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ELECTRONICSTALK
The Independent Weekly Product Information Guide
for Electronics Design, Development and Manufacturing Engineers
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ISSN 1475-2913 - Free subscription
Published every Tuesday from the UK.
Issue 107: 1 April 2003
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10194 product announcements and technical articles
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In this issue:
* Editor's Message
* Our Top Ten new Products Selection
[1] Trench process slashes MOSFET on resistance
[2] Analogue array aims for multichannel processing
[3] MCUs take to temperature extremes aloft
[4] Increased re-use speeds testbench automation
[5] Suite integrates smartphone development
[6] High-channel-count DACs suit optical conversion
[7] Budget pricing for scalable in-circuit tester
[8] SBC enclosure provides instant system solution
[9] Mounting kits damp out disc drive noise
[10] Longer operating life for LEP displays
* New Technical Articles and Case Studies
* ...And take a look at these stories too...
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Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
Today's story of a new microcontroller from Motorola specified for extreme temperature operation in avionics applications put me in mind of a conversation I had some years ago with a military semiconductor specialist.
The conversation occurred during the last Gulf War, and it was then that I found out what the difference was between low-cost commercial-grade devices and their proverbial arm-and-a-leg costing military equivalents.
At the time I admitted to being surprised that there was no substantial difference in the basic devices: it was purely that they had been tested to rigorous specifications and packaged accordingly. The fact that the commercial grade equivalent would almost certainly meet the same specs if push came to shove. (But that's hardly what you'd want of a mission-critical component!)
So it is with the MPC555 and MPC566 microcontrollers. Motorola has managed to push the lower end of the temperature envelope down from -40 to -55C - thereby avoiding the need to employ an outside test house to qualify the parts for lower temperature operation at high altitude.
With such a high electronics content in the current generations of smart munitions, it must be tempting to specify lower-cost components on the grounds that they only have to work once. However, such are the consequences of malfunction, military- and aerospace-grade devices will still carry a cost premium.
I hope you find this issue of our weekly newsletter useful. In addition to the new products, news and ideas featured here, there are hundreds more on our website and dozens more being added daily, so do take a look if you can.
Alternatively, the full stories behind all the summaries and headlines in this newsletter can be retrieved by email alone: see details below.
In the meantime, if you have any suggestions as to how we might make the site or the newsletter better, email me directly.
Best wishes
Laurence Marchini, Editor
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THIS WEEK'S INDUSTRY NEWS
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JUDGE RULES ON PATENT INFRINGEMENT
A jury has found in favour of Microtune in its patent infringement dispute against Broadcom Corp.
Microtune, 26 March 2003
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CHRONTEL ACQUIRES WIRELESS INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES
Chrontel has acquired Wireless Interface Technologies in a stock transaction.
Chrontel, 27 March 2003
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PROPERTY DEAL GIVES DYNEX WORKING CAPITAL
Dynex Power has completed a sale and 25-year leaseback transaction of its Doddington Road property in Lincoln, England with the investment arm of the Lincoln Co-operative Society (LCE).
Dynex Semiconductor, 28 March 2003
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SILICON NANOCRYSTALS POINT TO FLASH REPLACEMENT
Motorola has demonstrated the world's first 4Mbit memory device based on silicon nanocrystals.
Motorola SPS, 1 April 2003
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RECORD YEAR FOR PSU MAKER
Power supply specialist Celab reports that investment in previous years has resulted in another record year in 2002, with turnover increasing by 18% over 2001.
Celab, 1 April 2003
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OUR TOP TEN NEW PRODUCTS SELECTION
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1. Trench process slashes MOSFET on resistance
ON Semiconductor has developed a novel trench process technology that it claims on average delivers a 40% improvement in on-resistance when compared with other trench processes on the market today. Before the end of the year, the company plans to introduce a complete portfolio of P-channel and N-channel MOSFETs that are based on this innovative trench technology. Focus applications of the initial devices - to be launched this quarter - will be load management, circuit charging, battery protection and DC/DC conversion in portable and wireless products.
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2. Analogue array aims for multichannel processing
The latest addition to the Anadigmvortex dynamically reconfigurable field-programmable analogue array (FPAA) family features a versatile I/O cell design. Designers will use the new AN221E04 FPAA to implement signal conditioning, filtering, data acquisition, closed-loop control, and other analogue applications in a wide range of industrial, automotive, medical, communications, automatic test equipment, and instrumentation systems.
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3. MCUs take to temperature extremes aloft
Motorola has released the industry's first 32bit microcontrollers specified to operate over temperature ranges from -55 to +125C. The latest versions of the 32bit MPC500 family of PowerPC microcontrollers meet a growing need for high-performance MCUs designed to tolerate the harsh environmental conditions of avionics and aerospace applications. The award-winning MPC555 and the MPC566 are designed to beat the previous temperature range of -40 to +125C.
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4. Increased re-use speeds testbench automation
Available now from Verisity is version 4.1 of the Specman Elite testbench automation solution. The latest release of the company's flagship product includes e Reuse Methodology (eRMT) features that increase the power of eRM compliant eVerification Components (eVCs) to generate and synchronise complex multi-transaction scenarios, including sequences, new visualisation and consistent message reporting. In addition, Specman Elite v4.1 contains significantly enhanced performance features that provide significant improvements in test generation and cosimulation performance.
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5. Suite integrates smartphone development
The CodeWarrior Development Studio for Symbian OS v2, OEM Edition is the industry's first integrated hardware development suite for the Symbian operating system. The OEM Edition reduces the development time needed to create and rollout new smartphones to market. It offers advanced hardware developers the ability to perform stop-mode kernel-level debugging of Symbian OS v7 using JTAG hardware. The suite also offers developers the ability to debug Symbian application framework code residing in ROM, equipping developers with a comprehensive range of tools to develop Symbian applications for UIQ and Series60-based phones.
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6. High-channel-count DACs suit optical conversion
Ideal for optical networking systems, Analog Devices' new family of high-density DACs features the industry's first 40-channel, 14bit resolution, voltage-output DAC operating from a single 5V power supply - the AD5380. A 32-channel version is available as well - the AD5382. The DACs' high-channel count facilitates control of large numbers of wavelengths in small spaces, which is of great benefit to optical DWDM systems.
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7. Budget pricing for scalable in-circuit tester
The TestStation LH in-circuit tester is a lower-cost small-footprint feature-scalable version of Teradyne's award-winning TestStation 12X product family. The TestStation LH features the voltage accuracy and backdrive current measurement embedded in Teradyne's SafeTest protection technology to provide accurate, reliable, and safe powered-up testing of today's new low-voltage technologies, ensuring product quality and reducing overall product costs. Its scalable feature set allows customers to get superior TestStation technology at a significantly reduced price.
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8. SBC enclosure provides instant system solution
Arcom has introduced a rugged industrial compact enclosure for its high performance Intel Socket 370 Olympus single board computer. The Olympus ICE enclosure serves as an instant system solution for installations in wide operating temperature environments. The product has been independently tested and is fully approved for CE/FCC EMC compliance and has been safety tested to EN60950.
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9. Mounting kits damp out disc drive noise
Equipment designers or assembly houses that want to quieten noisy disc drives can now buy a high performance isolation mount and one piece fixing bolt solution. Gel-Mec UK has added a new low-cost disc-drive mounting kit to its antivibration range. The kit contains four soft, highly damped mounts or grommets specially designed to reduce noise and absorb shock. A mounting bolt with a built-in washer is also supplied for easy fixing, also removing the need for several pieces of hardware.
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10. Longer operating life for LEP displays
Cambridge Display Technology has dramatically improved the life performance of display devices based on light emitting polymer (LEP) technology, achieving over 11kh of operation for its blue polymer research devices. Over the past 12 months, CDT has more than tripled the lifetime of its blue research devices. This advancement is a significant improvement and major step towards the commercial exploitation of LEP technology in several full colour active matrix applications such as Internet access devices, computer applications and consumer electronic products.
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New Technical Articles and Case Studies
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CHIPSET ENABLES FRUGAL GPS MODULE
(Xemics, 1 April 2003)
Racewood Technology Company has developed the world's lowest power GPS receiver.
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INDUSTRIAL POWER ROBOT GRABS COOL AWARD
(Wind River Systems, 1 April 2003)
Wind River Systems has given ABB Robotics a "cool customer design" award for the IRB 6600 industrial robot, the newest addition to the ABB Power Robot generation.
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SATELLITE ANTENNAS PROVIDE LINK WITH WAR ZONE
(ERA Technology, 26 March 2003)
Three of ERA's advanced design satellite antennas are now in Kuwait and providing news coverage links for CBS News and another major US network news organisation.
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HEADSET SAILS THROUGH SAR TESTING
(Radio Frequency Investigation, 1 April 2003)
RFI has completed its first SAR (specific absorption rate) testing for the Logitech mobile cordless headset, which is now being launched in Europe.
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RECORD HIGH TRANSCONDUCTANCE FOR POWER TRANSISTORS
(Oki Electric, 27 March 2003)
Oki Electric is working on a power transistor with dramatically improved amplification characteristics for wireless communications applications.
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TWO NEW APPROACHES TO ANALOGUE SYNTHESIS
(Anadigm, 28 March 2003)
Systems design combining SoCs with customer-assembled embedded systems has long been a challenge, says Ian Macbeth, CTO and Vice President Engineering at Anadigm.
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IGBTs AIM FOR HIGH-FREQUENCY SWITCHERS
(International Rectifier, 26 March 2003)
The new Warp2 600V 50, 35 and 20A non-punch-through IGBTs feature improved turn-off characteristics for high-current high-frequency switch-mode power supply circuits.
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RAPIDIO INTERFACES HIT THE GROUND RUNNING
(Tundra Semiconductor, 26 March 2003)
The Tsi400 RapidIO to PCI-X bus bridge and the Tsi500 RapidIO multiport switch are the first commercially available RapidIO system interconnect products.
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LDOS TAKE VOLTAGE DETECTORS ONBOARD
(Torex Semiconductor, 27 March 2003)
Torex Semiconductor has a new range of power management solutions each comprising an LDO voltage regulator and voltage detector in one compact single-chip package.
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RTOS TO SUPPORT EMBEDDED MICROCONTROLLERS
(Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe, 28 March 2003)
Fujitsu Microelectronics Europe has collaborated with embedded software manufacturer Segger Microcontroller Systeme on the release of the embOS RTOS for its FR and 16LX series microcontrollers.
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PFC CONTROLLERS REDUCE NEED FOR OVERDESIGN
(ON Semiconductor, 28 March 2003)
The NCP1650 is a novel power-factor correction controller that can provide active PFC for power systems up to 3kW in a wide variety of industrial applications.
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CONTROLLERS BOOST NOTEBOOK LIFE TO FIVE HOURS
(Intersil, 31 March 2003)
The Endura ISL6216 and ISL6217 multiphase PWM controllers are the first to provide high efficiency precision core power regulation to extend battery life for notebook PCs based on the Intel Pentium M.
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SWITCHES TAKE VOLTAGE TRANSLATION ONBOARD
(Analog Devices, 1 April 2003)
The first digital switching products from Analog Devices provide wide-range voltage level translation capabilities, eliminating the need for external circuitry in 1.8 to 3.3V translations.
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FRONT ENDS BOOST HI-RES MONITOR PERFORMANCE
(Xicor, 1 April 2003)
Two new high-speed analogue front ends offer new levels of high resolution video performance for UXGA monitor applications.
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GAIN LOSS DEFEATED BY WIDEBAND AMPS
(Zetex, 1 April 2003)
To help counteract system losses at higher frequencies, ZAMP wideband amplifiers provide a frequency response that continuously rises across a bandwidth extending from 800MHz to 2.5GHz.
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BUDGET PRICING FOR MICROWAVE VCO
(Temex, 1 April 2003)
The VLB-series cuts the cost of VCOs for high-performance microwave communication systems, covering the frequency range from 70MHz to 3.5GHz.
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VERIFICATION TOOLS GAIN SPEED AND CAPACITY
(Nassda Corp, 27 March 2003)
Nassda Corp has released version 3.0 of its HSIM, Lexsim and Critic products.
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DATABASE HOLDS KEY TO THERMAL VERIFICATION
(Flomerics, 27 March 2003)
A new free web-based database has been created to radically speed up the design veerification process for thermal design engineers.
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DSP-BASED ALGORITHM CUTS DTMF CPU OVERHEAD
(Adaptive Digital Technologies, 28 March 2003)
Adaptive Digital Technologies has ported its carrier-class DTMF (dual-tone multifrequency) tone detector algorithm to the Texas Instruments' TMS320C6000 DSP family.
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BROADBAND IP LIBRARY GAINS WIRELESS FUNCTIONS
(Commsonic, 28 March 2003)
Commsonic has added a multimode multirate QAM modem and IEEE802.16 channel codec to its family of broadband communications IP.
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PROGRAMMING CENTRE PROMISES 3-DAY TURNAROUND
(Arrow Electronics (UK), 31 March 2003)
In line with its strategy to deliver consistent local support to a global customer base, Arrow Electronics has opened a multi-million-dollar ISO9000-compliant European programming facility.
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TRANSFORM SIMPLIFIES SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIO
(RF Engines, 1 April 2003)
This week at the International Signal Processing Conference RF Engines will formally release its Tuneable Pipelined Frequency Transform.
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DIMPLES BOOST SHIELDING PERFORMANCE
(TBA Electro Conductive Products, 26 March 2003)
DiamondBack EMI/RFI shielding strips provide up to 20dB improvement in attenuation at high frequencies compared with standard products.
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TEST CABLE STAYS STABLE WITH TEMPERATURE
(MegaPhase, 26 March 2003)
The new and improved MegaPhase SuperFlex 26.5GHz test temperature stable cable is phase and amplitude stable with unparalleled temperature stability of better than 7ppm/C from -40 to +125C.
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CONNECTORS DRIVE FOR DISC MINIATURISATION
(Fujikura DDK (Europe), 27 March 2003)
Fijikura DDK manufactures a wide range of connector solutions for hard disc drives, including the latest 1.8in devices.
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FUNNEL ENTRY AIDS BLIND MATING
(Molex UK, 1 April 2003)
Molex has added to its range of Micro-Fit 3.0 BMI connectors.
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AUTOMOTIVE SECTOR DOMINATES SUPERCAPACITOR MARKET
(Frost and Sullivan, 26 March 2003)
An excited buzz is surrounding supercapacitors that offer storage capability millions of times greater than that of traditional capacitors.
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SPEEDY ROUTE TO MULTIFORMAT OPTICAL MICE
(Agilent Technologies, 26 March 2003)
A new combination USB-PS/2 reference design promises lower-cost entry-level optical mouse products and other PC pointing devices.
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TOP POWER FOR NOVEL OPTICAL ANTENNA DESIGN
(Optical Antenna Solutions, 28 March 2003)
Exhaustive tests by scientists at Warwick University have confirmed that a revolutionary optical antenna developed on site is three times more powerful than any similar technology in the world today.
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PC/104 FORMAT BOARD EMBEDS FINGERPRINT SENSOR
(Parvus Corp, 27 March 2003)
The Biothenticator is a PC/104 biometric fingerprint sensor board for integration into embedded systems applications requiring user authentication.
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DUAL CARRIER ALLOWS EASY MIXING OF I/O AND CPUS
(SBS Technologies, 27 March 2003)
The Blade Runner 500 is a dual PMC PICMG 2.16 compliant carrier board for 6U CompactPCI systems.
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COMPACTPCI CARD MASTERS ROLE AS DSO
(TTi (Thurlby Thandar Instruments), 28 March 2003)
The GaGe CompuScope 14100C is a 6U form factor CompactPCI digitiser card that can sample analogue signals at speeds of up to 100Msample/s with 14bit resolution and store the data in onboard memory.
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HANDHELD DETECTOR IDENTIFIES LIVE FIBRES
(EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, 28 March 2003)
The LFD-203 is a live fibre detector for ribbon fibre applications in the field.
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Engineering vacancies on the internet
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Engineers Online: http://www.engineers-online.co.uk/
GoJobsite: http://www.gojobsite.co.uk/
Jimfinder.com: http://www.jimfinder.com/
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