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Atmel Launches New Automotive-Qualified maXTouch Controller Family; Enables Single-Layer Shieldless Touchscreen and Touchpad Designs in Car Center Stacks

July 15, 2013

Heilbronn, Germany, July 15, 2013—Atmel® Corporation (NASDAQ: ATML), a global leader in microcontroller and touch technology solutions, today announced the availability of a new maXTouch® family to enable single-layer shieldless designs in automotive center stacks, navigation systems, radio interfaces or rear seat entertainment systems. Atmel’s mXT336S is optimized for 7-inch touchscreens, while the mXT224S targets smaller touchscreens and touchpads.

The new mXT336S and mXT224S devices further strengthen Atmel’s position as a market-leading touch supplier to support consumer, … Read More → "Atmel Launches New Automotive-Qualified maXTouch Controller Family; Enables Single-Layer Shieldless Touchscreen and Touchpad Designs in Car Center Stacks"

Pentek Expands OpenVPX Product Line While Reducing Power Requirements and Costs

July 15, 2013

Rugged, conduction-cooled OpenVPX boards with Xilinx FPGAs
for demanding military and avionics applications
18 diverse 3U OpenVPX products to available
Readily integrate custom FPGA IP
15 Watt power savings with 20% reduction in costs

UPPER SADDLE RIVER, NJ–July 15, 2013–Pentek, Inc., today announced the 52xxx board family as power- and cost-reduced versions of the 53xxx family of products. … Read More → "Pentek Expands OpenVPX Product Line While Reducing Power Requirements and Costs"

Cypress Qualifies Bluetooth® Low Energy Radio to Integrate with PSoC® and Capacitive Touch Technologies for Fast-Growing Bluetooth Smart Devices Market

July 15, 2013

SAN JOSE, Calif., July 15, 2013 – Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (NASDAQ: CY) today announced it has qualified a Bluetooth^® Low Energy (BLE) radio to integrate with its programmable platforms. Cypress will develop single-chip solutions combining this radio with its PSoC^® programmable system-on-chip, industry-leadingCapSense^® capacitive sensing and TrueTouch^® touchscreen technologies. These combinations will enable Cypress to quickly address emerging Bluetooth Smart … Read More → "Cypress Qualifies Bluetooth® Low Energy Radio to Integrate with PSoC® and Capacitive Touch Technologies for Fast-Growing Bluetooth Smart Devices Market"

New Temperature Controller for Embedded Applications announced by Oven Industries.

July 15, 2013

Oven Industries’ 5R7-001 temperature controller creates a seamless transition between heating and cooling devices, as it serves as the commander of thermoelectric modules.

With a bi-directional or unidirectional H-bridge configuration, the temperature controller has many benefits. The included, user-friendly PC software makes it quick and simple for users to change any temperature control configurations, which eliminates signal interference or errant signals.

The software also enables the temperature controller to operate as a stand-alone unit. A computer can also be connected to the device, for retrieving data. The 5R7-001 offers temperature setting and control … Read More → "New Temperature Controller for Embedded Applications announced by Oven Industries."

Silicon Labs Speeds DSP Smart Sensor System Design with Wonder Gecko MCU Development Kits

July 12, 2013

AUSTIN, Texas – July 10, 2013 – Silicon Labs (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, today introduced development kits and application software demonstrations for the EFM32 Wonder Gecko microcontroller (MCU) family, which was developed by Energy Micro, recently acquired by Silicon Labs. The Wonder Gecko MCU line is based on the ARM® Cortex™-M4 processor core, which provides a full DSP instruction set and includes a hardware floating point unit (FPU) for faster computation performance. The development kits and software examples are designed to help embedded engineers leverage 32 … Read More → "Silicon Labs Speeds DSP Smart Sensor System Design with Wonder Gecko MCU Development Kits"

Avnet Embedded Launches Rorke Global Solutions™

July 12, 2013

PHOENIX – July 9, 2013 — Avnet Embedded, a division of Read More → "Avnet Embedded Launches Rorke Global Solutions™"

Tektronix Donates Oscilloscopes to Support NASA Rocket Design Education Program

July 12, 2013

BEAVERTON, Ore., July 11, 2013 – Tektronix, Inc., a leading worldwide provider of test, measurement and monitoring instrumentation, today announced that it has donated DPO2012B oscilloscopes to 2013 NASA Student Launch Projects Challenge winning teams. This is the third year that Tektronix has donated oscilloscopes< … Read More → "Tektronix Donates Oscilloscopes to Support NASA Rocket Design Education Program"

SEMATECH and TNO Establish Partnership to Enable Development of Measurement Standards for Semiconductor Component and Material Outgassing

July 12, 2013

ALBANY, N.Y. and Netherlands – July 9, 2013 – SEMATECH and TNO, an organization for applied scientific research, announced today that they have established a strategic partnership aimed to enable measurement standards for establishing traceability for outgassing rates and leak rate measurement in semiconductor tools and processing.

Semiconductor manufacturers are facing new contamination control and monitoring challenges, including component and materials’ outgassing which can introduce a variety of contaminants into semiconductor fabs, impacting many processes. The objective of the project is to develop metrological procedures and guidelines for the measurement of equipment that will help the industry to have recommended … Read More → "SEMATECH and TNO Establish Partnership to Enable Development of Measurement Standards for Semiconductor Component and Material Outgassing"

Real Intent Joins Synopsys in-Sync Program

July 11, 2013

SUNNYVALE, Calif. – July 8, 2013 – Real Intent, Inc., a leading provider of EDA advanced sign-off verification solutions, today announced it has joined the Synopsys in-Sync™ program for two of its flows – the Synopsys VCS® Verilog simulator tie-in to Real Intent’s Ascent™ and Meridian™ products; and the Synopsys HDL Compiler™ tool flow tie-in to its Meridian products.

“Since our beginning, Synopsys has advanced tool interoperability via standards organizations and our own programs including in-Sync,” said Karen Bartleson, senior director of … Read More → "Real Intent Joins Synopsys in-Sync Program"

ADLINK Introduces 4-CH 24-bit USB-2405 Dynamic Signal Acquisition Module

July 11, 2013

July 10, 2013 – SAN JOSE, CA – ADLINK Technology, Inc. announces the release of its new four-channel USB 2.0 dynamic signal acquisition module, the USB-2405. A built-in IEPE excitation current source provides 2mA on each AI channel, and BNC connectors enable the USB-2405 to provide high accuracy and excellent dynamic performance for microphone and accelerometer measurement in vibration and acoustic applications. Featuring superior accuracy with low temperature drift, built-in anti-aliasing filters, support for flexible trigger mode, and USB bus power, the USB-2405 embodies an ideal portable solution for time-frequency analysis and research.

High Accuracy with Low … Read More → "ADLINK Introduces 4-CH 24-bit USB-2405 Dynamic Signal Acquisition Module"