The connectBlue product range of Bluetooth modules has been expanded with the long range Bluetooth module OEM Serial Port Adapter™ 433. Besides the exceptional long range of 1.2km, the module also presents high throughput and the unique Extended Data Mode™ protocol which makes individual data channel communication possible for each unit in the 7-slave multi-point network.

The new OEM Serial Port Adapter 433 achieves its exceptional range of over 1200 meters through high receiver sensitivity and output power. In order to provide the highest throughput possible, the module supports … Read More → "connectBlue™ Launches High Performing 1.2km Long Range Bluetooth Module"

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 19, 2010 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (Nasdaq: CY) today introduced a new family in its PSoC^® 3 architecture. The family is optimized for applications requiring programmable digital peripherals. The new CY8C32xxx Programmable Digital PSoC 3 Family enables the integration of digital peripherals including PWMs, Timers, Counters, UARTs, glue logic and state machines. Additionally, the family … Read More → "Cypress Unveils New PSoC® 3 Family with Integrated Low-Power Programmable Digital Logic"

San Jose, Calif., April 19, 2010—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced its next-generation 28-nm Read More → "Altera Unveils 28-nm Stratix V FPGA Family"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 19, 2010 ? Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today introduced the HAPS®-60 series of rapid prototyping systems—a comprehensive solution that eases complex SoC design and verification challenges. The HAPS-60 series, part of the Confirma™ Rapid Prototyping Platform, is an easy-to-use and cost-effective rapid prototyping system that enables early hardware/software co-verification and system-level integration at near-real-time run-rates, using at-speed, real-world interfaces.  Built with the latest Xilinx Virtex®-6 devices, the HAPS-60 series combines performance, capacity, pre-tested IP and … Read More → "Synopsys introduces the HAPS-60 series of rapid prototyping systems"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 19, 2010 — Actel today announced that Keil™ now supports the SmartFusion™ intelligent mixed signal FPGA family in the Keil MDK-ARM Microcontroller Development Kit.

The latest release of MDK-ARM supports the ARM^® Cortex™-M3 microcontroller subsystem (MSS) on SmartFusion devices and includes set-up files, device-specific views and example projects. MDK features the industry-standard compiler from ARM, the Keil µVision4 Integrated Development Environment, the fully functional RTX& … Read More → "Actel Announces Keil’s Support Of New SmartFusion Intelligent Mixed Signal FPGA Family"

San Diego, April 16, 2010 (AudiologyNOW! 2010) – Target Compiler Technologies, the leader in application-specific processor (ASIP) design tools, today announced that the wireless protocol stack of Range, GN ReSound’s new hearing instrument platform, was entirely developed using Target’s optimizing C compiler technology.  

Read More → "GN ReSound Develops Wireless Protocol Stack for Next-Generation Hearing Instruments, using Target’s Optimizing C Compiler Technology"

St. Louis, Missouri, USA –April 15, 2010 – Laird Technologies, Inc., a global leader in the design and supply of customized performance-critical components and systems for advanced electronics and wireless products, today announced the release of its enhanced Tlam™ SS LLD for use as a thermally conductive printed circuit board (PCB) substrate.

< … Read More → "Laird Technologies Releases Enhanced Tlam™ SS LLD Thermally Conductive PCB Substrate"

NAPA, CA, USA, April 14, 2010 –Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry organizations, Accellera and The SPIRIT Consortium, announced today that the organizations have completed their merger (revealed in June of last year). The new organization takes on the Accellera name and will continue to develop electronic design language-based and Intellectual Property (IP) standards of benefit to the electronics industry.

The new organization is aligned on the path to create formal standards through the IEEE, and currently has eight standardization subcommittees operating. These standards include: SystemRDL (Register Description Language), IPtagging, Interface Technical Committee (ITC), Open Verification Library (OVL), Unified … Read More → "Standards Organizations Accellera and The SPIRIT Consortium"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 15, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today announced the release of Agilent VEE 9.2, an interactivegraphical programming software application for test and measurement. Agilent VEE 9.2 provides support for Microsoft Windows 7.

VEE 9.2 helps engineers and scientists reduce programming time and quickly complete measurement tasks. VEE 9.2 retains the high-performance, multithreading and multi-core programming features of VEE 9.0 and is backwards compatible. Programs developed in VEE 9.0 work seamlessly in VEE 9.2.

“Agilent is committed to deliver test and measurement programming software that helps our customers keep pace with the latest technology,” said Ee Huei Sin, vice president and … Read More → "Agilent Technologies Launches Enhanced VEE Software with Windows® 7"

MILPITAS, CA – April 15, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT4180, a Virtual Remote Sense™ DC/DC controller that eliminates the remote sense wires required to compensate for the voltage drop in cables, wires and circuit board trace runs. Voltage drops in wiring and cables that cause load regulation errors are usually corrected by an additional set of sensing wires. The LT4180 continuously interrogates the line impedance and corrects the regulator’s output voltage. The device maintains a corrected regulated voltage at the load regardless of current or line impedance. The 3V to 50V input voltage range address a … Read More → "Virtual Remote Sense Controller Eliminates Remote Sense Wires"