News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date
Wednesday 19 April
to Tuesday 25 April 2006
FPGAs are approved for space-flight duties
Defense Supplier Center Columbus has released Standard Microcircuit Drawing numbers for Actel's high-reliability radiation-tolerant RTAX2000S, RTAX1000S and RTAX250S devices Brochure available
News from Actel Europe (25 April 2006)
Novel approach boosts verification productivity
Incisive Enterprise Scenario Builder boosts team resource utilisation and productivity by enabling designers to become highly productive in advanced verification
News from Cadence Design Systems (25 April 2006)
MCUs are ideal for emerging applications
Texas Instruments is sampling the MSP430FG461x series of ultra-low-power MCUs with up to 120Kbyte Flash memory
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (25 April 2006)
DaVinci DSP powers up home media server
User application article An advanced digital media adapter and home media server reference design is based on TI's DaVinci technology
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (25 April 2006)
On-chip debug gains industry acceptance
User application article Ten industry-leading semiconductor companies are integrating ARM CoreSight debug and trace capabilities into their future chip designs
News from ARM (25 April 2006)
16bit MCU integrates more in less space
A low power 16bit microcontroller combines 24MHz CPU performance with 256Kbyte Flash and USB in a compact 10 x 10mm CSP package
News from Renesas Technology Europe (25 April 2006)
Connectors assembled with no minimum order
Aerco has been appointed by AB Connectors as the assembling distributor for the company's AB05 range of connectors
News from Aerco (25 April 2006)
Kits aid FPGA-based audio and video development
Altera Corporation has put together a comprehensive high-performance FPGA solution for designers of video and image processing applications
News from Altera Europe (25 April 2006)
Industrial Ethernet connector is UL recognised
The Harting RJ Industrial connector family is now UL recognised
News from Harting (25 April 2006)
Wolfson continues revenue and profit growth
Wolfson Microelectronics has published its financial results for the first quarter ended 2nd April 2006
News from Wolfson Microelectronics (25 April 2006)
Transceivers are fit for fieldbus protocols
A fieldbus media attachment unit IC meets the specifications of the IEC61158-2, H1, and EN 50170 physical layer standard, including Foundation Fieldbus H1 and Profibus PA protocols
News from AMI Semiconductor (25 April 2006)
Workstation helps explore FPGA coprocessing
A computing workstation couples the AMD Opteron processor with a dynamically reconfigurable coprocessor module populated with Virtex-4 FPGA devices
News from Celoxica (25 April 2006)
Acquisition boards accelerate to 500Ksample/s
Amplicon has doubled the sample rate of its PCI 230+ and PCI 260+ 16bit data acquisition boards to 500Ksample/s
News from Amplicon (25 April 2006)
Power amp speeds switch to EDR Bluetooth
A miniature power amplifier is optimised for both standard Bluetooth and enhanced datarate applications
News from SiGe Semiconductor (25 April 2006)
Zuken acquires CIM-Team
Zuken has acquired German electrical/electronic computer aided engineering software design company CIM-Team
News from Zuken (25 April 2006)
TFT modules are sunlight-readable
Two new high performance colour TFT modules are sunlight-readable and optimised for daylight conditions making them ideal for a multitude of automotive, retail and industrial applications
News from Trident Displays (25 April 2006)
Upgraded wireless LAN chipset hits the streets
Broadcom has begun shipping its Intensi-fi wireless LAN technology to several top manufacturers of wireless networking gear
News from Broadcom Corp (25 April 2006)
Lead-free process advice available at Nepcon
Visitors to Nepcon UK will be able to discuss their lead-free process issues and requirements with OK International
News from OK International (25 April 2006)
New PSU organisation unites Condor and Ault brands
SL Power Electronics Corp brings together Condor DC Power Supplies and Ault to provide a single source for internal and external power supply needs
News from SL Power Electronics Corporation (25 April 2006)
Sager stars for Columbia Tech
Columbia Tech of Worcester, Massachusetts has named Sager Electronics as its supplier of the year for 2005
News from Sager Electronics (25 April 2006)
Tiny SMT antenna promises superior performance
Miniature antenna technology offers system designers a very small-sized antenna with superior performance, implementation flexibility and cost effectiveness
News from Laird Technologies (25 April 2006)
Novel materials absorb microwaves
Technical background article Microwave absorbers are increasingly being used to enhance shielding performance at higher frequencies
News from Laird Technologies (25 April 2006)
Pod houses waveform generator and logic analyser
The GP-22050-Base is a PC-controlled USB 2.0 pod with arbitrary digital waveform generator and logic analyser capabilities
News from Saelig Company (25 April 2006)
Fixed wireless sale leaves CSI to focus on GPS
CSI Wireless is to sell its fixed wireless telephone business to Telular Corporation
News from Hemisphere GPS (25 April 2006)
Speedy acoustic ADC board shrinks to 3U format
The eight-channel ICS-1745 high speed acoustic ADC board is designed for military sonar applications and vibration analysis
News from Radstone Embedded Computing (25 April 2006)
Lamps and drivers on display
Rogers Corporation will showcase its full line of Durel electroluminescent lamps and drivers on Stand K40 at the Z Show from 20th to 22nd June 2006 in Leipzig
News from Rogers Corp (25 April 2006)
Portable TV tuner handles terrestrial and mobile
A new dual-standard dual-band tuner chip receives and tunes both digital terrestrial TV and mobile broadcast TV signals for portable applications
News from Microtune (25 April 2006)
Single source for power supply products
Power supply product guide gives brief details of one of the industry's most comprehensive selection of power sources
News from Powersolve (25 April 2006)
Coating and cleaning in focus at Nepcon
Concoat personnel will be available on Stand K77 at Nepcon UK to discuss significant advancements in both UV curable conformal coating materials and circuit board cleaning media
News from HumiSeal Europe (25 April 2006)
Aluminium foil output set to rise
SDK is to increase its production of high-purity aluminium foils for electrolytic capacitors used in cars and digital equipment
News from SDK (25 April 2006)
Media and position detector for mobile devices
Panasonic Electronic Devices has succeeded in commercialising an ESE16 size detector switch used for media-detection in mobile devices
News from Panasonic Industrial Europe (25 April 2006)
Amplifier range meets military demands
Labtech Microwave is expanding its product portfolio by introducing a new range of amplifiers and detector log video amplifiers
News from Labtech (25 April 2006)
Italian Government funds research and development
The Italian Ministry of Industry is providing Telit Communications with a total of Eur 25.5 million to set up a new research and development centre
News from Telit Communications (25 April 2006)
London technology event draws global players
Some of the world's largest technology companies are coming to London on 15th May 2006 for TechnologyWorld06 - the UK's only partnering event for leading-edge ICT businesses
News from UK Trade and Investment (25 April 2006)
Novel design produces clip-on tracking unit
User application article Triteq has designed the electronics in an advanced location-tracking unit developed by Geonix Tracking for the Thuraya satphone handset
News from Triteq (25 April 2006)
Assembly systems join in lead-free experience
Siemens Electronics Assembly Systems is supporting the SMART Group Lead-Free Experience at this year's Nepcon UK in Birmingham
News from Siemens A and D Electronics Assembly Systems (25 April 2006)
Acquisition expands WLAN portfolio
Atheros Communications has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Zydas Technology Corporation, a privately held Taiwan-based fabless IC design company
News from Atheros Communications (25 April 2006)
Soft modem chip integrates many PLLs
User application article Multiple PLL hard macros have been used by fabless semiconductor company Icera in the Livanto ICE8020 wireless soft modem IC for 3G mobile phone and wireless devices
News from True Circuits (25 April 2006)
Philips and MagnaChip join fab owners
Philips Semiconductors and MagnaChip Semiconductor have joined the the Fab Owners Association as voting members
News from Fab Owners Association (FOA) (25 April 2006)
Pentel adopts handwriting recognition
Vision Objects and Pentel have signed a distribution agreement and technology partnership
News from Vision Objects (25 April 2006)
Cambridge facility to be home to CAPE consortium
Cambridge University Electrical Engineering Division has completed and equipped a new research facility for the development of emerging technologies across a variety of markets
News from Dow Corning (25 April 2006)
France and Scotland plot mobile initiative
Mobile technology support organisations work to lower barriers and further aid in the development and commercialisation of cutting edge mobile applications in the SME sector
News from Wireless Innovation Centre (25 April 2006)
Hancock oversees test and packaging
Peter G Hancock has joined Best Electronics and Components as worldwide Chief Operating Officer
News from Best Electronics and Components (25 April 2006)
WiMAX chip has an eye for mobile services
A WiMAX device enables both fixed services and a 'portable' services market with vast potential and room for growth years before the advent of standardised 'mobile' services
News from Telecis Wireless (25 April 2006)
More options in instrument cases
Aluminium instrument cases house desktop and portable electronics Brochure available
News from OKW Enclosures (24 April 2006)
Mentor supports Russian education
Mentor Graphics has sponsored a new electronic design laboratory at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Technology (MIET) in Zelenograd, Russia
News from Mentor Graphics UK (24 April 2006)
Optimisation tools work without trace support
New collection technologies unlock the benefits of Green Hills Software's revolutionary TimeMachine tool suite for developers using processors without built-in trace support Brochure available
News from Green Hills Software (24 April 2006)
Low-profile modular supplies come together quickly
The 1U-high four- or six-slot Multistax range has been specifically designed to allow easy and rapid configuration Brochure available
News from Powerstax (24 April 2006)
Puis promotes process support products
Pascal Puis has been appointed to the position of DEK France Operations Manager
News from DEK (24 April 2006)
Post-print verification on show in Boston
DEK will exhibit with Matrix Sales on Booth 2045 at Nepcon East on 10th and 11th May 2006 at the New Boston Convention and Exhibition centre in Boston, Massachusetts
News from DEK (24 April 2006)
Audio chip leads to Queen's Award
Wolfson Microelectronics has won the Queen's Award for Enterprise in the Innovation category
News from Wolfson Microelectronics (24 April 2006)
Larger premises for design centre
Wolfson Microelectronics has relocated its Swindon design centre to larger premises
News from Wolfson Microelectronics (24 April 2006)
Convertors deliver high power at low voltages
High-density single-output isolated DC/DC convertors provide industry leading output current at voltages below 2V in an industry standard 1 x 2in package
News from C and D Technologies (NCL) (24 April 2006)
Terminal blocks feature tougher clamps
A new and improved range of 36-way terminal blocks feature numerous design enhancements to deliver better quality and improved strength among other attributes
News from Camden Electronics (24 April 2006)
Quarter-VGA module is evenly illuminated
The latest QVGA module from Displaytech features a screen diagonal of 5.9in and a viewing area of 120 x 92mm and is supplied as standard with a CCFL backlight
News from Digital Displays (24 April 2006)
Villeneuve embodies Canadian commitment
Sager Electronics has committed itself to growing the Canadian market and has recruited Marc Villeneuve to represent the company in Montreal and Ottawa
News from Sager Electronics (24 April 2006)
Enclosures add power distribution
A comprehensive family of power products caters for all levels of power demand in server enclosures
News from APW Enclosure Solutions (24 April 2006)
Manufacturing service focuses on microwave sector
A focused turnkey microwave MIC assembly service is aimed at customers around the world who are looking for outsourcing solutions
News from Labtech (24 April 2006)
Custom alloy cuts cost of Pb-free soldering
As the lead-free deadline approaches, Cookson Electronics is reporting spectacular growth in sales of Alpha Vaculoy SACX across Europe
News from Cookson Electronics (24 April 2006)
Diamond disks are greener way to polish wafers
Diamond pad conditioner consumables for the semiconductor wafer polishing industry are claimed to be the first to offer environmental friendliness
News from Advanced Diamond Solutions (24 April 2006)
Electromedical testers assure patient safety
Rigel Medical has incorporated improved test features in products across its Rigel 300 range of electromedical testers Brochure available
News from Rigel Medical (24 April 2006)
Electronic loads reach new power levels
The Dynaload Division of Transistor Devices has expanded its popular RBL series of electronic loads to a power level of 6kW
News from Transistor Devices (24 April 2006)
Ethernet/IP scanner simulated on a standard PC
EIPScan is based on the Ethernet/IP Scanner Developers Kit (ESDK) and provides the simulation of an Ethernet/IP scanner on a standard PC
News from Ixxat (24 April 2006)
VME SBC exploits PowerPC performance
Interface Concept has unveiled a new high-performance VME single board computer based around the Freescale 1.7GHz MPC7448 PowerPC
News from Interface Concept (24 April 2006)
Supply is made for embedded systems duties
The MPI-806H power supply was designed specifically to address the demand from embedded system and mini ATX motherboard applications
News from Photon Power Technology (24 April 2006)
Rittal enlists help with reliability
Rittal is partnering with Uninterruptible Power Supplies for the provision of services in support of Power Modular Concept (PMC) components of its RimatriX5 IT solutions
News from Uninterruptible Power Supplies (24 April 2006)
EDA tools claim true automation of IC design
An all-new IC implementation product line that offers unequalled automation and virtually unlimited capacity while delivering improved timing, area, power, signal integrity and manufacturability
News from Magma Design Automation (24 April 2006)
DPSS lasers come to the UK and Ireland
Scitec Instruments has signed a distributor agreement to represent the Shanghai Dream Lasers range of DPSS lasers and other products in the UK and Ireland
News from Scitec Instruments (24 April 2006)
Laser specialist moves into Polish market
Scitec Instruments has opened an office in Warsaw, Poland, for sales and distribution of lasers and laser accessories, instrumentation, optical components and fibre-optic test products
News from Scitec Instruments (24 April 2006)
SiC photodiodes expand sensing options
New SiC photodiodes have been added to the range of ultraviolet sensors offered by Scitec Instruments
News from Scitec Instruments (24 April 2006)
Mezzanine card puts FPGA to work on floating point
The FM480 is a PCI Mezzanine Card based on the latest Virtex-4 FPGA technology from Xilinx
News from 4DSP (24 April 2006)
Board cleaner banishes dust and static
The new CL-SMT MK3 contact cleaning unit is used to preclean SMT boards to remove all dust, loose surface particles and static before screen printing
News from Microclean Technologies (24 April 2006)
Agere standardises digital design flows
Agere Systems has standardised on Galaxy Design and Discovery Platforms for implementation and verification in its digital design flows
News from Synopsys (24 April 2006)
Writing testbenches using SystemVerilog
A new book aims to help design engineers learn advanced verification techniques using the SystemVerilog IEEE1800-2005 standard language
News from Synopsys (24 April 2006)
Emulator debugs LINbus systems
The Emulin is a stand-alone LINbus emulator/simulator designed for automobile and semiconductor test and control tasks
News from Saelig Company (24 April 2006)
Comrex signs for codec licences
Comrex is licensing Fraunhofer IIS implementations of two of the most efficient audio compression technologies standardised in MPEG-4
News from Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS (24 April 2006)
Automatic compilation speeds model development
User application article Astute Networks has successfully validated both the embedded firmware and hardware for its next generation storage processor chip using Carbon's VSP product
News from Carbon Design Systems (24 April 2006)
CAM system adds mechanical CAD module
Aegis Europe will exhibit its new mechanical CAD module (MCAD) for CircuitCAM at Nepcon 2006
News from Aegis Europe (24 April 2006)
Sponsored skater speeds to title
Massimiliano Presti won this year's Kia Cerato Seoul World Inline Cup on 9th April, the first major race of the 2006 professional inline speed skating championship season
News from MultiMediaCard Association (24 April 2006)
Innovation award for thermal analysis tool
FireBolt, the EDA industry's first full-chip thermal analysis tool, has won the EDN Innovation of the Year Award in the EDA (Verification and Analysis) category
News from Gradient Design Automation (24 April 2006)
Scottish developers make smarter us of wireless
Last week's 'Wireless - the sixth sense' seminar in Glasgow illustrated how wireless technologies are getting smarter
News from Wireless Innovation Centre (24 April 2006)
Photonic Products wins Queen's Award
Photonic Products has been honoured for the second time with a Queen's Award for Enterprise in the International Trade category
News from Photonic Products (21 April 2006)
Odom joins NI fellowship
National Instruments has named one of its long-time R and D contributors, Keith Odom, as an NI R and D Fellow
News from National Instruments (21 April 2006)
Power manager handles handheld charging
An efficient, compact power management chip combines a dual input Li-ion battery charger and a high efficiency synchronous buck regulator in a low-profile 16-lead 3 x 5mm DFN package Brochure available
News from Linear Technology Corp (21 April 2006)
Automotive relay shrinks for surface mounting
The FTR-P6 ultraminiature surface mount automotive relay measures just 11.8 x 8.8 x 10.3mm, making it 33% smaller by volume than the FTR-P3 through-hole relay Brochure available
News from Fujitsu Components Europe (21 April 2006)
Automotive LEDs scoop ultimate award
The Envisium mid-power family of light-emitting diodes for automotive applications has been awarded an EE Times ACE Ultimate Products of the Year award Brochure available
News from Avago Technologies (21 April 2006)
Fairchild surprises with Q1 growth
Fairchild Semiconductor has announced results for the first quarter ended 2nd April 2006
News from Fairchild Semiconductor (21 April 2006)
Serialisers drive studio advances
National Semiconductor has released six serial digital interface (SDI) products for professional broadcast video applications
News from National Semiconductor (21 April 2006)
Microcontroller seminars feature free tools
Texas Instruments plans to give away over 5000 eZ430 development tools during the fourth annual MSP430 microcontroller '430 Day' seminar tour
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (21 April 2006)
IGBTs claim motor control savings
Four 600V insulated gate bipolar transistors can reduce power dissipation in inverters by up to 60% in motor control applications up to 2.5kW
News from International Rectifier (21 April 2006)
Power analyser upgrades to latest standards
A low-cost harmonics, flicker and power analyser features totally revised firmware to meet the requirements of the latest revision to international harmonics and flicker standards
News from TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments) (21 April 2006)
Reliability in focus at Boston show
Indium Corporation will highlight its reliability programme at Nepcon East/Electro on 10th and 11th May 2006 in Boston
News from Indium Corporation of America (21 April 2006)
Mobile shipments on track for a billion in 2006
Global mobile phone shipments grew an impressive 31% year-over-year, to reach 229 million units during Q1 2006, according to the latest research from Strategy Analytics
News from Strategy Analytics (21 April 2006)
Council keeps watch over basestation emissions
User application article South Staffordshire Council has invested in a Narda selective radiation meter to enable it to carry out truly independent measurements of the emissions from basestations in the area
News from Link Microtek (21 April 2006)
Programmable logic meets automotive standard
Automotive programmable logic devices have been characterised and qualified to meet the certification requirements of the AEC-Q100 standard as defined by the Automotive Electronics Council
News from Lattice Semiconductor UK (21 April 2006)
International growth brings Queen's Award to RFI
The Queen's Awards for Enterprise today announced that RFI Global Services has been awarded for export achievements
News from RFI Global Services (21 April 2006)
Bridge chip aids portable storage applications.
QuickLogic's low-power QuickIDE bus-to-bus bridging IC works with Hitachi Global Storage Technologies' 1in Microdrive hard drive
News from QuickLogic (21 April 2006)
Software licensing business is spun off
Amino Technologies has established an independent business, IntAct Software, to license its IntAct software solutions
News from Amino Communications (21 April 2006)
AVX holds on to tantalum market share
With a reported market share of 20%, AVX is likely to remain ahead of NEC, Sanyo, Vishay, and soon-to-be-merged Kemet/Epcos whose joint market share is predicted to stand at 19%
News from AVX (21 April 2006)
Flat panel monitor aims for POI duties
Axiomtek's Panel6173 is an economical industrial flat panel monitor, which is especially suited for the POI/kiosk market
News from Axiomtek (21 April 2006)
Handheld convection tool aids rework
A handheld convection tool has the flexibility to handle a wide range of thermally demanding production and rework applications, including lead-free
News from OK International (21 April 2006)
Eighth-brick convertors run from ultrawide inputs
The EMS Series of eighth-brick DC/DC convertors comprises two single-output models that deliver 3.3V at 15A and 5V at 10A from an ultrawide 18 to 60V input range
News from Power-One (21 April 2006)
Slotless gaskets promise top shielding performance
New slotless beryllium copper EMI/RFI shielding strips are designed to offer improved shielding and ultimate strength
News from TBA Electro Conductive Products (21 April 2006)
Ultracapacitor products to be made in China
Maxwell Technologies has licensed Shanghai Urban Electric Power Investment Development Corporation to manufacture and market ultracapacitor products in mainland China
News from Maxwell Technologies (21 April 2006)
Manufacturing alliance keeps pace with demand
Maxwell Technologies has formed a toll manufacturing alliance with Belton Technology Group to support forecasted growth for its Boostcap ultracapacitors and modules
News from Maxwell Technologies (21 April 2006)
Sensor keeps watch over backup batteries
The Sentinel is billed as the most comprehensive sensor for monitoring standby batteries
News from LEM UK (21 April 2006)
Four-port card enhances serial communications
The ACB-MP+4.PCI is a four-port PCIbus RS232 synchronous serial interface
News from Sealevel Systems (21 April 2006)
M12 connectors handle larger wires
Three-, four- and five-pole M12 connectors with screw termination can now be connected with large diameter wires with cross sections of up to 0.75mm2
News from Binder-USA (21 April 2006)
Video IP engines pass transatlantic test
User application article A rigorous two-way transcontinental trial has tested the ability of Pleora's low-cost PL1453A EtherCast video IP engine to transport broadcast-quality video over long-haul Ethernet VLANs
News from Pleora Technologies (21 April 2006)
Tactile switch keeps a low profile
The latest addition to the CIT Relay and Switch range is the CS1211 Series right-angle momentary surface-mount low-profile tactile switch
News from CIT Relay and Switch (21 April 2006)
Lithography systems sales continue upwards
ASML Holding has announced its 2006 first quarter results, recording net sales valued at Eur 629 million
News from ASML (21 April 2006)
Conveyor oven speeds connector assembly
Connector distributor PEI-Genesis has replaced three static ovens with a new Caltherm conveyor oven at its European headquarters facility in Basingstoke
News from PEI-Genesis (21 April 2006)
Thermal printers mechanisms save space
Available now from Inelco Hunter is a series of Fujitsu's smallest high-speed, battery powered thermal printer mechanisms with integrated cutters
News from Inelco Hunter (21 April 2006)
Low-profile printers run faster than ever
A series of ultra-high-speed 24V low-profile printer mechanisms are now faster, quieter and more durable than before
News from Inelco Hunter (21 April 2006)
Recording software finds a home in the kiosk
Sonic Solutions has entered into a worldwide licensing agreement with Lucidiom, a leading provider of intelligent, networked digital photo solution centres
News from Sonic Solutions (21 April 2006)
Copley signs for electromechanical build
St Ives-based contract electronics manufacturer Prism Electronics has won an initial GBP 50,000 contract to produce electromechanical assemblies for an innovative industrial linear actuator
News from Prism Electronics (21 April 2006)
Module adds reach to 10Gbit/s Ethernet
Quellan has achieved a 200% reach extension for the burgeoning 10 gigabit Ethernet standard
News from Quellan (21 April 2006)
New facility meets Chinese market demands
A record growth in annual turnover of 40% in China has prompted Semikron to open a new Chinese headquarters and production facility in the city of Zhu Hai
News from Semikron (21 April 2006)
Environment speeds embedded control
VenomIDE is a new free integrated development environment for use with the VM-1 embedded controller and Venom-SC object-oriented language
News from Micro-Robotics (21 April 2006)
Gigabit Ethernet switch comes on 3U cPCI card
A rugged 3U cPCI gigabit Ethernet switch enables full management via an onboard processor
News from ACT/Technico (21 April 2006)
Industrial keyboard is completely sealed
The InduProof3 is a completely sealed industrial keyboard for all industries where hygiene and deep cleaning are a must
News from InduKey UK (21 April 2006)
Simulator offers optimum Spice blend
Avosim is a fast and accurate analogue simulation module for to use in the design of VLSI circuits
News from Unique ICs (21 April 2006)
Data acquisition system is software defined
The SMT8091 is a high-performance PC-based software-defined data-acquisition system Brochure available
News from Sundance Multiprocessor Technology (20 April 2006)
Express signalling accelerates PXI bandwidth
The industry's first PXI chassis and controllers based on PCI Express signalling deliver up to 1Gbyte/s per-slot dedicated bandwidth Brochure available
News from National Instruments (20 April 2006)
Laser sensor is innovation of the year
The ADNS-6010 laser navigation sensor has been named a winner in the Sensors and Components category of EDN Magazine's Innovation of the Year awards Brochure available
News from Avago Technologies (20 April 2006)
Design for test saves wireless IC costs
User application article Wireless IC specialist CSR has successfully used Synopsys' DFT MAX to reduce digital tester costs
News from Synopsys (20 April 2006)
Near field communication goes live in Germany
Following a successful ten-month field trial, near field communication (NFC) technology will be deployed in a commercial environment in Germany
News from NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) (20 April 2006)
Reference design brings Dell TV to market
User application article Dell has used the Nexperia TV810 semiconductor reference design for its W2607C 26in digital LCD HD TV
News from NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors) (20 April 2006)
Bluetooth MCU cuts handset component count
User application article The award winning BenQ-Siemens S88 handset contains CSR's BlueCore3-ROM silicon
News from Cambridge Silicon Radio (20 April 2006)
IEEE award for soldering expert Lee
Dr Ning-Cheng Lee has been chosen to receive the 2006 Exceptional Technical Achievement Award IEEE Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology Society
News from Indium Corporation of America (20 April 2006)
Search engine enables router awareness
User application article The 75K62134 network search engine has been selected by Anagran for inclusion in its new Flow State Aware routers
News from IDT (20 April 2006)
Upgrade for CDMA network emulation platform
Aeroflex has added EvDO Revision A support to its 6402 CDMA AIME network emulation platform
News from Aeroflex (20 April 2006)
Protocol provides link between handhelds and PCs
eSol, a proven developer of real-time embedded software solutions, has announced the release of PrMTP
News from Logic Technology (20 April 2006)
Core to control 10Gbit/s Ethernet transceiver
Aquantia Corp of Milpitas, California, has licensed the Diamond Standard 108Mini processor core for its 10Gbit/s Ethernet physical layer transceiver chip design
News from Tensilica (20 April 2006)
Tundra continues on acquisition trail
Tundra Semiconductor has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of the Systems Solutions Business Unit of Alliance Semiconductor
News from Tundra Semiconductor (20 April 2006)
AdvancedTCA blade powers telecomms infrastructure
The KAT4000 is a configurable AdvancedTCA blade for telecomms infrastructure applications
News from Emerson Network Power Embedded Computing (20 April 2006)
Quad DAC cuts the cost of the industry standard
A high accuracy quad 12bit DAC will interest designers looking for a low cost 'drop-in' replacement for industry standard parts from several leading manufacturers
News from Focus EDL (20 April 2006)
Development system is ready with 30 digital I/Os
The RTG004 is a programmable USB connected Virtex-II Pro system
News from Hunt Engineering (20 April 2006)
Track-and-hold amps boast ultrawide bandwidth
Inphi is claiming a new industry standard with the launch of its GigaTrack family of 2Gsample/s track-and-hold amplifiers that deliver ultrawide 18GHz analogue bandwidth
News from Inphi Corp (20 April 2006)
Relationship extends to IP advantage
ARM and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company have agreed to extend the companies' long-term relationship for development of a new suite of ARM Advantage products
News from TSMC (20 April 2006)
Tracker signs for GPS system design
Plextek has secured a GBP 3 million contract with Tracker, part of the Royal Bank of Scotland Group, for the design and supply of GPS and vehicle tracking devices
News from Plextek (20 April 2006)
Report defines switch to Ethernet-based networks
A new technical report defines an architecture to seamlessly migrate asynchronous transfer mode legacy DSL aggregation networks to next generation Ethernet-based networks
News from DSL Forum (20 April 2006)
Universal device server is RoHS compliant
The UDS1100 is a more powerful RoHS-compliant version of the best selling Lantronix UDS external device server
News from Lantronix (20 April 2006)
Pulse generators simulate real-world switching
Programmable pulse generators are designed to simulate and analyse real-world switching, response or reflection times
News from Metrix Electronics (20 April 2006)
Arbitrary function generators run up to 50MHz
A new series of arbitrary function generators is available in the UK from Metrix Electronics
News from Metrix Electronics (20 April 2006)
MOSFET powers up phone line interface IC
The CPC5603C N-channel depletion mode MOSFET serves as a hook switch and linear regulator for Litelink III phone line interface IC applications
News from Clare (20 April 2006)
Pick and place machine handles smaller parts
The Hybrid pick and place system can now handle 0201 components
News from Dima SMT Systems NL (20 April 2006)
Pen and finger share the same touch-pad
Wacom has announced the development of a world's first sensor integration technology and its practical application in the Penabled DualPad
News from Wacom Components Europe (20 April 2006)
Fanless ATX supply passes German online tests
The Magic Power MPM-A30H has won a prestigious award for quality and performance from the German online magazine Teschke.de
News from Photon Power Technology (20 April 2006)
Software upgrades static timing analysis
TimeCraft software has an advanced on-chip-variation capability for improving the accuracy and efficiency of static timing analysis for 90 and 65nm designs
News from Incentia Design Systems (20 April 2006)
Product planning system reduces PCB maker's costs
User application article Silicon Valley based PCB prototype PCB manufacturer Sierra Proto Express has adopted the Control Center XP automated product planning system for printed circuit board manufacturing
News from Direct Logix (20 April 2006)
Capacitor arrays ease EMI filtering
Oxley has released a new planar capacitor arrays product information sheet unveiling the latest information on part of its high quality EMI filter product range
News from Oxley Developments (20 April 2006)
Customised containers keep costly testers safe
User application article ESL Defence, world leader in electro-optical technology for military applications, specifies QED Hi-K customised containers for its airborne electronic warfare test sets
News from QED Design and Manufacture (20 April 2006)
JTAG device speeds Flash programming
The JTAGFlashpro Flash programmer/bring-up tool is a stand-alone device for high-speed Flash memory/device programming via the JTAG interface
News from Embedded Toolsmiths (20 April 2006)
Codec copes with H264 standard
The MG1264 is a single low power chip offering full duplex encode and decode of video and audio into the new H264/AVC (advanced video codec) standard
News from Zilica (20 April 2006)
Bluetooth technology turns to marketing
User application article Car manufacturer Fiat is the first company to use a new opt-in Bluetooth technology developed by Bluetooth marketing technology company Breeze Tech
News from Breeze Tech (20 April 2006)
Embedded computing products on show in Japan
Adlink Technology will launch several new advanced motion control and embedded computing platform products during the Board Computer trade show in Japan
News from Adlink Technology (19 April 2006)
Sony adopts design for manufacturing
Sony Corporation has adopted Synopsys' alternating aperture phase-shift mask (AA-PSM) technology to enhance manufacturability of its high-performance chips
News from Synopsys (19 April 2006)
Specification-driven design works for Zarlink
User application article Zarlink Semiconductor has used the Cadence Virtuoso custom design platform to successfully verify its ultra-low-power communications chips
News from Cadence Design Systems (19 April 2006)
Convertors cut handset power down to size
High-efficiency dual-output DC/DC boost convertors manage two sets of six white light emitting diodes - all from a single integrated circuit plus inductor
News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (19 April 2006)
Configurable cores chosen for storage controllers
Bitmicro Networks has taken a licence for the ARC 700 family of configurable cores
News from ARC International (19 April 2006)
Atmel recognises DT's design-in skills
Coventry based DT Electronics was named 'Best European Independent Distributor' at the recent Atmel sales conference in Marrakech
News from Nu Horizons Electronics Corp (19 April 2006)
Wireless platform covers signalling conformance
Aeroflex has completed the delivery of its CDG Stage II C.S0044 interoperability and CDG Stage I C.S0043 signalling conformance test cases
News from Aeroflex (19 April 2006)
Automatic crimping machine proves popular
User application article Contax has installed a second Komax Gamma 333PC automatic crimping machine at Elite Electronics, Northern Ireland's leading contract electronics manufacturer
News from Contax (19 April 2006)
Software expands to 64bit processing
Matlab now allows users to run larger, more data intensive applications by taking advantage of the large address space available with Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
News from The MathWorks (19 April 2006)
Tools slash 50% off safety system design time
User application article Haldex has applied Simulink, Stateflow and Simulink Control Design to develop braking control algorithms for its EB+ articulated vehicle safety controllers
News from The MathWorks (19 April 2006)
Camera flash LED driver is easy to program
A 300mA camera flash LED driver reduces system complexity by providing full programmability of all flash functions from a single microcontroller pin
News from Catalyst Semiconductor (19 April 2006)
Diamond core set for Lucid chip design
Lucid Information Technology has licensed the Diamond Standard 212GP general-purpose processor core for a new scalable multi-GPU chip design project
News from Tensilica (19 April 2006)
Convertor is ideal power source for OLEDs
By offering hysteretic control and high stability while minimising leakage current losses, AnalogicTech's AAT1230 is the ideal application-specific power solution for OLED modules
News from Advanced Analogic Technologies (19 April 2006)
Alliance covers both ends of broadcasting
Frontier Silicon and Factum Electronics have formed a strategic alliance to supply broadcasters with complete broadcast solutions for mobile TV and digital radio
News from Frontier Silicon (19 April 2006)
Host bridge for PowerPC enters full production
The Tundra Tsi109 host bridge, billed as the industry's highest performing host bridge for PowerPC, is in full production
News from Tundra Semiconductor (19 April 2006)
Austin takes Mini Challenge
EDA Solutions is sponsoring a driver in this year's UK Mini Challenge series of motor races
News from EDA Solutions (19 April 2006)
Manager takes charge of large-scale simulations
Software automates the setup, execution and analysis of simulation results from hundreds of computers running thousands of test cases and providing automated pass/fail results and reporting
News from Aldec (19 April 2006)
Talbot takes charge in Europe
Jean-Marc Talbot has been named as General Manager of Vast Europe
News from Vast Systems Technology (19 April 2006)
Model predicts Renesas core performance
The SH2AVPM is a virtual processor model of the SH2A CPU core from Renesas Technology
News from Vast Systems Technology (19 April 2006)
Shanghai hosts centre of excellence
As it celebrates the tenth anniversary of its operation in China, Ericsson Power Modules has launched its APAC Centre of Excellence
News from Ericsson Power Modules (19 April 2006)
Toshiba to adopt automotive network standard
Toshiba is to integrate SMSC's Media Local Bus technology to provide an interface from its Capricorn SoCs to a Media Oriented System Transport automotive multimedia network
News from SMSC (19 April 2006)
Development platform aids GPS integration
The Nemerix EK 2040 is an ARM9-based development platform that helps customers incorporate Nemerix's chipsets and software solutions into their own products
News from Nemerix (19 April 2006)
Resistor networks come with tighter tolerances
The RAV16-4D series is an isolated resistor network consisting of four 0603 size resistors in a single 1206 size package
News from Stackpole Electronics (19 April 2006)
Medical qualified PSUs fit 1U installations
The RPS, RPD and RPT-60 Series have been developed for medical and IT applications that require miniature size
News from Sunpower (UK) (19 April 2006)
AES cores come with easy licensing scheme
New IP cores available under the SignOnce IP licence implement the Advanced Encryption Standard as described in the NIST Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 197 document
News from Erst Electronic (19 April 2006)
Total number of news releases published during the week: 181
News releases from • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 • 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000
