Stutensee, Germany – The powerful COM Express™ platform MSC CXC-US15WP from MSC Vertriebs GmbH is designed for an extended temperature range of -40°C to +85°C. The board uses only components, which are qualified for the low and high temperatures. Furthermore, the design of the platform was adapted to the extended conditions.

Based on the Menlow XL platform, the standardized Computer-on-Modules MSC CXC-US15WP are available in two extended temperature versions; with the power-saving Intel® Atom™processor Z510PT or Z520PT, clocked at a maximum of 1.33 GHz. In addition to … Read More → "COM Express Platform for Extended Temperature Range"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 21, 2010 — Actel today announced that its low-power ProASIC®3 and ProASICPLUS® FPGA families have been designed into flight-critical applications on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner commercial airliner. Flight computers, cockpit displays, engine control and monitoring systems, braking systems, safety warning systems, cabin pressurization and air conditioning systems, and power control and distribution systems all make use of Actel’s highly-reliable flash-based FPGAs. The commercial aircraft successfully completed its maiden test flight on December 15, 2009.

“Actel’s history and proven track record of providing low-power, high-reliability FPGAs to the aviation market was leveraged by a number … Read More → "Actel’s Low-Power FPGAs Take To The Sky With Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner"

MILPITAS, CA – January 21, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LT3640, a dual channel, current mode step-down switching regulator with a power-on reset and watchdog timer. Its 4V to 35V input voltage range with 55V transient ride through makes it ideal for load dump and cold crank conditions commonly found in automotive applications. The LT3640 uses a unique dual channel design with a high input voltage (4VIN to 35VIN, 55VIN transient) nonsynchronous channel that delivers 1.1A of output current, combined with a lower input voltage (2.5VIN to 5.5VIN) synchronous channel that provides up to 0.9A of continuous output current. Although the … Read More → "35V Input (55V Transient), 2MHz Dual Channel Step-Down Regulator with Power-On Reset & Watchdog Timer"

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 21, 2010 — Actel will showcase its leading embedded technologies, including its mixed-signal FPGAs, at the Embedded World 2010 exhibition and conference.  Don’t miss the opportunity to stop by Actel’s stand and GET SMART. Be sure you visit stand #12-230 and check out the following demonstrations that will get your smart embedded designs off the ground.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., January 21, 2010 — Actel will showcase its leading embedded technologies, including its mixed-signal FPGAs, at the Embedded World 2010 exhibition and conference.  Don’t miss the opportunity to stop by Actel’s stand and GET SMART. Be sure you visit stand #12-230 and check out the following demonstrations that will get your smart embedded designs off the ground.

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20 January 2010 – Coronis, an Elster Group company, leading global designer and developer of OEM wireless solutions for ultra-low-power (ULP) and long-range sensor/actuator monitoring networks, has announced the selection and the successful integration of the CORTUS APS3 CPU core into Coronis’ next generation System-on-Chip solution. The Cortus APS3 processor was chosen for its ease of integration, excellent code density, very low power and … Read More → "Coronis, an Elster Group company, chooses the Cortus APS3 CPU for their next generation System-on-Chip solution"

HOUSTON, TX (January, 19, 2010) – Responding to the demand for more intuitive, easy-to-use software throughout every design stage, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) today announced controlSUITE software for its TMS320C2000™ microcontrollers (MCUs) that enable real-time control applications. Unlike traditional MCU offerings, controlSUITE software delivers the content and content management necessary to simplify evaluation, application adaptation, debug, test and reuse. Going beyond the simple demonstrations common to free software portfolios, controlSUITE software includes libraries and examples that are full, open source projects, serving as true development systems for applications such … Read More → "TI’s new C2000™ controlSUITE™ software provides comprehensive development package to accelerate each design stage of real-time control applications"

HSINCHU, Taiwan, and SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ — UMC (NYSE:UMC) , a leading global semiconductor foundry, and Xilinx Inc. (NASDAQ:XLNX) today announced they have fully qualified the Virtex®-6 FPGA family on the foundry’s high- performance 40nm logic process. The qualification is the result of the close work between engineering teams from both companies to further enhance yield, reliability and cycle time. … Read More → "Xilinx Virtex-6 FPGA Family Achieves Full Production Qualification on UMC’s High-Performance 40nm Process"

MILPITAS, CA – January 20, 2010 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3788/-1, a dual output, high power synchronous step-up switching DC/DC controller that replaces the boost diode with a high efficiency N-Channel MOSFET. This eliminates the heat sink normally required in medium to high power boost converters. The LTC3788/-1 can produce a 24V at 5A output with up to 97% efficiency, making it ideal for high power automotive audio amplifiers, industrial and medical applications where a step-up DC/DC converter must deliver high power with low heat dissipation in a small solution size.

The LTC3788/-1 operates from … Read More → "Dual Output, High Power 60V Synchronous Boost Controller Eliminates Heat Sink with 97% Efficiency"

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 19, 2010 — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) will demonstrate how its wide array of high-speed digital tools can address multi-gigabit design challenges in the areas of measurement and simulation. Attendees can connect with Agilent experts at DesignCon, Booth 301, from Feb. 1-4, 2010 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.

Agilent’s high-speed digital solutions address high-performance probing, signal integrity, high-speed interconnect analysis/simulation, jitter analysis, FPGA debug, FBD/DDR memory analysis, Serial-ATA analysis, PCI Express(r) analysis, HDMI 1.3, DisplayPort, Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel. Agilent will demonstrate how its tools provide views into the time and frequency … Read More → "Agilent Technologies to Showcase Latest High-Speed Digital Design Techniques at DesignCon 2010"