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Altera FPGAs and IP with New Functional Safety Development Board, and Reference Designs, Reduce SIL 3 Development and Certification Costs for Industrial Designs

November 25, 2014

San Jose, Calif., and Nuremberg, Germany, SPC IPS Drives—November 25, 2014—Altera Corporation (NASDAQ: ALTR) today announced the availability of a functional safety  development board and FPGA reference designs through NewTec, a leading European provider of safety-related electronic systems. The new board and reference designs coupled with Altera’s TÜV Rheinland-qualified FPGAs, tools, and IP, enable customers to accelerate development and certification of FPGA-based system designs. Altera is demonstrating this and other offerings at SPS Drives IPC 2014, from Read More → "Altera FPGAs and IP with New Functional Safety Development Board, and Reference Designs, Reduce SIL 3 Development and Certification Costs for Industrial Designs"

Invionics Launches Platform that Speeds In-house EDA Tool Development, Solves Critical Design Flow Bottlenecks

November 24, 2014

Vancouver, British Columbia, November 18, 2014 – Invionics, a company providing software to automate the semiconductor design and verification process, today announced Invio, a custom EDA tool platform that provides IC developers with a fast and easy way to create custom applications that significantly improve their IC design flow.

Today’s CAD groups and IC designers at semiconductor companies are increasingly building in-house custom EDA tools, flows and scripts that will enable competitive differentiation. The Invio Platform, anchored by the RTL Processing Engine, was developed to take this internal development to a new level. With an easy to learn Tcl … Read More → "Invionics Launches Platform that Speeds In-house EDA Tool Development, Solves Critical Design Flow Bottlenecks"

Programmable Op-Amp from Diodes Incorporated Brings Power/Performance Flexibility

November 24, 2014

Plano, Texas – November 24th, 2014 – Diodes Incorporated has introduced its own variant of the TLC271 programmable op-amp.  The part offers a bias-select mode, enabling closer matching of power dissipation and AC performance with the specific requirements of battery-powered consumer and industrial products.

To help extend battery cell life, its low-bias mode helps reduce power dissipation, while medium and high bias modes progressively increase op-amp AC performance.  Bias modes can also be dynamically changed, allowing the device to idle in power-saving mode then switch … Read More → "Programmable Op-Amp from Diodes Incorporated Brings Power/Performance Flexibility"

Add rich modeling functionality to your product: Embed MetaEdit+

November 24, 2014

MetaCase (www.metacase.com) has released an embeddable version of its modeling and code generation tool, MetaEdit+®.  Now companies can add top class modeling support to their products for a fraction of the time and cost of previous approaches.

By providing an intuitive graphical modeling interface to their tool, companies can get customers who could never be reached with a traditional GUI or textual language. Users appreciate a graphical language that shows things in the familiar symbols and vocabulary of their domain, with no need to … Read More → "Add rich modeling functionality to your product: Embed MetaEdit+"

ACCES I/O Products Releases Rugged Mini PCI Express Isolated RS232 Serial Communication Cards with Tru-Iso™ Isolation and Extended Temperature

November 24, 2014

November 21, 2014—SAN DIEGO, CA – ACCES I/O Products, Inc., has announced the release of a new family of PCI Express Mini Cards—the mPCIe-ICM Series. These isolated serial communication cards measure just 30 x 51 mm and feature a selection of 4 or 2 ports of isolated RS232 serial communications. 1.5kV isolation is provided port-to-computer and 500V isolation port-to-port on ALL signals at the I/O connectors. The mPCIe-ICM cards have been designed for use in harsh and rugged environments such as military and defense along with applications such as health and medical, point of sale systems, kiosk design, retail, hospitality, automation, and … Read More → "ACCES I/O Products Releases Rugged Mini PCI Express Isolated RS232 Serial Communication Cards with Tru-Iso™ Isolation and Extended Temperature"

New semiconductor device could lead to better photodectectors

November 24, 2014

UCLA researchers have developed a perovskite photodetector that could reduce manufacturing costs and improve the quality of medical and commercial light sensors.

Photodetectors are semiconductor devices that convert incoming light into electrical signals. They are used in a vast array of products, from visible and infrared light detection systems to television remote controls.

Perovskite is an organic-inorganic hybrid material with a crystal structure that is extraordinarily efficient for converting light into electricity. In recent years, the use of perovskite materials has led to rapid Read More → "New semiconductor device could lead to better photodectectors"

Canatu Launches CNB In-Mold Film for Transparent Touch on 3D Surfaces –in Cars, Household Appliances, Wearables, Portables

November 24, 2014

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — (November 19, 2014) — Printed Electronics USA — Canatu, a leading manufacturer of zero reflectance and flexible transparent conductive films and touch sensors, today launched CNB™ In-Mold Film, a stretchable, formable, conductive film optimized for 3D formed capacitive touch displays and touch surfaces in automobile center consoles and dashboards, home appliance control panels, remote controls, smartwatches and portable electronic devices.

“Touch has recently become the dominant user interface for tablets, smartphones and other consumer products. One of the remaining challenges for product designers … Read More → "Canatu Launches CNB In-Mold Film for Transparent Touch on 3D Surfaces –in Cars, Household Appliances, Wearables, Portables"

Keysight Technologies Demonstrates LTE-Advanced 450 Mbps End-to-End IP Data Throughput with UXM Wireless Test Set

November 24, 2014

SANTA ROSA, Calif., Nov. 18, 2014 – Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS) today announced verification of three component carrier (3CC) end-to-end IP data throughput with the recently introduced E7515A UXM wireless test set. Utilizing three 20 MHz component carriers in the downlink for a total aggregated bandwidth of 60 MHz, Keysight successfully demonstrated 450 Mbps DL/50 Mbps UL (category 9) data rates.

“Keysight is committed to delivering cutting-edge test capability to meet the demands of today’s evolving wireless industry,” said Joe DePond, general manager of Keysight’s Mobile Broadband Operation. “Providing … Read More → "Keysight Technologies Demonstrates LTE-Advanced 450 Mbps End-to-End IP Data Throughput with UXM Wireless Test Set"

Latest STM32 ARM® Cortex®-M0 Microcontroller from STMicroelectronics Boosts Integration for Better User Experiences

November 21, 2014

Geneva, November 20, 2014 – STMicroelectronics’ latest STM32F091 ARM® Cortex®-M0 microcontroller overcomes the resource constraints imposed by similar devices positioned for cost-sensitive applications by providing large on-chip memories and up to eight USARTs[1] that save multiplexing communication ports in applications such as in-car audio or three-phase power metering.

With up to 256Kbytes of Flash on-chip and a 32Kbyte SRAM — enough to implement a Java stack — the Read More → "Latest STM32 ARM® Cortex®-M0 Microcontroller from STMicroelectronics Boosts Integration for Better User Experiences"

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