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RS Components offers simple and cost-effective solutions to exploit the Industrial Internet of Things

April 4, 2016

OXFORD, UK, 31 March, 2016 – RS Components (RS), the trading brand of Electrocomponents plc (LSE:ECM), the global distributor for engineers, is offering a range of solutions and products that will help companies easily and cost effectively move into the Smart Factory arena and exploit the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT).http://uk.rs-online.com/web/generalDisplay.html?id=industrial-iot

The IIoT is underpinning the next industrial revolution, which relies on the collection of pertinent manufacturing data and then exploits … Read More → "RS Components offers simple and cost-effective solutions to exploit the Industrial Internet of Things"

The 53rd Design Automation Conference Announces Keynotes, SKY Talks and Visionary Talk for 2016

April 4, 2016

LOUISVILLE, Colo. – March 31, 2016 – Keynotes at the 53rd Design Automation Conference (DAC) take place at the Austin Convention Center in Ballroom A. Keynotes start between 8:45 and 9:15am with  exhibits opening at 10:00am Monday, Tuesday andWednesday.  Keynotes are open to all attendees and exhibitors. DAC 2016 will be held at the Austin Convention Center in Austin, Texas, from June 5 – 9, 2016.

This year’s Keynote topics are:

22V/40V Input Power Modules Deliver 3A/6A Full Current with Over 95% Efficiency

April 4, 2016

Fremont, CA – April 4, 2016 – Exar Corporation (NYSE: EXAR), a leading supplier of analog mixed-signal products serving the industrial, high-end consumer and infrastructure markets, announces the XR79103, XR79106, XR79203 and XR79206 as addition to its family of synchronous step-down power modules with input voltage up to 40V.  All four single output devices with high operating efficiency and low temperature rise in a compact QFN package includes easy to use, fully integrated power converters including MOSFETs, inductors and high frequency input capacitor.

The XR79103 and … Read More → "22V/40V Input Power Modules Deliver 3A/6A Full Current with Over 95% Efficiency"

Device Management presents barrier to IoT at scale

April 4, 2016

4 April 2016: Management of thousands or millions of internet connected devices is posing a major obstacle to the success of the Internet of Things, claims IoT pioneer DevicePilot (previously 1248). These concerns are reflected in a survey of 50 companies planning to deploy IoT applications at scale across different industry sectors including environmental and industrial monitoring, elderly care/wellness, smart homes and cities, energy management, refrigeration, retail and public services. The survey ranked ‘risk to growth’ as the most worrying consequence of failing to manage devices, followed by ‘risk to revenue’ … Read More → "Device Management presents barrier to IoT at scale"

New 36V Op Amps from STMicroelectronics Raise Ruggedness, Stability, and Efficiency in Automotive and Industrial Applications

April 4, 2016

Geneva, April 4, 2016 – STMicroelectronics has introduced two 36V op amps that deliver enhanced performance and ruggedness in automotive and industrial applications. The op amps feature a wide supply-voltage range, stability in challenging operating conditions, and tolerance of electrostatic discharge (ESD) up to 4kV (HBM[1]).

The TSB572 and Read More → "New 36V Op Amps from STMicroelectronics Raise Ruggedness, Stability, and Efficiency in Automotive and Industrial Applications"

Newark element14 Adds 500 New HellermannTyton Products to Portfolio

April 4, 2016

April 4, 2016 – Chicago – Global electronics distributor Newark element14 is growing its partnership with cable management and protection, identification and network connectivity solutions manufacturer HellermannTyton, adding 500 new SKUs to its product portfolio. Heat shrink tubing, spiral wrap, clamps, clips, grommets, electrical tape and 10 varieties of cable ties and clips are among the hundreds of items that will now be available in North America through the global distributor.

“Premier Farnell is committed to providing an ever increasing portfolio of electronic and industrial components, and offering hundreds of new HellermannTyton products helps us equip our customers with the industry-leading solutions they … Read More → "Newark element14 Adds 500 New HellermannTyton Products to Portfolio"

Mentor Graphics New HyperLynx Release Integrates Signal and Power Integrity, 3D-Electromagnetic Solving, and Fast Rule Checking into One Unified Environment

April 4, 2016

WILSONVILLE, Ore., April 4, 2016 — Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) today announced its newest HyperLynx® release which integrates signal and power integrity analysis, 3D-electromagnetic solving, and fast rule checking into a single unified environment. Based on the popular HyperLynx signal integrity/power integrity (SI/PI) application, this product for the first time offers designers a complete set of analysis technology sufficient for designing any type of high-speed digital printed circuit board (PCB). Spanning a wide range of underlying simulation engines and a graphical user interface (GUI) that supports … Read More → "Mentor Graphics New HyperLynx Release Integrates Signal and Power Integrity, 3D-Electromagnetic Solving, and Fast Rule Checking into One Unified Environment"

ClioSoft to Demonstrate Design and IP Management at CDN Live Worldwide throughout 2016

April 1, 2016

FREMONT, Calif., March 31, 2016 –ClioSoft, Inc., a leader in system-on-chip (SoC) design and intellectual property (IP) management solutions for the semiconductor design industry, will showcase its products at CDN Live events in all locations throughout 2016. The company will demonstrate how the tight coupling of its SOS7 design management platform with Cadence® Virtuoso® empowers design engineers to manage mixed-signal design data directly from the Virtuoso cockpit. This integration enables design teams to be more efficient and productive while reducing the possibility of design re-spins due to incorrect configurations. 

ClioSoft’s SOS7 design and IP management … Read More → "ClioSoft to Demonstrate Design and IP Management at CDN Live Worldwide throughout 2016"

IAR Systems enhances ARM tools with extended static analysis and flash breakpoints

April 1, 2016

Uppsala, Sweden—April 1, 2016—IAR Systems® presents an updated version of the world’s most widely used C/C++ compiler and debugger toolchain for developing ARM®-based embedded applications. Version 7.60 of IAR Embedded Workbench® for ARM adds flash breakpoints functionality and extended static analysis in C-STAT®.

The highly requested tool C-STAT performs advanced static analysis by doing an analysis on the source code level. It not only aids developers in ensuring the code quality early in the development cycle, it also detects defects, bugs, and security vulnerabilities … Read More → "IAR Systems enhances ARM tools with extended static analysis and flash breakpoints"

Keysight Technologies Unveils New Category of Analyzer for Advanced Device Characterization, Low-Power Device Evaluation

March 31, 2016

Highlights:

  • Visualizes a maximum of 200 MHz current waveforms by 14- or 16-bit dynamic range
  • Allows researchers to measure dynamic current from 10 A down to 100 pA level
  • Enables device engineers to quantitatively evaluate how low-power devices consume power

SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 30, 2016 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today introduced the world’s first analyzer enabling a minimum of 100 pA level dynamic current measurements with a maximum of 200 MHz bandwidth, 1 GSa/s sampling rate and 14- or 16-bit wide dynamic range. The Read More → "Keysight Technologies Unveils New Category of Analyzer for Advanced Device Characterization, Low-Power Device Evaluation"

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