MEYREUIL, April 26th, 2012 – StarChip experts in designing, qualifying and industrializing Smart Card ICs today announced that it is currently sampling its SCF335H product, the new generation of SIM controllers designed to cover demands of USIM Java CardTM applications. The SCF335H is the first product of a new family that will fully encompass the …

Apriso will provide Alps with an enterprise solution for global manufacturing operations management across 17 plants TOKYO, JAPAN – March 14, 2012 – Apriso, a leading provider of manufacturing software solutions, today announced that Alps Electronic Co, Ltd., a global manufacturer of high-quality electronic components for mobile devices, home electronics, vehicles and industrial equipment, has …

A new FPGA Mezzanine Card for Software Defined Radio applications has been launched by 4DSP LLC.  The FMC645, based on the emerging FMC form factor and supported on Xilinx development kits, comprises a Texas Instrument TMS320C6455 digital signal processor (DSP), DRAM memory and peripherals.  In addition to SDR and legacy DSP, the FMC645 is ideal …

Dresden, Germany, 12th March 2012. Cortus, a technology leader in ultra low power, silicon efficient 32-bit processor IP, announces the release of two bridges for their processor product range. The first bridge is between the Cortus APS bus and AHB-Lite™ while the second bridge is between the APS bus and APB™. The Cortus family of …

Montreal, Canada ( your-story ) March 9, 2012 – Montreal, Canada – March 08, 2012 – Future Electronics, a global leading distributor of electronic components, announces immediate availability of the new 150 Watt Half-Brick DC/DC Power Converters from Wall Industries. Designed for use in railway systems and other harsh environments, the new DCHBW150 series of …

March 8th 2012 – Hoffmann + Krippner, global leader in the design and development of high-quality and innovative membrane input solutions, has announced a UK-wide partnership agreement with electromechanical specialist distributor Cyntech Components, UK. Representing the first UK distribution deal for the company, the agreement with Cyntech covers Hoffmann+Krippner’s flexx-IPC® industrial touch screen panel PC …

February 29th 2012 – USB solutions specialist Future Technology Devices International Limited FTDI has supplemented its portfolio of USB to serial interface products with the release of its new X-Chip series. Made up of devices in 13 different package options, X-Chip complements the company’s existing FT-R and FT-H offerings. The series supports a broad selection …

Zaragoza, Spain – February 27th, 2012 -Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor networks for Smart Cities solutions announces the launch of the new Wifi module for the Waspmote sensor platform. The new radio module adds an extra layer of intelligence to the nodes allowing them to send the collected data to any web server …

February 17th 2012 -Vincotech produces highly efficient power modules with various housings designed for a wide range of power and other applications. The offering extends beyond standard motor drive topologies such as CIB / PIM, PACK, and half-bridge modules to encompass products designed specifically for PFC, welding, solar, and UPS applications. This paper describes the …

Edison, N.J. February 2012 – Teseq Inc., a leading developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, has expanded its ITS 6006 immunity test system to include the new SW 6012 RF switch option. This low-cost, high performance switching unit doubles the number of available switches within the system, enabling …

February 7th 2012 – Altium, developer of next-generation electronics design software and services, has announced the full range of board-level IC component solutions from Furniture Technology Devices International (FTDI) is available for its electronics design software, Altium Designer, through the AltiumLive portal. Electronics designers using Altium Designer will now have direct access to new components …

Tampere, Finland; February 6th 2012 – VLSI Solution announces VS1005 SoC, a highly integrated all-in-one chip for audio processing applications. The VS1005 System-on-a-Chip contains an extensive set of peripheral interfaces. Included are controllers for Hi-speed USB host/slave, SD card, parallel NAND flash, SPI, Ethernet, S/PDIF, I2S master/slave and UART. VS1005 also contains 24-bit ADC’s and …

Zaragoza, Spain – February 1st, 2012 -Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor solutions for Smart Cities, announces its e-Learning platform. The new training and support capability provides a highly interactive service for system integrators who need to develop and deploy wireless sensor networks in a short timeframe. The platform enables Libelium to efficiently deliver …

January 19th 2012 – Efficiency is becoming increasingly important in power electronics. Many applications are driven by the initiatives for reduced energy consumption. The technology leaders are inverter applications in the solar market, but also uninterruptible power supplies have new targets for improved efficiency. Vincotech's latest article compares and contrasts two types of modules, one …

According to a new market research report, “Global Digital Signage, Dynamic Signage, Electronic Signage, Narrowcasting Market by Components (Hardware & Software)/Applications (Indoor, Retail, Transportation, Institutions)/ Displays (LED, Plasma, LCD, Projectors & LED Walls) & Geography (2011 – 2016)” published by MarketsandMarkets (www.marketsandmarkets.com), the total market is expected to reach $13.2 billion by 2016 at an …

Cocoa Beach, FL – January 2012 – Elma Electronic Inc., a leading supplier of embedded products and systems solutions built on open standards-based platforms like VME, VPX, CompactPCI and ATCA, now offers the 3U VPX Mini ATR in a rugged OpenVPX platform designed for use in harsh environments where SWaP is critical. Measuring only 133 …

AMBLER, Pa. January 2012 – MEN Micro Inc., a world-renowned provider of embedded computing and I/O solutions for mission-critical industrial, mobile and harsh environment applications, now offers a PowerPC-based rugged computer-on-module (COM) that offers speeds up to 1.5 GHz via multi-core processing.  Equipped with a Freescale QorIQ processor, the new XM51 is an extension on …

Fort Myers, Fla. January 9, 2012 – Fox Electronics, a leading global supplier of frequency control solutions, recently released a new TCXO in a compact 2.5 mm x 2.0 mm x 1.0 mm package making them ideal for GPS applications.   The new FOX922-GP Series oscillators are available in six supply voltage options ranging from …

December 21st 2011 – USB solutions specialist Future Technology Devices International Limited (FTDI) has introduced additional elements to its family of precompiled, bridging ROM files that support its Vinculum-II (VNC2) USB host/device controller ICs. These files can be loaded directly into a VNC2 IC and utilised by its 16-bit microcontroller core in order to perform …

Edison, N.J. December 2011 – Teseq Inc., a leading developer and provider of instrumentation and systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, now offers a high-performance digital EMC/EMI receiver module that extends the frequency range of the PMM 9010 receiver system from 6 GHz to 18 GHz.  Ideal for use in commercial test labs and …

MEYREUIL, Nov 10th, 2011- StarChip®, a semiconductor company designing and qualifying products for mass production to enable its customers to purchase directly finished products from qualified foundries, today announced the successful ramp up of its SCF320G/SCF384G SIM controllers to high volume production for customers. Unveiled late in 2010, The SCF320G/384G SIM controllers have been designed …

October 28th 2011 – The ubiquitous Intelligent Power Module, aka IPM, has been a mainstay in motor speed control designs. And with good reason: Such designs are relatively easy and cheap to implement. With onboard gate drivers, protection, and a six pack IGBT array integrated, it takes very little engineering effort to quickly come up …

September 30th 2011 – In a world where energy efficiency is king, engineers, managers and purchasing departments alike need to examine carefully the route their company takes in the development of new products. It is no longer just a case of going back to the usual component suppliers. Total optimization is now absolutely key and …

FREMONT, Calif., September 2011 – Elma Electronic Inc., a leading supplier of embedded products and systems solutions built on open standards-based platforms like VME, VPX, CompactPCI and ATCA, now offers the 9289 XMCStor, a mezzanine storage solution designed for high speed data access and system boot operations.   Developed to address rugged storage applications, the …

July 21st 2011 – Most of the current high power semiconductors are optimized for switching frequencies between 4 and 8 kHz. Today, however, more and more applications require frequencies of 10 kHz and higher. New power modules specifically designed for higher frequencies can now fill that gap. For a powerful, reliable and cost effective motor …

Water damages pretty much everything, from books to bicycles. There are plenty of ways to protect your valuables from that friendly element, however, especially when you’re sending them across the country. A moisture barrier bag is one of the best. It not only prevents water from harming your products, it prevents damage from electrostatic discharge …

June 30th 2011 – The increasing request for motor drives with higher power levels is also driving the demand for power modules providing higher currents. The conventional approach to fulfil this requirement is to look for dedicated high current power modules. This article describes the alternative approach of paralleling IGBTs and diodes within one power …

4DSP LLC announced today that it has licensed a signal processing technology from NASA that overcomes the inherent limitation found when deploying a certain type of fiber optic sensing systems. The emergence of fiber optics sensors in recent years has seen a number of applications embrace this novel way of characterizing the environment in harsh …

PimpYaiPhone.com, which has grown to become a busy website, has just been sold off by HarmonizeMedia at Flippa. This website, which publishes the latest iPhone reviews, articles, iPhone news now has a new owner. It was sold off quickly, almost as soon as the domain was put up on auction. There was a lot of …

May 27th 2011 – Power electronics for application embedded motor drives need to be compact and to have good thermal characteristics. Different IPM (intelligent power module) concepts are competing with different sets of features to be the best solution. Higher integration and more complex subsystems are some of the current mega trends in power electronics. …