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Wikipedia founder demands UK block extradition of student wanted in US over file-sharing site
June 25, 2012 9:22 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsThe founder of Wikipedia has called on British officials to block the extradition of a 24-year-old British student wanted in the United States over alleged copyright offenses.
Spectrum analyser now caters for new WLAN bandwidths
June 25, 2012 7:08 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsRohde & Schwarz’ FSW signal and spectrum analyser is offering new options for analysing WLAN signals. The 20/40/80/160 MHz bandwidths defined in IEEE 802.11ac based on the proven orthogonal frequency division multiplying process are now supported. With the 256QAM modulation … Continue reading
Rugged, panel-mount trackballs are plug-and-play
June 25, 2012 7:07 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsITAC Systems has announced a range of 38mm and 50mm rugged, panel-mount trackballs. The products, which are designed for installation into OEM enclosures, are plug-and-play, requiring no software or drivers. They can be used with all common communications protocols including … Continue reading
Latest PAs and LNAs from Avago target femtocells
June 22, 2012 7:34 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsAvago has released several new wireless products targeted at macrocell and small cell base stations and portable GPS systems. Power amplifiers in the MGA-43×28 series provide final stage gain for Picocell and Enterprise Femtocell systems, offering 34 to 40 dB … Continue reading U...
New 10 gigabit interconnect meets harsh-environment specs
June 22, 2012 7:32 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsTT electronics has extended its rugged interconnect portfolio with new products offering data rates up to 10Gbit/s in harsh industrial and military environments. Developed in response to customer requests, the mil spec high speed RJ45 & USB connector systems incorporate … Continue reading
Insight: Look, no hands! Augmented reality gets a grip
June 21, 2012 3:27 pm | by Harro Ten Wolde and Tarmo Virki | News | CommentsOne day in March 2000, just days before the dot-com bubble began its journey back to earth, German engineer Thomas Alt first glimpsed the future of technology.
Logic IC couplers for industrial applications support 5Mbps data rates
June 21, 2012 12:10 pm | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsToshiba Electronics Europe has announced two new optocouplers that will support data rates up to 5Mbps while saving board space and reducing power consumption in industrial designs. Offering buffer logic and inverter logic configurations respectively, the TLP2355 and TLP2358 logic … Conti...
Raspberry Pi peripherals use optimised USB interface ICs
June 21, 2012 12:09 pm | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsFTDI has added to its range of connectivity offerings with two new products that address the rapidly growing popularity of the Raspberry Pi (RPi) computing platform. The TTL-232R-RPi is a USB-to-TTL Serial UART debug cabling solution that incorporates the company’s … Continue reading
JTAG module addresses analogue testing
June 20, 2012 12:34 pm | Product Releases | CommentsJTAG Technologies has introduced the JT 2149/DAF, a compact, mixed-signal (Digital/Analogue/Frequency) measurement module. The JT 2149/DAF is the first unit of its type to offer both digital and analogue test access to PCBs via JTAG Technologies’ widely-used QuadPod signal conditioning interface.
50 hydrogen filling stations for Germany: Federal Ministry of Transportation and industrial partners build nationwide network of filling stations
June 20, 2012 11:14 am | News | CommentsThe German Ministry of Transport, Building and Urban Development (BMVBS) and several industrial companies today signed a joint Letter of Intent to expand the network of hydrogen filling stations in Germany. By 2015, Germany will have a supply network of at least 50 public filling stations.
UK government report backs open access science publishing
June 20, 2012 8:57 am | by Chris Wickham, Reuters | News | CommentsThe shift toward open access to publicly funded scientific research should be supported with an extra 50 million to 60 million pounds a year in public money, according to a UK government-commissioned report.
LED power supplies offer lowest profile in IP67 package
June 20, 2012 5:42 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsExcelsys Technologies has introduced two new models into its Xled series of LED power supplies. The LDB 150 LED and LDB 200 power supplies provide 150 watts and 200 Watts of Constant Current/Constant Voltage power respectively in an IP67 rated, … Continue reading →
Extra-small bore contact added to Datamate hi-rel connector range
June 20, 2012 5:39 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsHarwin has added an extra-small bore crimp contact to its Datamate family of high reliability 2mm pitch connectors, designed for use in challenging applications. Adding to Datamate’s existing wire sizes of 22awg (large bore) and 24-28 awg small bore, the … Continue reading
RF power LDMOS transistors feature high-power density and ruggedness for pulsed applications
June 19, 2012 2:06 pm | Product Releases | CommentsAt the IEEE MTT-S International Microwave Symposium today, Infineon Technologies introduced a family of high power transistors for pulsed applications in commercial avionics, radar systems and other types of industrial amplifiers. Based on a new 50V LDMOS process technology, the new devices offer high power density, for compact and efficient system design, and industry leading specifications for ruggedness.
Apple supplier Imagination hit by competition fears
June 19, 2012 9:42 am | by Paul Sandle, Reuters | News | CommentsBooming sales of Apple's iPhones and iPads were not enough to ease concerns on Tuesday that British supplier Imagination Technologies is overly reliant on one customer as rival smartphone and tablet companies snap at the U.S. giant's heels.
Spotify jumps into free online radio with mobile offering; joins Pandora, Slacker, Songza
June 19, 2012 8:54 am | by Ryan Nakashima, Business Writer, The Associated Press | News | CommentsThe music-subscription company Spotify is joining Pandora, Slacker and Songza in offering a free radio service for mobile devices in the U.S.
HiWave’s 9mm exciters adopted in touch screen Recipe Reader
June 19, 2012 7:01 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsKey Ingredient has adopted HiWave’s 9mm exciters, part number HiHX09C005-8, for its touch screen Recipe Reader. Key Ingredient, which runs the social recipe sharing website www.keyingredient.com, created the Digital Recipe Reader as a more kitchen friendly and hygienic tablet that … Continue reading ...
Breakthrough in resistive-switching RRAM presented at VLSI
June 19, 2012 6:59 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsAt the VLSI Technology Symposium, imec presented significant improvements in performance and reliability of RRAM cells by process improvements and clever stack-engineering, and introduced a new modelling approach to increase fundamental understanding of RRAM process technology. RRAM is a promising … ...
Avnet Embedded to show off digital signage solutions at IN-STORE Show 2012
June 18, 2012 11:43 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsAvnet Embedded will be exhibiting simplified digital signage solutions for in-store applications at the upcoming IN-STORE Show in London, UK on 27th and 28th June. This year, at stand G125, Avnet Embedded will be concentrating on a simple platform that … Continue reading
Nujira pushes the envelope with ET Surface Explorer
June 18, 2012 11:42 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsNujira has launched Envelope Tracking (ET) Surface Explorer, a measurement and data visualisation tool for characterizing RF power amplifiers (PAs) in ET mode. ET Surface Explorer is a software upgrade to Nujira’s existing NCT-T9102 RF PA characterisation system. It accelerates … Continue reading
Vodafone gets go-ahead for $1.6 billion takeover of CWW
June 18, 2012 11:15 am | by Paul Sandle, Reuters | News | CommentsMobile phone group Vodafone's 1.04 billion-pound ($1.6 billion) agreed offer for Cable & Wireless Worldwide looked certain to succeed on Monday after the British fixed line network operator's biggest shareholder dropped its opposition.
Digital revolution bypassing UK education
June 18, 2012 11:10 am | by Eurekalert! | News | CommentsStudents need skills as digital collaborators and communicators in order to be successful, UK's Technology-Enhanced Learning Research Programme unsurprisingly concludes.
Exclusive: Online bank-theft software grows more sophisticated
June 18, 2012 9:17 am | by Joseph Menn, Reuters | News | CommentsTwo of the most pervasive and dangerous types of software for stealing money from bank accounts have been improved and can now transfer money out automatically, without a hacker's supervision, researchers said.
Dual LIN transceiver enables smaller modules in the car
June 15, 2012 11:55 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsNXP has announced availability of the TJA1022, a dual LIN 2.2 transceiver that provides an interface between a LIN master/slave protocol controller and the physical bus in a LIN network. It combines two LIN transceivers into a single package, offering … Continue reading →
Wireless pre-compliance testing moves from RF chamber onto the bench
June 15, 2012 11:54 am | by ECN Europe | News | CommentsRohde & Schwarz has added three new options for its compact R&S DST200 RF diagnostic chamber: the R&S DST-B160 automated 3D positioner, the R&S DST-B210 cross-polarised test antenna and the R&S DST-B270 communications antenna. The new options speed up pre-compliance … Co...
