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PRO DESIGN Expands FPGA Prototyping Portfolio with High-Speed proFPGA Virtex® UltraScale™ based FPGA Modules

Munich, 25 October 2016 – PRO DESIGN, veteran in the EMS and EDA industry, today announced the availability of five new high-speed FPGA modules for its successful and innovative proFPGA product family of FPGA based prototyping solutions.

The proFPGA product series are the most modular, flexible and scalable systems on the market based on latest Xilinx Virtex®UltraScale™ technology. It addresses customers who need a most efficient and high performance FPGA based prototyping solution for ASIC and IP prototyping, real time system integration … Read More → "PRO DESIGN Expands FPGA Prototyping Portfolio with High-Speed proFPGA Virtex® UltraScale™ based FPGA Modules"

Peratech promises a smarter user interface for smartphones and tablets by applying QTC® force-sensing technology to every surface

Richmond, Yorkshire, UK  – 20 October, 2016.  Peratech, a world leader in force-sensing technology, is aiming to give users of smartphones and tablets a more intuitive user experience while unleashing more creative opportunities for product and app developers by adding new ways for consumers to interact with their devices.

The most recent forecasts indicate that shipments of smartphones will exceed 1.5 billion units in 2016 with tablet shipments expected to reach at least 240 million. Peratech is working with several well-known manufacturers of these devices to add QTC … Read More → "Peratech promises a smarter user interface for smartphones and tablets by applying QTC® force-sensing technology to every surface"

Spectrum’s PXIe Modules allow Precision Signal Generation

Grosshansdorf, Germany, 20 October 2016 – Spectrum’s M4x series of PXIe Arbitrary Waveform Generators (AWGs) offer a cost effective solution for automated testing applications that require fast and accurate electronic signal generation. Based on the modular PXIe instrumentation standard, the M4x series includes five new modules that provide one, two or four channels.

Each channel is equipped with the latest 16-bit digital-to-analog converter (DAC) technology and the various models (see table 1) have maximum clocking rates of 625 MS/s or 1.25 GS/s. The combination … Read More → "Spectrum’s PXIe Modules allow Precision Signal Generation"

Mentor Graphics Integrates its Questa Verification Solution with Jenkins Ecosystem Enabling Maximum Regression Speed

WILSONVILLE, Ore., October 20, 2016 – Mentor Graphics® Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced the integration of its Questa® Verification Solution with the Jenkins Continuous Integration and Source Code Management (CI/SCM) ecosystem.  As a result, Mentor Graphics Questa users are now able to manage and control regressions running Questa Formal and Questa Simulation tools from within the Jenkins dashboard.  They can also use Jenkins to interpret and analyze results, generate a complete suite of charts and graphs, and automatically generate status and trend reports for management.  By integrating Questa tools with the … Read More → "Mentor Graphics Integrates its Questa Verification Solution with Jenkins Ecosystem Enabling Maximum Regression Speed"

Melexis Announces Pioneering Use of MEMS in Mid-Range Pressure Sensing Applications

Tessenderlo, Belgium, 20th October 2016 – Melexis, the global microelectronics company enabling future innovation through a philosophy of inspired engineering, continues to bring highly differentiated products to market through superior innovation, with the introduction of its MLX90819 sensor IC – which is targeted at measuring mid pressure (10-50bar) levels. Applying its proprietary micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) technology to an area that had not been previously adequately served by a fully integrated sensor solution means that major system design benefits can now be derived.

Available as a bare die, the MLX90819 runs off a standard 5 … Read More → "Melexis Announces Pioneering Use of MEMS in Mid-Range Pressure Sensing Applications"

STMicroelectronics Delivers Record Performance and Advanced Secure Services for the IoT with New STM32 Microcontroller Enhancements

  • New STM32H7 series establishes bar-setting industry benchmark for ARM® Cortex®-M core performance
  • Extremely high on-chip memory density and richest connectivity peripheral set, plus state-of-the-art security for connected objects

Geneva, October 20, 2016 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronic applications, is paving the way to even more intelligent smart devices everywhere with its new record-breaking Read More → "STMicroelectronics Delivers Record Performance and Advanced Secure Services for the IoT with New STM32 Microcontroller Enhancements"

CANDI Integrates with Intel® Building Management Platform to Provide Edge-to-Cloud IoT Data Access

Oakland, Calif. – October 20, 2016 – CANDI today announced that its PowerTools software has been integrated with the Intel® Building Management Platform (Intel® BMP), which is now available. Intel® BMP is a manageable IoT platform with built-in security that enables cloud-based smart building applications and services with easy access to the data and things in … Read More → "CANDI Integrates with Intel® Building Management Platform to Provide Edge-to-Cloud IoT Data Access"

ADLINK Launches PCIe-GIE72/74 GigE Vision PoE+ Frame Grabbers

San Jose, CA – Oct 18, 2016 – ADLINK Technology, a leading global provider of embedded building blocks and application-ready intelligent platforms, today announced the release of its new PCIe-GIE72/74 2/4CH PCI Express® GigE vision Power over Ethernet (PoE)+ frame grabbers. With comprehensive PoE power protection exclusive to ADLINK, multi-card capture capability, and smart PoE management combined with ADLINK’s extensive experience in GigE vision-based solutions, the … Read More → "ADLINK Launches PCIe-GIE72/74 GigE Vision PoE+ Frame Grabbers"

Renesas Electronics Introduces Two Versions of Third-Generation R-Car Starter Kits to Deliver “One Kit Per Engineer” Software Development Environment

Düsseldorf, October 19, 2016 – To accelerate the development of increasingly complex and large-scale automotive computing systems for the autonomous-driving era, Renesas Electronics, a premier supplier of advanced semiconductor solutions, today announced two new third-generation R-Car starter kits that make the development environment more accessible to automotive software development engineers. … Read More → "Renesas Electronics Introduces Two Versions of Third-Generation R-Car Starter Kits to Deliver “One Kit Per Engineer” Software Development Environment"

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