MILPITAS, CA – June 14, 2016 – Linear Technology introduces the LTM8053, a µModule® (power module) step-down regulator with up to 40V … Read More → "42VIN, 3.5A µModule Regulator for Industrial Systems, Factory Automation & Avionics in 6.25mm x 9mm BGA Package"
LOWELL, MA–(Marketwired – May 24, 2016) – Agnisys, provider of a common specification-driven development flow to describe registers and sequences for system-on-chip (SoC) and intellectual property (IP) design, verification, firmware and validation, today announced availability of a portable sequence generator usable from early design and verification to post-silicon validation.
Patent-pending ISequenceSpec™ enables users to describe programming and test sequences of a device once and generate sequences automatically. It provides a straightforward specification format to describe the … Read More → "Agnisys Expands Product Portfolio With Portable Sequence Generator"
05-24-2016 Murphy, NC — A robust new VPX power card has been released from industry-leader Aegis Power Systems, Inc this week. The lightweight 3U unit gives industrial, commercial, military, and aerospace engineers a power supply option with higher efficiency and greater power outputs than previous competitors.
These powerful single slot rack cards are ruggedized and designed to meet portions of various military standards including Mil-Std-704, Mil-Std 461 … Read More → "New High Power 270Vdc VPX Power Card Exceeds Previous Market Offerings"
DALLAS (June 9, 2016) – Texas Instruments (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) today introduced the industry’s first resolver sensor interface with integrated power supply, exciter amplifier and functional safety features. The new device is capable of simultaneously exciting the resolver sensor coil and calculating the angle and velocity of a rotating motor shaft without the external components required by competitive solutions. The PGA411-Q1 resolver-to-digital converter’s architecture helps enable designers to increase system accuracy and stability for end equipment like hybrid electric vehicle/electric vehicle (HEV/EV) traction inverters, electric power steering, integrated start-stop generators, industrial alternating current (AC) servo motor control … Read More → "TI enables smaller, safer and more accurate rotary position sensing with the industry’s most integrated resolver sensor interface"
Geneva, Stuttgart, and Bochum, June 13, 2016 – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced its collaboration with ETAS, a provider of innovative solutions for developing automotive embedded systems, and ESCRYPT, an … Read More → "STMicroelectronics Joins Forces with Automotive Software Experts ETAS and ESCRYPT to Streamline Development of Secure Connected-Car Applications"
NEWTON, MA (June 13, 2016) — C&K Components, a leading global manufacturer of electromechanical switches, has released its smallest diameter rotary switch series, providing design engineers with a switch option that reduces board space by 50%. Available with two to eight positions, the new RM Series single-pole rotary switches feature an ultra-miniature 9.2mm body diameter and gold-plated contacts for reliable operation.
Ideal for use in next-generation building automation systems, including lighting and fan controls, test and measurement equipment, and telecommunication and radio systems, the … Read More → "C&K Develops Smallest Subminiature Rotary Switch Series"
Paris, France – June 6, 2016 – EDA start-up Intento Design today entered the market with ID-Xplore, a software tool that accelerates the development and technology migration of analog and mixed-signal intellectual property. ID-Xplore delivers an industry breakthrough, giving designers the ability to automate the sizing, biasing and migration of analog and mixed-signal IP across technology platforms. By eliminating the lengthy simulations inherent in analog design even when migrating IP to new technologies, ID-Xplore frees design teams to focus on innovation while getting complex SoCs to market faster.
Analog and mixed-signal IP re-use is critical to enabling the Internet of … Read More → "Intento Enters EDA Market with Software that Accelerates Analog and Mixed-Signal Design, Enables IP Re-Use Through Technology Migration"
June 13, 2016 – Mouser Electronics, Inc. today launched its new Read More → "Mouser Electronics Launches New Timing Technology Site"
WILSONVILLE, Ore., June 13, 2016 – Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced that Universal Instruments, a global leader of advanced automation and assembly equipment for the electronics manufacturing industry, will offer the Valor® Production Plan tool to users of Universal Instruments’ Fuzion® surface mount technology (SMT) placement platform. The Valor Production Plan product will help Universal Fuzion customers optimize their manufacturing planning parameters and take advantage of the machine’s increased capacity and overlapping component range between placement heads, resulting in higher machine utilization.
Chesham, UK – 13th June 2016. Sundance Multiprocessor Technology Ltd., an established supplier and manufacturer of embedded modules, has announced that it has integrated Xilinx’s smallest Kintex UltraScale FPGA with its EMC2-family of embedded boards for the “OneBank” PC/104-compatible format.
Sundance’s EMC2-family is a range of industrial-grade and deployment-ready PC/104 boards that feature either a Xilinx Zynq SoC or Xilinx Artix/Kintex FPGAs. The Read More → "Sundance adds Xilinx’s new Kintex UltraScale FPGA to its EMC2 family of PCIe/104 “OneBank” compatible I/O boards"
