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New High Power 270Vdc VPX Power Card Exceeds Previous Market Offerings

June 13, 2016

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"

TI enables smaller, safer and more accurate rotary position sensing with the industry’s most integrated resolver sensor interface

June 13, 2016

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"

STMicroelectronics Joins Forces with Automotive Software Experts ETAS and ESCRYPT to Streamline Development of Secure Connected-Car Applications

June 13, 2016
  • Combined competencies to offer a unique package for developing high-performance, safe, and secure automotive-embedded systems
  • End-to-end solution protects against malicious attacks on the car’s Electronic Control Units (ECU) and secures communication among ECUs and the cloud
  • Easy-to-use AUTOSAR-compliant platform software addresses key time-to-market and standards-compliance challenges facing OEM and Tier-1 application developers

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"

C&K Develops Smallest Subminiature Rotary Switch Series

June 13, 2016

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"

Intento Enters EDA Market with Software that Accelerates Analog and Mixed-Signal Design, Enables IP Re-Use Through Technology Migration

June 13, 2016

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"

Universal Instruments to Distribute Mentor Graphics Production Plan Tool for Fuzion SMT Platforms

June 13, 2016

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.

… Read More → "Universal Instruments to Distribute Mentor Graphics Production Plan Tool for Fuzion SMT Platforms"

Sundance adds Xilinx’s new Kintex UltraScale FPGA to its EMC2 family of PCIe/104 “OneBank” compatible I/O boards

June 13, 2016

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"

Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF51824 Bluetooth low energy SoC for latest connected car intelligent automotive applications and wireless in-car charging

June 8, 2016

Oslo, Norway – June 8, 2016 – Nordic Semiconductor today announces the immediate availability of the nRF51824 Bluetooth® low energy (formerly Bluetooth Smart) System-on-Chip (SoC) for the latest connected car intelligent automotive applications and wireless in-car charging.

The nRF51824 is qualified to the automotive AEC-Q100 stress test qualification for integrated circuits,and delivers the same flexible feature range and performance as Nordic’s highly successful and field-proven nRF51822 Bluetooth low energy SoC (256kB Flash and 16kB RAM variant) upon which the nRF51824 is based. 

“The world of … Read More → "Nordic Semiconductor launches nRF51824 Bluetooth low energy SoC for latest connected car intelligent automotive applications and wireless in-car charging"

Ultratech Cambridge Nanotech Enter Into JDP With IMEC To Study Area-Selective Deposition Technology

June 8, 2016

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Ultratech, Inc. (Nasdaq: UTEK), a leading supplier of lithography, laser­ processing and inspection systems used to manufacture semiconductor devices and high-brightness LEDs (HB­ LEDs), as well as atomic layer deposition (ALD) systems, announced that its Cambridge Nanotech business unit Ultratech-CNT has entered into a Joint Development Program (JDP) with IMEC in the field of Area-Selective Deposition (ASD) technology. The ASD project will concentrate on the study and use of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) as a means of functionalizing surfaces to selectively inhibit ALD-grown films. Ultratech-CNT’ … Read More → "Ultratech Cambridge Nanotech Enter Into JDP With IMEC To Study Area-Selective Deposition Technology"

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