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News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date

Sunday 23 July
to Saturday 29 July 2006

Omron consolidated financial results

Omron, a global leader in electronic components, sensing and control technologies, has reported earnigs for the first quarter.

News from Omron Corp (28 July 2006)

Icos vision systems and IMEC collaborate

icos Vision Systems and IMEC have agreed to work together in the field of inspection and metrology for three dimensional (3D) packaging

News from IMEC (28 July 2006)

DIN rail power supplies are easy to use

Acro has come up with new DIN rail power supplies that curtail the DIN rail power inner architecture and assembly procedure.

News from Acro Engineering (28 July 2006)

SMD multi-use test kit

Pomona Electronics announces its SMD multi-use test kit, designed for multiple tests of small components and circuit boards

News from Pomona Electronics (28 July 2006)

Performance technologies joins CP-TA

Performance Technologies has joined the Communications Platforms Trade Association (CP-TA) as a contributor member

News from Performance Technologies (28 July 2006)

New COO for Surface technology systems

Surface technology systems appoints Dr Robin Johnson as Chief Operating Officer

News from Surface Technology Systems (28 July 2006)

IPC certifies 23 Cookson electronics engineers

Cookson Electronics Assembly Materials global team of 23 applications engineers were trained and certified as IPC Specialists in May

News from Cookson Electronics (28 July 2006)

Symmetry Distribute Shindengen Power Supplies

Symmetry Electronics has signed an agreement to add Shindengen, known for its high quality power conversion products, to its growing list of suppliers

News from Symmetry Electronics (28 July 2006)

Threaded T-connector for fieldbus applications

Binder-USA announces the release of a 5-pole T-connector for fieldbus application

News from Binder-USA (28 July 2006)

Ezurio expands to new headquarters location

As a result of increasing growth, Ezurio has relocated its European headquarters to Wooburn Green, to the west of London

News from Ezurio (28 July 2006)

Sales to Reach 314 Million Units by 2010

Major New Digital Device Opportunity Lures Technology Vendors

News from Strategy Analytics (28 July 2006)

Software enables refuelling wing pods

 User Application Article  Innovative design and safety-critical software enable refuelling wing pods

News from Wind River Systems (28 July 2006)

Universal instruments leaves Dover portfolio

Universal Instruments Corporation announces that it is leaving the portfolio of technology businesses held by its current parent company, Dover Corporation, by mutual agreement

News from Universal Instruments (28 July 2006)

TSMC qualifies Mentor Graphics Calibre nmDRC

Mentor Graphics announces that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) has qualified Calibre nmDRC for TSMC's 65 nm technology

News from Mentor Graphics UK (28 July 2006)

Mentor Graphics Calibre nmDRC adopted by UMC

 User Application Article  Mentor Graphics Calibre nmDRC adopted by UMC to address shifting requirements for sign-off

News from Mentor Graphics UK (28 July 2006)

Mentor Graphics and ARM validate physical IP

 User Application Article  Mentor Graphics and ARM validate physical IP for robustness to lithographic variation using Calibre LFD

News from Mentor Graphics UK (28 July 2006)

IDT acquires product lines from Sigmatel

Leading quality audio technology to be added to the IDT portfolio of computing products

News from IDT (28 July 2006)

LED driver ICs save space and component count

Constant current driver ICs with less than 8mm2 board space and built-in temperature protection deliver in excess of 90% efficiency

News from Toshiba Electronics Europe (28 July 2006)

MEMS Microphone Markets Overcom initial inertia

 Technical Background Article  Developers of micro electro-mechanical system (MEMS) microphones are aggressively focusing on establishing themselves in the cell phone markets

News from Frost and Sullivan (28 July 2006)

SM 52-AR-60 programmable power supply

The new auto ranging SM 52-AR-60 programmable power supply is now available from Safety Power.

News from Safety Power Group (28 July 2006)

Wind River Debuts Multiprocessing Solutions

Wind River has demonstrated a complete end-to-end multicore solution optimised for the Freescale MPC8641D Dual Core Processor

News from Wind River Systems (28 July 2006)

Compact high-speed optocoupler

Avago Technologies introduces compact high-speed optocoupler for industrial and communication markets  Brochure Available 

News from Avago Technologies (28 July 2006)

Research project for "more electric" aircraft

TTTech has become a partner, with 13 leading companies of the European aerospace industry, in the Dress project for research into "more electric" aircraft as well as automatic airport navigation

News from TTTech Computertechnik (28 July 2006)

Microkim exclusive representative in the UK

Gigahertz Marketing Solutions has been appointed the exclusive representative in the UK and ROI for Microkim .

News from Gigahertz Marketing Solutions (28 July 2006)

New screens change perceptions of the machine

Schneider Electric believes that the perception of the quality and performance of any machine is most directly enhanced by its interface.

News from Schneider Electric (28 July 2006)

Microchip expands 20-pin PIC family

Microchip announces two new 20-pin PIC microcontrollers to further strengthen its 8-bit portfolio.

News from Microchip Technology (28 July 2006)

On-chip image recognition processing IP

 Technical Background Article  SoC enables next-generation in-vehicle information systems at lower cost

News from Renesas Technology Europe (28 July 2006)

Network stack part of ZigBee compliant platform

Jennic announces its wireless microcontroller and network stack is now part of a ZigBee compliant platform

News from Jennic (28 July 2006)

Lower conduction losses for higher efficiency

New synchronous rectification power MOSFETs enable lower conduction losses for higher efficiency and greater power density I

News from International Rectifier (28 July 2006)

Telegartner coaxial adaptors from Aerco

Aerco now supplies a range of 'in-series' and 'inter-series' adaptors from Telegartner

News from Aerco (28 July 2006)

Sasken joins forces with Botnia Hightech

Sasken Communication Technologies (India) joins forces with Botnia Hightech Oy (Finland) to become one of the leading global suppliers for wireless RandD Services

News from Sasken Communication Technologies (28 July 2006)

Improved C++ Support In SystemC Synthesis Tool

 Technical Background Article  Celoxica has enhanced C++ coding support in its Agility Compiler high level design tool

News from Celoxica (28 July 2006)

Tiny Rotary Switches for Digital Camera Mode Dials

With the SRBD series, ALPS Electric Europa now offers tiny rotary switches for digital camera mode dials

News from Alps Electric (UK) (28 July 2006)

Contact 2006 CD catalogue now available

The latest 2006 Phoenix contact catalogue is now available on CD.

News from Phoenix Contact (27 July 2006)

Linux drivers for CompactPCI cards

Strategic Test has announced the release of new Linux drivers for kernel 2.6 versions of RedHat, SuSe and Fedora distributions.

News from Strategic Test (27 July 2006)

Blackfin based hands-free car kit

Mistral Software has announced the availability of a highly versatile Bluetooth based hands-free car kit (HFCK) based on Analog Devices' Blackfin car telematics platform.

News from Mistral Software (27 July 2006)

Next generation FTTH networks

Vitesse semiconductor enables next generation FTTH networks with world's first GPON-compliant PMD chipset

News from Vitesse Semiconductor (27 July 2006)

Breakthrough capacity and performance benchmarks

Vitesse Semiconductor delivers breakthrough capacity and performance benchmarks with new high speed crosspoint switches

News from Vitesse Semiconductor (27 July 2006)

New generation of DAB modules

RadioScape has announced the first module in a new generation of lower power and lower cost DAB modules.

News from RadioScape (27 July 2006)

New wireless modules from RF digital

Symmetry electronics to distribute new wireless modules from RF digital

News from Symmetry Electronics (27 July 2006)

Troops provided with IED protection

 User Application Article  StacoSwitch supplies rugged sealed switches to companies providing American armed forces with classified equipment successfully used to prevent deadly attacks from improvised explosive devices (IEDs).

News from StacoSwitch (27 July 2006)