IRVINE, CA–(Marketwire – August 4, 2010) –  Bivar, a leading specialty provider of LED indicationproducts and solutions, today announced ORCAdapt™ a complete light pipe system. The new system arms design engineers with a host of options that make moving LED light in existing and emerging applications much easier. The new ORCAdapt solution consists of an ORCA adaptor with a built-in ORCA Super Flux LED and a flexible light pipe system available in 1mm or 2mm size options.

The ORCAdapt unites the well-known brightness and durability of the ORCA Super Flux LED with the optimized light transmission and customized routing of Bivar’s flexible light pipe systems. Bivar’s ORCAdapt is ideally suited for a wide variety of applications such as field instrumentation, heavy equipment, medical devices and transportation.

“The new ORCAdapt brings together a solution that features our ORCA Super Flux LEDs and our 1mm and new 2mm flexible light pipe system,” said Michael Finn, Bivar vice president of sales and marketing. “The ORCAdapt is our answer to customer demand for a complete, cost-effective light pipe system that offers a greater level of design freedom with brilliant light output and high performance.”

The new ORCAdapt light pipe system features Bivar’s ORCA series of Super Flux LEDs, which are an expansion of the company’s high power LEDs designed for use on standard printed circuit boards. ORCA Super Flux LEDs offer greater luminous intensity, higher power efficiency and additional lens configurations while maintaining an industry standard 7.6mm square package form factor. In addition, ORCAdapt supports Bivar’s 1mm and 2mm flexible light pipe systems. The 2mm plastic optical fiber light pipe system is Bivar’s newest addition to the light pipe family and is an ideal LED indication alternative to custom rigid light pipes. The optical fiber maximizes light transmission up to 98 percent, has no light leakage, and is covered with a tough, flexible RoHS compliant PVC alloy outer jacket that maximizes light transmission.

Additional features of the ORCAdapt Complete Light Pipe System:

• Available in lengths from 2.5″ to 238′;

• Works with single, bi-color and tri-color ORCA LEDs;

• Input driven color adjustment capabilities;

• Simple press fit lens mounting provides rapid installation while retention is vibration and shock resistant.

The new ORCAdapt is immediately available. For more information please visit www.bivar.com. For application assistance and samples, please contact Bivar Sales at sales@bivar.com.

About Bivar

Bivar is a leading specialty provider of LED indication products and solutions with a long-standing history of more than 40 years of innovation in the optoelectronics industry. With a global base of customers in 35 countries, Bivar’s products are designed to meet the increased demand for point-to-point indication and address a growing range of industrial markets and applications. Bivar’s focus is on moving and positioning light. An employee-owned company, Bivar’s corporate headquarters are located in Southern California, with manufacturing in California, China and Taiwan. 

Bivar’s Asia Pacific production and logistics centers offer scalable capacity, execution, control and movement of product around the world. Bivar is widely supported by a highly qualified network of authorized representatives and distributors. For more information, please visitwww.bivar.com.

MILPITAS, CA – August 4, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2655, a quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) family with internal reference and I2C interface. The LTC2655 DACs achieve 16-bit performance of +4LSB INL maximum over temperature, a factor of four better than the closest 16-bit quad competitor. The LTC2655 offers the lowest offset error +2mV (max) and lowest gain error 0.1% (max), a combination that ensures that the device retains accuracy near the supply rails and provides users with a wider effective output range. The LTC2655’s precision specifications make it ideal for multichannel, open loop and closed loop systems. Applications include mobile communication, instrumentation, process control and industrial automation, automated test equipment (ATE) and automotive systems.

The LTC2655’s integrated reference achieves 2ppm/°C typical and 10ppm/°C maximum temperature coefficient. It is offered in small 20-pin 4mm x 4mm QFN and 16-pin narrow SSOP packages, providing space savings in densely packed circuit boards. AC performance of 9.1us settling time for a half-scale step and <1nV•s crosstalk results in minimal disturbance between DAC channels. The LTC2655 operates from a single 2.7V to 5.5V supply and communicates via a 2-wire I2C compatible interface at up to 400kHz.

The LTC2655 offers a wide range of options to meet application-specific requirements. Designers can choose between 16- or 12-bit resolution and an internal 1.25V or 2.048V reference, which produce a full-scale output voltage of 2.5V or 4.096V. Alternatively, an external reference up to half the supply voltage can be used for rail-to-rail operation. The LTC2655 includes a hardware option to power up the DAC outputs at zero-scale or mid-scale, allowing more flexibility for designs that cannot be forced to ground when power is first applied. The device also includes a hardware load-DAC (LDAC) pin, three address pins for selecting 27 unique I2C addresses or 1 global address, and a REFLO pin.

LTC2655 16-bit and 12-bit DACs and demo boards are now available. Pricing begins at $5.04 each for the 12-bit options and $12.29 each for the 16-bit options in 1,000-piece quantities. For more information, visit www.linear.com/2655.

Summary of Features: LTC2655

• Integrated Reference 10ppm/°C Max
• Maximum INL Error: +4LSB at 16 Bits
• Guaranteed Monotonic over Temperature
• Selectable Internal or External Reference
• 2.7V to 5.5V Supply Range (LTC2655-L)
• Integrated Reference Buffers
• Ultralow Crosstalk Between DACs (<1nV•s)
• Power-On Reset to Zero-Scale/Mid-Scale
• Asynchronous DAC Update Pin
• Small 20-Lead 4mm x 4mm QFN & 16-Lead Narrow SSOP Packages

About Linear Technology

Linear Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance linear integrated circuits, was founded in 1981, became a public company in 1986 and joined the S&P 500 index of major public companies in 2000. Linear Technology products include high performance amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, monolithic filters, linear regulators, DC-DC converters, battery chargers, data converters, communications interface circuits, RF signal conditioning circuits, µModule® products, and many other analog functions. Applications for Linear Technology’s high performance circuits include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products such as optical switches, notebook and desktop computers, computer peripherals, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, security monitoring devices, high-end consumer products such as digital cameras and MP3 players, complex medical devices, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, and military and space systems.

MILPITAS, CA – August 4, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC2655, a quad voltage output 16- and 12-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) family with internal reference and I2C interface. The LTC2655 DACs achieve 16-bit performance of +4LSB INL maximum over temperature, a factor of four better than the closest 16-bit quad competitor. The LTC2655 offers the lowest offset error +2mV (max) and lowest gain error 0.1% (max), a combination that ensures that the device retains accuracy near the supply rails and provides users with a wider effective output range. The LTC2655’s precision specifications make it ideal for multichannel, open loop and closed loop systems. Applications include mobile communication, instrumentation, process control and industrial automation, automated test equipment (ATE) and automotive systems.

The LTC2655’s integrated reference achieves 2ppm/°C typical and 10ppm/°C maximum temperature coefficient. It is offered in small 20-pin 4mm x 4mm QFN and 16-pin narrow SSOP packages, providing space savings in densely packed circuit boards. AC performance of 9.1us settling time for a half-scale step and <1nV•s crosstalk results in minimal disturbance between DAC channels. The LTC2655 operates from a single 2.7V to 5.5V supply and communicates via a 2-wire I2C compatible interface at up to 400kHz.

The LTC2655 offers a wide range of options to meet application-specific requirements. Designers can choose between 16- or 12-bit resolution and an internal 1.25V or 2.048V reference, which produce a full-scale output voltage of 2.5V or 4.096V. Alternatively, an external reference up to half the supply voltage can be used for rail-to-rail operation. The LTC2655 includes a hardware option to power up the DAC outputs at zero-scale or mid-scale, allowing more flexibility for designs that cannot be forced to ground when power is first applied. The device also includes a hardware load-DAC (LDAC) pin, three address pins for selecting 27 unique I2C addresses or 1 global address, and a REFLO pin.

LTC2655 16-bit and 12-bit DACs and demo boards are now available. Pricing begins at $5.04 each for the 12-bit options and $12.29 each for the 16-bit options in 1,000-piece quantities. For more information, visit www.linear.com/2655.

Summary of Features: LTC2655

• Integrated Reference 10ppm/°C Max
• Maximum INL Error: +4LSB at 16 Bits
• Guaranteed Monotonic over Temperature
• Selectable Internal or External Reference
• 2.7V to 5.5V Supply Range (LTC2655-L)
• Integrated Reference Buffers
• Ultralow Crosstalk Between DACs (<1nV•s)
• Power-On Reset to Zero-Scale/Mid-Scale
• Asynchronous DAC Update Pin
• Small 20-Lead 4mm x 4mm QFN & 16-Lead Narrow SSOP Packages

About Linear Technology

Linear Technology Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance linear integrated circuits, was founded in 1981, became a public company in 1986 and joined the S&P 500 index of major public companies in 2000. Linear Technology products include high performance amplifiers, comparators, voltage references, monolithic filters, linear regulators, DC-DC converters, battery chargers, data converters, communications interface circuits, RF signal conditioning circuits, µModule® products, and many other analog functions. Applications for Linear Technology’s high performance circuits include telecommunications, cellular telephones, networking products such as optical switches, notebook and desktop computers, computer peripherals, video/multimedia, industrial instrumentation, security monitoring devices, high-end consumer products such as digital cameras and MP3 players, complex medical devices, automotive electronics, factory automation, process control, and military and space systems.