile Suppliers Association (29 August 2006)
Thin film resistor networks have more options
Small-footprint precision voltage divider networks now feature an extended range of resistance values for precision applications.
News from BI Technologies Electronic Components Division (29 August 2006)
Connectors meet latest ExpressCard specs
Tyco Electronics offers connectors for ExpressCard products compliant both to current RoHS regulations and specification Revision 1.0 of the Express Card Standard.
News from Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns (29 August 2006)
Ada development platform chosen for Tomahawk
User Application Article Boeing is to use Aonix's ObjectAda for Windows for ongoing software development and for migration tasks on the Tomahawk Mission Planning (TMP) Software Platform.
News from Aonix (29 August 2006)
Rotary replacement has medical applications
User Application Article Memtron Input Components is leading the way in marketing the benefits of the Duraswitch MagnaMouse as a cost-effective alternative to rotary switches for medical device controls.
News from InPlay Technologies, Duraswitch Division (29 August 2006)
Morris brings DVB experience
Steven Morris has joined ANT in the role of Systems Architect.
News from ANT (29 August 2006)
Coax connectors bring RF boards together
Compression coax board-to-board RF connector product line meets space and cost efficiency necessities of a growing range of applications.
News from Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns (29 August 2006)
Ground shield connectors aid EMC
Tyco Electronic announces its new line of Stax ground shield connectors for connecting ground, power or EMI/RFI shielding in small, portable devices.
News from Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns (29 August 2006)
Flexible light strips make stylish display
A new family of decorative flexible light strip modules will suit a variety of consumer and industrial applications. Brochure Available
News from Avago Technologies (29 August 2006)
Abstractor aids common operating environment
User Application Article The Boeing Company has selected MapuSoft's OS Abstractor solution for integration in the current build of the System of Systems Common Operating Environment (SoSCOE) architecture.
News from Logic Technology (29 August 2006)
Kits create OBSAI-compliant basestations
Development kits help design applications in compliance with the Open Base Station Architecture Initiative Reference Point 3-01 specification for remote RF heads.
News from Altera Europe (29 August 2006)
Rugged removable disks raise capacity
Mistral Solutions has announced the availability of the upgraded higher capacity version of the Removable Disk System from Targa Systems.
News from Mistral Software (29 August 2006)
Alliance aims for instrument integration
National Instruments and Agilent Technologies are working together to create National Instruments LabView plug-and-play instrument drivers for Agilent LXI, USB and GPIB instruments. Brochure Available
News from National Instruments (29 August 2006)
Video decoder is easily portable
TIVR Communications has developed highly optimised SMPTE VC-1 Simple and Main Profile video decoder software for mobile and embedded platforms.
News from TIVR Communications (29 August 2006)
Online market focuses on low-power radio
1 Stop Radio is a new concept in online sales for short-range wireless devices.
News from 1 Stop Radio (29 August 2006)
Power sequencer smoothes basestation supplies
Quad voltage monitor and sequencer is designed for systems with multiple power supplies that require sequencer products to ensure voltage rails are powered up in a controlled manner
News from Analog Devices (29 August 2006)
More power and options for 3U cPCI systems
Power-saving rugged 3U CompactPCI single-board computers have improved processing performance of up to 1.4GHz and broader memory and I/O options.
News from Aitech Defense Systems (29 August 2006)
Humphries takes on European role
Sabritec has strengthened its operations within Europe with the appointment of Steve Humphries as European Sales Manager.
News from Smiths Interconnect - Sabritec (29 August 2006)
Connectors make the link in ice-bound array
User Application Article Harwin's female crimp Datamate and male PC tail Datamate connectors have been designed into the next-generation neutrino telescope dubbed IceCube.
News from Harwin (29 August 2006)
Adapter puts mezzanine cards in cPCI slots
The cPCIBPMC3U64ET (cPCI to PMC) adapter/carrier convertor card provides the ability to install a PMC card into a standard cPCI slot.
News from Dynamic Engineering (29 August 2006)
Frugal SBC takes power management onboard
Evalue Technology has launched the ECM-3711 single board computer (SBC) with the VIA CN700 chipset optimised for the VIA V4 (Eden and C7) processor.
News from Avalue Technology (29 August 2006)
Controller optimises NAND Flash performance
Silicon Storage Technology has announced a new Flash-based NAND controller that provides optimised performance for multi-level cell (MLC) NAND Flash devices.
News from Silicon Storage Technology (29 August 2006)
XScale module saves power for multimedia
The GENE-1270B is a cost-effective low-power-consumption RISC CPU module based on the Intel XScale PXA270.
News from Aaeon (29 August 2006)
GPS evaluation for Windows Mobile
New from u-blox, u-centre mobile is a GPS evaluation and visualisation tool for Windows Mobile-based pocket PC handheld devices such as PDAs.
News from u-blox (28 August 2006)
TFT LCDs offer many quarter-VGA choices
The Sharp Microelectronics "Small" family of TFT LCD modules offers one of the widest ranges of QVGA products from a single manufacturer.
News from Arrow Electronics (UK) (28 August 2006)
Secure Digital cards support faster read speeds
New series of SD Cards offer high level data transfer rates and read-write performance.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (28 August 2006)
Connectors promise reliable board stacking
High density SMT connectors offer the industry's most robust solution for 1.27mm pitch surface mount board stacking applications.
News from Advanced Interconnections Corp (28 August 2006)
Lenses are ideal for telecomms applications
IsoSphere antireflection coated ball lenses are available in a variety of glass indexes and new, larger sizes.
News from Deposition Sciences (28 August 2006)
Power LEDs light up vehicle interiors
User Application Article Grote Industries, a leading designer and manufacturer of vehicle safety systems, is building its new line of interior dome lights with white Cree XLamp power LEDs.
News from Cree (28 August 2006)
USB oscilloscope is multifunction tester
The DSO2300 USB oscilloscope is a high-performance intelligent two-channel digital oscilloscope with three trigger modes.
News from Embest Info and Tech Company (28 August 2006)
Electronic materials centre set to open in 2007
BASF has started construction of a new integrated production plant for process chemicals for the semiconductor industry.
News from BASF (28 August 2006)
University programme promotes FPGA coprocessing
Altera has set up a new university programme to support academic research into high-performance computing.
News from Altera Europe (28 August 2006)
POL regulators meet military demands
Miniature point-of-load regulators are designed for main power units and integrated circuits in a wide variety of military and avionics applications.
News from Roband Electronics (28 August 2006)
Wireless systems adapt to transport applications
Comtech M2M will demonstrate its intelligent communication solutions at the 13th Annual World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems.
News from Comtech M2M (28 August 2006)
Touch sensor is complete user interface
A complete control integrated circuit combines the functionality of a touch slider or wheel with seven additional keys.
News from Quantum Research Group (28 August 2006)
Sponsor supports power forum
The 2006 Digital Power Forum (DPF06) has added eWeek as a supporting sponsor.
News from Darnell Group (28 August 2006)
Multiprocessor set for consumer sector
A licence agreement has been signed for the use of the Leon3 multiprocessor with a major customer active within the consumer electronics segment.
News from Gaisler Research (28 August 2006)
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