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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Demonstrator speeds transponder development

The DE70321 is a complete AIS Class B (IEC 62287) technology demonstrator aimed at speeding manufacturers' design and development of Marine AIS Class B transponders and AIS receiver products CML Microcircuits has released a marine AIS (automatic identification system) Class-B demonstrator. The DE70321 is a complete AIS Class B (IEC 62287)...

Modbus family includes bus couplers

Three additions to the Inline Modular family, the Modbus TCP/UDP and Modbus RTU/ASCII bus couplers, as well as a backplane expansion module, broaden the company's offering compact I/O solutions. The 80-mm-wide Modbus TCP/UDP incorporates eight digital inputs, four digital outputs...

High-efficiency telco rectifier cuts power losses in half

Device, 96% efficient, helps carriers cut costs and be green An ac/dc power rectifier for telecommunications applications, the Flatpack2 HE module 48/2000 offers 96% typical power conversion efficiency, the highest in the industry. The unit cuts power loss in half and...

Phar Lap Embedded ToolSuite 14.0

Hitex UK has announced release 14.0 of the Phar Lap Embedded ToolSuite, the real-time operating system for embedded x86 systems. The latest version features updated support for the Microsoft Visual Studio product suite, as well as enhanced debugging capabilities. The Phar Lap Embedded ToolSuite is a Win32 API-based real-time operating system...

New Kind Of Transistor Radios Shows Capability Of Nanotube Technology

The nanotube radios, in which nanotube devices provide all of the active functionality in the devices, represent "important first steps toward the practical implementation of carbon-nanotube materials into high-speed analog electronics and other related applications," said John Rogers,...

Board-mountable sensor measures airflow, temperature

Can digitally control fans and alarms to protect mission-critical electronics Even though ambient temperature inside a product depends on the airflow, most electronic systems monitor only temperature because a board-mountable airflow sensor has not been available. Measuring...

Piezo actuators provide forces up to 30,000 N

Providing load capacities from 2,000 to 30,000 N and travel ranges from 15 to 180 µm, the PICA P-212, P-216, P-225, and P-235 stacked piezo actuators suit applications requiring extremely high forces and dynamics such as precision engineering, micromechanics, nanotechnology,...

Confusion Reigns Over TV Transition

Much of what consumers are learning about the looming shift to digital broadcasting is just plain wrong and could end up costing them money, according to a survey. Some people think they need to buy new equipment when they don't, according to a Consumers Union survey, and others say they don't plan on taking any steps to deal with the change...

Tektronix offers automotive test solution

Tektronix, Inc, a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, announced that both its DPO7000 Series Oscilloscope and TDP1000 High Voltage Differential Probes are being used by Denso Corporation to successfully analyze nanosecond transient noise spikes in its Electronic Control Units (ECUs) for engine control. ...

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ10 and DMC-LZ8 Cameras

Panasonic announced a new LZ-series of digital cameras today with the LZ-10 and LZ8. The DMC-LZ10 has a 30mm wide-angle lens and a 5x optical zoom. The DMC-LZ8 features a 32mm wide-angle lens. Both cameras have a 5x optical zoom and intelligent auto mode. Both of the cameras...

Actel announces MIL-STD 883 Class B qualified FPGA

Actel Corporation has announced that it has completed the stringent MIL-STD 883 Class B qualification of its four-million gate radiation-tolerant RTAX-S field-programmable gate array (FPGA). According to the company, the qualification of the RTAX4000S device, combined with its usable error-corrected on-board memory and large...

XP Energy convection-cooled power system provides up to 1440W

XP Energy Systems, an XP Group company, announces the CCR Series modular rack-mount power system which is designed to provide 240 to 1440W. Unusually for a power system of this size, CCR Series units are convection cooled and do not require fans or forced air for operation. This, coupled with the option of a conformally coated PCB,...

Tuesday, January 29, 2008

First Cell Phone that Reads to the Blind

www.knfbreader.com - National Federation of the Blind Chris Danielsen, 410-262-1281 (Cell) Public Relations Specialist cdanielsen@nfb.org or K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc. Sarah Reed, 877-547-1500, extension 243 Public Relations Coordinator sreed@knfbreader.com K-NFB Reading Technology, Inc., a company combining the research and development...

Linear uModule Receiver Subsystem Bridges Gap

Linear Technology introduces the LTM9001, the first in a series of System in a Package (SiP) signal chain receiver modules, leveraging Linear's breakthrough uModule packaging technology. This new family of integrated receiver subsystems is intended to bridge the expertise gap between the RF world and digital domain to provide ease of...

Maxim announces overvoltage-protection controllers

Maxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX4987AE/MAX4987BE overvoltage-protection (OVP) controllers with internal overcurrent protection. These devices integrate low-capacitance (3pF, typ) diodes to provide robust, ±15kV ESD protection (Human Body Model) for Hi-Speed USB and USB (full-speed or low-speed) D+/D- signals. The MAX4987AE/MAX4987BE...

Monday, January 28, 2008

Feeder controllers

Accurate control of Vibratory Linear Feeders and Bowl Feeders can be achieved with the R3 and R5 stabilised controllers from Enmin.Most electromagnetic Vibratory Feeders will benefit from the stabilised circuits allowing smooth progressive control of feeding or metering of material.The electronic circuit must be capable of handling voltage...

Infrared camera

The new ThermoVision A320-series infrared camera from FLIR Systems keeps an eye on your production process, safeguards production plants and assets and, measures temperature developments enabling operators to assess the situation.The devise operates like sophisticated visual cameras used in industrial applications, and has standard interfaces...

Sunday, January 27, 2008

Device Helps Provide Resettable Circuit Protection For Automotive Wire Harnesses

Tyco Electronics has announced the introduction of a new line of Raychem Circuit Protection PolySwitch devices for the automotive market. Useful in helping to provide resettable overcurrent protection for passenger vehicle and heavy truck wire harnesses, the PolySwitch bladed contact...

Thursday, January 24, 2008

Pacer plastic lasers offer increased power at low cost

New Multi EPI-cavity plastic packaged lasers from PerkinElmer double or triple the output power of a single cavity chip. DPGEW (double) and TPGEW (triple) are high performance 905nm pulsed lasers in low cost plastic encapsulated packages. The lasers employ PerkinElmer's novel multi-active area laser chips to deliver high output power in...

International Rectifier IRS26302D three-phase gate driver IC

International Rectifier has introduced the IRS26302D protected 600V three-phase gate driver IC with ground fault protection. The IC has a seventh gate drive channel for a power factor correction (PFC) switch or inverter brake, making it well-suited to medium power appliance motor control and many other general-purpose three-phase inverter...

USB power manager maximizes battery runtime, minimizes heat

PMIC integrates multiple functions in low-profile QFN package The LTC3556 multifunction power management IC for Li-ion/polymer battery applications integrates the company's switching PowerPath manager, a stand-alone battery charger, an ideal diode, an I2C control, a synchronous...

Bar supports laser systems

The VHB bar has a power output of 80W (up to four times the brightness of a typical 10mm bar) and measures only 3.2mm in width Laserline has selected Bookham's Very High Brightness (VHB) bar to support their high-brightness, direct-diode laser systems. Volker Krause, Managing Director and cofounder of Laserline said, 'Based on our experience...

Step-Down Converter Helps Backplane-based Equipment Designers Meet Environmental Standards

Advanced Analogic Technologies Inc. announced the AAT1160, a synchronous step-down DC/DC converter delivering up to 3A output from a 12V input. The device operates across a wide 4V to 13.2V input voltage range. It supplies a load current up to 3A with a fixed or adjustable output...

Pulse Radar Sensors with Self-Adjusting and Target Tracking Technology

Automation Products Group's PR Series Pulse Radar Level Sensors offer non-contact level measurement in challenging environmental conditions. Providing the process industry standard output of 4-20 mA, the sensors operate using a frequency burst at 6.3 GHz. Pulse Radar sensors provide...

Hittite Velocium Analog targets microwave radios

Hittite Microwave Corporation, the world class supplier of complete MMIC based solutions for communication & military markets, announces a new family of GaAs PIN diode based MMIC wideband analog Voltage Variable Attenuator (VVAs) chips that operate in the 17 to 86 GHz frequency band. These Hittite-Velocium VVA products are an ideal choice...

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

National Semiconductor LME49600 audio buffer

National Semiconductor claims its new audio buffer delivers the industry's lowest noise and harmonic distortion for professional audio applications. Part of National's high-fidelity LME audio amplifier family, the LME49600 produces the necessary output current to drive multiple low-impedance headphones and the voltage swing to drive several...

Maxim MAX8655 25A step-down regulator

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX8655, a 25A step-down regulator. According to the company it is the first switching, step-down regulator to incorporate discrete MOSFETs and to shrink regulator packaging into the TQFN footprint 8mm x 8mm x 0.8mm (height).The device provides output currents of up to 25A. A wide 4.5V to 25V input-voltage...

Monday, January 21, 2008

Contact Lenses With Circuits, Lights A Possible Platform For Superhuman Vision

The device to make this happen may be familiar. Engineers at the University of Washington have for the first time used manufacturing techniques at microscopic scales to combine a flexible, biologically safe contact lens with an imprinted electronic circuit and lights. "Looking through a completed lens, you would see what the display is generating...

Linear Technology LTC3220/-1 LED driver

Linear Technology has announced the LTC3220/-1, an inductorless, low noise, high efficiency LED driver for cell phone displays and other programmable lighting applications. The IC provides 18 individually configurable LED current sources for flexibility in programming multiple displays. The display currents are set via a precision internal...

Murata monolithic chip coil series of power inductors

Murata has announced a new monolithic chip coil series of power inductors, the LQM2HP series. It features a package size of 2.5 by 2.0 by 1.1mm (1008 size). These multilayer power inductors use Murata's proprietary ceramic materials and inner electrode design. According to the company, they enable board space savings of up to 44% without...

Friday, January 18, 2008

Maxim MAX5881 DAC optimised for synthesising RF signals

Maxim Integrated Products has introduced the MAX5881, what it describes as the industry's first 12-bit, 4.3Gsps DAC that can directly synthesize multichannel QAM signals in the 50MHz to 1000MHz cable downstream band. The device meets the requirements of DOCSIS 3.0 for up to four contiguous channels per RF port. In addition to enabling a...

Catalyst launches 8-channel LED driver for large video displays

Catalyst Semiconductor, a supplier of analog, mixed-signal and non-volatile memory semiconductors, has expanded its recently introduced family of large LED video display drivers with the new CAT4008, an 8-channel, constant-current sink LED driver for billboard, marquee, instrument and other large, general-purpose LED displays. ...

Linear switch mode power manager

Linear Technology announces the LTC3556, the latest in a family of smaller next-generation, multi-function power management solutions for Li-Ion/Polymer battery applications. The LTC3556 integrates a switching PowerPath manager, a stand-alone battery charger, an ideal diode, I2C control, a synchronous buck-boost regulator, two high...

Unipower wall-mount rectifier systems provide power levels up to 700W

Unipower Europe announces its RW Series of wall-mount rectifier systems designed as an alternative to rack mount units for powering a wide variety of telecoms equipment. They are highly efficient and offer users a range of output voltages and power levels. The rectifiers range in output power from 290 to 700W with nominal output voltages...

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Gas Sensor Is Tiny, Quick, Effective At Detecting Many Toxins

The researchers have taken the common techniques of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry and shrunk them to fit in a device the size of a computer mouse. Eventually, the team, led by MIT Professor Akintunde Ibitayo Akinwande, plans to build a detector about the size of a matchbox. "Everything we're doing has been done on a macro scale....

AnalogicTech power supply selector switch reduces system size

Designers of digital photo frames, mobile phones, set-top boxes and many other electronic devices typically resort to discrete switches when they need to support more than one power source. By combining two inputs with a low, 200mV dropout in a compact TSOPJW package, AnalogicTech's AAT4674 and AAT4674-1 offer high system integrity...

Varitronix presents new wide viewing TFT technology

Varitronix is launching the first in a new family of colour TFT displays, using HFFS technology to deliver exceptional image quality even when viewed at extreme angles. The first Varitronix HFFS TFT display to be released is a 3" WQVGA model (480 x 272 pixels) in 16:9 widescreen format. High aperture ratio Fringe Field Switching (HFFS) is...

Wednesday, January 16, 2008

Xilinx announces production availability of all Virtex-5 SXT devices

Xilinx, the world's leading provider of programmable solutions, today announced that all of its digital signal processing (DSP)-optimized Virtex-5 SXT devices are available in production. These devices are part of the Xilinx XtremeDSP portfolio of solutions that includes development kits, design software, IP, and reference designs. ...

Coherent economical UV laser for semiconductor inspection

The new Paladin Advanced 355-8000 from Coherent is a diode-pumped, solid-state laser that delivers 8W of quasi-CW output at 355 nm, while offering enhanced economy compared to previous lasers at this power level. Specifically, improved resonator efficiency has reduced the number of pump diodes from four to two, enabling the Paladin Advanced...

Linear dual 800mA & 400mA synchronous boost regulator with output disconnect

Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3527/-1 dual output 2.2MHz, current mode, synchronous boost DC/DC converters with integrated output disconnect. Their internal 800mA and 400mA switches can deliver output voltages as high as 5.25V from an input voltage of 0.70V (0.5V when running), up to 5V, making them ideal for Li-Ion/Polymer...

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