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Energy Micro Keeps Its Cool

What’s more important to you: price or power consumption? With a new series of cheap, low-power microcontrollers from Energy Micro, you may not have to choose.

This low-profile Norwegian company has been making and selling 32-bit ARM-based chips for more than a year, and the parts are remarkable both for their low price (under $2) and low power consumption (measured in nano-amps in some cases). Remarkably, the company has 22 different products on the shelf, an impressive achievement for such a young company.

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Faster than Reality

It better be fast.

Whatever it is, whatever it does, it’s all good as long as it’s fast.

We live for speed in our supercharged world. After all, we’ve gone from a society that used to survive on one breadwinner per family to a society with two breadwinners as the norm to the point where some people have to have multiple jobs just so they don’t fall behind. (Well, in the US, anyway.) So we’ … Read More → "Faster than Reality"

Drigmorn4 Low Power, High Performance, FPGA Embedded Processing Platform

The Drigmorn4 is based around at Xilinx™ Spartan™-6 FPGA family. Utilising the low power features of this FPGA family the Drigmorn4 board is capable of offering an embedded processing solution than can operate from as little as a 5V 1W power supply. Drigmorn4 will also be offered with a battery pack option allowing remote location operation on either batteries alone or in conjunction with a small solar panel, wind or ultra-micro hydro generator. The battery pack also doubles up as a simple UPS feature for systems where it is critical … Read More → "Drigmorn4 Low Power, High Performance, FPGA Embedded Processing Platform"

Drigmorn4 Low Power, High Performance, FPGA Embedded Processing Platform

The Drigmorn4 is based around at Xilinx™ Spartan™-6 FPGA family. Utilising the low power features of this FPGA family the Drigmorn4 board is capable of offering an embedded processing solution than can operate from as little as a 5V 1W power supply. Drigmorn4 will also be offered with a battery pack option allowing remote location operation on either batteries alone or in conjunction with a small solar panel, wind or ultra-micro hydro generator. The battery pack also doubles up as a simple UPS feature for systems where it is critical … Read More → "Drigmorn4 Low Power, High Performance, FPGA Embedded Processing Platform"

ARX and Avnet Abacus deliver innovative thermal management solutions

Poing, Germany, 19 July 2010.  ARX have authorised Avnet Abacus to take their full range of innovative thermal management solutions to the market across Europe. ARX is at the forefront of materials development in providing leading edge thermal management solutions. The management of heat generated in electronic systems remains a significant design issue. This agreement enables Avnet Abacus to promote and support an exceptional range of heat management products including heat sinks, fans and ARX’s pioneering graphite heat sheets.

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TAOS, Inc. and QuickLogic Collaborate To Deliver TV-Quality Viewing and Long Battery Life to Mobile Devices

  • TAOS Ambient Light Sensor and QuickLogic’s VEE™ and DPO Provide Enhanced TV-Quality Viewing and Extended Battery Life to Mobile Devices
  • TAOS Digital ALS Integrated into QuickLogic Demonstration Platform  for LCD and OLED Displays

July 20, 2010 (Plano, TX and Sunnyvale, CA) – Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions®, Inc. (TAOS) andQuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) announced today that QuickLogic has verified and approved  the Read More → "TAOS, Inc. and QuickLogic Collaborate To Deliver TV-Quality Viewing and Long Battery Life to Mobile Devices"

TAOS, Inc. and QuickLogic Collaborate To Deliver TV-Quality Viewing and Long Battery Life to Mobile Devices

  • TAOS Ambient Light Sensor and QuickLogic’s VEE™ and DPO Provide Enhanced TV-Quality Viewing and Extended Battery Life to Mobile Devices
  • TAOS Digital ALS Integrated into QuickLogic Demonstration Platform  for LCD and OLED Displays

July 20, 2010 (Plano, TX and Sunnyvale, CA) – Texas Advanced Optoelectronic Solutions®, Inc. (TAOS) andQuickLogic Corporation (NASDAQ: QUIK) announced today that QuickLogic has verified and approved  the Read More → "TAOS, Inc. and QuickLogic Collaborate To Deliver TV-Quality Viewing and Long Battery Life to Mobile Devices"

Conexant Unveils Reference Design for Bluetooth®-Enabled ‘Connected Frames’ for Mobile Phones

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif.– Conexant Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CNXT), a leading supplier of innovative semiconductor solutions for imaging, audio, embedded modem, and video surveillance applications, today announced the availability of a new reference design for Bluetooth-enabled “connected frames” for mobile phones. These products feature eight-inch LCD touch-screens and use Bluetooth technology to connect to a user’s mobile phone. Applications supported include wireless hands-free speakerphone, phone book synchronizing, and mobile phone and headset pairing. The frames can also be used to wirelessly stream multimedia audio content from cell phones, and view and playback photos, audio, and … Read More → "Conexant Unveils Reference Design for Bluetooth®-Enabled ‘Connected Frames’ for Mobile Phones"

Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Expanded Product Line Offerings at San Juan Capistrano Facility

July 19, 2010, San Juan Capistrano, California, USA – Meggitt Sensing Systems, a Meggitt group division, is pleased to announce the expanded availability of its products through the company’s San Juan Capistrano, California, USA-based facility, to include Meggitt’s Endevco®, Sensorex, Vibro-Meter and Wilcoxon Research product lines, all offered under one umbrella.

This recent product line inventory expansion allows customers to now order sensors and instrumentation for aerospace, automotive, industrial, R&D and test & measurement markets directly through the facility as a … Read More → "Meggitt Sensing Systems Announces Expanded Product Line Offerings at San Juan Capistrano Facility"

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