Product category: Analogue and Mixed Signal ICs
News Release from: Nu Horizons Electronics Corp | Subject: Anadigm FPAAs
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 4 April 2005
Global distribution for analogue arrays
Anadigm's full line of field programmable analogue arrays is now available via Nu Horizons Electronics Corp throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region
Anadigm and Nu Horizons Electronics Corp have entered a global distribution agreement under which Nu Horizons will distribute the full line of Anadigm's field programmable analogue arrays (FPAAs) throughout North and South America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region. The analogue equivalent of a field-programmable gate array (FPGA), Anadigm's FPAAs provides designers with an off-the-shelf programmable IC that can be used instead of discretes or ASICs to implement analogue signal processing functions quickly and cost-effectively.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 4 April 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Putting applications such as analogue filtering, sensor conditioning, and basic PID control under software control, FPAAs can be reconfigured during development, in the field, or on-the-fly, by an embedded microcontroller within the end system.
Using AnadigmDesigner EDA software tools, users can fully simulate an analogue design and immediately download it to the FPAA for testing and validation.
Anadigm's RangeMaster products make the process of defining and debugging the analogue front end of RFID readers much faster than traditional design techniques; and their SonicMaster products for audio applications answer the demand for real-time, reprogrammable signal processing.
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'FPAAs take the mystery out of analogue design while opening up a new range of capabilities for applications such as audio and RFID', said Dave Bowers, President of Nu Horizons Semiconductor Division.
'In distributing Anadigm's products, we are adding another dimension to our extensive experience in analogue and field-programmable technologies, and a new category of advanced solutions that will help our customers bring leadership products to market'.
'Nu Horizons has the experience, the focus, and the applications expertise that Anadigm is looking for as we expand our presence in the RFID and audio spaces', said Bill McLean, President and CEO at Anadigm.
'We look forward to building on the successful demand creation model, services and global customer reach that Nu Horizons provides'.
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