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ELECTRONICSTALK
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Issue 25: 31 July
2001
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* Editor's Message
* Our Top Ten new Products
Selection
1. Chipset simplifies fixed broadband radio systems
2. Package aids design of mixed-signal comms systems
3. 64bit processor bristles with peripherals
4.
Equalisers aid high-bandwidth transmission
5. Compact
PCI board boasts 20 ADC channels
6. Convertor
switches communications standards
7. Ready to run
Bluetooth in surface-mount outline
8. Cable tester for
messin' around in boats
9. One-piece solder contacts
simplify circulars
10. Convertors run up to 93%
efficiency
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Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
It's good to know that
even with the Cold War supposedly long over, espionage remains a
growth area in electronics. And now from the courts in the USA we may
well all learn a little more about one possible "Big Brother"
scenario.
Lawyers representing one Nicodemo Scarfo are
attempting to get a court to force the FBI to reveal the technology
which allowed them to record every keystroke their client made at his
PC in an alleged illegal betting operation.
This is one
case I'll certainly watch with interest. What was the sensor
technology used? Even more interestingly, what was the radio
technology?
Perhaps the FBI has found a way to tap into
Bluetooth - let's not forget that the 2.4GHz band was formerly the
province of military communications.. Or maybe Mr Scarfo should have
checked the credentials of the team who installed his new CCTV
system.
I hope you find this issue of our weekly newsletter
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LATTICE AND ALTERA FINALLY BURY THE HATCHET
Lattice
Semiconductor and Altera have signed a comprehensive, royalty-free
patent crosslicense agreement and have entered into a multiyear patent
peace agreement.
Lattice Semiconductor UK, 30 July 2001
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INTERSIL RESULTS BETTER THAN INDUSTRY AVERAGE
Intersil has
reported financial results for the quarter ended 29th June 2001.
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FAIRCHILD DOWN IN SECOND QUARTER
Fairchild Semiconductor has
reported results for its second quarter of 2001 ended 1st July
2001.
Fairchild Semiconductor, 26 July 2001
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QUICKLOGIC OPTIMISTIC DESPITE SECOND-QUARTER LOSS
QuickLogic
has announced its financial results for the second quarter ended 30th
June 2001.
QuickLogic, 30 July 2001
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ELIXENT GETS CASH TO BRING ALU ARRAY TO MARKET
Elixent, a UK
start-up backed by venture capitalist 3i Group and industrial
investors Actel and Hewlett-Packard, has raised initial funding of $14
million (GBP 10 million).
Elixent, 31 July 2001
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PARTNERS SUPPORT PROLIFERATION OF 1T-SRAM
MoSys has disclosed
the 14 charter members of the MoSys 1T-SRAM Design Services Alliance
(DSA).
MoSys, 25 July 2001
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PIONEER CHOOSES LSI CODEC FOR NEXT-GENERATION DVD
Pioneer has
chosen LSI Logic's Dvxcel MPEG-2 codec as a key component for its
DVR-7000 DVD recorder.
LSI Logic Europe, 30 July 2001
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SECOND
BEST QUARTER EVER FOR PLANAR SYSTEMS
Planar Systems reports
strong financial results for its third quarter, ended 29th June 2001,
marking seven consecutive quarters of year-over-year revenue
growth.
Planar Systems, 30 July 2001
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2001
FARNELL-SCHAFFNER PRIZE WINNER
The winner of the 2001
Farnell-Schaffner Prize for the Best EMC-Related Project at The
University of York is Jan Vercammen, who receives a commemorative
plaque and a cheque for GBP 200.
Schaffner EMC, 26 July
2001
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OPTOELECTRONICS SECTOR DRAGS KEITHLEY DOWNWARDS
Keithley
Instruments has announced results for its fiscal 2001 third quarter
that ended 30th June 2001, and were in line with the guidance it gave
on 18th April 2001.
Keithley Instruments, 30 July 2001
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OUR TOP
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1.
Chipset simplifies fixed broadband radio systems
Intersil reckons its CommLink OC-3 digital radio modem chipset will
speed up the design of fixed broadband radio systems for wireless
Internet and cellular basestation communications equipment. The
ISL87060 chipset and reference design is the first product resulting
from Intersil's strategic acquisition of SiCOM of Scottsdale, USA. It
enables low-cost, rapid deployment of point-to-point digital radio
systems for high speed wireless transmission of voice, data and video
at speeds from 4x T1/E1 to full OC-3/STM-1 datarates of 155Mbit/s to
meet the wide range of frequency plans and capacities in use around
the world.
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2.
Package aids design of mixed-signal comms systems
The
latest Electronics Workbench EDA tool from Adept Scientific extends
its product offering from the board or circuit level to the system or
network level with the introduction of Commsim. Commsim is a powerful,
affordable and easy to use Windows-based simulation environment for
modelling analogue, digital or mixed-signal networks or communications
systems at the signal or physical level. The product offers hundreds
of communication and maths blocks for powerful yet intuitive design,
so modelling and simulation can be performed without having to write a
single line of code.
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3.
64bit processor bristles with peripherals
Integrating a PCI controller and direct memory access (DMA)
controller with other on-chip peripherals, the 64bit TX4927 RISC
microprocessor from Toshiba improves performance and reduces component
count in the latest digital consumer applications, networking
equipment, industrial control systems and other high-speed PCI
designs. In addition, full compatibility with Toshiba's 32bit PCI RISC
processors simplifies the upgrade of existing applications that now
require higher bandwidth operation. Toshiba's new microprocessor is
based on a 0.18-micron CMOS process and uses the company's 200MHz
TX49/H2 MIPS-based core.
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4.
Equalisers aid high-bandwidth transmission
Gennum
has announced its first products for the datacomms market: backplane
and copper-cable receive-end equaliser ICs capable of operating at
serial datarates up to 10.7Gbit/s. High-datarate transmission over
copper cable or printed circuit board traces produces significant
signal distortions that greatly reduce the length a signal can travel.
Gennum's new datacomms equalisers, GN1002 and GN2001, are designed to
compensate for this high-frequency attenuation, increasing the useable
length of cable or traces in high-datarate applications.
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5.
Compact PCI board boasts 20 ADC channels
Benadic
is a powerful Compact PCI 20-channel, 14bit ADC motherboard from
Nallatech. It operates at 80Msample/s with 250MHz bandwidth for
ultra-high-performance applications such as smart antenna arrays,
phased array radar, multichannel data acquisition and software radio.
With 20 tightly coupled channels integrated into a Xilinx FPGA
network, this 14bit ADC motherboard provides high-performance
analogue-to-digital data conversion on a cPCI platform.
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6.
Convertor switches communications standards
Red
Lion's ICM5 convertor offers high-end features, functionality,
flexibility and affordability. The converter automatically senses
traffic to convert RS232, to and from RS422 and RS485 signals and
provides three-way 1000V isolation. It offers a convenient connection
via DB9, RJ11 or terminal block, which prevents miswiring and results
in time savings.
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7.
Ready to run Bluetooth in surface-mount outline
A new
type-approved Bluetooth module from Flint is offered as a single
surface-mount component, ready for automated placement. Compliant with
Bluetooth version 1.1 specifications, the Mitsumi WML-C06 module from
Flint is a complete RF and baseband solution, freeing product
developers from many of the complexities of implementing Bluetooth.
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8.
Cable tester for messin' around in boats
A cable
and harness tester specifically designed to meet the requirements of
recreational boat builders has been developed by Cabletest Systems,
and is now available exclusively in the UK from the Peak Group. The
new unit addresses key marine industry testing requirements by
allowing recreational boat manufacturers to carry out in-process and
final testing of electrical wiring harnesses as part of their
manufacturing process.
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9.
One-piece solder contacts simplify circulars
Raychem
SolderTacts from Tyco Electronics, are high performance one-piece
solder contacts for circular connectors. Their design versatility
makes them particularly well suited to military, aerospace and defence
equipment applications. Requiring no preassembly they offer the
simplest, fastest, and most reliable method of terminating coax
cables, shielded wires and twisted pairs. These single-piece
SolderTact contacts eliminate the need for separate pins, help reduce
crosstalk and improve shielding effectiveness and signal
transmission.
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10.
Convertors run up to 93% efficiency
Featuring an industry standard footprint and pinout, the DCG series
DC/DC convertors from XP is available in three mechanical format
options with package sizes of quarter- and half-brick. Based on a
constant switching frequency (200kHz) topology, the series covers
power outputs from 54 to 175W with the highest efficiency in the
industry, typically 93% at 3.3V/20A.
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ONLINE DATABASE CUTS TIME TO SPEC SATELLITE PARTS
Implementing
a new electronic components database is helping Orbital Sciences
Corporation reduce the time needed to spec out 500 critical power
supply components for a new satellite.
IHS Engineering, 27
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DANISH
STUDENTS BENEFIT FROM TEKTRONIX SCOPES
One of Denmark's leading
technical educational establishments is using portable oscilloscopes
from Tektronix as a key tool in training the next generation of
electronics engineers.
Tektronix, 25 July 2001
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LDO
SIMPLIFIES PREVENTION OF DATA CORRUPTION
A new low-dropout
voltage regulator simplifies the implementation of circuits designed
to prevent failing or fluctuating voltage supplies from causing data
corruption and system malfunctions.
Rohm Electronics (UK), 25
July 2001
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TOP
DENSITY FOR SINGLE CHANNEL OC-3 ATM/POS-PHY
The PM5384
S/UNI-1x155 from PMC-Sierra is a single channel OC-3c SONET/SDH-PHY
for ATM/POS with industry standard UTOPIA Level 2 and POS-PHY Level 2
system interfaces.
PMC-Sierra, 26 July 2001
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DUAL
LINEAR REGULATOR SAVES PORTABLE REAL ESTATE
Semtech has announced
production-level availability of the SC1452 150mA dual linear
regulator.
Semtech, 26 July 2001
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FIRST
AAL1 DEVICE TO PERFORM ON-CHIP ATM SWITCHING
Zarlink
Semiconductor claims the MT90503 is the industry's highest density
AAL1 segmentation and reassembly (SAR) chip for TDM to ATM
conversion.
Zarlink Semiconductor, 26 July 2001
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CMOS
CROSSPOINT DELIVERS 667Mbit/s PER PORT
New from I-Cube, the
OCX256 crosspoint switch is an SRAM-based device that features a
nonblocking 128 x 128 I/O switch matrix, delivering 667Mbit/s data
bandwidth per port.
I-Cube, 31 July 2001
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THREE-CHANNEL TRANSCEIVER CRAMS IN THE FUNCTIONS
Exar claims
its XRT75L03 is the industry's first three-channel line interface unit
(LIU) with an integrated transceiver and jitter attenuator for E3,
DS3, and STS-1 applications.
Exar Europe, 31 July 2001
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COAXIAL SWITCHES ALLOW BASESTATION REDUNDANCY
The RZ series
from Matsushita Electric Works is a range of coaxial switches that
have been developed to satisfy even the most demanding of
high-frequency switching requirements.
Matsushita Electric
Works UK, 26 July 2001
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HEATSINKABLE RESISTOR HANDLES THE POWER
The new TBH25 resistor
is designed for intermediate power applications and combines
performance with an economical price.
Ohmite, 26 July 2001
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ULTRA-LOW-ESR CAPACITORS ON THE SURFACE
NIC Eurotech has
expanded its range of ultra-low-ESR high-ripple-current capacitors.
NIC Eurotech, 27 July 2001
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DESIGN
TOOL FOR CONFIGURABLE POWER SUPPLIES
VCAD (Vicor Configurable
Automated Design) is a patented automated design tool that gives power
designers flexibility and real-time control over the design and
manufacture of power solutions.
Vicor UK, 25 July 2001
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PROBES
PUT EMULATION SOFTWARE ON TARGET
Green Hills Software is now
licensed to resell and offer front-line customer support for the
Agilent Technologies family of embedded target emulation probes.
Green Hills Software, 30 July 2001
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EASY
INSTALLATION FOR DIN RAIL ENCLOSURE
Camden Electronics has
extended its range of DIN rail mounting PCB enclosures with a new size
5 version complementing the existing six sizes.
Camden
Electronics, 30 July 2001
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ENHANCED 1U AND 2U CHASSIS WITH FRONT-PANEL LCD
The
EC-1010/1020 Series enhanced server chassis from Wordsworth Technology
features a front 2 x 20 character LCD that provides a programmable
display for items such as server name and IP address.
Wordsworth Technology, 31 July 2001
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ROBUST
ALUMINIUM EUROCARD CASES
OKW has launched its new range of Mettec
Eurocard cases.
OKW Enclosures, 31 July 2001
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"SMALLEST" CLAIM FOR HIGH-RESOLUTION ENCODERS
New from EAO are
the 61S Series of Grayhill optical encoders.
EAO, 31 July
2001
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HIGH-EFFICIENCY HALF-BRICK DC/DC CONVERTORS
Advanced Power
Conversion has a new range of high-efficiency, compact DC/DC
convertors.
Advanced Power Conversion, 25 July 2001
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OPEN-FRAME AC/DC POWER SUPPLY WITH 20W OUTPUT
The new UPO201C
from Powerline is an open-frame AC/DC power supply is ideally suited
for applications where space and cost-effectiveness are critical.
Powerline, 25 July 2001
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE SINGLE-SLOT SYSTEM CONTROLLER
The latest high
performance CompactPCI system slot controller from Concurrent
Technologies is the PP CP1/P3x.
Concurrent Technologies, 30
July 2001
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VISA
VSDC CHIP CARD TESTING
Radio Frequency Investigation has been
recognised by Visa International to provide functional testing of the
Visa Smart Debit/Credit (VSDC) chip card application.
Radio
Frequency Investigation, 25 July 2001
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UPGRADED HARMONICS AND FLICKER ANALYSIS
The HA 1600 mains and
harmonics analyser from TTi has been upgraded to incorporate both
Amendment 14 to EN61000-3-2, and extra functions to the flicker
capabilities which conform to EN61000-3-3.
TTi (Thurlby
Thandar Instruments), 26 July 2001
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