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Designing for Magnetostrictive Linear Position Sensors
July 8, 2010 11:47 am | by Matt Hankinson, Technical Marketing Manager, MTS Sensors | Articles | CommentsToday’s high-performance equipment calls for innovative components designed specifically to meet their market demands. The developments in linear-position sensors have proven to be an effective means for increasing productivity, quality assurance, and profitability in many industrial applications.
Successive Detection Log Video Amps Are Offered in Die and Module Packaging
July 8, 2010 11:34 am | Product Releases | CommentsHittite Microwave has launched two successive detection log video amplifiers (SDLVA) that operate over the 0.6 to 20 GHz and 2 to 20 GHz frequency ranges respectively. Available in die format, the HMC913 features power limiter circuitry at its RF input and carries
Custom Quick-Turn Ultracapacitor Modules Target Military Applications
July 8, 2010 9:53 am | Product Releases | CommentsAnnounced today by Tecate Group is the quick-turnaround availability of custom ultracapacitor modules expressly engineered to accelerate the development of military ground-mobile, sea, and airborne products and systems.
Filters Enhance Performance for High Purity Chemicals
July 8, 2010 7:43 am | Product Releases | CommentsA family of highly efficient cartridge filters from W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc. (Gore) can dramatically improve product quality, increase production capacity and reduce the total cost of filtration for high-purity bulk chemicals used in semiconductor fabrication and other microelectronics manufacturing processes.
A demo of the TI MSP430 + CC2560 Bluetooth platform
July 8, 2010 7:22 am | by texasinstrumentsVlog | Videos | CommentsA demonstration of the MSP430 + CC2560 Bluetooth® platform. Demonstration done at a trade show using the EZ430 kit that comes with a target board, battery, as well as another target...
F-35 soars past cost overruns, controversy
July 8, 2010 6:35 am | by Jason Lomberg, Technical Editor | Blogs | CommentsDespite cost overruns, delays, and controversy, the F-35 program is surging forward. Recently, Lockheed Martin received a $522 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense towards development of the “Joint Strike Fighter.” One thing’s certain—for better or worse, we’re putting all our eggs in one basket.
TI Bluetooth Platform Demo
July 8, 2010 6:29 am | Videos | CommentsA demonstration of Texas Instruments' MSP430 + CC2560 Bluetooth platform.
Integrated LED Driver Improves System Efficiency
July 8, 2010 5:55 am | On Semiconductor | Product Releases | CommentsON Semiconductor announced an offline LED driver that integrates power factor correction (PFC) and isolated step-down AC-DC power conversion in a single stage.
Eval kit Enables Development and Debugging for IEEE 802.15.4-Compliant Wireless Apps
July 8, 2010 5:41 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsThe RZ600 evaluation kit from Atmel enables development, debugging and demonstration of IEEE 802.15.4 compliant wireless applications such as ZigBee and 6LoWPAN.
Multilayer Ferrite Chip Inductor Intended for Hand Held devices
July 7, 2010 12:09 pm | Product Releases | CommentsMag Layers USA, Inc. is proud to announce its GMPI series. The GMPI series is a perfect fit to the ever increasing demand to save power and reduced high frequency loss in most mobile electronic devices. This product comes in a variety of sizes ranges from 3.2 x 2.2 mm to 1.0 x 0.8 mm with a low profile (h = 0.3 – 1.2mm). Current ranges from 250mA to 6A.
SFP optical module controller enables low-cost optical video solutions
July 7, 2010 11:38 am | Product Releases | CommentsMaxim Integrated Products introduces the DS1877, an SFP video controller with a dual-receiver interface. This device controls and monitors all receiver functions for SFP and SFP+ optical modules and fully supports the SFF-8472 specification.
Evaluation tools allow for rapid IO-Link application development
July 7, 2010 11:24 am | Product Releases | CommentsZMD AG, a global supplier of analog and mixed-signal solutions for automotive, industrial, and medical applications, announced today the availability of two new evaluation tools which will allow customers to quickly and easily develop IO-Link master applications as well as device applications.
SuperSpeed USB Opens Opportunities
July 7, 2010 8:56 am | by by Dan Harmon, Texas Instruments | Blogs | CommentsThere has been a lot of coverage of SuperSpeed USB as its adoption is starting to ramp up, even with the lack of native support in the PC chipsets.
Antimicrobial surface treatment designed for keyboards
July 7, 2010 7:22 am | Product Releases | CommentsBiosafe Inc., has developed an antimicrobial surface treatment for the keyboards of Classmate netbook PCs used in an ambitious worldwide education program spearheaded by Intel Corp. BIOSAFE is an antimicrobial based on patented silane technology that provides durable protection against damaging microorganisms.
Scopes Deliver Advanced JTAG Debug Capabilities
July 7, 2010 6:01 am | by Joel Woodward, Agilent Technologies, Inc. | Articles | CommentsJTAG, also known as IEEE 1149.1, is one of the most successful electronic standards of all time. Invented over 20 years ago to uncover printed circuit board manufacturing, JTAG is now used in nearly 100% of printed circuit boards and has become a critical part of many integrated circuits.
High-Voltage Capacitors: Design and Testing
July 7, 2010 5:45 am | Articles | CommentsThere are many industries that depend on the proven design concepts that require high voltages to operate. Radar, X-ray machines, traveling wave tubes, down-hole logging, particle accelerators, aerospace ignition systems, partial discharge detection, power utilities and welding equipment are some examples.
Virtualization for Consolidation
July 7, 2010 5:37 am | by Mark Hermeling, Senior Product Manager for Multi-core and Virtualization, Wind River | Articles | CommentsMulti-core and embedded virtualization offer embedded device and equipment manufacturers the chance to consolidate and innovate. They can consolidate multiple individual processors into a single processor, whether single core or multi-core, and innovate by improving the capabilities of their devices beyond what was previously achievable.
Protective Vent Prevents Condensation in AntennAware Attitude Sensor
July 7, 2010 5:06 am | Product Releases | CommentsSunsight Instruments has joined with GORE Protective Vents to eliminate condensation in its AntennAware Attitude Sensor (AAS), a permanently mounted or fully integrated monitoring sensor to ensure the ongoing correct alignment of antennae.
Security manager provides nonimprinting memory and tamper detection
July 7, 2010 4:55 am | Product Releases | CommentsMaxim Integrated Products introduces the MAX36051 security manager. The device provides 128 bytes of nonimprinting memory to securely store sensitive data, while drawing very little battery power in standby mode (1.5microamps).
Optical connector solution cleans end-faces of in-adaptor ferrule
July 6, 2010 9:25 am | Product Releases | CommentsNTT-AT announces the immediate availability of the world-class NEOCLEAN-E cleaner, a pen style optical connector cleaner designed to clean the end-faces of in-adaptor ferrule. The NEOCLEAN-E is an ideal optical connector cleaner that simplifies the cleaning process...
Terminal and Wire Training Kit Reinforces Solder Skills
July 6, 2010 7:57 am | Product Releases | CommentsThe WTK-1 Kit includes everything needed to train and practice your wire soldering skills. This kit contains three different gauges of wire and five styles of terminals, representative of what is available in the marketplace.
32-bit MCU Lowers Power Consumption by up to 90 Percent
July 6, 2010 7:50 am | Atmel Corporation | Product Releases | CommentsLowering static power consumption by 90% and active power consumption by 45%, Atmel's next-generation 32-bit AVR UC3L microcontroller offers picoPower technology and embedded capacitive touch controller peripherals.
Ultra Low Noise Miniature Triaxial Accelerometers, 3363A Series
July 6, 2010 7:46 am | Product Releases | CommentsDytran Instruments, Inc. has just released a family of miniature triaxial accelerometers designed for modal analysis testing. The 3363A series are IEPE-type piezoelectric sensors and feature a robust, laser welded titanium design which includes ceramic sensing elements coupled to ultra low noise JFET electronics.
LEDs Illuminate Automotive Applications
July 6, 2010 7:31 am | Osram Opto Semiconductors | Product Releases | CommentsAvailable as a product platform with up to five LED chips, the Osram OSTAR Headlamp LED has an integrated shutter for horizontal light cutoff to reduce system complexity.
Highly Integrated Step-down dc-to-dc Synchronous Regulators Enable High-density Point-of-load Designs
July 6, 2010 7:13 am | Analog Devices, Inc. | Product Releases | CommentsAnalog Devices, Inc. (ADI), a global leader in high-performance semiconductors for signal-processing applications, today introduced the ADP2119 and ADP2120 dc-to-dc switching regulators, the latest in ADI’s portfolio of integrated power management switching regulators.
