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Vector Software Presents VectorCAST 6.3 at MAKS-2015

Providence, RI – 8/18/2015 – Vector Software, the world’s leading provider of innovative software solutions for robust embedded software quality, announced today that the company will be presenting and exhibiting at the MAKS-2015 International Aviation and Space Salon, August 25-30, 2015 in Moscow Russia.

The MAKS International Aviation and Space Salon is a large-scale exhibition, that represents the aerospace and defense industries. MAKS-2015 features academic conferences, forums, workshops, roundtables and exhibits spanning the major areas of aeronautical and space sciences and engineering. Participants at this year’s event include: … Read More → "Vector Software Presents VectorCAST 6.3 at MAKS-2015"

Keysight Technologies Introduces Software Selector Mobile App

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The new Keysight SW Selector Mobile App helps engineers find the ideal standalone and/or embedded software application(s) to best meet their test and measurement needs. The new mobile app allows for easy search of more than 230 test and measurement software application. Engineers can search by application, technology or instrument.

 

The app is available for Android and iOS devices.

Tools from IAR Systems enable development of innovative hydrogen-powered racing cars

Uppsala, Sweden—August 18, 2015—IAR Systems® is proud to announce that its world-leading development tools have helped Forze, a student foundation at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, to develop their hydrogen-powered racing cars. Thanks to its strong code optimizations and easy-to-use interface, IAR Embedded Workbench® has helped the team to accelerate the development cycle and to get their cars into production faster.

Forze is a group of around 70 students at the Delft University of Technology. The team focuses on the development and promotion of new sustainable … Read More → "Tools from IAR Systems enable development of innovative hydrogen-powered racing cars"

Multiphase DC/DC Controller with 6-Bit VID, ±1% VOUT Accuracy & ±2.5% Phase Current Matching for High Current FPGAs, ASICs & Processors

MILPITAS, CA – August 18, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation introduces the LTC3877, a dual output multiphase synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with 6-bit voltage identification (VID) control that enables 10mV output voltage step resolution, a necessary feature when powering FPGAs and ASICs with tight input voltage requirements. The LTC3877 operates over an input voltage range of 4.5V to 38V and produces a fixed output voltage … Read More → "Multiphase DC/DC Controller with 6-Bit VID, ±1% VOUT Accuracy & ±2.5% Phase Current Matching for High Current FPGAs, ASICs & Processors"

New Signal Generators Hold the Line on Price, Boost Performance

BEAVERTON, Ore., August 18, 2015 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, has expanded its AFG3000C Arbitrary/Function Generator Series with two 150 MHz models (one or two channels) that deliver more performance than competitive offerings while holding the line on pricing.

Slotting between existing 100 MHz and 240 MHz models in the Tektronix AFG3000C lineup, the new AFG3151C and AFG3152C deliver 25 percent more bandwidth and 59 percent more output zone with +/-5 V DC offset at the same price as competitive … Read More → "New Signal Generators Hold the Line on Price, Boost Performance"

CIARA Unleashes the World’s Fastest x86 Single and Dual Processor Servers: the ORION HF320 and ORION HF620

MONTREAL, Aug. 17, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ – CIARA, a leading provider of enterprise servers and storage, announced today that its ORION HF servers (HF320-G3 and HF620-G3) achieved a remarkable eighteen (18) SPEC CPU™ 2006 (Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation) benchmark records. This world-renowned industry-standard benchmark suite that was established by actual end-user applications, rigorously stresses the system’s CPU, memory architecture and compiler by running a series of different tests to measure the compute-intensive integer performance as well as the compute-intensive floating point performance. CIARA’s complete ORION HF server line achieved top … Read More → "CIARA Unleashes the World’s Fastest x86 Single and Dual Processor Servers: the ORION HF320 and ORION HF620"

Pasternack Unveils New Line of Coaxial Packaged Bi-Directional Amplifiers

Irvine, CA – Pasternack, a manufacturer and supplier of RF, microwave and millimeter wave products, introduces a new line of bi-directional amplifiers that are used for sending and receiving radio signals in key applications such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), unmanned ground vehicles, L and S band radar, military radio, commercial air traffic control, weather and earth observation, satellites and high gain driver power amplifiers.

The new bi-directional RF amplifiers from Pasternack consist of 2 narrow band models that operate in L-Band (1.35 to 1.39 GHz) and S-Band (2.4 to 2.5 GHz). These designs utilize highly linear Class AB LDMOS … Read More → "Pasternack Unveils New Line of Coaxial Packaged Bi-Directional Amplifiers"

TRINAMIC Enters EtherCAT® Market with World?s First Slave Controller IC offering Latency-Free advanced peripherals

Hamburg, Germany (2015-August-17th )?TRINAMIC, a leading global provider of motion control technologies, today announced a new EtherCAT-compliant slave controller IC. It is the world?s first EtherCAT slave controller to integrate real-time, latency-free I/O peripherals. The new TMC8460 slaver controller is also the first device in a new EtherCAT-compliant interface product line currently under development at TRINAMIC, based on the company?s active membership in the EtherCAT Technology Group.

TRINAMIC?s new TMC8460 is the first EtherCAT slave controller IC … Read More → "TRINAMIC Enters EtherCAT® Market with World?s First Slave Controller IC offering Latency-Free advanced peripherals"

Dual Step-Down DC/DC Controller with Digital Power System Management Drives DrMOS & Power Blocks with Fast 70ms Start-Up

MILPITAS, CA – August 17, 2015 – Linear Technology Corporation announces the LTC3887-1, a dual output synchronous step-down DC/DC controller with I²C-based PMBus interface for digital power system management. The LTC3887-1 differs from the previously released LTC3887 by providing a three-state PWM signal, enabling the use of DrMOS, power blocks or similar power stages. The LTC3887-1’s enhanced … Read More → "Dual Step-Down DC/DC Controller with Digital Power System Management Drives DrMOS & Power Blocks with Fast 70ms Start-Up"

Honeywell Introduces One of the Industry’s Smallest Amplified Digital Pressure Sensors to Help Reduce Design, Manufacturing Costs

MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 17, 2015 – Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today announced its new Amplified Basic Pressure (ABP) sensor, one of the  smallest amplified digital  pressure sensors in the industry,  to help engineers design systems that fit on increasingly smaller and lower power devices. The ABP sensor features wet-media compatibility, as well as sleep mode and temperature output options, making it a versatile choice for Internet of Things (IoT) applications.

Measuring 8 by 7 millimeters, the ABP sensor’s small size will help engineers significantly save board space and reduce design and manufacturing costs, while maintaining enhanced performance and reliability of the systems they … Read More → "Honeywell Introduces One of the Industry’s Smallest Amplified Digital Pressure Sensors to Help Reduce Design, Manufacturing Costs"

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