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News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date

Sunday 29 October
to Saturday 4 November 2006

DIN-rail enclosures snap to it

Bernic has a new series of ventilated enclosures for M36 DIN-rail mounting in two-, four-, six- and nine-module widths for power applications.

News from Bernic ( 3 November 2006)

Case study explains active harmonic conditioning

Case study details use of sinewave active harmonic conditioner units to eliminate the availability risk imposed on the UPS and generator set systems.  Brochure Available 

News from MGE UPS Systems ( 3 November 2006)

Don't forget the fundamentals of filtering

 Technical Background Article  The oft-neglected filter takes on renewed significance for system engineers designing RF and microwave products: an industry expert offers tips to avoid interference.

News from Anatech Electronics ( 3 November 2006)

Pioneering patent policy gets green light

VITA has received guidance from the US Department of Justice for new patent policy procedures aimed at significantly improving its standards-setting capabilities.

News from VITA ( 3 November 2006)

BiCMOS process has powerful intelligence

Submicron BiCMOS process technology specifically addresses increasing customer demand for control and intelligence in power management chips.

News from Zarlink Semiconductor ( 3 November 2006)

Development kit upgrades vision standards

Software provides iPort IP Engine users with immediate solution for GigE Vision and GenICam standards compliance, while maintaining full backwards compatibility with deployed iPort products.

News from Pleora Technologies ( 3 November 2006)

Embedded Ethernet switch plugs and plays

The PRV-1059 is a VLAN-enabled five-port PC/104 Ethernet switch designed and tested to MIL-STD-810F.

News from Parvus Corp ( 3 November 2006)

Acquisition boards speed to high resolution

The Spectrum M2i.46xx series of 16bit data acquisition boards features sample rates to 3Msample/s and up to eight input channels.

News from Dataquest Solutions ( 3 November 2006)

WiMAX testers aid design validation

Agilent Technologies' WiMAX-specific design validation and production solutions have been successfully delivered and accepted by several customers.

News from Agilent Technologies Europe ( 3 November 2006)

SAW filters are made for GPS receivers

Temex has a new RF SAW filter for GPS receivers ideally suited to marine navigation, automotive, and recreational applications.

News from Temex ( 3 November 2006)

Acquisition software adds interface customisation

The latest version of DAP Measurement Studio software includes a new custom window design capability.

News from Microstar Laboratories ( 3 November 2006)

PCI card develops gaming applications

The AR-B2002 is a PCIbus I/O control card designed for gaming machine applications requiring digital I/O for control functions.

News from Acrosser ( 3 November 2006)

Barebones system is home for EPIC SBCs

A modular-design barebones system can accommodate any of Evalue's EPIC single board computers to fulfil different system requirements.

News from Avalue Technology ( 3 November 2006)

Contactless smartcard chips slim to 75um

NXP Semiconductors is the first volume supplier of ultrathin smart card ICs that are finer than a human hair, or a sheet of paper.

News from NXP Semiconductors ( 3 November 2006)

ARM logs record dollar revenues

ARM Holdings has announced its unaudited financial results to 30th September 2006 with total sterling revenues up 15% and normalised EPS up 18% for the first nine months of 2006.

News from ARM ( 3 November 2006)

Eonic signs for multiprocessor SoC

Gaisler Research has signed a licence agreement for the use of the Leon3 multiprocessor with Eonic of the Netherlands.

News from Gaisler Research ( 3 November 2006)

Signal path to success in Munich

National Semiconductor Corp will showcase its latest high-performance analogue solutions for a variety of applications at Electronica 2006.

News from National Semiconductor ( 3 November 2006)

DIN-rail switchers satisfy low-power demands

Sunpower has a new slimline DIN-rail switching power supply, the MDR-20 Series, for the fast growing demand of low wattage DIN rail applications.

News from Sunpower (UK) ( 3 November 2006)

Touch sensor chips cover more keys

Touch sensor chips offer designers the opportunity to build robust, sealed and secure control panels for applications such as domestic appliances, kiosks, security panels and portable instruments.

News from Quantum Research Group ( 3 November 2006)

Fans have a bearing on life and noise

Fans feature novel bearing system that is far less expensive than ball bearings, provides longer life than sleeve bearings and is quieter than ball and sleeve combinations.

News from Aerco ( 3 November 2006)

Sourcing service speeds access to machine spares

GlobalStockroom is a machine parts sourcing service dedicated to semiconductor manufacturing.

News from National Microelectronics Institute ( 3 November 2006)

Frame grabbers cover major digital camera buses

National Instruments has expanded its digital camera support with the release of three new PCI Express-based frame grabbers.  Brochure Available 

News from National Instruments ( 3 November 2006)

Software spots critical SoC issues early

 User Application Article  Cray has adopted the SpyGlass platform for its next generation ASIC projects.

News from Atrenta ( 3 November 2006)

Enclosed switcher boast high power density

The RSP-1000 Series is a 1000W enclosed switching power supply with power factor correction (PFC) and parallel function for 1U low profile and high wattage applications.

News from Sunpower (UK) ( 3 November 2006)

10 Gigabit Ethernet tester goes local and wide

Compact 10 Gigabit Ethernet test solution provides performance assurance and quality of service testing in local and wide area networks.

News from Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering ( 3 November 2006)

Gigabit Ethernet switch expands to 24 ports

The GS24 is a fully rugged, fully managed stand-alone Gigabit Ethernet switch.

News from Radstone Embedded Computing ( 3 November 2006)

Conference connects technology with investors

Confidence is running at a four-year high among the young technology companies preparing for the 10th Connect Investment Conference, to be held in Edinburgh on 8th and 9th November 2006.

News from Connect Scotland ( 3 November 2006)

Dual inline switches cover a wide range

CIT Relay and Switch reckons it offers the broadest line of dual inline switches available in the industry.

News from CIT Relay and Switch ( 3 November 2006)

More options make small displays appealing

The always-popular 128 x 64 pixel display format is enjoying a revival with new technologies, colours and backlight variants.  Brochure Available 

News from Anders Electronics ( 3 November 2006)

Programme member adds storage IP for FPGAs

IntelliProp, a comprehensive intellectual property (IP) and verification solutions provider focused on the storage industry, has joined the ispLeverCore Connections programme.

News from Lattice Semiconductor UK ( 3 November 2006)

Connectors cover Scandinavia and the Baltic

Arrow has been appointed by Phoenix Contact to supply selected products in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic states.

News from Arrow Electronics (UK) ( 3 November 2006)

Supercapacitors star in photo flash survey

Study compares flash solutions for their ability to provide the light energy that camera phones of 2Mpixel or more need to take digital-still-camera-quality pictures in low light.

News from Cap-XX ( 3 November 2006)

Design summits spread into Asia

On the heels of its highly successful Global RapidIO Design Summit in Boston, the RapidIO Trade Association has completed five further immensely successful Summits in Japan and China.

News from RapidIO Trade Association ( 3 November 2006)

Small claims for flash LED driver

National Semiconductor has introduced the world's smallest fully integrated flash light-emitting diode (LED) driver.

News from National Semiconductor ( 3 November 2006)

Promotion for Kaing

Marie Kaing has been promoted to Chief Chemist at HumiSeal Europe.

News from HumiSeal Europe ( 3 November 2006)

LED lamps are made for outdoor signs

Oval shaped LED lamps have been specifically designed for use in full colour outdoor stadium scoreboards, electronic bill boards, variable display signs and traffic signals and signs.  Brochure Available 

News from Avago Technologies ( 3 November 2006)

System gets Hitachi ready for production

 User Application Article  Valor Computerised Systems has installed its Trilogy 5000 preproduction engineering solution and Valor Parts Library at Hitachi's manufacturing facility in Orleans, France.

News from Valor Computerized Systems ( 3 November 2006)

Mobile tester adds radio channel fading

Aeroflex has added a radio channel fading capability to its highly successful 6401 AIME 3G mobile protocol test system.

News from Aeroflex ( 3 November 2006)

IP providers join the programme

Six further companies have joined the Cadence OpenChoice IP Programme.

News from Cadence Design Systems ( 3 November 2006)

Alliance moves towards CPF standardisation

Cadence Design Systems and Silicon Integration Initiative (Si2) have aligned their efforts to produce a common industry standard for low-power design, implementation and verification.

News from Cadence Design Systems ( 3 November 2006)

Low-power radio transceiver knows where it's at

Nanotron Technologies has announced the first low-power radio with high-accuracy, long-range location-awareness capabilities.

News from Nanotron Technologies ( 3 November 2006)

One test tool does the lot for optical networks

New from Anritsu Instruments, the Access Master MT9083A Series is an all-in-one field measuring OTDR for construction and maintenance of optical networks.

News from Anritsu (UK) ( 3 November 2006)

Audio power amps deliver more output

ON Semiconductor has introduced two new audio power amplifiers capable of delivering higher output power than previous generations.

News from ON Semiconductor ( 3 November 2006)

Membrane switch assemblies made to measure

Miller Dial regularly conducts membrane switch projects that include custom design, PCBs, backplates, custom moulded boxes, precision colour matching and complete in-house circuit testing.

News from Miller Dial ( 3 November 2006)

Project to upgrade automotive accelerometers

A new research project aims to produce higher performance inertial sensors which could detect potential car accidents more accurately than any currently available.

News from University of Southampton ( 3 November 2006)

Evaluation module checks out TI DSP

The DSP-Weuffen C6727 EVM board is a low-cost development platform, which enables users to evaluate and develop applications for the TI C6727 DSP family.