MILPITAS, CA – April 5, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LT6656, a precision SOT23 voltage reference that operates on only 850nA of supply current. The LT6656 has an initial error of less than 0.05% and a guaranteed temperature drift of less than 10ppm/ºC. This combination of precision and ultralow power is ideal for portable, wireless and remote devices. With an output drive capability of 5mA, the LT6656 is suitable for a wide range of applications. For example, the LT6656 could serve as both the supply voltage and the precision reference for a low power, high resolution ADC. The LT6656 can replace … Read More → "10ppm/ºC, 3mV Dropout Voltage Reference Operates with Less than 1µA"

MILPITAS, CA – April 5, 2010 – Linear Technology announces the LT6656, a precision SOT23 voltage reference that operates on only 850nA of supply current. The LT6656 has an initial error of less than 0.05% and a guaranteed temperature drift of less than 10ppm/ºC. This combination of precision and ultralow power is ideal for portable, wireless and remote devices. With an output drive capability of 5mA, the LT6656 is suitable for a wide range of applications. For example, the LT6656 could serve as both the supply voltage and the precision reference for a low power, high resolution ADC. The LT6656 can replace … Read More → "10ppm/ºC, 3mV Dropout Voltage Reference Operates with Less than 1µA"

Eindhoven, the Netherlands, April 2010,  – JTAG Technologies is introducing at IPC/Apex 2010 in Las Vegas a new approach to supplying tools for debugging boards with a mix of free and paid for products targeted at different aspects of the debugging process.

JTAG Live is for electronics engineers and technicians to use in checking PCBs for basic continuity and correct operation. The family consists of three products, Buzz, Clip, and Script.

And to keep start-up costs down, to connect to the board, JTAG Live is compatible with the popular JTAG … Read More → "JTAG Technologies to Present New Approaches to Boundary-Scan at IPC/Apex 2010, booth 2325"

Eindhoven, the Netherlands, April 2010,  – JTAG Technologies is introducing at IPC/Apex 2010 in Las Vegas a new approach to supplying tools for debugging boards with a mix of free and paid for products targeted at different aspects of the debugging process.

JTAG Live is for electronics engineers and technicians to use in checking PCBs for basic continuity and correct operation. The family consists of three products, Buzz, Clip, and Script.

And to keep start-up costs down, to connect to the board, JTAG Live is compatible with the popular JTAG … Read More → "JTAG Technologies to Present New Approaches to Boundary-Scan at IPC/Apex 2010, booth 2325"

Waltham, MA – April 1, 2010 – Bluespec, Inc. announced today that it can no longer designate as exclusions people having pre-existing conditions and deny them treatment.  The Health Care Bill recently signed into legislation requires that Bluespec support all engineers, regardless of previous experiences and their associated afflictions, even if caused by their own unfortunate lifestyle choices.

Whether suffering from toxic exposure to the notion of using sequential languages for hardware design, agonizing under an irrational obsession with paralyzing control-data flow graphs, or enduring delusional expectations that C/C++-based hardware design will ever work sufficiently well … Read More → "Bluespec Required to Accept People with Pre-Existing Conditions"

April 2010 – TESEQ, the leading developer and provider of instrumentation and test systems for EMC emission and immunity testing, announces the introduction of two new USB/RS232 electric field probes. The PMM EP-600 and EP-601 active broadband field probes benefit from a true spherical symmetrical dipole configuration.

Sampling at a rate of 22S/s to 0.03S/s depending on filter settings, the probes six monopole sensors sample data simultaneously on an X-Y-Z axis. The digital filter … Read More → "New EMC Emission Field Probes from Teseq Offer High Performance in Compact Size"

Fairview, PA – March 31, 2010 – Spectrum Advanced Specialty Products announces the addition of MIL-PRF-49470 approval for Switch Mode Power Supply capacitors to its extensive military QPL offerings. Spectrum’s SMP capacitors have better performance than tantalum or aluminum electrolytic capacitors, featuring low ESR and ESL. These capacitors, available in industry-standard or custom case sizes, are all made in Spectrum’s established MIL-STD-70 ceramic facility located in State College, PA.

Spectrum’s Switch Mode Power Supply capacitors are excellent for input/output filtering for military and high reliability power supplies and high capacitance discharge units. Functioning at high frequencies or … Read More → "Spectrum’s Switch Mode Power Supply Capacitors Receive Military QPL Approval"

ACROSSER Technology is proud to introduce the latest entry level networking platform to its Micro Box Networking appliances family. AR-N8601, the cost-effective platform adopts VIA CN700, VT8237R+ chipsets and Eden ULV 500MHz CPU enclosed in a tiny box (210x150x33mm). Based on this platform, it has low power consumption which meets global environmental friendly trend. The unit support up to 1GB DDR2 system memory at 400MHz, by leveraging the 3 PCI onboard 10/100 Fast Ethernet which is perfect for general small office UTM … Read More → "Compact and Cost-effective Network Appliance with 3LAN / VIA Eden ULV Solution"

Halstenbek, Germany – April 1st 2010. TEWS TECHNOLOGIES announces the introduction of the TCP631, a user-programmable FPGA-based cPCI module with 1,500,000 or 5,000,000 system gates. Designed for industrial, COTS, and transportation applications, where specialized I/O or long-term availability is required, the TCP631 provides a number of advantages including a customizable interface for unique applications and a FPGA-based design to extend product lifecycle.

For flexible front I/O solutions, the TCP631 provides a PIM Module slot that allows active and passive signal conditioning. With the TPIM003-10 all I/O signals are provided on a HD68 connector. The TCP631-2x … Read More → "TEWS TECHNOLOGIES introduces CompactPCI Module with High-Density User-Programmable FPGA"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – March 31, 2010 – Synopsys, Inc. (Nasdaq: SNPS), a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, today announced that its DesignWare(R) SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0) Solution including Controller and PHY IP  successfully passed the USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) SuperSpeed USB certification. To achieve certification, the IP must pass protocol, electrical, and interoperability tests for SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0, 5 Gbps) and Hi-Speed USB (USB 2.0, 480 Mbps). Synopsys created a fully integrated USB 3.0 IP solution, optimising all speed modes into a single USB 3.0 solution. This unique implementation enables designers to reduce area, pin count and power compared … Read More → "Synopsys’ DesignWare SuperSpeed USB 3.0 IP receives USB-IF certification"