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Start with the news release Knowles offers TWFK balanced armature receivers from Knowles Acoustics, which we summarised at the time by saying "Knowles Acoustics has introduced the TWFK series, a small dual-balanced armature receiver with mechanical shock resistance and extreme wideband capability, designed for pro-audio, in-ear applications.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Xilinx FPGAs feature optimised jitter performance from Xilinx: "Xilinx has announced the availability of Virtex-6 HXT FPGAs optimised for applications that require ultra-high-speed serial connectivity. ".
 
In November 2010, we covered the news from Atmel - take a look at Industrial control MCUs have floating point unit which says: "At Electronica 2010, Atmel announced the first 32-bit AVR microcontrollers (MCUs) with a floating point unit (FPU) for industrial control applications.".
 
Take a look also at the news release from Power Integrations, PI upgrades power supply design software, as well as Embedded system for vehicle-based computing from Steatite, and Software eliminates I/O pin conflict debugging from Energy Micro.
 

Latest stories...
Switching regulator suits automotive applications (August 2010)

Linear Technology has announced the LT3980, a 2A, 58VIN step-down switching regulator said to be ideal for load dump and cold-crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications.

PSD package for space-limited applications (August 2010)

Laser Components is now offering position-sensing detectors (PSDs) from Sitek with flex-film connectors, suitable for applications where space is limited.

PCB design suite enhances library management (August 2010)

Zuken's Cadstar desktop PCB design suite V12.1 features functionality for advanced library management and signal integrity verification, ECAD MCAD integration and improved high-speed routing.

Line driver operates from single +5V supply (August 2010)

Holt's HI-8592 line driver, supplied by Advance Power Components, eliminates the need for negative voltage supplies or inverters that are typically found in ARINC 429 bus-driver designs.

Creative Chips uses Galaxy for mixed-signal chip (August 2010)

Synopsys has announced that Creative Chips has taped out its most complex mixed-signal chip to date using the Galaxy Implementation Platform.

Joint solution improves electrical machine design (August 2010)

Sumitomo Electric and Cobham Technical Services are offering an advanced solution for the design of electrical machines and power equipment.

Prism GUI tools ideal for embedded applications (July 2010)

Quadros Systems has launched Prism, a suite of graphical user interface (GUI) development tools written in C++ for embedded applications in mobile phones, gaming systems and more.

Fairchild releases compact 150V Mosfet device (July 2010)

Fairchild Semiconductor, which provides semiconductors for power-supply, motor, computing, consumer and automotive applications, has released a 150V Mosfet with a compact footprint.

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Further reading
  • More speed and features for HDL designers

    In addition to a twofold performance increase over the previous version, Active-HDL 6.2 includes an improved advanced dataflow, library encryption, branch coverage and X-Trace.
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