News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Sunday 2 December
to Saturday 8 December 2007
Displays tested for development and compliance
Expanded choice of DisplayPort test solutions help engineers to speed up the development cycle and time to market of new personal computer displays.
News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 7 December 2007)
Waveform generators on the pulse
New option allows users to design analogue pulses and their parameters in the time domain, exactly as they would be programmed on a dedicated pulse generator.
News from Tabor Electronics ( 7 December 2007)
High-temperature ADC for automotive and military
The LTC2246H is a 25Msample/s 14bit analogue to digital convertor for high-temperature high-reliability data acquisition systems. Brochure Available
News from Linear Technology Corp ( 7 December 2007)
Eden-powered COM launches new smaller form factor
The Kontron nanoETXexpress-VX8 is the first member of a new scalable family of nanoETXexpress computers-on-modules.
News from Kontron UK ( 7 December 2007)
D-sub connectors include power and RF options
All variants are also available in straight or right-angle options, and the RF inserts are designed to be either PCB mount or cable entry.
News from Gigahertz Marketing Solutions ( 7 December 2007)
Alliance targets huge Chinese home network market
SiConnect will work with JPNET to create powerline based data distribution products for the Chinese market.
News from SiConnect ( 7 December 2007)
AC front end keeps it clean on the powerline
Universal-input power module presents a near unity power factor to the incoming powerline, and generates a typical output of 393V DC.
News from Ultimate Renaissance ( 7 December 2007)
Magnetoresistive sensors are designed for ATMs
Devices are suitable for detection of magnetic thread or magnetic ink, and enable simple and quick mounting.
News from Murata Electronics (UK) ( 7 December 2007)
Clock dividers take odd approach to stability
Divide by three and divide by five clock dividers are the only clock dividers that divide odd numbers and provide 50% duty cycle.
News from Micrel ( 7 December 2007)
Transmitter puts receivers on trial
Tester combines an RF signal generator, power amplifier and baseband generator into a compact package with an attractive price/performance ratio. Brochure Available
News from Rohde and Schwarz ( 7 December 2007)
Optical spectrum analyser covers a wide range
New analyser is particularly aimed at supporting the research and development of new-generation high-performance optical laser sources.
News from Yokogawa Europe - Test and Measurement ( 7 December 2007)
Daughtercard connectors handle high temperatures
Edgecard connectors facilitate the reliable connection of motherboards to 2.36mm daughtercards.
News from Sullins Connector Solutions ( 7 December 2007)
Integrated doubler simplifies circuit designs
Active doubler is well suited for VSAT, millimetre-wave point-to-point radio, LMDS or satcom applications.
News from Mimix Broadband ( 7 December 2007)
Novel route to analogue intellectual property
The customer is able to own high performance analogue blocks on an attractive cost model compared with normal IP vendor arrangements.
News from Moortec ( 7 December 2007)
Clock distribution card brings systems together
Novel cPCI/PCI clock distribution card features two low-skew signal connector banks, each with one input and 17 clock outputs.
News from Dataquest Solutions ( 7 December 2007)
Controllers protect low-voltage systems
Devices provide resistor-programmable overvoltage (6 to 28V) and undervoltage (5 to 28V) trip levels.
News from Maxim Integrated Products ( 7 December 2007)
Reconfigurable module comes with Java onboard
The IM3910 claims new standards for energy efficiency due to its compact code, efficient control logic and patented memory interface.
News from Imsys Technologies ( 7 December 2007)
Powerline chip takes DSL protocols onboard
The DSS9101 is the first powerline communications SoC to integrate a full TR-069 stack on-chip, thus eliminating the need for an external processor.
News from Design of Systems on Silicon ( 7 December 2007)
Rework tool has the gentle touch
The Hybrid Tool is available as either a handheld system or a complete rework station with an 800W IR base heater, x-y table and stand.
News from Blundell Production Equipment ( 7 December 2007)
Reference methodologies speed ARM design
Methodologies for two ARM processors provide enhanced design solutions to mutual customers designing multicore, low-power devices.
News from Cadence Design Systems ( 7 December 2007)
Allegro products are backed by low-price guarantee
Jameco Electronics has expanded its offering of analogue display, motion control, power drivers and Hall-effect ICs from Allegro MicroSystems.
News from Jameco Electronics ( 7 December 2007)
Wideband power sensor works with PCs
The NRP-Z81 is suitable for the analysis of radar and communications signals up to 30MHz RF bandwidth with a sensor rise-time of less than 13ns.
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) ( 7 December 2007)
The buzz about ZigBee Pro
Technical Background Article Ollie Smith, Business Development Director of Telegesis, thinks ZigBee mesh networking radio has finally come of age.
News from Telegesis ( 7 December 2007)
RTOS supports Integrated Performance Primitives
The Intel IPP library provides software developers with a comprehensive set of SSE optimised functions to exploit the Intel Streaming SIMD Extensions.
News from TenAsys Corporation ( 7 December 2007)
Pioneering use for touch sensors in home audio
User Application Article Super Audio CD receiver and speaker systems uses a single PSoC CapSense device to implement six buttons, manage analogue output to the host and control LEDs.
News from Cypress Semiconductor ( 7 December 2007)
Low-cost 8bit MCUs have small footprints
The C8051T610 family is ideal for consumer and industrial applications that are under increasing cost pressure.
News from Silicon Laboratories ( 6 December 2007)
Convertors are smaller than the norm
Maintaining the industry standard pinout makes the convertor an ideal drop-in replacement for existing designs.
News from XP Power ( 6 December 2007)
MCUs offer flexible approach enhancement
Enhanced family of microcontrollers offers a wide range of products ideal for varied systems in PCs and office automation, digital consumer and industrial products.
News from Renesas Technology Europe ( 6 December 2007)
Powerline modems cut the cost of home networking
Highly integrated powerline modem chips allow consumer electronics OEMs to significantly reduce board space, power consumption, bill of materials and cost.
News from SiConnect ( 6 December 2007)
DAC settles quickly for high linearity
The DAC8881 is an attractive option for industrial process control, automatic test equipment, data acquisition systems and communications applications.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) ( 6 December 2007)
SBCs are powerful, durable and versatile
Rugged, single-slot 3U CompactPCI single-board computers provide powerful processing and exceptional functionality in a low-power compact design.
News from Diamond Point International (Europe) ( 6 December 2007)
Circuit protection lab opens in Shanghai
Chinese lab to focus on overvoltage protection for portable consumer products and telecommunications equipment such as cellphones and DSL modems.
News from ON Semiconductor ( 6 December 2007)
Storage cabinets keep sensitive components dry
The EMT X-Treme range of dry storage cabinets offer a combination of standard features and superior build quality that adds up to an excellent price/performance ratio.
News from Blundell Production Equipment ( 6 December 2007)
RFID devices embed 64bit cryptographic engine
Each CryptoRF device has its own set of authentication keys therefore every device is unique.
News from Atmel Corporation ( 6 December 2007)
SoC specialist helps customise MCUs
Agreement leverages Scaleo chip's established easySoC design methodology for rapid, low-cost, first-time-right silicon.
News from Atmel Corporation ( 6 December 2007)
Low-profile switcher boosts power density
Single-output power supply available with standard output voltages from 2 to 54V DC comes in Vicor's ultra-low-profile 34.8mm FlatPAC chassis.
News from Vicor UK ( 6 December 2007)
ExpressCard is a simple expansion option
The VX-001 1 Port RS232 is the first Brainboxes serial product to be based on USB technology.
News from Brainboxes ( 6 December 2007)
PCI-based generator is ideal modulation source
The Model 5351 is a sensible alternative to a GPIB-based waveform generator when developing a PCI-based test system.
News from Tabor Electronics ( 6 December 2007)
CPU board handles wider temperature range
High-performance CompactPCI board is extremely attractive for any market where boards have to meet and exceed even the most demanding requirements.
News from Kontron UK ( 6 December 2007)
Computer-on-module saves with low-power CPUs
The Kontron ETX family now offers true scalability with a full range of performance from Geode processing capabilities up to Intel Core 2 Duo processors.
News from Kontron UK ( 6 December 2007)
Current transducers promise precise measurement
Series offers a choice of primary current measurement ranges from 500 to 2000A and provides an absolute accuracy better than 1% of the nominal current value.
News from LEM UK ( 6 December 2007)
Reballing unit resurrects old BGAs
Component costs can be minimised by the re-use of BGAs, but before BGAs can be re-used their solder balls must be replaced.
News from Link Hamson ( 6 December 2007)
DisplayPort compliance tests go automatic
The addition of automated measurements for compliance and characterisation testing offers a clear advancement in the speed and ease of these tests.
News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 6 December 2007)
Lab standardises imaging tests
User Application Article Diwa Labs chose DxO Analyzer because it's the world's most advanced software for image quality analysis.
News from DxO Labs ( 6 December 2007)
Ultra-high-speed cards come in a choice of formats
Spectrum has added the PCI Express interface to its extensive M2i range of ultra-high-speed cards.
News from Dataquest Solutions ( 6 December 2007)
Debuggers support latest Infineon processors
The existing Infineon C166S V2 debugger has been enhanced with new processor architecture for the Infineon XE166 family.
News from Lauterbach ( 6 December 2007)
16-channel convertor speeds to 1Msample/s
Multichannel successive-approximation ADC combines low power consumption, excellent DC performance and outstanding dynamic specifications.
News from austriamicrosystems ( 6 December 2007)
Engine combines the performance and advanced I/O
Highly capable processing platform is designed for a wide range of embedded military/aerospace applications.
News from Mistral Software ( 6 December 2007)
Board cuts power for data-intensive processing
Versatile 3U SBC supports a variety of peripheral I/O ports, an optional PMC/XMC module and can operate in a system slot, peripheral slot or as a blade.
News from Concurrent Technologies ( 6 December 2007)
Pressing case for manual crimping machine
User Application Article Benchtop press for the manual crimping of contacts on to wires and cables proves very popular due to its very short setup and cycle times and ease of use.
News from Contax ( 6 December 2007)
It's easy to log data with a USB interface
The EasyLog range offers stand-alone recording of temperature, humidity, carbon monoxide, voltage and 4-20mA signals. Brochure Available
News from Rapid Electronics ( 6 December 2007)
Module takes control with IEEE1588
Microcontroller module outperforms competing solutions based on the ARM, XScale and PowerPC architectures, claiming new standards for performance, cost and energy efficiency.
News from Imsys Technologies ( 5 December 2007)
SBC extends to extremes
Extended temperature single board computer features a high-reliability design, low power consumption (less than 5W) and a robust complement of onboard I/O options.
News from VersaLogic Corp ( 5 December 2007)
Toolchain puts cores in safety-critical systems
The Esterel Scade Suite and ARM RealView Compilation Tools can now be combined to provide a seamless software development flow.
News from ARM ( 5 December 2007)
Acquisition unites test technologies
The complementary technologies of Asset and ITT furthers the convergence of Asset's JTAG-based structural test technology and ITT's functional testing capabilities.
News from Asset InterTech ( 5 December 2007)
ARM tools are optimised for Atmel MCU
Development suite allows developers to rapidly exploit the advanced features of the Atmel AT91SAM9263.
News from Crossware Products ( 5 December 2007)
Regulator modules target military and avionics
Complete and encapsulated 10A switching DC/DC regulator system is the first device in a new family for rugged military and avionics applications. Brochure Available
News from Linear Technology Corp ( 5 December 2007)
Small claims for 500mA LDOs
Compact low-noise low-dropout regulators are ideal for sensitive and space-constrained applications.
News from Maxim Integrated Products ( 5 December 2007)
Microwave multiplexers make best use of rack space
The 60-800 and 60-820 each support up to 16 six-channel microwave multiplexers in a compact 2U form factor.
News from Pickering Interfaces ( 5 December 2007)
One-box tester is made for wireless manufacturers
The R and S CMW500 one-box tester includes a powerful RF analyser and generator. Brochure Available
News from Rohde and Schwarz ( 5 December 2007)
Cutting the cost of RF simulation
Zeland's applications are economical to use for smaller one-off projects and educational purposes, as well as being ideal for complex designs and the larger design house.
News from WRL Consultancy ( 5 December 2007)
Dry etch deprocessing is enhanced
Plasma Accelerator delivers increased etching speeds, superior duplication rates, straightforward operation and low damage.
News from Oxford Instruments Plasma Technology ( 5 December 2007)
FRAM-based companions aid diesel analysis
User Application Article The combination of FRAM and an RTC is ideal for intensive data collection and storage of vehicle exhaust temperatures, system back pressure and time logs.
News from Ramtron International ( 5 December 2007)
Low-power radio devices offer easy links
Feature-rich competitively priced UHF ASK/FSK receiver/transmitter family is ideal for use in remote controls for consumer and industrial systems.
News from Atmel Corporation ( 5 December 2007)
Laser diodes are ahead of their time
Catalogue is an extremely useful laser diode reference source, with helpful diagrams and definitions of laser diode features and electric optical characteristics. Brochure Available
News from Photonic Products ( 5 December 2007)
Software puts receivers into hibernation
Intelligent "deep hibernation" system aims to reduce standby power consumption in digital TVs and set-top boxes.
News from Ocean Blue ( 5 December 2007)
Microcontrollers put Ethernet and USB onboard
The SH7670 has a maximum operating frequency of 200MHz and yields 480DMIPS at that speed.
News from Renesas Technology Europe ( 5 December 2007)
Variable gain amps boast big bandwidths
Wideband variable gain amplifiers features a novel architecture that provides designers with a highly flexible combination of bandwidth, gain and analogue input voltage.
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) ( 5 December 2007)
Blu-Ray Disc camcorder includes USB link
User Application Article USB 2.0 controller IC provides data transfer speeds of up to 480Mbit/s between Hitachi's new Blu-Ray Disc camcorder and any USB-enabled PC.
News from PLX Technology Europe ( 4 December 2007)
Shape memory tooling on the table top
Novel tabletop fixture adapts to the shape of a limitless array of final assembly devices and enclosures.
News from Novatec ( 4 December 2007)
Single-chip transcoder for consumer devices
Device enables consumer electronics device manufacturers to add more features, provide portability and offer more flexible product offerings to their service provider customers.
News from Broadcom Corp ( 4 December 2007)
RF connectors support wireless expansion
Coaxial cable displacement interface is a cost effective alternative to standard screw machine connectors for most cable-to-cable and cable-to-PC board applications.
News from Tyco Electronics - Comns Computer Consumer Elctrns ( 4 December 2007)
Thermostats go on lines, chassis and boards
Asahi Keiki thermostats are specified for a life of 100,000 switching operations and have an insulation resistance of 100Mohm or more.
News from Abacus Group ( 4 December 2007)
Clock generator IP offers more than PLLs
Patented digital clock synthesis technology developed by Motorola is now offered to the global semiconductor market through IPextreme.
News from IPextreme ( 4 December 2007)
Live web conferences explain design advances
Web conferences will allow participants to witness the latest Altium technology and to interact with Altium's application engineers in an online Q and A session.
News from Altium ( 4 December 2007)
Toshiba and Samsung pool NAND Flash technologies
Arrangement is expected to result in increased availability of premium-performance OneNAND and LBA-NAND Flash devices worldwide.
News from Toshiba Electronics Europe ( 4 December 2007)
Low-end 32bit core gains RTOS support
ThreadX RTOS and middleware support extends to Tensilica's new Diamond Standard 106Micro 32bit microcontroller core. Brochure Available
News from Express Logic ( 4 December 2007)
Core puts PCI Express on avionics video card
User Application Article DMA controller core is designed for Xilinx Virtex-5 LXT and SXT FPGAs with their on-chip endpoint blocks for PCI Express.
News from PLDA ( 4 December 2007)
Verification line handles complex chip designs
New offerings in the Incisive Enterprise verification family enable users to handle designs containing hundreds of millions of logic gates.
News from Cadence Design Systems ( 4 December 2007)
Design kits target UMC 65nm process
Virtuoso technology helps accelerate silicon-accurate design of analogue, mixed-signal and RF devices.
News from Cadence Design Systems ( 4 December 2007)
Tiny antenna improves RFID
Antenna offers maximum sensitivity in the minimum space.
News from Premo Group ( 4 December 2007)
Quarter-VGA module shines in the sun
Sunlight-readable 5.7in QVTA TFT module offers improved contrast, colour saturation and response time over CSTN products.
News from Phoenix Display International ( 4 December 2007)
DC/DC convertors and regulators in stock
Mouser Electronics can now supply a world-class range DC/DC power modules for distributed power architectures after signing a distribution agreement with Ericsson Power Modules.
News from Mouser Electronics ( 4 December 2007)
Amplifiers power up basestations
The TMA series of tower mount (masthead) amplifiers from Eleading Technologies provides a balanced amplifier with bypass function.
News from Gigahertz Marketing Solutions ( 4 December 2007)
Cowboy operators exploit WEEE regulations
The impact, effectiveness and credibility of the WEEE Directive is being undermined by rogue traders illegally exporting untreated WEEE to countries outside the EU.
News from Sims Recycling Solutions ( 4 December 2007)
Light detector makes medical discoveries
IFW's erythemal detectors have a long history of reliability and robust performance, in particular under high UV radiation conditions.
News from Laser Components (UK) ( 4 December 2007)
Vector signal analysis for long-term evolution
Software option provides RF and baseband engineers with comprehensive signal analysis solution for LTE physical layer testing and troubleshooting of LTE transceivers and components.
News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 4 December 2007)
Waveform generator rides PCI Express bus
Arbitrary waveform generator on PCI Express card is well suited for creating complex waveforms.
News from Strategic Test ( 4 December 2007)
Radio platform is basis for tracking and telemetry
System addresses all the needs of high-volume, reliable and cost efficient telematics systems.
News from Media Systems ( 4 December 2007)
Novel LDO design keeps its cool
Current reference allows sharing between multiple regulators with a small length of PC trace as ballast, enabling multi-amp linear regulation in all surface-mount systems without heatsinks. Brochure Available
News from Linear Technology Corp ( 3 December 2007)
Automatic synthesis from SystemC to HDL
New version has improved SystemC coverage, and now allows synthesis to Verilog as well as VHDL.
News from SystemCrafter ( 3 December 2007)
Ford integrates Bluetooth for hands free
User Application Article The Sync system, incorporating CSR's Bluetooth silicon, will be fully integrated into 12 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models, including the 2008 Focus, Taurus X and Explorer.
News from Cambridge Silicon Radio ( 3 December 2007)
LED modules off a choice of white light
With a lighting efficiency of up to 80 lumen/W depending on the module, the LEDs are at the forefront of LED lighting with regard to energy efficiency.
News from Sharp Microelectronics Europe ( 3 December 2007)
Tact switches are small and reliable
KMT tact switches have been designed to meet the twin demands of miniaturisation and ultrahigh reliability.
News from C+K Components ( 3 December 2007)
MOSFET cuts on-resistance to new lows
High-current N-channel device is intended particularly for the paralleling configuration power supplies that are widely used to increase system reliability in server applications.
News from STMicroelectronics ( 3 December 2007)
Industrial power supplies have five-year warranty
Powerful 1000W supplies mount in 2U of rack space and are particularly well suited to factory automation, test and measurement equipment and automated service equipment applications. Brochure Available
News from Lambda ( 3 December 2007)
Industrial mainboards for gaming and medical
Based on Intel Q965 and 82945G chipsets, boards support Core Duo and Core 2 Duo processors with up to 1GHz FSB and PCI express architecture.
News from Avalue Technology ( 3 December 2007)
Korean memories come to Central Europe
Memorysolution is taking over the distribution of the whole range of memory products manufactured by Hynix into Central European markets.
News from Memorysolution ( 3 December 2007)
Mains power quality explained
REO's new handbook explains the nature of AC power quality, why it is increasingly important and outlines preventive techniques. Brochure Available
News from REO (UK) ( 3 December 2007)
Multiple-output power chips save board space
Triple- and dual-output regulators provide a single, high-efficiency power solution for a variety of point-of-load applications.
News from Intersil ( 3 December 2007)
Transformers outperform expensive alternatives
Standard range covers ratings from 30 to 330VA, all manufactured in accordance with BS415 class 2, BS3535 (EN60742) and VDE 0550 class 2.
News from PowerPax UK ( 3 December 2007)
Compact storage boosts acquisition chassis
Compact subsystem plugs directly into a PXI or CompactPCI chassis and provides up to 1Tbyte of disk storage capacity, in a very small enclosure.
News from Conduant Corp ( 3 December 2007)
Alliance connects with Power Architecture
New 65nm core will be the processing engine of the future smart system interconnect products designed by the Tundra research and development team.
News from Tundra Semiconductor ( 3 December 2007)
Digital PMR processor adapts to change
Compact low-cost low power processor uses a limiter discriminator based RF transceiver for fast time to market of new wave digital PMR radios.
News from CML Microcircuits ( 3 December 2007)
Easier installation for shielded M12s
Right-angled connectors with the cage clamp design ensure persistent pressure of each conductor onto its respective contact.
News from Binder-USA ( 3 December 2007)
Digital transceiver covers a wide range
Software defined radio platform will be useful in both civil and defence applications, providing reduced time to market and the ability to customise its capabilities
News from Plextek ( 3 December 2007)
USB hubs expand data acquisition options
Sealevel Systems is expanding its popular USB hub family to include new high-speed four- and seven-port USB 2.0 hubs.
News from Sealevel Systems ( 3 December 2007)
Supplies squeeze 275W into 1U
Ultrasmall high-efficiency AC/DC power supplies pack 275W of power into an industry leading 12.22W/in3 power density.
News from Power Sources Unlimited ( 3 December 2007)
Packet processing blade uses Octeon multicore
The AT2-5800 blade is designed to enable high-availability systems for telco-grade next-generation network applications.
News from GE Fanuc Embedded Systems ( 3 December 2007)
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