News releases on Electronicstalk categorised by date

Sunday 6 April
to Saturday 12 April 2008

Ambient light sensors compensate for conditions

Sensors combine superior spectral response with temperature range stability and curves that match those of the human eye.

News from Advanced Power Components (APC) (11 April 2008)

External adapters have universal appeal

High-efficiency switch-mode designs comply with the One Watt Input Energy Star/Blue Angel requirement.

News from Ultimate Renaissance (11 April 2008)

Atom-based module has COM Express pinout

Ultra-low-power module based on the Intel Atom Z500 series processor enables equipment manufacturers to shrink devices and increase battery life.

News from RadiSys Corporation (11 April 2008)

Robot students taste reconfigurable design

All 1500 teams of high school students participating in this year's FIRST Robotics Competition have been given access to the Altium Designer unified electronics design tool.

News from Altium (11 April 2008)

Development kit secures contactless RFID

Kit is based on Atmel's secure CryptoRF chips, with 64bit embedded cryptographic engines, Atmel's AVR microcontroller and the Melexis MLX90121 reader IC.

News from Atmel Corporation (11 April 2008)

Communications appliances on the desk and rack

Competitively priced communications appliances that use Intel chipsets and support Celeron M and Pentium M processors up to 2GHz.

News from Portwell Technology (11 April 2008)

ESC survey to shape product development

All participants in Byte Paradigm's survey at ESC in San Jose will go into a draw to win an iPod Touch.  Brochure Available 

News from Byte Paradigm (11 April 2008)

Amplified module expands ZigBee range

Low-power amplifier maximises range while keeping power consumption to a minimum.

News from Texim Europe (11 April 2008)

FM receivers support embedded antennas

Latest wave of FM receiver ICs make it easier to add FM functionality to applications from low-cost handsets and MP3 players to stand-alone and USB FM receivers.

News from Silicon Laboratories (11 April 2008)

Laser diodes suit power-hungry applications

The laser modules produce an elliptical output beam of 3.5 x 2mm with a TTL modulation input which will accept signals from DC up to 1kHz and can be used to enable, inhibit or modulate the laser.  Brochure Available 

News from Photonic Products (11 April 2008)

Modules simulate high and low-current faults

The 40-193 and 40-194 modules provide a compact solution for simulating both high and low-current faults when testing control systems

News from Pickering Interfaces (11 April 2008)

Tester verifies USB compatibility fast

USBHost Tester provides developers with a powerful tool to quickly test embedded USB host stacks, delivering superior quality and compliance with USB-IF certification standards.

News from Jungo (11 April 2008)

ARM9 support eases debugging

The Crossware debugger understands the memory address translation process and can determine which physical memory is being used for different virtual addresses.

News from Crossware Products (11 April 2008)

Synchronous buck regulator extends battery life

The ISL8009A's highly efficient power conversion under light load conditions extends battery life in portable and handheld applications.

News from Intersil (11 April 2008)

New test added to simulation system

Simulation of Glonass and other GNSS signals provides an effective way of testing receivers, systems and application performance.

News from Spirent Communications (11 April 2008)

Thermal software simplifies design work

ThermPaq thermal characterisation and design is entirely wizard-driven, which makes it attractive for engineers who are not thermal specialists.  Brochure Available 

News from Flomerics (11 April 2008)

Rep deal provides easier route to China

Offers managed migration for companies looking to manufacture in China, together with extensive design engineering capabilities.

News from PIV Technology (11 April 2008)

Fanless x86 SBC design supports SATA

Geode LX 800 processor based SBC is a cost-effective and low-power design engineered to operate at less than 20W under full loading.  Brochure Available 

News from Adlink Technology (11 April 2008)

Serial ADCs support scalable sensor systems

Single- and dual-channel 12bit A/D convertors communicate via an SPI-compatible serial interface at output rates up to 500Ksample/s.  Brochure Available 

News from Linear Technology Corp (11 April 2008)

Laser wire stripper answers mil/aero demands

Novel rotary beam delivery system ensures a cleaner cut all around the circumference of the cable, as opposed to just along the top and the bottom as in previous machines.

News from Spectrum Technologies (11 April 2008)

Comms processors power professional disc system

 User Application Article  Sony uses Freescale's PowerQUICC II MPC8248 and PowerQUICC III MPC8548 devices to power its XDCAM HD422 Series products.

News from Freescale Semiconductor (11 April 2008)

Joint venture to focus on wireless comms

New company will have the scale to better meet customer needs in 2G, 2.5G, 3G, multimedia, connectivity and all future wireless technologies.

News from NXP Semiconductors (11 April 2008)

Desktop supplies provide 180W without fans

Ideal for today's high powered applications such as monitors, computers, networking equipment, test equipment, printers and more.

News from Protek Power North America (11 April 2008)

cPCI subrack system turns 6U boards sideways

PICMG 2.16 compliant 19in system has a hot-swap fan unit with four fans to provide lateral heat flow from left to right through the unit.

News from Schroff UK (11 April 2008)

Speed record claimed for 1394b controller

High-speed single-chip device provides FireWire interface for ExpressCards, PC addon cards and motherboards or docking stations.

News from Texas Instruments (April 2006-) (11 April 2008)

Optical switch keeps up with high-volume tasks

This MLX75303 is an integrated sensor IC, which means that the photodiode, transimpedance amplifier and the Schmitt Trigger voltage output stage are all included in the sensor chip.

News from Melexis (10 April 2008)

LEDs provide efficient street lighting

The cool white power LED will enable lighting application designers to achieve a greater output without sacrificing efficiency by using higher drive currents.  Brochure Available 

News from Avago Technologies (10 April 2008)

Protocol exerciser offers high-speed operation

IC Xpress supports standard IC protocol, multimaster operation, standard 100Kbps and fast 400Kbps speed modes and even a 3.5Mbit/s high-speed mode for point-to-point topologies.  Brochure Available 

News from Byte Paradigm (10 April 2008)

RF filters allow easy upgrades

SMA connectors provide a fast and simple means to easily change between modules as filter needs change.

News from NuWaves (10 April 2008)

Custom embedded computing suits user needs

Together with simulation software, Interbus can simulate the behaviour of networked automation systems and other systems structures in real-time.

News from Mazet (10 April 2008)

BIOS partnership speeds product development

Using Embedded BIOS with StrongFrame Technology, BIOS developers can produce working prototypes in days and finish deployments in weeks.

News from RadiSys Corporation (10 April 2008)