New Vortex SDRxL Quad Channel Scalable Data Recorder Supports 960MB/s Data Streams

DAYTON, OH – November 18, 2009 — Curtiss-Wright Controls Electronic Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of rugged deployed subsystems for the aerospace and defense market, has introduced the new Vortex SDRxL, a fully-featured off-the-shelf four (4) channel Serial FPDP (sFPDP) data recorder system for demanding sensor-to-processor streaming data applications. The Vortex SDRxL combines a uniquely equipped 3U rackmount controller with a reliable, scalable storage subsystem. This data logger can record and store up to four channels of sFPDP data at rates up … Read More → "Curtiss-Wright Controls Debuts 4-Channel Serial FPDP Streaming Data Recorder"

Thermal Management Products Added to Current Distribution Portfolio of Wireless, EMI, and Signal Integrity Lines

St. Louis, Missouri, USA – November 19, 2009 – Laird Technologies, a global leader in the design and manufacture of customized, performance-critical components for wireless systems and other advanced electronics applications, today announced it has expanded its global distribution product portfolio with Mouser Electronics to include its thermal management product line.
Laird technologies designs a complete line of industry-leading thermal management product solutions including high-performance TEAs (Thermoelectric Assemblies), TEMs (Thermoelectric Modules), and TIMs (Thermal Interface Materials) including gap fillers, phase-change … Read More → "Laird Technologies Expands Distribution Product Portfolio With Mouser Electronics"

First ZigBee RF4CE certified solution to include both ultra low power and affordable BIll of Material

Utrecht, The Netherlands, 19 November 2009 – GreenPeak Technologies, a leading fabless semiconductor company offering innovative ultra low power wireless and battery-free data communication technologies for consumer electronics and sense and control applications, today announced the successful completion of ZigBee RF4CE certification.

ZigBee RF4CE (Radio Frequency for Consumer Electronics) is the standard communication protocol for radio frequency-based remote controls for audio/video consumer electronics. The ZigBee RF4CE specification is based on IEEE 802.15.4 MAC/PHY radio technology in … Read More → "GreenPeak Technologies obtains ZigBee RF4CE Certification"

EMBEDDED TECHNOLOGY CONFERENCE, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 17, 2009 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT), a leading provider of embedded Linux and Android solutions, today announced its delivery of the Android Development System for the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) OMAP35x processors based on ARM® Cortex™-A8 technology. Customers working on OMAP35x processor-based designs can leverage the Mentor Graphics version of the Android application framework to successfully deploy Android-based applications.

The Mentor Graphics solution for Android opens the door for OMAP35x developers designing medical, communication, industrial, instrumentation, home security and digital video applications. To get … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Delivers Optimized Android Development System for the OMAP35x Processors from Texas Instruments"

LEUVEN, Belgium – November 18, 2009 – Option, the wireless technology company, today announced that its GTM501, the world’s smallest HSPA module and one of Option’s broadband wireless breakthroughs, has been selected as the winner of the GSMA’s Embedded Mobile Module competition in the ‘Best Embedded Module in the High-Bandwidth Application’ category. The announcement was made today at the GSMA Mobile Asia Congress in Hong-Kong. This award validates the market leading technology that makes the GTM501 the ideal 3G solution for new generation Internet devices such as e-readers, small mobile computing devices and connected cameras.

The GTM501 … Read More → "GTM501 HSPA wireless module winner at GSMA’s Embedded Mobile Module competition"

Stutensee, Germany – The MSC Vertriebs GmbH now offers its Intel® Atom™ processor based embedded Qseven™ modules in the 70 x 70mm format with integrated flash disk. These modules allow customers to boot their embedded system not only via an external hard disk but also via the onboard flash disk. The boot performance and the flash capacity exceed the requirements of most Qseven™ applications. Without the need for an external hard drive very compact low cost embedded systems with increased mechanical stability can be implemented. The industrial grade 4GB flash disk offers a high sustained read/ … Read More → "Compact Qseven Modules with Onboard Boot Flash"

Actel’s highly configurable DSP IP cores provide easy implementation of complex DSP functions within RTAX-DSP Space-Flight FPGAs

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Actel Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTL) today announced several highly configurable DSP IP cores expanding the design creation capabilities for the RTAX2000D and RTAX4000D DSP FPGAs. The new cores enable designers to easily create common DSP functions such as filters (FIR, IIR) and transforms (FFT, IFT, DCT). Using a graphical user interface (GUI) embedded in Actel’s Libero® Integrated Design Environment (IDE), the cores are targeted to RTAX-DSP space-flight FPGAs.

“ … Read More → "Actel Expands RTAX-DSP FPGAs With New Configurable DSP IP Cores"

— Broadband will Represent Lattice in the Nordic Market — 

HILLSBORO, OR — NOVEMBER 18, 2009 — Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) today announced that Broadband Technology AB will represent Lattice and its full range of products in the Nordic market, including Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

“Broadband Technology is delighted to join Lattice’s team of dedicated business partners,” said Magnus Granfelt, Broadband founder and CEO. “The extensive range of Lattice’s economically attractive, low and high density PLD solutions represents an excellent synergistic fit with our current franchise base. We view … Read More → "Lattice Semiconductor And Broadband Technology Form Business Development Partnership"