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Serial Flash Chip Shows Sub-90 nm Device Compatibility
September 11, 2008 9:24 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsExhibiting an operating voltage range from 1.65 V to 1.95 V, Atmel’s AT25DF081 8 Mb Serial Flash chip operates in the same voltage range as sub-90 nm ASICs and processors/controllers, yielding a single supply voltage for all system components. The device stores program code and data in battery-powered portable consumer products including personal media players and smartphones while operating at 66 MHz. The component enables
Software Performs Motion Control Design
September 11, 2008 7:53 am | Product Releases | CommentsConfiguring motion architectures for testing, Performance Motion Devices’ Pro-Motion motion control set-up software delivers auto-tuning for current loop and position loop of servo motors. The program offers multiple and simultaneous connection capabilities to various controllers, a multi-drop over serial and CAN networks, and scope tracing of
Network Analyzers Include Multiport Test Set
September 11, 2008 5:16 am | Agilent Technologies | Product Releases | CommentsPerforming vector network analysis from 300 kHz to 20 GHz, Agilent Technologies’ E5071C ENA Series network analyzers use the E5092A multiport test set to evaluate the third harmonics of passive components in WLAN, WiMAX, UWB or
Performance Enhancement For Residential Light Fixtures
September 10, 2008 11:51 am | by by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Blogs | CommentsIn a recent beer commercial, a woman asks for a low-calorie beer, and the host proceeds to spill out half the bottle, and hand it to her. In similar fashion the EPA believes that, through the use of add-ons, one can improve the innate efficiency of legacy technologies. In reference to their new Energy Star “technical amendment,” the EPA’s Lightning Program Manager, Alex Baker, told me, “With this approach, the Program currently has nearly 12,000 qualified fixtures from more than 120 manufacturing Partners…even incandescent technologies (the latter only allowed when used with a motion sensor to minimize operating time)” (emphasis mine).
Daughter Cards Plug into Development Boards
September 10, 2008 11:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsEnabling broadcast video applications, National Semiconductor’s SDALTEVK and SDXILEVK daughter cards perform with Altera’s Cyclone III development board via HSMC and Xilinx’s Spartan-3A development board via Avnet’s
DC Servo Motors Exhibit Inertia Matching
September 10, 2008 9:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsComing in NEMA 23 and NEMA 34 frame sizes, AMETEK Technical & Industrial Products’ ID Series brush-commutated DC servo motors provide motor-to-load inertia matching for medium to high reflected load inertias. The IP42-constructed devices generate continuous torque from 0.212 Nm (1.880 lb/in.) to 1.590 Nm (14 lb/in.), rated
Phototriac Eliminates Need for Separate Power TRIAC
September 10, 2008 8:15 am | Product Releases | CommentsOutputting currents up to 1 A to drive resistive and inductive loads, Vishay Intertechnology’s VO3526 phototriac consists of a GaAs infrared LED optically coupled to a monolithic photosensitive non-zero-crossing TRIAC detector chip. The 16-pin DIP-packaged device provides isolation between DC and AC voltages on
SerDes Transceiver Offers 30 ps Jitter Performance
September 10, 2008 5:28 am | Product Releases | CommentsMeeting SMPTE 424M jitter specifications, National Semiconductor’s LMH4345 SerDes transceiver exhibits output alignment jitter performance of 30 ps and a minimum input jitter tolerance of 0.6 units interval (UI) in multi-channel broadcast video equipment. The 14 mm² 100-pin TQFP-packaged component includes 4 integrated
Optocouplers Demonstrate Fault Protection
September 9, 2008 10:50 am | Product Releases | CommentsExhibiting fault protection, Avago Technologies’ ACPL-333J and ACPL-330J Series IGBT optocouplers integrate Vce desaturation detection, under voltage lockout protection, soft shut down, isolated fault feedback and automatic fault reset. The SO-16-packaged devices offer Active Miller clamping to eliminate the need for a
Protocol Analyzer Targets USB 3.0 Standard
September 9, 2008 7:48 am | Product Releases | CommentsUsing PCI-Express platform circuitry, LeCroy’s Voyager protocol analyzer exerciser system tests devices, systems and software under the USB 3.0 (SuperSpeed USB) standard. The device provides simultaneous protocol
Demo Board Offers Capacitive Touch
September 9, 2008 5:50 am | Microchip Technology Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsNeeding no external components, Microchip Technology’s PICDEM Touch Sense 2 demo board (Part # DM164128) includes the mTouch Sensing Solution software development kit (SDK) for capacitive touch. The component comes with a 16-bit PIC24FJ256GB110 MCU that integrates a charge time measurement unit (CTMU) and
High-Stability Oscillator Can Replace Crystal Oscillators
September 8, 2008 11:00 am | Product Releases | CommentsSilicon Laboratories entered the consumer timing market with its 100 percent CMOS oscillator suited for consumer applications. By completely eliminating the quartz resonator that must be cut and tuned for each crystal oscillator (XO) frequency, the Si500 helps enable extremely short lead times. The ultra-low phase noise silicon oscillator
Connector Assembly Illuminates Target Cavities
September 8, 2008 9:26 am | Product Releases | CommentsOperating in aerospace applications, CAMI Research’s Light Director light-guided connector assembly uses light fibers driven by LED lamps to individually illuminate target cavities in the connector being assembled. Correct insertion is confirmed by the elimination of light from that location and incorrect insertion leaves the flashing
Waveform Generators Accelerate Sample Rates
September 8, 2008 7:29 am | Tektronix | Product Releases | CommentsExhibiting 9.6 GHz effective RF output and 10-bit resolution, Tektronix’s AWG7000B and AWG5000B Series arbitrary waveform generators (AWG) offer sample rates up to 24 GS/s in serial data buses and wideband
Interface Module Performs Analog Signal Conversion
September 8, 2008 5:32 am | Product Releases | CommentsUsing an analog signal transmitter achieving 0.1% of the full scale, TURCK’s IMS interface module exhibits analog signal conversion of current and voltage signals. The 6.2 mm wide device offer temperature signal-specific transferring
